Erika Benfield's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Erika Benfield has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Florida Congressional Election 2022 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Full transparency is needed for us to have a citizen controlled Congress without special interest money. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Enough spending money like a credit card thus increasing the national debt due to horrific policies enacted by the current Biden administration. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Leave it to the states. Keep government away from overstepping parental rights. | |||
| 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? | ||
| State level not more government spending; I approved a private sector solar farm as vice mayor of DeBary and federal dollars were not needed to do so. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Must not be infringed is part of our 2nd amendment. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No requirement from the federal government on how to run a business requiring business owners to foot the bill for negligent decisions from China. Business owners can choose which I believe most will when it comes to taking care of their employees. | |||
| 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? | ||
| America can not afford to pay for illegal immigrants and they should be fully vetted to enter. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Peace through Strength. We had peaceful progress during the Trump administration and I do not support leaving millions in military hands of terrorist. | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| China cheats and I support the tariffs enacted by President Trump as a business owner of American Made goods it gave us a fighting chance to compete and business rose 300% which is the opposite under the Biden administration. I as congresswoman will promote the America 1st agenda so we may not give away our business for medicines and manufacturing to countries that suppress their people to forced poverty by allowing cheap labor. | |||
| Secure the Border, Fully Fund our military, I'm endorsed by our Sheriff Mike Chitwood within the district because he knows my good work and we support our border police to do their job. Stop Inflation and resolve the shipping crisis, as an economic board and transportation board committee member, I understand policies that will support our economy as quickly as possible. Energy independence again by continuing the Canadian pipeline. The funding and contracts were already in place. We need to stop the spending to reduce inflation and support the America 1st agenda. |
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