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Peter Mathews' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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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 2022.

  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I support increasing taxes on income brackets over $10 million per year in order to invest the Green New Deal, Green Job Creation, and Infrastructure. I support extending the Social Security tax to incomes above $250,000 per year, in order to increase the monthly Social Security payments." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Expanded Medicare for All will include complete vision, dental, and mental healthcare. It's preventive care aspects will bring true healthcare, which is about the whole self." (www.petermathewsforcongress.org)
  • "I support increasing taxes on income brackets over $10 million per year in order to invest the Green New Deal, Green Job Creation, and Infrastructure. I support extending the Social Security tax to incomes above $250,000 per year, in order to increase the monthly Social Security payments." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I support creating public financing of elections, and a constitutional amendment declaring that "money is not speech" and must be strictly regulated and that "corporations are not natural persons with natural rights"." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Ending Waste, Fraud and Abuse, and Overspending in the Military-Industrial-Complex" (www.petermathewsforcongress.org)
  • "I support eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in the Military-Industrial Complex, and cutting the U.S. defense budget (which is more than the next seven countries combined), and shifting this money to social programs that invest in our people and meet human needs." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I support closing corporate-tax loopholes, restoring the tax rate that Trump cut on super-wealthy corporations and their wealthy owners, and using this money to provide Medicare for All, Tuition-free Higher Education, and investing in entrepreneurial and public sector jobs included in the Green New Deal." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "As our Congressman, Peter Mathews will fight to benefit the middle and working classes by taxing billionaires, Wall Street, and large corporations. He will also close corporate tax loopholes and eliminate corporate welfare. Peter will use this money for programs that benefit the working poor and working middle classes: Tuition free college and technical and trade schools, smaller class sizes K-12, and for tax reductions on middle and lower incomes." (www.petermathewsforcongress.org)
  • "I support closing corporate-tax loopholes, restoring the tax rate that Trump cut on super-wealthy corporations and their wealthy owners, and using this money to provide Medicare for All, Tuition-free Higher Education, and investing in entrepreneurial and public sector jobs included in the Green New Deal." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Yes, if they support full and equal per-pupil funding, smaller class sizes which allow for more individualized instruction as in Finland. I oppose the No Child Left Behind principle that produced standardized testing, and teaching to the test." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I fully support the Green New Deal and establishing a Select Committee on Climate Change with subpoena power and full legislative power that will enable us to achieve the GND goals at break-neck speed." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "In order to combat global climate change, Peter Mathews strongly supports the transition to a 100% renewable energy system that is carbon-free. In Congress and outside of Congress, he will work to galvanize support for building a fully modernized electrical grid by 2030. Peter believes renewable fuels must be produced to achieve and accomplish our environmental and energy security goals, so we can move beyond fossil fuels in the fight against Global Warming/Climate Change/Climate Disruption. By transitioning to electric vehicles, sustainable home heating, rooftop solar generation, and converting the power grid to zero-emissions energy sources, Peter believes we can and must be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2030." (www.petermathewsforcongress.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I support replacing it with a Single-payer Medicare for All system that is far more efficient and humane." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "As our Congressman, Peter Mathews will work hard to guarantee working Americans annual paid vacations, on site child care, and parental leave. In Congress and outside Congress, Peter Mathews will work tirelessly to restore and expand the American middle class and to reduce income inequality in the United States." (www.petermathewsforcongress.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I support a pathway for citizenship for undocumented workers and full implementation of DACA." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "For these purposes, I further support greater diplomacy, multi-lateral not unilateral action and the full implementation of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, including Article 6 that requires a verifiable time table and plan for complete nuclear disarmament." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "As long as we insist on higher labor standards and higher environmental standards in the Fair Trade agreements." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Pro-choice Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
Yes In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
Yes Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
I support increasing taxes on income brackets over $10 million per year in order to invest the Green New Deal, Green Job Creation, and Infrastructure. I support extending the Social Security tax to incomes above $250,000 per year, in order to increase the monthly Social Security payments.
Yes Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
I support creating public financing of elections, and a constitutional amendment declaring that "money is not speech" and must be strictly regulated and that "corporations are not natural persons with natural rights".
No Do you support increasing defense spending?
I support eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in the Military-Industrial Complex, and cutting the U.S. defense budget (which is more than the next seven countries combined), and shifting this money to social programs that invest in our people and meet human needs.
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?
I support closing corporate-tax loopholes, restoring the tax rate that Trump cut on super-wealthy corporations and their wealthy owners, and using this money to provide Medicare for All, Tuition-free Higher Education, and investing in entrepreneurial and public sector jobs included in the Green New Deal.
Yes Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
Yes, if they support full and equal per-pupil funding, smaller class sizes which allow for more individualized instruction as in Finland. I oppose the No Child Left Behind principle that produced standardized testing, and teaching to the test.
Yes Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
Yes Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
I fully support the Green New Deal and establishing a Select Committee on Climate Change with subpoena power and full legislative power that will enable us to achieve the GND goals at break-neck speed.
Yes Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
No Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
I support replacing it with a Single-payer Medicare for All system that is far more efficient and humane.
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?
I support a pathway for citizenship for undocumented workers and full implementation of DACA.
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?
For these purposes, I further support greater diplomacy, multi-lateral not unilateral action and the full implementation of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, including Article 6 that requires a verifiable time table and plan for complete nuclear disarmament.
Yes Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
As long as we insist on higher labor standards and higher environmental standards in the Fair Trade agreements.
1) The Green New Deal to Combat Climate Change and Create High-Paying Jobs, with Full Employment and a Federal Jobs Guarantee. 2) Reduce Income and Wealth Inequality to Grow the Middle Class. 3) Single-payer Medicare for All We can pay for all the above issues by establishing a wealth tax on billionaires, closing corporate tax loopholes, and increasing taxes on income brackets over $10 million to 70%.

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