Colt Black's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Colt Black has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Maryland 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? | ||
| I prefer to address the taxing issue by reforming the tax code to a fair tax. Eliminating income tax among others, creating a national sales tax which would create naturally more funding for the federal budget overall and entitlement programs. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Government actors including police work at the behest of the citizenry. We must hold accountable bad actors. In other professions such as physicians, they are held to personal account for wrong doing. Police and other officials should be similarly accountable to the public they serve. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Peace through strength has served this country well. We must ensure our military is always ready to face the challenges of the day. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Governmental grants could assist in the development of renewable energy but there has to be tangible results to the use of funds. Otherwise I'd be opposed. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Reform tax code to fair tax enabling the elimination of the federal income tax and abolition of the IRS, securing the border (both) with proper funding and reforming immigration standards to a merit based approach, and clean repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowing the regulation of health insurance and standards to revert back to the states. |
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