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John Schiess' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2022.

  • "I am against all government funded abortions and am against 98%? of them generally. My religion recognizes three exceptions: Life of the mother, rape or incest, and gross deformity." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "We still don't have a SCOTUS that will reverse Roe V Wade" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Yes, except for the three exceptions." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "If we conduct ourselves as true Americans and earn and pay our own way without using government to steal for us from our neighbors, we would have plenty of income to pay for a home, a car, an education, or even a comfortable retirement without high property taxes. The cash for bums government program(socialism) doesn't work. You work!...and don't cause problems for others to pay for." (www.afact.us)
  • "Put an end to all government socialism." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "People worry about money because the don't the correct princples. Money raised doesn't determine my vote" (justfacts.votesmart.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.
  • "Principle #21 from the "5000 Year Leap"states- "strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom"; it provides the basic solution to most education problems. This applied even before the founding of our country. In 1647, the MA legislature passed a law requiring a community of 50 families to set up a free public grammar school to teach the basics and Bible study." (www.afact.us)
  • "There not be a federal Department of Education." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "We need to get rid of the federal DOE and save the carrying charge to overpaid bureaucrats." (justfacts.votesmart.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.
  • "As the old line in pioneer movies goes,"get off my land or I will shoot you".Now there's a real restaining order. But...lawyers won't make money that way!" (www.afact.us)
  • "In 1932, the head of the Communist Party, William Foster wrote a book titled,"TOWARD a SOVIET AMERICA". Now you know where the great idea for social "insecurity" came from. And, guess what else?....HEALTHCARE! Obamacare is necessary to the merger of our American socialist medical system with the socialist medical systems of other nations. Free enterprise cannot merge with a socialist system." (www.afact.us)
  • 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.
Unknown Position Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
Yes, except for the three exceptions.
No In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
No Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
Put an end to all government socialism.
No Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
People worry about money because the don't the correct princples. Money raised doesn't determine my vote
Yes Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
No Do you support increasing defense spending?
Less social program spending.
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?
No Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
No Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
There not be a federal Department of Education.
No Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
No Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
No Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
Yes Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
No Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
Yes Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
Yes Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
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 are not the world's policemen.
Yes Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
Fair and equal trade
Get rid of all socialism. No funding of out of wedlock births. Get rid of the Department of Education.

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