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Kevin Virgil's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Kevin Virgil has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

  • "I am strongly pro-life. Life begins at conception and the right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. Abortion should not be a federal matter. It is a violent act and all such acts must be dealt with at the state and local level. I oppose any use of government funds or resources to facilitate abortions, or to jeopardize the right of any woman to defend her own life and health." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Many elderly Americans need the safety net that Social Security provides. However the system is now America’s largest liability and is no longer solvent. Radical reform is needed. The most effective solution is a simple one. We must allow younger individuals to opt out of Social Security and use their tax savings to invest privately as they see fit. For many Americans, Social Security has proven to be a terrible investment over a multi-decade time horizon and the private sector can be a better steward of their capital. Congress should also allow taxpayers to voluntarily opt out of federal payroll taxes in exchange for never receiving Social Security benefits." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Allowing taxes to rise and provide more money to the federal government would only serve to further feed the beast that is devouring this country. Individual income taxes currently provide 47% of federal revenue. I share Ron Paul’s belief that the individual income tax is unconstitutional and should be abolished. America can easily close this gap by reducing its federal bureaucracy by half." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "America’s establishment politicians and lobbyists are spending America into ruin. We are $34 trillion in debt as a nation - a burden which endangers the financial future of our children and grandchildren. If we don't cut spending now, higher taxes and economic disaster will be in their future and ours." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "I will always vote to lower taxes at all levels, and I will never vote for tax increases." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Allowing taxes to rise and provide more money to the federal government would only serve to further feed the beast that is devouring this country. Individual income taxes currently provide 47% of federal revenue. I share Ron Paul’s belief that the individual income tax is unconstitutional and should be abolished. America can easily close this gap by reducing its federal bureaucracy by half." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "I will always vote to lower taxes at all levels, and I will never vote for tax increases." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I am a veteran and I support a strong national defense, as well as investment in training and cutting-edge technology that strikes fear into the hearts of America’s enemies. I do not support the neo-conservative ‘regime change’ agenda that wastes trillions of dollars and contributes to instability and suffering around the world." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Military spending and defense spending are not the same thing. The special interests that are bankrupting our country want the public to believe that enforcing responsible military spending somehow makes America weaker. In fact, the opposite is true. Today American troops are permanently based in over 175 countries – an outrageous waste of resources that is contributing to our economic collapse. We can no longer afford to give a blank check to the Pentagon." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "America’s establishment politicians and lobbyists are spending America into ruin. We are $34 trillion in debt as a nation - a burden which endangers the financial future of our children and grandchildren. If we don't cut spending now, higher taxes and economic disaster will be in their future and ours." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "America’s out-of-control federal bureaucracy is now our gravest national security threat. It is largely responsible for our $34 trillion budget deficit. Additionally, as recent events have shown, several federal agencies are now being weaponized against the American people. Left unchecked, the federal administrative state will bankrupt this country and irreversibly alter our national values. I support a permanent 50% reduction of federal employees across the board, as a first step." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Government spending will never drive sustainable economic growth. Only the private sector, and especially small businesses, can allocate capital efficiently. Unsustainable federal spending creates unmanageable debt and prevents business owners from growing and hiring, due to continued uncertainty over new taxes, higher interest rates, and the expanding role of government in the economy." (virgilforcongress.com)
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  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Paper ballots, single-day voting, no more absentee ballots and a 100% voter ID check. This is the way forward." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "The NFL, along with almost every major sports league, is quietly lobbying Congress to pass the Undetectable Firearms Act (UFA) which is a direct affront to the 2nd Amendment. It would criminalize the 3D printing of firearms (so-called "ghost guns")." (x.com)
  • "The right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to a free society, and the Second Amendment is the guardian of every other right provided by our Constitution. Where law-abiding citizens are most freely allowed to defend themselves, communities are safer, while crime rises when law-abiding people's access to firearms is restricted. Gun laws only disarm those who respect the law, and turn peaceful citizens into sitting ducks for both criminals and corrupt governments to prey upon. I will never support any legislation that seeks to limit Americans’ right to bear arms." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "This one is easy. I'm a veteran and a (multiple) gun owner. 2A is absolute for me. Full stop. Unlike @RepFeenstra I will never vote for red flag laws or any anti-gun legislation." (x.com)
  • "America’s healthcare system is broken and in desperate need of reform. As always, the free market will provide better solutions than government. Americans, and not their government, should bear responsibility for their own healthcare decisions. Therefore I support a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, aka ‘Obamacare’. America must implement a system where patients pay cash for basic services, and carry insurance only for serious illnesses and accidents. We must enable more competition between health insurers and incentivize healthcare providers to offer transparent pricing." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "A nation with open borders is not a nation, nor does its government seek to protect the interests of its people. I support a complete closure of the southern border, zero tolerance for illegal immigration and deportation of all illegal aliens. I also recognize that America is a nation of immigrants and that American exceptionalism exists because the world’s best and brightest have always come here to seek a better life. I am a fervent supporter of legal immigration and believe that America needs to make it easier and not harder for exceptional people of all races, nationalities and ethnicities to live and work here." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Arrest & deport illegals" (x.com)
  • "I support a repeal of the ‘citizenship by birthright’ policy that incentivizes millions of illegal aliens to move to America in order to have children." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "I firmly believe in Israel’s right to exist, and that Israel has every right to defend itself against its foreign and domestic enemies. I also recognize that Israel is a wealthy country with a lower debt-to-GDP ratio than America, and that providing financial and economic aid to Israel does not put America first when our federal government is fiscally insolvent." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Support for the war in Ukraine is a travesty and must be ended immediately. I also support a withdrawal from NATO, an organization that lost its raison d’etre when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Today 139 Republicans voted to send $61 billion of your money to Ukraine. No audit, no accountability. This is why a trip to the grocery store costs you 20% more than it did 3 years ago. As usual, all 4 Iowa House Republicans sold you out. Remember that during the GOP primary on June 4th." (x.com)
  • "Support for the war in Ukraine is a travesty and must be ended immediately. I also support a withdrawal from NATO, an organization that lost its raison d’etre when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991." (virgilforcongress.com)
  • "Today 139 Republicans voted to send $61 billion of your money to Ukraine. No audit, no accountability. This is why a trip to the grocery store costs you 20% more than it did 3 years ago. As usual, all 4 Iowa House Republicans sold you out. Remember that during the GOP primary on June 4th." (x.com)
  • "Disappointed to see all 4 Iowa House reps voted for the highly flawed TikTok bill. Congress often passes bad legislation because by trying to solve one problem (Chinese influence & surveillance) it creates an even bigger problem (handing even more power to the executive branch)." (x.com)
  • "I am absolutely following this story and TikTok is just a smokescreen. The federal gov't wants the power to de-platform any app that engages in 'election interference', and they have Twitter/X squarely in their sights. I would never support this as written." (x.com)
  • "I think TikTok is garbage and a CCP trojan horse. We're better off without it in America but we don't need to give the federal gov't an excuse to claim more censorship authority." (x.com)

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