Robert Smith's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Missouri Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| 60,000,000 souls are not living their life because of abortion. 60 million people with all the potential in the world to make this country a better place do not exist. I want to tackle the issue that causes the most abortions, unwanted pregnancy. We need to educate, allow free markets to make contraception prevention accessible and affordable, plan B, and encourage and give the support women need to report molestation and rape. | |||
| 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? | ||
| S.S. needs to be fixed and it's wrong to take away from those who were forced to pay into social security, to have 2.8 trillion robbed from S.S. by our government. I propose the federal government legalize Hemp and Cannabis with no federal oversight. Ask the States to consider a small sales tax on these items to fund S.S. I will also push legislation that prohibits any entity borrowing from S.S.. S.S. should also be made voluntary as our government has proven it can not be trusted to invest in our future. Medicare should be turned over to the States | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I support closing all bases around the world, bring our troops home and force Congress to declare war as described in our Constitution. I support a strong military ready to defend our Country but I do not support Unconstitutional world policing by the U.S. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Our federal government taxes us and then spends our money as inefficiently as it possibly can. It has time and again propped up big business with poor business practices. Our federal government has been caught red handed squandering our money. I support lowering federal spending to a minimum, putting more money in the pockets of business owners and the Constituents. We should be in control of our savings for future events. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I support school choice and letting Sates and the communities within them to dictate what's best for our youth. The federal government messes up everything it touches. The federal government has its own interest in mind and has neglected our interest for too long. The federal government can not be trusted to make unbiased decisions and has screwed over the American People over and over again. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I know the free market will handle all these issues. It's proven that people are becoming more conscious of our environment and this is good. Our federal government has choked out the Hemp and Cannabis industries and these are the healthiest industries for our environment. The government does favors for corporations we see this all the time. The more we can get the federal government out of the free markets the more consumer demands and spending habits will shape our world to better the environment. The feds choke out innovation and stalled our advancement. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I am PRO 2A!!! I support challenging the Constitutionality of red flag laws, the ATF and other laws that infringe our Constitutional Rights. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Free markets in the health industry will cause cost to go down. For decades our feds has tried to lower cost of the health industry with their laws and regulations but every single action from the feds has caused significant cost increases. The health industry lobbies our government and makes huge contributions to get people appointed and elected. Why do we still believe the feds will lower healthcare cost? Every thing they do is in the benefit of the healthcare industry. We need free markets. | |||
| 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? | ||
| The wall will waste our money, we need to focus on the laws that prop up illegal immigration and illegal border crossings.. I love immigrants and the culture they bring to a diverse country such as ours but we need uniform rules and a path for productive immigrants to join in the American dream. I support dreamers who have been here since childhood and are productive members of society being assimilated into citizenship. I support the deportation of violent and non productive immigrants back to their country and the cost of deportation being billed to the country of origin. | |||
| No | 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)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| We have not declared war since WW2 but here we are committing acts of war. We should use economic means and black balling to sway countries who are hostile and try to win over citizens of other countries with love. But yet China is considered hostile and we have jump started their economy and because we buy so much from them, we have turned them into a super power. So once again our federal government doesn't know what its doing because we literally helped fund China's rise to power but did nothing about it except order more. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| We should have an open and free market, while being cautious of countries we trade with. | |||
| National Deficit is out of control. Our federal government is inefficient and squanders our money. We need to stop this horrible unsustainable practice immediately. We need to drop federal spending to 1.1 trillion and allow the States to decide the rest. 33 of the top fortune 100 companies receive tax dollars. The government forces us to pay taxes then gives it to companies who have more money than most Americans. Our Constitutional rights are being ignored by our federal government and I will change this or I will die trying. |
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