Paul Frangedakis' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Paul Frangedakis has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Kentucky Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| As a Physician I'm prolife. We can have programs for women to keep or adopt their child. Programs like education, trade school etc.... | |||
| 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? | ||
| social security and medicare are not entitlements. You have paid into them. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| we should get rid of big corp contributions. You are bought and paid for by them once you take their money. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I think we are doing a great job already. We can cut spending by leaving countries where we have bases at. | |||
| 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 requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| our education is horrible. Leave it up to the states and cities. Get rid of common core. Let teachers discipline and actually teach. Not how to take a test. | |||
| 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? | ||
| private companies can do this alot better than the federal bloated full of red tape government | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| unconstitutional in the first place | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| and no benefits. My family came here from greece and turkey the right way. obeying the law. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I think most countries know if they lob a bomb or try to our way...they will be done for. The only reason we are in the middle east was the 1944 Middle East, Uk and American petrol deal/treaty | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| it has to be even. So a country cannot unfairly do business and control most of the trading like china has done for so many years | |||
| Kentucky is 38th in Education, 38th in infrastructure/economy and 48 in healthcare in the usa. I'm the only candidate that understands that these are the most important for a thriving and growing state and country. We have faltered in the world ranking for education, and healthcare. We cannot afford to have our country continue to slip in the world ranking. We should always be #1 |
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