Anthony Flaccavento's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Anthony Flaccavento has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Virginia Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I support a woman's right to choose, and I will work to support women, so that this difficult choice is made much less frequently. We know how to reduce abortion rates: --Affordable contraception, along with meaningful sex education for both girls and boys --Paid maternity leave and good quality child care to new moms (and dads); nearly 70% of women choosing abortions are low income or working women whose economic circumstances drive their decisions - Better economic opportunities for girls and young women --Better educational and economic opportunities for girls and women, making unwanted pregnancy less likely | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I will also work towards the overturning or nullification of Citizens United, and for the adoption of publicly funded federal elections for all candidates willing to limit themselves to small donors | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Trickle down economic policies have been promoted for nearly 40 years and they've not worked, particularly in building widely shared prosperity or increasing wages and incomes. I favor instead the use of federal dollars to expand much-needed infrastructure (broadband, roads, rail and high speed rail, etc), to support and encourage entrepreneurship, and to encourage community banks to invest in local businesses, start ups and family farms. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Not until federal education standards move away from a focus on SOLs and testing. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I support federal investment in dramatically increasing energy efficiency in all parts of the economy, beginning with houses and buildings/building materials; as well as investment in farm and forest management practices that improve productivity and profitability at the local level while sequestering carbon from the atmosphere. I believe that any and all federal policies designed to reduce carbon emissions should be accompanied by an equal emphasis on creating new jobs and economic opportunities for people in fossil fuel dependent areas. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| --Closing loopholes and synchronizing systems so that background checks are truly universal --Increasing mental health treatment and support, especially in rural and under-served areas --Adopting sensible limits to the firepower of guns, including, for instance the outlawing of bumpstocks and other types of massively destructive weaponry. --Ending the absurd ban on using public funds to undertake research on the causes of gun violence. --Strengthening protections for victims of domestic violence, including insuring that abusers cannot buy guns. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| The ACA made important improvements to our health care system, but has failed to provide affordable health insurance for all Americans. Rather than tweaking the ACA, I support the development and implementation of a Medicare for All system. | |||
| 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? | ||
| --Create a clear path to citizenship for Dreamers. We need their contributions to our economy; --End deportations that break up families, or target hardworking immigrants who've committed no serious crimes; --Increase, rather than decrease legal migration into the US, including both skilled immigrants and refugees fleeing war or violence; --Reform our foreign aid and foreign policy in order to help other countries build their own strong economies and stable political institutions, as this is the clearest path to reducing illegal immigration into our country. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| --support the decriminalization of marijuana and an increase in the availability and use of medical marijuana, particularly in light of our current rampant opioid epidemic throughout the country --exploring hemp as a viable industry particularly in regions and economies that are based on land use | |||
| 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? | ||
| With rare exceptions, we should be working for diplomatic solutions, and to promote economic prosperity and representative government in one form or another. Our recent interventions in the Middle East have been ill-advised, with disastrous consequences. We must stop both direct military intervention and indirect support for and facilitation of military intervention, as we're now doing in Yemen. | |||
| 1. Economic revitalization, using a 'bottom up' strategy that increases local business ownership, economic diversification, cooperatives and other strategies that build stronger, more self-reliant local economies. This can largely be accomplished with a shift in spending - from subsidizing big boxes and trickle down - rather than new spending. 2. Affordable, accessible health care through some form of a Medicare for All system, combined with proven, effective community-based health care delivery (general health care, mental health, opioids and drug addiction). 3. Strengthening public education, especially in rural communities and rural areas, through fewer federal mandates and more funds. |
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