Hank Linderman's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (KY) - District 2
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Kentucky Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am pro choice but I am in favor of reducing abortions, not by making them illegal, but by addressing the need for abortion. This means addressing systemic economic inequality, establishing national child care, modernizing our health care system, and making contraception widely available. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| I object to the framing of your question - but to use your flawed language, Americans are entitled to a social safety net. We are entitled to a modern health care system that is regulated to prevent excessive profit taking, one that honestly covers everyone, that is easier to use and that gets better results. We are entitled to the opportunity to retire with dignity. We are entitled to a government that serves citizens at least as much as corporate interests. Re taxation - an easy way to increase taxes is to increase the amount working people are paid. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Of course. Dark money must be eliminated, or at least become transparent, with public disclosure of where it came from. I would also be in favor of complete elimination of corporate and union political contributions. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I could have answered either way - another terribly flawed question. I support proper, generous funding of personel, from service through retirement. I also believe there is far too much waste, the F-35 program is a perfect example - and that that waste is rooted in corporate profiteering. In the time of pandemics, our health care system needs massive overhaul, and that needs to be seen as a defense issue. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| We also need federal education opportunity. College should be free or very inexpensive, this is an investment in our collective future. Profiteering must be eliminated from the funding of higher enducation. All college debt should be forgiven. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| This is really the only issue facing humanity - will we address human caused climate damage seriously enough to preserve our environment? | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I support whatever it takes to eliminate mass shootings. Responsible gun ownership is not the problem. | |||
| 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/no - once again insufficient to provide an answer. All nations must control their borders, and walls are necessary, but not for every single mile of the border. I believe we need another amnesty program similar to Reagan's, but only when we have settled our goals and policies on immigration. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| We have weapons of mass destruction so other nations want to counter that. Diplomacy is the correct course. | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Trade has become too globalized at the expense of American workers. Additionally, travel related to global trade is a major factor in the current pandemic. For the health of the planet, local food must be encouraged over global food. We need to re-establish local supply chains for critical industries, including electronics and large scale manufacturing. | |||
| A modern health care system, revitalization of rural America, much higher pay for people who work, minimizing social and economic inequality - but most important is rebalancing the relationship between citizens and corporations. After the $2.2 trillion economic bailout, the question of how to fund social programs is answered - if we decide we need something, we can find the money. |
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