Michael Kroske's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Michael Kroske has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Florida Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| 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? | ||
| SSI and Medicare must remain funded but most other entitlement programs could go away | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Small businesses need our support but large multibillion dollar businesses should have enough reserve to be OK | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| There should be a minimal standard for all states | |||
| 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? | ||
| We need to take care of our planet for the next generations. There needs to be some standards that have to be met but the federal government bureaucrats do not need to be in charge of this | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Small business no but large multibillion dollar corps can have some support plan in place for a lengh of time | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| The illegals do need to be counted and we must know where they are first before any help can be rendered. Or they have to go back home. | |||
| 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? | ||
| They have been fighting for 2000 years. We will never stop it | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| quid pro quo. whatever a country charges the US should be what we charge them | |||
| Immigration, build the wall. Have a revamp on legal immigration procedures. Illegal drugs coming in from the south. The wall will address this issue. Education of our kids. Teach real history, civics, including the bloody truth and explaining why the US is the best country in the world. We are not perfect but we are moving forward. Teach a mandatory finance class to students before they leave high school. |
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