Matthew Heines' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Matthew Heines has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Washington Congressional Election 2024 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? | ||
| Since I have been running for office, my position has been the abortion issue is for the individual States to decide. I am glad to see the Supreme Court agrees with me. | |||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a decrease in income taxes in order to balance the budget? | ||
| No | Do you support a wealth tax in order to pay for public programs? | ||
| We need to stop wasting our money on our intelligence agencies that are working to subvert our country and our Republic. We also need to stop giving money to corporations who do not have our values or our best interests in mind like social media, for example. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Campaign contributions must come for individuals only. The Supreme Court's ruling that a corporation has the same rights as an individual in campaign financing has led to a lot of the problems we see today. That issue needs to be addressed at the legislative level. | |||
| Yes | Do you support protecting government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| We need to start taxing income gained by lawyers from lawsuits against police and schools in the performance of their duties in order to deter them from filing suits just to settle out of court. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| We need to make sure the money we are spending is accounted for and is going to programs that actually protect our country. As a former paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, I believe Social justice and wokeism is destroying our ability to recruit the kind of people we need to protect our country and our interests. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth (e.g. grants, tax incentives)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal government increasing funding for affordable housing programs? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal government taking action, beyond those of the Federal Reserve, to alleviate inflation? | ||
| We are spending a trillion dollars just to finance the debt this year, next year it will be worse and the year after that will be even worse. Pretty soon our entire budget will be centered on paying the debt. If you think inflation is high now, just wait. If you want to know the truth about the Federal Reserve, read my book Deceptions of the Ages. | |||
| No | Do you support the forgiveness of federal student loan debt? | ||
| I believe students, like myself who are told they are the wrong race to get a job teaching, or their job is going to an illegal immigrant or foreign worker who is not a US citizen should be able to apply for student loan relief. I believe foreign workers should be taxed to pay for the discrimination and hate exercised on our own American students. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal government allowing permits for drilling on public lands? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, boyfriend loopholes)? | ||
| Gun control is only for law abiding citizens so that Democrats and their illegal immigrant and other allies can murder, rob, rape and plunder with no fear of armed US citizens fighting back. | |||
| No | Do you support a government-run (e.g. single-payer) healthcare program, such as Medicare-for-All? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave benefits (e.g. maternity leave)? | ||
| Yes | Should the government be able to regulate the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| The government should be able to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing security along the southern US border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship, regardless of their immigration status? | ||
| I support the construction of military bases along our southern border. This will allow our soldiers and Marines to use these areas for training against foreign infiltration in future combat zones. I also believe the spaces in between these bases should either be walled or used as firing and bombing ranges with a deadly force will be used warning for trespassers on each. | |||
| Yes | Do you support economic intervention as a means of resolving international conflicts? | ||
| No | Do you support the US providing increased offensive military aid to Ukraine? | ||
| Russia invaded Ukraine as a result of the $5 billion the CIA used to overthrow their elected government, etc etc. After the fighting in the Donbas was brought under control, Boris Johnson walked out on peace negotiation and Kamala Harris showed up on February 14, 2022 and told the Ukrainians the Russians were going to pay for their election interference, which was proof these people are nuts. Putin did what any responsible leader would do to defend his country from the unhinged thugs of Joe Biden. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support increased regulations on social media companies (e.g. Tik Tok, Facebook, etc.)? | ||
| No child under 18 should have access to social media. Social media cannot be used by our government to stifle political dialogue and candidates such as myself. I cannot even get the status of a political candidate on Facebook because of their censorship. On YouTube, Google takes away the views of every one of my videos and cuts them in half. Put Heinessight, my business name on Amazon and see if you get any of my books, or merchandise or movies. | |||
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