John Ward's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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John Ward has refused 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.
Issue Positions
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- "John believes every free and moral society should be encouraging a culture that supports the formation of strong families and life. John opposes providing tax payer monies to organizations like Planned Parenthood whose principal business is the termination of pregnancies. John also opposes elements of Obamacare and other laws that coerce individuals and businesses to pay for or support procedures, treatments, or health related conduct that violates their religious or personal beliefs." (www.wardforcongress.com)
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- "With more than 20 years of working with dozens of entrepreneurs in starting and building companies, John knows first-hand how hard it is to grow a business. Businesses, and particularly small ones, are the nationâs top job creators. The best thing our federal government can do to grow our economy is get out of the way. John believes that a stable interest rate environment, low corporate tax rates, a steady roll-back of the malignant Obama era regulatory environment, and a robust banking system aiding access to capital are the important contributors to sustained economic growth." (www.wardforcongress.com)
- "With more than 20 years of working with dozens of entrepreneurs in starting and building companies, John knows first-hand how hard it is to grow a business. Businesses, and particularly small ones, are the nationâs top job creators. The best thing our federal government can do to grow our economy is get out of the way. John believes that a stable interest rate environment, low corporate tax rates, a steady roll-back of the malignant Obama era regulatory environment, and a robust banking system aiding access to capital are the important contributors to sustained economic growth." (www.wardforcongress.com)
- "A strong public education system is an essential element to economic prosperity. John supports school choice and ardently opposes any top down, "one size fits all" strategy. He does not support Common Core. Charter, magnet, and academy school programs as well as voucher systems all have Johnâs support. School choice mean, higher quality teaching, energized parents and, most importantly, better educated students who are in environments best tailored to their needs and interests." (www.wardforcongress.com)
- "Energy independence should be both an economic and national security goal for the United States. John believes that all forms of energy, oil, coal, solar, wind, geothermal, and water be explored and utilized based on the attractiveness of each formâs free-market characteristics. This means that government should not be picking winners and losers in the energy sector by providing subsidies for energy sources or businesses that are unable to sustain themselves as economically viable. John supports private sector investment in alternative energy sources and believes the rigorous process incumbent to that will result in terrific alternative energy options in the coming years and be yet another example of American ingenuity at its finest." (www.wardforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "The right to bear arms is an American fundamental. John is a gun owner himself and is a strong supporter of both the 2nd Amendment and the NRA. He supports open carry in Florida and concealed carry reciprocity among states. John does not support the idea of a national firearm registry or a ban on semi-automatic firearms, their magazines or ammunition. He believes that guns donât kill or injure, people do. To that end, he supports stiff penalties and tough sentencing for criminals using firearms in the commission of a crime. John believes weapons enhancements like "bump-stocks" should be regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms in accordance with their current set of regulations." (www.wardforcongress.com)
- Thanks to the failure of Obamacare, deductibles and premiums paid are now so high that most families are faced with paying out-of-pocket for all their healthcare services excepting only catastrophic healthcare events such as a cancer diagnosis or serious injury from an auto accident. John supports the dismantling of Obamacare and instituting a replacement program that delegates block grants to the states for Medicare, creates special insurance pools for citizens with pre-existing conditions, and allows individuals to shop for health insurance across state lines creating a competitive market for health insurance offerings to drive down premiums and deductibles. " (www.wardforcongress.com)
- "The immigration issue is key to national security. John supports the enforcement of the immigration laws currently on the books. He supports the Presidentâs proposal for a wall along the southern border of the United States understanding that the wall can be both a physical wall and one created by the use of drones, remote sensing technologies, and other overhead systems applied in geographically difficult areas. John is a strong proponent of immediately deporting any illegal immigrant who breaks the law, no exceptions." (www.wardforcongress.com)
- "The immigration issue is key to national security. John supports the enforcement of the immigration laws currently on the books. He supports the Presidentâs proposal for a wall along the southern border of the United States understanding that the wall can be both a physical wall and one created by the use of drones, remote sensing technologies, and other overhead systems applied in geographically difficult areas. John is a strong proponent of immediately deporting any illegal immigrant who breaks the law, no exceptions." (www.wardforcongress.com)
- 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.
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