Francisco Rios' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Francisco Rios 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? | ||
| Every human being has the right to be born and born alive. | |||
| 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 don't support expanding federal funding of any federal programs but Social Security and Medicare are contributory entitlements. Since funding for Social Security and Medicare came from our hard-earned income and because of the constant raids into those two funds, the federal government needs to ensure that Social Security and Medicare are never a dollar short or a day late. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I fully support funding our military, but contracts and costs, having to do with the military-industrial complex, need to be reined in. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I would financially support businesses and or corporations in a declared state of emergency if it had something to do with food, energy, and health. I support replacing the 16th Amendment with a national sales tax whereby eliminating 10 taxes are imposed on us and corporations by the federal government. As far as national emergencies, we need to come up with contingency plans that minimize economic hardship, all around, psychological and physical trauma. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| We need to stop the overreach and intrusion of government into our lives. We need to get them out of our schools, jobs, businesses and churches. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I don't support anything that would affect the Bill of Rights without a super majority support. | |||
| 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? | ||
| As I mentioned previously, get government out of our businesses. Businesses are free to conduct themselves to what is best for them. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| It is imperative that the national debt be brought under control. Enact a Balanced Budget Amendment. Set term limits for the Senate, House, and the Supreme Court. Stop illegal immigration and finish building the wall at the southern border. The VA system needs to be reformed to make it more effective, efficient, and accountable for our Veterans. |
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