Jay Sidie's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jay Sidie has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Kansas Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Is is important to ensure women have reproductive autonomy, to expand availability of reproductive health care and to increase access to contraceptives. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I believe we need to increase taxes to balance the budget, but not more middle- and low- income families. We need to increase corporate taxes and income taxes for the top 1 percent income earners. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support passing comprehensive campaign finance reform and working to undo the damage done by Citizens United. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| We need to fund full-service community school, increase funding in support of low-income students, students with disabilities and early childhood programs, and work with the states to ensure they are held accountable for paying teachers fair wages. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I support offering more incentives for energy efficiency and ending subsidies for fossil fuels. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Only through the careful and enforceable regulation of gun ownership can we reduce the number of gun deaths in America. We must review current and proposed regulation to determine what is effective. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I support working toward a single-payer system ("Medicare for All") by moving in the near-term to an all-payer system (similar to Germany). | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support restoration of due process and the waivers for immigrants that were take away in the 1996 reform. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| I support legalizing medical marijuana at the federal level and taking initial steps toward legalizing recreational marijuana. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Military force should only be used when a credible threat to our safety has been demonstrated. Prior to that we should use diplomatic techniques to avoid any military action. | |||
| 1. Addressing income inequality - I believe the issue is at the root of our societal woes and addressing it could fix many things quickly, from crime to the happiness of our citizens. 2. Campaign finance reform - Our progress is stagnant because of the amount of dark money influencing our politics, and that is corrosive to our democracy and our country. 3. Healthcare - We must fix our broken healthcare system immediately. Americans should not have to worry about bankruptcy versus caring for themselves of their loved ones, this is moral failing. |
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