Gary Johnson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Gary Johnson has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
New Mexico Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support unlimited fundraising, so long as there is 100% transparency. | |||
| 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 government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Generally speaking, I do not support subsidies of any kind. I do not support the government picking winners or losers. I do not support any regulations that do nothing more than take time and money from our lives, but I do support regulations that protect health and safety. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | 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 in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support? | ||
| This question implies that I would support US air support in the first place. I do not. | |||
| 1. Balance the federal budget, which would include a reform of Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, as well as cuts in military spending. 2. A reprioritization of federal affairs with an added focus of towards the Constitutional limits granted to the federal government. |
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