Andy Gunther's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Andy Gunther has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Georgia Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe in the sanctity of all life. Life is a precious gift from God. All life should be protected from the womb to the grave. I believe that life begins at conception. Abortion destroys that life. The only exception may be when the mother's live is imminently at risk. This situation is extremely rare with modern medicine! | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Congress has an obligation to keep this country safe. One facet of this is to drastically reduce and eventually eliminate the debt. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I do not believe labor unions should be able to contribute to elections in any way. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| The Department of Defense, like all federal departments, has waste, fraud, and abuse when it comes to spending. I am for a Zero-Based budget and all budget items should be reviewed and justified for every budget cycle. Massive Omnibus Spending bills combined with massive pork, the way congress does it now (when there is a budget), is lazy, wasteful, and irresponsible, not to mention, unsustainable! I am for fully funding a DoD that has seriously vetted their budget. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Federal spending for major emergencies such as what we are experiencing with the global pandemic is why the federal debt needs to be more manageable. 30 Trillion Dollar debt is not reasonable. A debt of say, 20 to 25 Percent of GDP is manageable. Federal spending on economic growth needs to be kept at very limited levels, if at all. The economic bail out and the "Shovel Ready Jobs" during the Obama Administration and even the most recent Payroll Protection Program (CARES Act) was rife with fraud and failure. No spending money for the sake of spending money. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I would seriously look at getting rid of the Federal Department of Education. States and local communities know best about what and how to teach the children and what standards need to be applied. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Given a free market, the consumers will ultimately hold corporations accountable to do the environmentally responsible thing. When it becomes feasible for a corporation to achieve or maintain competitive advantage, they will develop efficient alternatives to the forms of energy consumed today. The United States is currently the global leader in cleaning pollutants and other byproducts of manufacturing and consumption of energy. The key is for the federal government to get out of the way of innovation. I am an outdoors-man and appreciate nature and all it has to offer. We don't need overbearing legislation that come with unintended consequences. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Second Amendment: A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The Second Amendment Guarantees the right to bear arms! I will not support any legislation that will further erode that right given by God. I aim to push for legislation that undoes the legislation that infringes on any amendments in the bill of rights. I will not support "Red Flag" legislation, this will erode individual rights and will become a "slippery slope" issue. I also support a National Carry Bill. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) needs to be repealed in its entirety. Any remnants of the ACA could be reconstructed into its original form or worse. Healthcare providers and healthcare insurance need to be able to compete across state lines in a free market environment. It does not require a "Brain Surgeon" to figure that out. It is a simple Business Solution. It is unconstitutional to require businesses to provide paid medical leave! I am a strong advocate of the 10th Amendment. The states where businesses are licensed to operate would be better equipped to make such calls. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Legislators of any political party have a Constitutional responsibility to keep our country safe. Maintaining sovereignty is critical to keeping us safe. Securing our borders and knowing who is in our country is critical to maintaining sovereignty. Furthermore, I support legislation to end the practice of recognizing "Anchor Babies" as US citizens. Immigrants who are unlawfully present are Illegal Immigrants, by definition! If caught, they should forfeit the ability to obtain US Citizenship. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| We should approach all issues from a position of strength. If North Korea and Iran, for instance, have made it known that they mean harm to the US, the United States has an obligation to prevent those nations from having nuclear capabilities by any means. Andy time we have an opportunity to reduce military intervention we should. No more pointless and undefined military operation. Any intervention needs to be decisive and swift with clear task and purpose- supporting the intent. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Yes, once free and open trade is achieved. That is, once our trade partners remove tariffs, quotas, and subsidies, Etc. In the case of North Korea, China, and Iran we need to take a close look at their behavior. The position of strength for trade is that any trade has a more positive outcome for our trade partners than it does for the United States. | |||
| Reduce spending by making a responsible and smaller government. Eliminate Debt through responsible spending and restructuring the tax code. Reduce barriers to conducting business by eliminating taxes and regulations. I have a comprehensive plan to reducing our national debt to within a reasonable 20-25% GDP or lower while growing businesses and bringing in direct foreign investment. This plan is our only opportunity, I can think of, to grow our economy, pay off our $30 Trillion debt, and funding Social Security for those who have invested in it. No other candidate in Georgia's 14th District has such a plan. |
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