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Michael Goldstein's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (CT) - District 4

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For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

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  • "Enough with the Taxes" (x.com)
  • "Enough with the Taxes" (x.com)
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  • "Being held Accountable is the first step to Stop Frivolous Spending!" (x.com)
  • "We must put the brakes on government spending. Bankruptcy is in the offing. Taxpayers it’s time to stop frivolous spending." (x.com)
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  • "One way to curb #inflation #increase interest rates #runawayinflation can't print money anymore" (x.com)
  • "Biden is Robin Hood asking the laborers to foot student loans. Most of the loans are for advanced degrees. It’s a shame that those that don’t have a degree ,have to payfor those that do." (x.com)
  • "Biden’s Latest Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme: We cannot let Biden give away hundreds of billions of dollars without Congressional approval." (x.com)
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  • "Climate change is the New Covid! Spread Fear is the Peace has been around for at least 4 decades. Temperatures haven’t really changed. If there’s such a tremendous change we should be under water now, according to Gore.I read that there’s increased ice." (agenda.Green)
  • "Fairytales that Green is Clean and Efficacious!" (x.com)
  • "Who may be gaining for every barrel sold ? That’s what we have to consider. We have enough to supply other countries so why are we still purchasing oil." (x.com)
  • "Why are American oil producers less valuable than OPEC.?OPEC oil has to be shipped from a further distance which increases the cost. Biden has to stop the begging . We have the resources. Obama, Kerry,Rice and Buttigieg’s philosophy need to be tabled. We are a free country," (x.com)
  • "He only wants to rescind second amendment. Look at Ukraine if they didn’t relinquish their nuclear weapons would Putin have attacked. Innocent gun owners should not be scapegoated for the bad acts of a deranged teenager." (x.com)
  • "States that have the strictest gun laws,have the most gun violence." (x.com)
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  • "Illegal entrants that are promoted by Biden and @jahimes have other consequences besides draining our resources and money and jobs but they also take lives of our Americans so #EnoughIsEnough" (x.com)
  • "You are so correct! The liberals have BLM signs and were happy with Sanctuary Cities. Yet when they bring illegals into their neighborhoods they do protest. We are witnessing discrimination at its best. Hypocrisy Reigns!" (x.com)
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  • "As a taxpayer I support the need to help the Ukraine. I want to know where the money is going. The money comes from the taxes we pay and accountability is essential. Elected officials must be guardians of how tax dollars are spent." (x.com)
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