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Michael Madrid's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Michael Madrid has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2020 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

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 2020.

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  • "No brainer #4: drastically cut spending on the military, another huge polluter" (madrid4.nyc)
  • "Note: gas tax money should NOT be a source of funds to build more highways. It should be used to pay down debt or offset other taxes." (madrid4.nyc)
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  • "Are people like @justinamash who voted against the CARES act against small business? Quite the opposite. They are against a bad bill which will not help small business" (twitter.com)
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  • "cut subsidies to all fossil fuel energy sources" (madrid4.nyc)
  • "raises pollution taxes such as the gas tax. More expensive gas will lead to less gas consumption and pollution as it always does. It will also give zero-emissions energy sources an even greater price advantage, spurring more adoption." (madrid4.nyc)
  • "why subsidies on renewables which encourages energy use which is never gonna be totally zero-emission? emissions taxes give renewable the same advantage and also distinguishes btw them, since even zero-emission isn't" (twitter.com)
  • "Market-based pollution pricing in no way prevents additional environmental legislation later. So even if you believe something like a Green New Deal is the ultimate answer, pollution prices buys more of the very limited time we have to consider those measures." (madrid4.nyc)
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  • "Ditto trade. Since we know our workers are protected, we can allow our businesses and consumers full scope to purchase the best the world has to offer at the base prices available. Which means more competitive firms and more consumer purchasing power." (madrid4.nyc)

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