Patrick Provost's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Patrick Provost refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- Patrick Provost. Video: Colorado Decides Third Party Candidate Forum CD 6 and 7. 21 September 2012. "I don't think it should be the federal government's job ever, to tell what an individual can or can't do with their bodies." (21:20) (video.cpt12.org)
- 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.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Patrick Provost. Video: Colorado Decides Third Party Candidate Forum CD 6 and 7. 21 September 2012. "I don't think the federal government actually has a role in creating jobs. We were designed constitutionally to be a free market society-- and it's private enterprise that creates jobs, and it's private enterprise that pushes their money into the investment market which trickles down and creates more jobs. So the only true answer for the federal government to fix job creation is to remove limitations to the prosperity of the free market." (5:00) (video.cpt12.org)
- 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.
- 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.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Patrick Provost. Video: Colorado Decides Third Party Candidate Forum CD 6 and 7. 21 September 2012. "To the people that, you know definitely need the help, and desparately need it-- there is a place, it's not the federal government's place, but there is a place. Maybe something from your state community, or your state government that can help administer those answers. But the federal government doesn't actually create any wealth, they just take it from everybody else, and give it to somebody else. It's not really the right answer. As far as the Affordable Care Act, it's kind of universal health care light. Talking to several of my friends who've lived in Canada, or lived in the U.K., or have lived in France, it doesn't work there. Frankly I don't want a DMV like system controlling my health care, and I'm sure most people don't either, if they truly knew what Affordable Care Act was going to do." (12:00) (video.cpt12.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Patrick Provost. Video: Colorado Decides Third Party Candidate Forum CD 6 and 7. 21 September 2012. "I think it really shouldn't matter one way or the other if you're a gay couple, or a lesbian couple, or a man a woman, which is the historical precedent. You should be a to get married and entitled to the same tax incentives that anyone else does. I don't think it should be the federal government's job ever, to tell what an individual can or can't do with their bodies." (21:08) (video.cpt12.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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