Elliott Scheirman's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Elliott Scheirman has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Texas Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I do not personally care for abortion but the government simply has no jurisdiction over the contents of our bodies. If elected, I will fight to make sure that no one is forced to fund abortion services like Planned Parenthood if they morally oppose it. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support running the government with reduced spending to pay off the $27 trillion in national debt that republicans and democrats have racked up in the worst bipartisan collaboration ever. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Campaign contributions should be public record. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Absolutely not. Government agents need to be held fully liable if they harm citizens through negligence or malice, just like everybody else. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Our military spends more than the next 7 largest countries' militaries. We have not declared war since WW2 and need to bring home the troops and stop needlessly risking their lives. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Federal spending is outrageously out of control, we need to rein in spending. Corporate taxation just raises prices for consumers and makes it more appealing for companies to relocate offshore. Private companies should purchase catastrophic insurance coverage for future calamities like COVID. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| One-size-fits-all approaches to education do not work. Educational decisions should be made as locally as possible, between educators and parents. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I oppose any federal subsidies in any market. Pollution should be combated by removing artificial liability caps on corps and allowing affected victims to sue for restitution. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Shall. Not. Be. Infringed. I oppose red flag laws and bans on gun accessories like suppressors or bump stocks. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I oppose government mandated shut downs. Government's role during a pandemic should be to provide neutral education and medical supplies where they are needed. Medical facts shouldn't be politicized. | |||
| No | 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 an easy streamlined Ellis Island style immigration process. Government has no right to tell American citizens who wish to hire or house immigrants that they cannot. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Should governments hostile to the US use military force to disarm us? No. We should not do that either. YES, this unconstitutional war has gone on for too long. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Free trade is the best way to ensure peace domestically and abroad. | |||
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