Scott Costello's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Scott Costello has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Indiana Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| After Roe v Wade, the Southern Baptist convention wrote that, "Those whose conscience or religious convictions are not violated by abortion may not now be forbidden by a religious law to obtain an abortion if they so choose. People whose conscience forbids abortion are not compelled by law to have abortions." Americans who believe in democracy should fight against the infringement of personal freedoms at every turn. I believe that a woman's body is her own to do with as she pleases. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Unknown Position | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
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| What is meant by "expanding federal funding?" | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I believe that federal campaigns should be shortened and federally funded, that politicians should not be able to receive nor benefit from corporate pacs, directly or indirectly. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| In general, no, not unless corporations (consider size when you ask about "corporations") - can demonstrate some sort of financial stress that was caused by an act of god, like a war or pandemic, and NOT reckless management, criminal behaviors, unethical behaviors, or shirking their fiduciary responsibilities or their social responsibilities. Even in cases of a pandemic, if they were spending all their profits on stock buybacks, then no. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| In general, yes, but with limitations. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| There is a climate crisis - it is an emergency. Petroleum companies have promoted lies and propaganda for decades to protect their profit at the expense of the entire planet. So, yes. And I support ending all subsidies for coal, oil, and natural gas. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Not without replacing it with Medicare for All. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Addressing the climate crisis created by man-made carbon released into the atmosphere. Addressing wealth and income inequality. Addressing the healthcare crisis. "Funding" - this is a libertarian concept. Libertarians should understand that the US Federal government does not "fund" projects through taxation. State and local government do, but not the federal government. The US government authorizes the release of money into the economy - it prints money into existence then takes some out (tax) to decrease the money supply. |
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