Dale Crafts' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Dale Crafts has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Maine Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am 100% pro-life and have earned the endorsement of the Family Research Council. | |||
| 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? | ||
| However, we must preserve the programs we have in place to keep the promises we have made. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support the First Amendment first and foremost. However, I support Right to Work legislation to provide an individual choice on being apart of a union. | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
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| As a businessman, we need to prioritize our defense spending first and ensure that our men and women in the military have the resources they need to protect our country around the world. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Yes, however, we were not prepared as a Nation to handle this type of emergency. We must balance our budget and reduce and eliminate our debt, which will prepare us to handle times like these in the future. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I have a strong record of protecting 2nd Amendment rights. I am a Board Member with the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine and have earned an A+ rating with the NRA. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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)? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
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