Bill Kelsey's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Bill Kelsey did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "I would prefer that voters shun candidates who receive huge contributions from inappropriate sources." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "In addition to disengaging US forces from conflict, I will work to bring them home, close all US military bases abroad, and withdraw from all military alliances and treaties. I oppose sales of armaments to foreign governments and other entities abroad, and work to end all Federal subsidies to foreign governments and other entities abroad." (kelseyforcongress.com)
- "I support reducing "defense" spending, which is really offensive war spending, and will declare that to my dying breath." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "As attractive as financial relief might sound, it is paid by taxpayers, not the government." (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.
- "No source of energy need be subsidized by government nor manipulated by tax incentives or protected from the consequences of pollution. I need to study the subject more before I answer the second question regarding greenhouse gas emissions. As a general principle, government should serve to protect from fraud, trespass, and theft. Pollution is a form of trespass." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- "No source of energy need be subsidized by government nor manipulated by tax incentives or protected from the consequences of pollution. I need to study the subject more before I answer the second question regarding greenhouse gas emissions. As a general principle, government should serve to protect from fraud, trespass, and theft. Pollution is a form of trespass." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- "I appreciate responsible gun ownership while supporting severe penalties for crimes committed with weapons and accidents caused through careless handling of weapons." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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- "I appreciate immigrants and would work to make it easier for those who support themselves to participate in our society. Current laws are complex and allow for spiteful government agents to enact mean spirited policies." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- "Our attitude towards immigrants must be one of tolerance, compassion, and gratitude for what they bring. A first step will be to simplify the process for legal immigration and get rid of the bureaucratic maze which they face now. All immigrants should be self-supporting or under the financial sponsorship of private citizens or organizations. To the extent that there is fear of immigrants going on welfare the quarrel is with the welfare system, and not the immigrants. As for so called illegal aliens I harbor no indignation about the commission of victimless crimes. Many immigrants are illegal by virtue of obscure bureaucratic technicalities." (kelseyforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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- "At the same time taxation of income should be eliminated for the lower one third income bracket of the population, along with any requirement to file. Such an income taxation system as might remain during a transition period must not be used to manipulate behavior through tax incentives. (kelseyforcongress.com)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
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| Neither beyond the belief that taxpayer funds should not fund abortions or their providers. The pro-life community should work on offering solutions and alternatives which do not require government involvement. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I would start reducing the budget by disengaging from foreign wars and withdrawing US forces from abroad. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I would prefer that voters shun candidates who receive huge contributions from inappropriate sources. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| I support reducing "defense" spending, which is really offensive war spending, and will declare that to my dying breath. | |||
| 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? | ||
| As attractive as financial relief might sound, it is paid by taxpayers, not the government. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Standards can be set by states and communities, but ultimately, as with so many other functions in life, the standards can be set by non-governmental institutions and schools can choose to live up to them or not to. | |||
| 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? | ||
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| No source of energy need be subsidized by government nor manipulated by tax incentives or protected from the consequences of pollution. I need to study the subject more before I answer the second question regarding greenhouse gas emissions. As a general principle, government should serve to protect from fraud, trespass, and theft. Pollution is a form of trespass. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I appreciate responsible gun ownership while supporting severe penalties for crimes committed with weapons and accidents caused through careless handling of weapons. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I appreciate immigrants and would work to make it easier for those who support themselves to participate in our society. Current laws are complex and allow for spiteful government agents to enact mean spirited policies. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| More than reducing, I support eliminating it entirely. I want no subsidies for any foreign government, with no exceptions for "special allies" and I support no efforts to overthrow any foreign governments, and would end all military alliances with no excptions. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| when goods and services cross international borders armies are less likely to do so. | |||
| (1) Elimination of all involvement in wars abroad, alliances with foreign governments, subsidies to foreign governments, and subsidies to groups attempting to overthrow foreign governments. (2) appreciation of immigrants through simplified immigration procedures. (3) phasing out of the personal income tax. |
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