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Mary Thomas' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Mary Thomas has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2016.

  • "End taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "Pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children 20 weeks old or older." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "Adopt a flat (14.5%) or FairTax." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "Eliminate the IRS." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "To grow the economy, you need cut taxes." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Cut spending across the board." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "The government cannot grow the economy, it can only create an environment where taxes are low and regulations scarce, allowing the free market to flourish." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "When job creators have more money, they will spend it to create more jobs." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "Adopt a flat (14.5%) or FairTax." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "Eliminate the IRS." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "To grow the economy, you need cut taxes." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "Eliminate the Department of Education and return education to parents and teachers." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • "Stop Common Core." www.runwithmary.com/index.php?issues
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Eliminate the EPA. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Department of Agriculture provide plenty of oversight and law enforcement over Florida's agricultural interests. The federal government has no business and frankly no right to regulate what private land owners can and cannot do on their private land." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "Immediately repeal Obamacare." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "Replaced it (Obamacare) with HR 2300, a patient-centered, market-driven approach that covers the same number of uninsured, while saving $2.34 trillion in its first decade alone, while reducing premium costs." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "Identify those here illegally that are in our jails and on our governmental roles and repatriate them." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "Pause immigration from states that sponsor, harbor, or support terrorism or terrorists and completely overhaul the current visa and immigration policy." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "Stop employers from knowingly employing illegal workers." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "Stop incentives that are attracting more illegal immigrants into our country." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Untie the hands of our military commanders and allow them fight and win." (www.runwithmary.com)
  • "When a conflict arises, use all the firepower of the armed forces to end the conflict as quickly as possible." (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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