Fapas Faparusi, Sr.'s Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Independent for U.S. House (TN) - District 5
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Fapas Faparusi, Sr. has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Tennessee Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| No | 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? | ||
| This is in light of the consequences of the COVID pandemic especially on the seniors. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Qualified protection- if following guidelines or within scope of duty. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| We need better technology and less boots on the ground across the globe. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| These are needed for economic recovery from COVID, especially small businesses | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| States, in particular the educators (not administrators), are better equipped to develop these standards | |||
| 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? | ||
| We have to protect the environment but I want policies that are realistic (in phases rather than aggressive) and financially prudent (not leading to massive jobs losses) to be law, | |||
| 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 mix of walls and technology, after all a wall will not stop underground tunnels. I am against any legislation that separates families or could lead to that. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Exhaustion of diplomacy has to precede use of force. | |||
| 1. Healthcare- improve rural health care thereby increasing access. Incentives for medical practitioners in rural America such as tax breaks and school loan forgiveness 2. Economic Recovery- Grants to small businesses and agricultural sector in particular. This will be done via a relief package. 3. Immigration- we need a common sense approach that takes politics out of the equation. We need to secure the border and address those who are here undocumented, in a humanitarian approach. We need to hire more DHS officials and pay them better. |
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