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Leonard Schwartz's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Leonard Schwartz has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.

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Michigan Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test

Unknown Position Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
I support everyone's right to spend their own time and money to encourage or discourage abortion. I oppose using taxpayer money to encourage or discourage abortion.
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?
The best way to balance the budget is to reduce wasteful spending.
Unknown Position Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
Current law already limits contributions by corporations and unions. The US Supreme Court held that freedom of speech and press lets corporations and unions independent expenditures.
Unknown Position Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
Current law provides government officials with qualified immunity.
No Do you support increasing defense spending?
I oppose foreign quagmires.
Unknown Position Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
Unknown Position Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
Unknown Position Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
I support the free market and oppose crony capitalism. To promote economic growth, we should avoid trade wars. I let Democrats and Republicans quarrel about which party's response to covid-19 was worse.
No Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
Democrats and Republicans believe that politicians and bureaucrats in Washington can run government schools better than people in each state. I don't.
No Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
Unknown Position Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
I oppose subsidies to businesses. I support reasonable regulation of pollution.
No Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
I support current US Supreme Court decisions on the right to keep and bare arms.
Unknown Position Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
Unknown Position Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
Details matter. I will support proposals that will improve health and prosperity and oppose proposals that will worsen health and prosperity.
No Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
Unknown Position Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
Immigration law should focus on keeping out persons who are dangerous or who want to sponge off our welfare system, not honest persons who want to contribute to our country.
Yes Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
Unknown Position 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)?
I oppose foreign quagmires.
Yes Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
(1) End the war on herbal medicine, thereby reducing the opioid problem. Oppose foreign quagmires and trade wars. (3) Repeal civil asset forfeiture laws, which let the government confiscate your property without even accusing you of committing a crime.

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