Christian Acosta's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| My priority is to reduce waste and fraud first. However, we must do what is needed to meet the promises we have made to our workers and Seniors. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I support the current level of defense spending and would not reduce it. We need to make sure our current spending is being used efficiently before we consider any changes. The JSF program going grossly over-budget is just one example of how our defense spending can be mismanaged. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| The ACA question needs more detail but there is no box available to type in. I would support either repealing or replacing the ACA as long as low-income subsidies and protection for pre-existing conditions are maintained. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support providing a legal status (not citizenship) so that families already here do not have to uproot their lives. I do not support anyone "jumping the line" for citizenship. Anyone who is here unlawfully will need to restart the clock in order to qualify for full citizenship. This preserves fairness for those who immigrated here and followed all the rules. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| I support free trade only when it is truly free. When imports are free (we have no tariff) but exports are tariffed, that is not free trade. I am willing to use tariffs and other negotiating techniques in order to move towards truly free trade. In the event that another country is unwilling to negotiate, we should not consider ourselves bound to accepting unfair trade. | |||
| Economy - tax cuts targeted for middle/low income brackets and for small sized businesses Education - expanded focus on science/math education in K-12, support for vocational education in highschool, support for community college systems and 2 year degrees/certifications, accountability for high cost Universities whose graduates have high student loan default rates Healthcare - increase transparency of pricing, reduce malpractice insurance costs, require fair drug pricing when a company sells the same drug drastically cheaper overseas compared to domestically, maintain freedom of choice and care quality |
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