Brian Friend's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Brian Friend 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? | ||
| Rape victims and children are an exception | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Yes for the elderly and disabled | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
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| never have run for a office before, I would need it explained better to me | |||
| Yes | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Society is sue happy, I am also against settling out of court, If the plaintiff was wrong in any way I think they should be counter sued | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
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| with the deficit getting out of hand, that will be a tough call | |||
| 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? | ||
| really most people writing legislation spend money like water, they spend money in the wrong sectors | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| no federal govt will push a agenda | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
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| Unknown Position | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
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| energy and environment can gain funding by taxes legislation | |||
| 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? | ||
| have to lift the mandate on Obamacare and adjust the penalty. Not many small businesses can afford medical leave pay | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
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| Unknown Position | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
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| I feel more comfortable with illegal immigrants in this country that I do a liberal democrat, I am for a trade compromise, I will take a liberal democrat place them into a country of their choice. and allow a Illegal, to stay as long as they obey the laws! At least immigrants have a strong work ethic and faith, liberals want a hand out | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| 1 education- eliminate CRT and sexual orientation classes, 2 Welfare Reform- welfare must become workfare 3 Elderly and disabled veterans should pay no taxes or for healthcare I would pay by welfare cuts to able people to lazy to work, tougher requirements for welfare, especially women who milk the system by having kids |
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