2021

Abortion

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

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

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

Campaign Finance

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

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

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

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

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

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

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?
- No

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No

Missouri Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

Budget

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

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

Campaign Finance

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

Crime

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- No

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

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

3. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- No

Education

1. We need the Federal Government out of education due to the fact they are writing hundreds of miles from the schools they are legislating.
- "We need the Federal Government out of education due to the fact they are writing hundreds of miles from the schools they are legislating." http://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/169160/benjamin-brixey/ (votesmart.org)

Energy

1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- No

2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

3. Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- No

Environment

1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

1. We can not deport millions of illegal immigrants. What we need to do is get them into a work visa program, and get the immigration line moving again. We need to make the legal path viable.
- "We can not deport millions of illegal immigrants. What we need to do is get them into a work visa program, and get the immigration line moving again. We need to make the legal path viable." https://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/169160/benjamin-brixey/#.WxA5UK3SQfI (votesmart.org) "We can not deport millions of illegal immigrants. What we need to do is get them into a work visa program, and get the immigration line moving again. We need to make the legal path viable." http://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/169160/benjamin-brixey/ (votesmart.org) "We can not deport millions of illegal immigrants. What we need to do is get them into a work visa program, and get the immigration line moving again. We need to make the legal path viable." https://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/169160/benjamin-brixey/#.WxA5UK3SQfI (votesmart.org)

Marriage

Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes

National Security

1. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No

2. We should use our Constitution, which suggests Marque and Reprisal. Putting price tags on known leaders of the terrorists will give us a much better weapon against terrorists. We should not attack anyone unless we are attacked. We obviously need to be able to detect nuclear weapons, and create something like an Iron Dome, a missile defense system.
- "Why is the British problem now our Problem? After World War II the Empirical systems of the world were ended. However, the role of policing the world, monitoring the world, diplomatic intervention around the world and military intervention around the world did not end. Empires did not end and the empire was simply passed down to us. We still claim all these international powers as our rightful place in the world. I say no! This is not our American tradition and it is not our place to be the policeman of the world." http://votesmart.org/public-statement/1122944/the-solution-is-to-leave-the-middle-east (votesmart.org)

Social Security

Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Yes

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- Eliminate

2. Arts
- Eliminate

3. Defense
- Slightly Decrease

4. Education
- Eliminate

5. Environment
- Slightly Decrease

6. Homeland Security
- Slightly Decrease

7. International aid
- Eliminate

8. Medical Research
- Eliminate

9. Scientific Research
- Eliminate

10. Space exploration
- Eliminate

11. United Nations
- Eliminate

12. Welfare
- Maintain Status

13. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate

14. Corporate taxes
- Eliminate

15. Small business taxes
- Eliminate

16. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Eliminate

17. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Eliminate

18. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Eliminate

19. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Eliminate

20. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Eliminate

21. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Eliminate

22. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate

23. Payroll taxes
- Eliminate

24. I want every tax eliminated, and simplified into a sales tax. This will give back so many man hours to the economy, and make taxes easier. You would be able to see how much the Federal Government cost you by the percentage on the bill.
- The Federal Government is just in charge of defending the States. Get out of NATO and the UN. Welfare should be maintained, while the market is freed up and adjusting. Welfare for the poor and elderly is the last thing to be given back to the States.