Mark Ramsey's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Mark Ramsey has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Texas 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? | ||
| Social Security and Medicare were paid for by the taxpayers (employees and employers). Those are NOT the same as welfare style "entitlements" and programs that have been implemented by the left as wealth redistribution schemes! | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Regulations generally have unintended consequences, and almost always grow government. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Police in particular must have protection, or the resulting lawsuits and costs would lead to a decimation of police forces across the country. This is NOT what we need when Democrat policies are already resulting in skyrocketing crime, including violent crime! | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Our military, the best trained and best equipped in the world, must never suffer the neglect and funding cuts that Democrats want and when in power, often accomplish. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Since the government caused this problem due to spectacularly bad management of C19, it does make some sense that small businesses should get some help. However, even that help was horribly mismanaged, and was oftentimes wasted or was even fraudulently obtained. The time for such excessive government bailouts is long over. So, while a tolerable idea at the beginning, it should not continue. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Internal conflicts are often very complicated to even determine which if any side is the good side or the one friendly to American interests. We cannot continue to use our sons and daughters in the military as a police force for the world without extraordinary good reasons and Congressional approval. However, we should support the defense of Israel. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| "Level playing field" is the key principle. We should always do what is good for America and the American Businesses and Employees FIRST. In some cases, the US imposing tariffs on other countries products imported into the United States may be the most appropriate way to level the playing field. | |||
| 1. Fire Nancy Pelosi! 2. Impeach Biden and Harris. 3. Get the economy back on track after the disastrous shutdowns & mandates. 4. Get the "boot OFF the neck"of the oil and gas industry. Champion energy independence. Protect the oil and gas industry and the people's jobs. Promote this great industry. 5. SEAL THE BORDER - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 6. Protect LIFE 7. Fight and eliminate everything the socialist are promoting - CRT, Cancel Culture, Censorship, Socialism itself. 8. Balance the budget and pay down the debt. 9. In all things, consider American people and America's interests FIRST! MANY MORE! |
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