Al Krulick's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Al Krulick has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Florida Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Unknown Position | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
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| Unknown Position | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
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| I believe that after 100+ years, the federal income tax has outlived its usefulness, having grown into a grotesque and mammoth Frankenstein's monster with so many loopholes that the rich will never pay their fair share. It is a waste of government resources and takes billions of manhours away from the average taxpayer in his futile attempts to comply with its myriad laws and rules. I favor a national sales tax with exceptions for low income individuals, a carbon tax, and a transaction tax. Get rid of the IRS the tax lawyers, and give the American public their Aprils back. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Dark money in the electoral system is a cancer that destroys the very patient it intends to help. We need to severely limit the amount of funds that any candidate can raise from corporations, unions, PACS, and even oneself. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| In America, no one is above the law and every individual is accountable for his or her actions. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Our defense budget is too large. We need to heed the words of former President Eisenhower and fight back against the military-industrial complex that is taking money away from dire social 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? | ||
| No | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| We need to reinstate the ban on automatic weapons, immediately. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| The foremost existential crisis facing the nation and the world is global warming due to climate change. We must de-fossilize our energy sources and replace them with wind, solar, bio-thermal, etc. Democracy in America is teetering on the edge. We must remove barriers to voting, prohibit gerrymandering, and get rid of the electoral college. Presidents need to be elected by popular vote. We must protect a woman's right to choose by codifying the protections of Roe into federal law. |
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