Christina Lugo's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Christina Lugo has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
Oregon Congressional Election 2014 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? | ||
| I support increasing taxes on Americans with taxable income in excess of 250,000$. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support a constitutional amendment to the Citizens United ruling of the Supreme Court which gives corporations the status of citizens in regarding to speech in elections and gives super pacs unlimitied financial access to skew elections with money. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| I support tax incentives to small businesses under fifty employees for the purposes of job creation, I support taxing corporations at higher rates and cracking down on US companies that are based overseas to avoid paying taxes, such as Apple which has over $300 billion in profits which is untaxed because it is based in Ireland, while a majority of its profits are made in America. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I do support making education the most important priority of our communities, but I do not support common core as the way forward. I do not think that one size fits all is the solution to problems in education, but I do believe that implementing reforms and tying those reforms to grants is a good strategy on a case by case basis. | |||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| I oppose the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure. I do not support the tar sands, the keystone xl, fracking in Appalachia or mountain top strip mining. I support Green solutions to the nation's energy crisis. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I support alternatives to fossil fuel including wind, solar and geothermal. I support using government incentives to move the general public towards alternatives to fossil fuel consumption. I support smart transportation planning and global agreements on greenhouse gas warming. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| I support Universal Single Payer healthcare. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| Think about the question in reverse, should countries that view the United States as hostile use military force in order to prevent the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? See how it sounds. We think we have the moral ability to possess nuclear weapons and other countries do not. That is an incorrect assumption. We have already used nuclear weapons twice to kill hundreds of thousands of people. I hope we will never use them again, but I believe the only solution is abolition. | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
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.
| Greatly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Increase | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Increase | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Increase | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Greatly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
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