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Kenneth Mejia's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Kenneth Mejia has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2018 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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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 2018.

  • "We will work to protect a woman's reproductive rights and their right to choose what she decides to do with her body. We will provide safe and legal to access to social services, medicine, and abortion, such as protecting Planned Parenthood." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "Like Bernie Sanders, WE will work to increase higher income tax rates on the richest 2% of households in America. Individuals making less than $200,000 or married couples making less than $250,000 will not have their income taxes increase. We will push for these progressive tax increases on the top three income tax brackets (33%, 35%, 39.6%)." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "WE will work to incorporate a Financial Transaction Tax to ensure that no low-middle income wage earners pay more as a percentage of their income to taxes than higher income wage earners do." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "Reducing our military budget by 50%. Currently we use 50% of our discretionary budget on military spending." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "We will also work to audit inefficient and wasteful spending in government programs as well. For example, the US Army made trillions of dollars of accounting mistakes and often did not have the receipts or invoices needed to support figures in its budget." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "WE will work to push for a constitutional amendment to end Citizens United and get big money out of politics Corporations are not people and should not be allowed to give endless amounts of money to influence elections." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "We appreciate the job guarantee opportunities for military spouses, now let's do it for the entire nation. There are so many opportunities to make this country better that will employ millions of people whether it's infrastructure, Green energy, care..." (twitter.com)
  • "These Wall Street firms, hedge funds, investment firms, etc. are MORE than capable of picking up this small progressive tax, it just depends on who's going to push for it? Wall Street & the big banks received $16 trillion in federal assistance from the Fed with close to zero percent interest to bailout the greed and recklessness of Wall Street that contributed to the Great Recession where 8.8 million people lost their jobs, 6 million homes were lost, and millions of hardworking Americans saw their retirement savings disappear ($3.4 trillion). The big banks have recovered, but the American people HAVEN'T." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "WE will work to make sure that U.S. corporations are paying their fair share of corporate taxes by working to ensure that money being stashed overseas by Wall Street and large corporations are not deferred or delayed in paying taxes due to it being stashed overseas. We will work to close this tax loophole and ensure that income is taxed as they are earner no matter where the money is." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "We are bold because we know we are capable. We are one of the most advanced & wealthiest countries on Earth! To say that we can't provide for one another the basic human necessities like healthcare, education, housing, & a clean Green environment is a lie! ✊🏽" (twitter.com)
  • "That's why we are calling for a Green New Deal to create 20 million jobs by investing in renewables such as wind, solar, tidal and geothermal, as well as public transit, sustainable agriculture, conservation and energy efficiency." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "We will work to provide tax credits and research grants to Green businesses investing in energy sources like wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal. We will work to provide scholarships to students who do research and innovate on renewable energy and conservation to use in the workforce." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "We will continue building on successful legislation, such as AB 32; which reduces carbon emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020. Recent legislation, such as SB 32 and AB 197, will work to reduce emissions down towards a goal of forty percent less than pre-1990 levels by 2030." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "Another school shooting hits close to home right here in our LA District in #Westlake. This is the 12th school shooting and it's only been a month in 2018. Not only do we need gun control we need to give opportunity and resources to families. #CA34" (twitter.com)
  • "We will be fighting for a Medicare for ALL 'Single Payer' System to provide universal healthcare and affordable prescription drugs as human RIGHTS." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "As much as I am a supporter of @Ocasio2018, I hope that she & her campaign team re-evaluate their position of "replacing ICE with an updated INS-like structure". ICE or an "updated INS" should not exist AT ALL. No borders, no walls, no human is illegal on mother earth. #CA34" (twitter.com)
  • "WE will push for legislation that will provide legal status for ALL immigrants." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "WE will work to pass a modern day DREAM Act which would allow undocumented immigrants who came into the United States before the age of 16 an expeditious pathway to citizenship. In addition, we will work to expand educational benefits such as receiving financial aid, be eligible for in-state tuition rates, and giving them the ability to serve in the military." (www.mejia4congress.com)
  • "This is the way to go as legalization becomes the norm across states, reparations should be in preparation for black and brown communities as well who have suffered disproportionately from the war on drugs. Definitely, in Congress, we would fight to vacate past marijuana possession convictions nationally!" (www.facebook.com)
  • " - Tax Wall Street financial securities - Jail fraudster bankers - Abolish private prisons - Prosecute killer cops - Legalize marijuana nationwide - Commute all possession of marijuana convictions - Close military bases overseas #CA34 #Justice ✊🏽" (twitter.com)
  • "We will seek peace. We will advocate for the use of diplomacy and not wage unless attacked or facing an immediate, unavoidable attack." (www.mejia4congress.com)

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