John Mealer's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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John Mealer has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Arizona State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| When rape is reported, the victim --if female-- usually goes through a procedure to sterilize their injuries/end potential pregnancy. Unless the abortion is related to a health issue, stopping a beating heart is murder and no one has the right to murder. I do believe in the 'morning after pill' because it does not necessarily mean a life is taken and instead, only that someone popped a pill for reasons of their own choosing. Therein lays the Roe v Wade "right to privacy." | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Arizona's budget.
| No | a) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| No | c) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients? | ||
| No | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| My ArizonaVested Program to direct/couple private business creation/expansion (your business!?) with private funding where businesses develop under a financial parachute creating an entirely new economic tier where small time investors (like you!?) make nice profits per quarterly basis via these investments. Everyone in Arizona WILL benefit from my well researched ArizonaVested State NASDAQ Program and if elected and this instituted, Arizonans will thrive for once. We will continue to thrive under the ArizonaVested State NASDAQ Program and our budget can reach the moon. | |||
| No | a) Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| **Redistricting- NE Arizona needs a new county: Sitgreaves County which is essentially giving Native Americans with both Navajo and Apache County seats (for the time being) their own representation where they may continue to draw on federal funds for lack of their own property tax to no longer draw down local communities' private property tax (NOTE RE: Property tax- I have detailed a way to end it via ArizonaVested℠), so that local communities school districts which actually need those funds may put them to use "locally." Az could use other new counties to remedy *Tribal land bears no property taxes. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Capital punishment ONLY for crimes of rape and premeditated murder proven beyond a reasonable doubt that does not include garbage evidence that is used simply to close a case and to end an open crime, so that someone can meet a quota... No disrespect for our Law Enforcement, but we all know that many innocent people wind up in prisons. YES: State, county and cities MUST report federal criminal activity! | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Arizona? | ||
| Yes | g) Should local governments be permitted to impose restrictions on plastic bag use by local retailers? | ||
| JL Mealer's campaign is about Opportunity and Prosperity for everyday Americans. ArizonaVested means your education, your new business, your career and your investments in our great state really do matter, it?s time we live the way we want to live, while allowing Arizona to run Arizona. Let's give Arizona youth something to look forward to rather than today?s dead-end world. ArizonaVested State NASDAQ Program is a Day One plan to be put in place to help YOU as we grow Arizona into a thriving, water wise, Agri-Industrial, state where opportunity and personal business funding abounds. THIS PROGRAM IS OUR WINNER! | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Arizona? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Arizona high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support increasing funding for the state education budget? | ||
| ArizonaVested provides new tax revenues allowing Arizona to begin ALLODIAL TITLE to property, while ending /cutting other taxes. JL has a solid plan to create not only an entirely new tier of economic prosperity with his own jobs-industry-career-initiative outlining a private investment format based upon private individuals (you, me, all of Arizona and every other state who sees that we finally did the right thing and duplicate the ArizonaVested State NASDAQ Program) for private business expansion and creation. All Arizona children should have the ability to attend college for an associates degree at no charge. ArizonaVested can fund this. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| Water keeps us alive. ALSO! NE Arizona needs Sitgreaves County which gives Native Americans with both Navajo and Apache County seats (for the time being) their own representation where they may continue to draw on federal funds for lack of their own property tax and no longer draw down local communities' private property tax, so that local communities school districts which actually need those funds may put them to use "locally." Az could use other new counties to remedy this statewide issue. *Tribal land bears no property taxes. NOTE: I have detailed a way to end/replace Property Taxes via ArizonaVested℠ | |||
| 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? | ||
| *Because the* state keeps a well regulated militia, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I want to make it clear to everyone that for ANYONE to go out and try to remove or hinder an American's right to keep and bear arms in any way is a violation of federal law and I intend to begin pushing for the FBI to charge gun grabbers for their criminal activity. SEE: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/241 aka 18 U.S. Code ? 241 - Conspiracy against rights This anti American agenda needs to end right now. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Arizona'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? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| This and the obesity epidemic where food scientists backed by Big Box Stores and the food industry along with the likes of Al Gore's Monsanto and his GMO's must end. We must take careful and harsh steps to remedy all abuses by all parties and take care of the victims of drug and addictive food additive abuses. At any cost, and we must label doctor's offices who push these pills as well as all food products that use scientific means to keep people hungry and coming back for more AND the stores which sell these foods. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Arizona's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Arizona's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Arizona state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| In Navajo County, women earn more money than men earn, IE they are paid higher wages. This is actually true throughout the USA. Also, a man is always the last person chosen for any job or opportunity due to the EEOC laws... Why make it worse? RE: My no answers--- ALL PEOPLE ARE TO BE TREATED EQUALLY UNDER THE LAW with no special privilege for anyone. That should be the exact wording on any new laws to promote one group of people over another and must be posted on all businesses licensed in the state. | |||
| ArizonaVested now. EDUCATION IS KEY. International S.T.E.A.M. 1-ArizonaVested means your education, your new business, your career and your investments in our great state really do matter, it?s time we live the way we want to live. Growing Arizona into a thriving, water wise, Agri-Industrial, state where opportunity and personal business funding abounds. 2-ArizonaVested℠ is a bold waterwise plan to empower the little guy with an idea while ending pay-to-play corruption once and for all. 3-Industrial Hemp, Kenaf, Az Entertainment Industry, Az Aeronautics/Motorsports, Arizona Meat and Agriculture Department where we raise, grow and label Arizona Meat and Agriculture as premium products. |
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