Dennis Macek's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Dennis Macek has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Nebraska Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Unknown Position | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
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| I will not support either. This is NOT a political concern. It does not belong in the realm of political. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| We need a "millionaires' tax" and a "billionaires' tax." Wall Street transactions should be taxed. We MUST ESTABLISH separate FUNDS (accounts) to ensure solvency of those "entitlements." | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| The U. S. must do whatever it takes to minimize effects of money on our election process. Objective-Maintain democracy. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| We should not pay for more weapons and weapon systems until we pay for the ones we have. Most, if not all, U.S. military bases outside our borders should be promptly eliminated. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Stimulus packages must be few, necessary, and specifically targeted. Corporate taxes HAVE lately been lowered, maybe sufficiently. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| The feds can provide guidelines. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Energy policies must be science based. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Unknown Position | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
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| Answer to the second question depends on some variables. No answer fits all. | |||
| 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? | ||
| If a country is ACTUALLY HOSTILE to the U.S., we should confront it with the prospect of a war that the foreign government cannot possibly win. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Employee-safety and environmental safeguards must be categorically be built in, no exceptions. | |||
| My plan is to build America's future by blocking global warming and upgrading our national security and our health-care choices. New infrastructure and electric-power grids using renewables will help us G.O.O.D. (Get Out Of Debt). U. S. leadership in developing artificial intelligence and encrypting software is central to our survival. The key is government and free-market partnerships to build American technology and muscle. Doing this is spelled out in the eight planks of my election platform, which can be seen on my Web site--macekforsenate.com. The planks and inherent issues are interlinked. |
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