Ellis Boal's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Ellis Boal has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Michigan Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Increase taxes on the 1%. | |||
| Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | |||
| I support regulation of campaign contributions from corporations. Unions are aggregations of working-class people, not aggregations of property, and therefore contributions from them should not be regulated. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | |||
| Economic growth should not be promoted, as growth means increased greenhouse emissions. As to jobs, see the "Jobs/Green New Deal" page on my website, http://ellisboal.org/pages/greenNewDeal.shtml , regarding creation of approximately 148,000 Michigan jobs net, between now and 2050, by investment in renewable energy. | |||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| I support a ban of fracking. See the "Global warming" page on my site, http://ellisboal.org/pages/globalWarming.shtml . | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| See my Global warming page, http://ellisboal.org/pages/globalWarming.shtml . | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Replace ACA with single-payer health care, HR 676. See my "health care" page, http://ellisboal.org/pages/healthCare.shtml . | |||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| See my "immigration" page, http://ellisboal.org/pages/immigration.shtml . | |||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support? | ||
| No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| The US should reduce rather than expand its military forces. See my "Syria, Iraq, ISIS" page, http://ellisboal.org/pages/syriaIraqIsis.shtml . | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| I oppose privatization of Social Security. See http://ellisboal.org/pages/socialSecurity.shtml . | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| a) Agriculture | |||
| Slightly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| d) Education | |||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) International aid | ||
| h) Medical Research | |||
| i) Scientific Research | |||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Slightly Increase | k) United Nations | ||
| l) Welfare | |||
| Greatly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| c) Small business taxes | |||
| d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | |||
| e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | |||
| f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | |||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| k) Payroll taxes | |||
| I have no opinion about categories to which I have not responded above. | |||
| 1. Jobs, Green New deal. See http://ellisboal.org/pages/greenNewDeal.shtml . 2. Cancel/end arms deals/shipments, including stopping arms for Israel and Saudi Arabia. 3. HR 676 (single-payer health care) and HR 4535 / S 2238 (termination of leasing federal lands/waters for gas-oil exploration). |
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