Bill Beeman's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Bill Beeman has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Pennsylvania Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| The Constitution does give grant the federal government authority to regulate abortions; abortions should be a state issue. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Stop bombing civilians. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Corporations and unions have no business donating funds to campaigns; to do so is fraud. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Abolish the income tax and replace it with a flat tax of zero percent. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Power to the parents. Education should be local. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| The war on drugs has been a disaster; we should pursue a harm reduction stategy like Portugal. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I do not even support air support. | |||
| 1. We need to stop all these wars. The US has over 700 foreign military bases. The US need to stop pursuing regime change and bring our troops home. 2. We need to balance the budget and eliminate the income tax. Spending needs to be cut across the board. 3. We need to declare peace in the War on Drugs and demilitarize the police. |
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