Arthur Thomas IV's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Arthur Thomas IV did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
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Texas Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I think working to end abortion is a good cause, but it shouldn't be done with the law. Many people have tough choices. Laws don't change that. People do. Those passionate should be free to pursue this issue as they see fit. This is an obvious contentious issue that government isn't the solution for. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| We need to reduce spending on our major spending areas, but nothing should be out of consideration. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I understand peoples concerns with money in politics. I do not believe in dictating, through government, what people can be exposed to. Ultimately citizens are the oversight of our government. Politicians should not write laws to oversee how citizens think and what they are exposed to. As long as politicians can promise to spend money on voters there will be money in politics. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Government hurts markets when it robs markets of choice and makes them for people. The only jobs government really creates is government jobs. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| We have too many layers of bureaucracy. I do not mind national organization making best practices guides. I do not support them being forced upon states. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| The environment is a concern for sure and so are greenhouse gasses. However government dumping taxpayer money on failing business does not solve that problem. Politics should not pick the path of our growth in renewable energy. It often become an anchor to change instead of a leader. Citizens need more freedom to make market choices which will affect change. Those companies that do cause proven harm should be held liable for it in the court system. Not pushed in political regulation that leads to flippant and confusing outcomes. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I don't think healing our healthcare market stops with the ACT. It meddling started long before I was born during WWII. We have layers upon layers of government interference with our healthcare market and it needs to be allowed to act like natural and reasonable again instead of a government controlled system that we pretend is a free market. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We have a broke immigration system. We need to make it match reality. Removing visa caps. Letting migrant works actually migrate. Reasonable pathways to refugees and work visas that do not require people to be rich to make it through. We need to stop acting like people committing minor misdemeanors are hardened criminals. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| Full legalization. Removal of drugs from schedule 1 so they can be researched at the very least. | |||
| No | Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support? | ||
| When good do not cross borders, soldiers do. Open free trade can create stability and friends far more than troops. We need to stop over extending our military just to create more enemies in a perpetual war footing and unending enemies. How can we have the bigger military than the next 7 countries combined and constantly be under threat despite constantly using it? Those things simply don't match up and it needs to stop. | |||
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