Shane Dinkel's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Shane Dinkel has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Oregon Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| "RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS": I will always fight for the right of every citizen to be born and not aborted. I will fight for the right of every citizen to live out the American Dream without interference of the government, to worship their God in any way that they feel called too, and to love, educate, and guide their family in any way that they feel appropriate. | |||
| 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? | ||
| This is a very poorly worded question, esp. in light of our post Hunan Bio Attack world. Those who contributed to SS should get their retirement but the Federal Govt. should get out of the health care business. Let doctors compete in an open market that is the way to drive prices down. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| BUT I do NOT support using the military in undeclared wars or spending DoD funds on programs that have nothing to do with Combat Readiness. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| BUT it has to be a short term solution. Open the U.S. for business NOW before the Trump's record breaking economy is destroyed forever and 100x as many Americans are killed by economic ruin. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| . I will fight for the right of every citizen to live out the American Dream without interference of the government, to worship their God in any way that they feel called too, and to love, educate, and guide their family in any way that they feel appropriate. | |||
| 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? | ||
| The climate changes. Man and his machines don't effect it to the extent that the fear mongers have duped many Americans into believing, not to mention the negative effect on the economy. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I completely support to the right to keep and bear arms! During the time that the Constitution was written, there existed deadly weapons that had nothing to do with hunting: hand grenades, grenade launchers, sniper rifles, and the assault rifle of the day a weapon known as the blunderbuss. NONE of these weapons were restricted by the Founding Fathers when they wrote the Constitution. These restrictions are usually put forward by people who have never read the Constitution or fired a weapon. Free Americans have the right to own and bear any weapons that we can carry on our persons. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I am a Veteran of the war in Iraq. I worked closely with the Iraqi Army. When I deployed in 2009 I tried to keep an open mind about what we were doing in the country. Until the nations of the region abandon Islam there is nothing that the US can do except support Israel (the only democratic state ) and the Kurds who deserve to have their own state. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Except with China, North Korea, and Iran. | |||
| CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS AMENDMENT: 12 years is long enough for any job including Congress. 6 terms as a Rep, or 2 as a Senator, or any combination equaling 12 years. Pay for a Rep should equal that of an E-8, Senators 0-5, WITH NO PENSION! I WILL SAY NO TO SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, AND SHARIA LAW! I personally have traveled to East Germany and to Iraq. I have seen with my own eyes the total destruction caused by these evil ideologies. VETERANS AFFAIRS: Being a partially Disabled Veteran myself, I will personally handle Congressional Inquiries MYSELF. |
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