Kathie Allen's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Kathie Allen has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2017 Political Courage Test.
Utah Congressional Special Election, District 3, 2017 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Abortions should be easily preventable, legal, and above all, rare. Women do not grow up aspiring to have an abortion;?the experience can be unpleasant and often traumatizing. We should have compassion for any woman or family facing difficult pregnancy circumstances. Above all, we must not be judgmental. Shaming those who terminate pregnancy only adds to the suffering they?re experiencing. The best way to lower the number of abortions is to prevent unwanted pregnancies. When abortions must happen, they should be provided by well-trained medical professionals in a safe, clean environment. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Tax cuts for the wealthy are unnecessary. The gap between those most and least fortunate keeps widening. Millionaires do not need tax loopholes. Trickle-down economics does not work. What really trickles down is increased income disparity. Studies have shown conclusively that when millionaires get a tax break, the only thing that consistently happens is that those millionaires get richer while everyone else gets poorer. I support decreasing the corporate tax rate, which has a much better chance of stimulating our economy. I do not support increasing taxes on the middle class or on the poor. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Our government should be of the people, by the people, and for the people. The Citizens United decision should be overturned?no one should be able to buy a public office. Corporate America has too much say over the laws that affect ordinary Americans. We need campaign financing that doesn?t rely on Super PACs or huge donations from corporations. That?s why my campaign isn't taking corporate donations. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| No | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Trickle-down economics does not work. What really trickles down is increased income disparity. I support decreasing the corporate tax rate, which has a much better chance of stimulating our economy. | |||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Climate change is real. As stewards of our planet, need to recognize this fact and combat climate change aggressively. ?A carbon tax may be the best solution for our free-market system.? Dirty air has dire health consequences, especially for our children. Our families deserve clean air to breathe. The fact that air quality in Salt Lake and Utah counties can be worse than Los Angeles should concern us all. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Our Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. We need commonsense policies that protect hunters and sportsmen but prevent dangerous weapons from falling into the hands of mass murderers. Everyone who buys a gun should have to go through the same background check as everyone else?loopholes that get around background checks need to be eliminated. I also favor legislation that mandates weapons being locked in one safe while ammunition is locked in another?something that responsible gun owners do anyway. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| As a family doctor, health care has been my life?s work. I have seen what happens when people do not have health insurance, and we cannot go back. I support a universal health coverage solution that reduces administrative costs, ensures that all Americans have health insurance, and reduces the role of private health insurance companies. The first thing to do is fix the Affordable Care Act. Then we can begin a smooth transition to a system that covers everyone. I am strongly against privatizing Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Immigrants are the bedrock of our country. Dreamers are its topsoil. We need to cultivate America together. I support legalizing DACA and reforming our broken immigration system once and for all. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community or any other community is un-American.?I stand for the civil rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and to call upon others to do the same. I believe in strengthening Utah families?no matter how those families are composed. Discrimination against any type of family harms children, and employment discrimination harms our state economy as well. I support the Equality Act on the Federal level, which would remove all doubt about it being illegal to discriminate against the LGBTQIA+ community in housing or employment. | |||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support? | ||
| Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | |||
| We must honor our commitments to NATO and other allies. Any other military interventions should be balanced against the likelihood of inciting the growth of more terrorist cells and ideology. Missteps such as the incursion into Iraq have only generated more distrust and extremism. The lives of American soldiers must not be sacrificed on missions that only destabilize the world further. The American people must be defended from attack, but the use of military force should be a last resort. We should first seek negotiations and then exhaust other nonviolent strategies before resorting to military force. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
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| For such a scheme to work, individuals would have to sign a waiver taking personal responsibility for monies so diverted. The government should not be held liable for any losses those individuals might incur. | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| Greatly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Increase | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Slightly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Small business taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| a) I support increasing capital gains taxes on Wall Street, but not on property. | |||
| My three top priorities are: 1. Health care: First, we need true health care reform that covers every American, and we need to find the right way to pay for it. Second, we need to address the opioid epidemic. Rescheduling cannabis is the first step in that fight. Finally, all our families need clean air and water. 2. Education: The health of our democracy depends on a well-educated populace. 3. Public Lands: We need to preserve our natural treasures for future generations. |
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