Massachusetts Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- I favor tax increases on the wealthy not middle and low income people in this economy where wages are stagnant.. I also favor removing the cap on Social Security taxes for those making over $250,000

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- For small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. I also favor tax credits not cuts for corporations to trai ,hire, hire over age 40. provide a living wage, and onsite daycare for working parents. I also favor investment credits for economic development in downtowns.

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- yes as a condition for receiving federal aid to education.I favor added federal education aid for communities lowering property taxes.

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- a carbon tax. Also increasing the federal gas tax to pay for infrastructure and public transportation.

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- But I want to replace it with Medicare for All

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- We should give asylum to anyone not a criminal or terroristwho is in danger of drug lords and despotic governments.

Marijuana

1. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- We.re doing this in Massachusetts. My town planning board in which I'm a member will be proposing regulations for it.

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

3. Other or expanded principles
- I will support a. response. to a hostile nation getting nuclear weapons proportional to the degree of the threat to the security of us and our allies. and to what can reasonably succeed. In most cases it would be sanctions As to using more force than air power it depends. on the extent of the threat to the security of us and our allies security or the humanitarian danger t others and what can succeed

Administrative Priorities

Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer