Brad Greer's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Brad Greer has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Tennessee Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| God breathes life. My votes will always be based on that. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| I will not vote to raise income taxes. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| Yes | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Laws are laws. We need to enforce them. We also need to support rehabilitation to get people back into productive life. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Government too often tries to throw money around as if it is theirs. Federal dollars come from hard-working taxpaying Americans. We need to stay out of the people's pockets and reduce the size of government. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I am for abolishment of the Department of Education. Jimmy Carter started it and as with many of his ideas, it was a bad one. | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| The free market system has served this country well. We need to allow American ingenuity to drive the solutions to our energy issues. The federal government needs to step out of the way. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Though we need to be responsible with the earth God has put us on, we also need to use the brain He gave us and quit manufacturing issues such as global warming. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I am a member of NRA and TFA. (Tennessee Firearms Association) I am a gun-carrying 2nd amendment guy. At the rate our government is over-reaching, I believe more Americans need to arm up. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Obamacare may actually be the worst piece of legislation to ever pass. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Illegals are illegal. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| This country used to have leaders with resolve and guts. We are laughed at by the world because of Obama's inability to follow through with consequences for rogue nations who want to harm the US and our allies. Spineless leadership is his hallmark and we need to man-up as a nation. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Why not allow this? Government has taken money from hard-working Americans to give them "social security" and then robbed the bank accounts of these good people. The have bankrupted the program. Who gave the government this right? Not the people. We need to give people the power to make their own investment decisions. Government is incapable. | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Eliminate | e) Environment | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Small business taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| l) Other or expanded categories | |||
| I am for eliminating the EPA, the Department of Education, and defunding Planned Parenthood. We need to keep our country safe and have roads that are maintained. It is past time to reduce government. | |||
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