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Brad Eickholt's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Due to a later filing deadline, a lack of contact information, or other circumstances delaying entry into our database, Brad Eickholt was not directly invited to take the 2014 Political Courage Test. Brad Eickholt is still welcome to submit the test at any time.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2014.

  • "We believe that taxes should be collected fairly, regardless of income level. The ultimate fair tax would be a flat tax, which would have the same rate no matter how much money you make." (votesmart.org)
  • "When you look at the chart above, it is easy to tell that anyone who tells you we can balance the budget by cutting spending, without changes to Social Security and Medicare, is being at best disingenuous and at worst they are outright lying. Also, do not believe that we can grow our way out of the problem. Cutting taxes in order to grow the economy will never make up for the lack of revenue. Every time I hear Boehner say we don't have a tax problem, we have a spending problem, I want to scream. No we have both, and cutting taxes is not going to fix either." (www.facebook.com)
  • "If the U.S. and the world is ever going to move beyond the types of energy production that continue to hurt the environment, it will be due to this type of innovation. We should be investing more money in these types of energy and stop simply talking a good game about becoming energy independent." (www.eickholt4congress.com)
  • "If the U.S. and the world is ever going to move beyond the types of energy production that continue to hurt the environment, it will be due to this type of innovation. We should be investing more money in these types of energy and stop simply talking a good game about becoming energy independent." (www.eickholt4congress.com)
  • "One of the unsung benefits of the ACA is to set a minimum standard for coverage. The benefits of this are twofold: 1) it allows individuals to be assured that the policy that is there to protect them when they sick will actually do so, and 2) it will begin to make individuals better consumers of heath insurance, allowing them to shop from company to company to find a lower price, without worrying that the policy they are purchasing will not meet their expectations." (votesmart.org)
  • "Second, unless government is going to completely eliminate any policies that vary based on an individuals marital status, then they cannot place restrictions on who is allowed to get married, which clearly violates the notion that all people are treated fairly in the eyes of the law." (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "When you look at the chart above, it is easy to tell that anyone who tells you we can balance the budget by cutting spending, without changes to Social Security and Medicare, is being at best disingenuous and at worst they are outright lying. Also, do not believe that we can grow our way out of the problem. Cutting taxes in order to grow the economy will never make up for the lack of revenue. Every time I hear Boehner say we don't have a tax problem, we have a spending problem, I want to scream. No we have both, and cutting taxes is not going to fix either." (www.facebook.com)

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