Eliot Glassheim's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Eliot Glassheim has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
North Dakota Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I support t he Supreme Court's ruling, which is about the same as the early Catholic Church position. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| In a Mobil society , some 20-30 percent of high school graduates will move elsewhere. While some local variation is useful, we all have to speak. the same language and have a common knowledge base. | |||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | |||
| Keystone application was withdraw by company because it was not economical with the decline in oil price. Fracking....regulations should be science based; that is, based on regional geologic for matins. The key element is whether fracking is likely to pollute the water supply. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Common sense regulation seems useful to me. No fly no buy is useful, waiting periods, gun show regulation, mentally ill restrict ions...we need to reassure the majority of gun owners that there is no intention to take away their guns. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I support democrats and republicans sitting down in good faith?If that's possible..to make improvements. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
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| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support? | ||
| Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | |||
| Diplomacy first. And second. And sanct ions. | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| It would undermine the system and leave many seniors without enough to live on. | |||
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 | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Slightly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Increase | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Slightly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Small business taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| l) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Increase in funding for research--agricultural, medical, environmental--and implementation; increase in funding for transportation and other infraxstructure.fix social security and maintain Medicare. Some increase on fees needed, increase in taxes on the wealthiest, inc erased job creation will also help to pay for needed improvements. |
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