David Hamman's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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David Hamman has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Hawaii Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I think it is undeniably obvious that life begins at conception. If you allow a fertilized egg to develop, it advances into a fetus which grows into a child. God, our Creator is the only one who has the authority over life, and we have been commanded not to take innocent human life by our Creator. Abortion is murder. People sometimes behave irresponsibly regarding sexual behavior & their obligations to life. Fortunately there are numerous groups that will assist, encourage, & support pregnant mothers through delivery & beyond including adoption. I sponsor a bill that recognizes life at conception. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We have a certain obligation to maintain Social Security for those who have contributed into the system for years. Social Security is financially unsustainable in its present state. - larger number of ?baby boomers? retiring than working class contributing -Adjustments will need to be made. We may need to: - raise the age requirement to receive full retirement benefits - creative ways to establish secured retirement accounts subsidize retirees. - I support legislation that requires all pension funds to be deposited immediately into pension accounts each payroll period, & establishes funds not accessible for manipulation by any employer, union, etc. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| We cannot have a free society if huge corporations and unions are allowed to disproportionately influence the out come of elections. We the People need to decide who to vote for based upon the integrity of what they think & stand on and their interest in protecting our God given unalienable rights. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I believe that it is necessary to maintain a strong well equipped military to provide protection for the citizens of the United States. Strategic spending is critical when it comes to the military. We need to maintain a strict audit of military spending to assure every dollar spent on military protection and preparedness is utilized to maximum effectiveness and that we eliminate excessive financial waste. Peace comes through strength - man power, equipment, systems, strategies, developed, prepared to protect our God given unalienable rights from those who would choose to physically, psychologically, & economically deprive us from such rights. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| - to a limited extent to assist businesses to return to work as long as the government opens up. I do not support funding ongoing shut down or consequences of emergency orders | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Education in the United States has diminished dramatically over the last several decades compared to other countries. Ever since the Department of Education was [incorrectly] created during the Carter administration, government bureaucrats, lobbyists, and political activists have hijacked the education system by infiltrating curriculum with propaganda, political agendas, revisionist history, and failed convoluted oversimplified learning programs such as ?common core? that have lowered standards and rendered inferior results. The authority of teaching how to think rather than what to think needs to be in the reigns of the parents and what direction they dictate the teachers in their local school. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I think it is obvious that there are serious changes in solar heat that affect the climate patterns. It is also obvious that these heat temperature increases are a product of solar sun spots [which have been documented and studied for thousands of years] and a variety of other factors [ie. Earth Axis, orbit,ocean currents, etc] and not the product of CO2 emissions as purported by some who have attempted to hijack the situation with propaganda to achieve other agendas of control and not address the real concerns at hand. [If it IS C02 - simple- plant more trees] | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| The 2nd Amendment is a God given right necessary to protect all other God given rights. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Why should businesses that cannot afford to pay for health plans due to emergency orders restricting their right to work be forced to pay? | |||
| 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 do not believe that we should engage in endless conflicts to change other societies; particularly those that espouse different fundamental values [as we have experienced over the last two decades in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas of the middle east]. We ought not to risk our young men and women in conflicts that do not appear to render results that clearly promote our values as established in the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and that fail to to clearly and definitively enhance our lives as United States citizens. We need to maintain vigilance w/ limited strategic intervention ​ | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Tariffs are necessary to protect the labor and production in the United States that seek to take unfair trade practices and undermine our economy and the well being of our people. | |||
| - Ending the extremely destructive emergency orders of Gov. Ige - getting the economy flowing full bore again - facilitating increased economy revenue streams - repeal of the Jones Act to allow the existing shipping industry in Hawaii to capture a much greater percentage of revenues. [Currently Hawaii shipping operations access a tiny fraction of the global market] -encourage the development of profitable farming industries in Hawaii to not only provide a sustainable food supply for Hawaii, but to produce highly valued products for export [ ie.turmeric, other plant based derivatives for health supplements, etc]. -USDA inspection facilities |
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