Ryan Bundy's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Ryan Bundy has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Nevada Gubernatorial Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| The first and foremost right that People posses, and for which government is created is to protect, the inalienable right to Life. To allow unborn living children to be killed before they are born is a gross violation of the right to life and a breach of public trust in our government. | |||
Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Nevada's budget.
| No | a) Do you support the creation of a state income tax in Nevada? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for the construction of professional athletic facilities? | ||
| Yes | c) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | d) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| Yes | e) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients? | ||
| Medicare/medicaid are socialist programs. America is not a socialist country, I am not a socialist | |||
| a) Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates? | |||
| b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | |||
| c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | |||
| d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | |||
| d) a voter must be a qualified elector to participate in the election process. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| No | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | |||
| a) Capital punishment for aggravated murders b) Not legalization but decriminalization. Its use should have never been made illegal to begin with. c) If we are going to treat minors as adults in some things then we should treat them as adults in all things. d) There are jurisdictional and visage issues with State and local law enforcement enforcing federal laws. I will have to study this issue further before answering. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Nevada? | ||
| a & c ) I support state government stepping out of the way of free market enterprise allowing business to be created and to increase without restrictions imposed by state involvement. Abolish licensing and permitting. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Nevada? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Nevada high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| b) I support privatizing all schools by allowing current state funds allocated to education children to be placed in the hands of the parents so that they may choose which school to place their children in and the what type of education provided for their children. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support increasing state funding to improve air quality? | ||
| a) Necessity is the best inventor, where there is a need a solution will be found by an entrepreneur. Government need only stay out of the way to allow the free market and innovation to unfold in a natural way. c) The same applies for clean water. The expense therefor should be born by those benefiting from the service, water district specific not from tax payers in general. d) Air quality is a broader subject that may need state involvement to improve. But we must be careful not to use such things as air quality to inflict tyranny. | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| The right to KEEP and to BEAR arms shall NOT BE INFRINGED !!!! | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Nevada's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support increasing state funding for community health emergency preparation? | ||
| a) I believe in teaching correct principles, allowing People to govern themselves. I support treatment/teaching facilities over enforcement measures. d) Government is not the arbiter of rights and can neither grant nor take rights. Rights are granted by God. The right to life is an inherent right from God. God has not granted mankind with the right to die. God retains that right to himself, He will decide when a being's life is complete on the Earth. Others who take life, outside of defense, are murderers who violate the right to life and assume Gods authority to take it. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Nevada's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Nevada's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Nevada state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 1) Ensure Nevada is honored as a sovereign State, equal in standing to the original thirteen States. 2) Reform the Judaical system in Nevada to properly honor rights of the People and check the federal court system from operating outside its Constitutional jurisdictions 3) Improve primary Nevada education by enabling the parents and students the ability to choose the type of education and the school they attend while using the State to aid them. |
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