Mark Kilbane's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Mark Kilbane has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
New Hampshire 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| FEC and other bodies provide extensive oversight, regulation, and disclosure requirements. | |||
| 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? | ||
| A retreat from the world stage and projecting U.S. weakness means the power vacuum is immediately filled by illiberal regimes. For example, humiliation from the botched Afghanistan withdrawal emboldend Putin and directly contributed to the invasion of Ukraine. We must keep American forces strong and ready. Additionally, we must reject politicizing U.S. forces with critical race theory lectures and ideological purity tests. | |||
| 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? | ||
| As a conservative, I support lower taxes, freer markets, privatization, and reduced regulation. I am not a libertarian, however, and believe government has a role. Thus, I do NOT advocate for eliminating a social safety net for the needy. | |||
| 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? | ||
| These questions demand qualification. SOME federal incentives for renewables are welcome. GHG should not be left unregulated, or we return to the 1970s. I do not support any carbon tax or trade schemes or any power grabs thinly veiled as eco initiatives. Indeed, the top priority should be freeing domestic U.S. gas and oil development, including restarting the Keystone XL pipeline. We are decades away from running on renewables. | |||
| No | 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)? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| These questions should not be yes/no because intervention is a serious matter subject to myriad factors affecting whether I would support a military campaign abroad. As examples, a rogue actor has stolen a nuke and pointed it at Washington, DC? Yes, intervene. A coup occurs in Yemen and a regime hostile to the USA comes to power? No. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| 1. RAISE STANDARDS: Cutting down every tree to level the playing field is a disastrous policy that has led to a precipitous decline in scores. Education is wholly owned by the left and is failing. 2. STRONG AMERICA: Our veterans remain neglected with substandard facilities and horror stories of abuse of our elderly warriors. Representatives who believe in America are needed now to promote a strong military and support those who gave all. 3. ROBUST ECONOMY: A weak America retreating from the global stage means fewer markets for U.S. goods and services. |
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