Jonathan Simpson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jonathan Simpson has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
North Carolina Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| At the federal level, we should work to lower the gestational limit for elective abortions to be more in line with international democratic norms. This is a feasible political endeavor. States could then pick up the slack and outline exemptions and further curtail elective abortions. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We need to completely reform these programs. More funding is not reform. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support term limits. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Qualified immunity is critically important to the protection of law enforcement officers. It is also important to understand that removing that protection would not improve policing in the slightest. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I support improving Department of Defense efficiency above all. I believe we can save a tremendous amount of money by simply modernizing the beaurocracy. Limiting waste means there will be more money to go toward things that actually improve national security. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I support school choice and more private education. I support a model of a publicly funded, privately operated education system. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I support heavy public investment in nuclear energy technology, as both an environmental and economic opportunity. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Common-sense gun control measures, like streamlined and universal background checks, are reasonable. Banning certain firearms or magazines are not reasonable or effective measures. Owning a weapon is a protected right. | |||
| 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 | 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? | ||
| We have a legal process for immigrating. We should not make exceptions, especially for those who violate our laws. There is a way to deal with the immigration crisis in our country both reasonably and compassionately. | |||
| 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)? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| I support reducing mistakes. I do not believe, however, that a blanket isolationist strategy is either effective or moral. We have an obligation to support democracy around the world, and it is also frequently in our strategic interest. There is, of course, a right way and wrong way to do anything. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Free global trade always ends up being the most beneficial strategy, particularly in the long run. | |||
| //Universal school choice - funded through a national sales tax //Term limits for Congress //Strengthen, streamline, and mandate e-Verify as part of a comprehensive immigration reform plan //Nuclear energy investment to combat climate change and improve our strategic energy position - reallocate other energy investments and take equity stakes in public-private partnerships in order to recoup investment, even profit //Pursue universal health care coverage through a single, private, market-driven system //Replace the income tax scheme with a consumption tax, and ensure progressivity with a negative income tax (replacing the current federal welfare system) |
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