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Vermont Gubernatorial Election 2024 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds (e.g. Medicaid) for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| Who is anti-life? Is anyone anti choice? These are titles that divide. I am personally 100% pro life, but I am not you. I believe that choice should be between the parents and their God. I also believe education is a key factor here and there are other options. My experience is that every woman that has an abortion shows great regret and personal trauma from the experience. The last thing I want to do is give the GOVERNMENT the ability to choose for us. Having said that, I would cap it and limit it to the first trimester. I would not ban abortion either. As Governor, I have to govern the people who do not agree with me also and this is a family matter not a government issue. I just do not want to use abortion for birth control and the numbers are unacceptable as they stand. WHO among us is pro-infanticide? Who supports full term abortions? I can not find anyone and believe the truth is in the middle. | |||
| Yes | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support limiting state government spending on social programs (e.g. SNAP, TANF)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support a decrease in income taxes in order to promote economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support a wealth tax in order to pay for public programs in your state? | ||
| Vermont won #1 in corruption for the last three years in a row. I do not believe YOU are the problem because you are made out of carbon, I believe our own government is the problem and we can not afford THEM anymore. I have policy for TAX CUTS and TAX BREAKS we also have many policies with a serious "Return On Investment" (ROI) all new and foreign words to our corrupt Congress and appointed officials. The solution is to CUT the cost of living, not our Rights and Liberties. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for violent crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders? | ||
| Our for profit police and prison system is broken and very expensive. More corruption that also rolls over into our corrupt and complicit judicial system. That are many factors to public safety, judicial reform and prison reform is needed. I also back the blue; I would not defund our police because I believe in better equipment and training. I would however audit the police and start removing corruption in that that regards also. We need Constitutional peace officers and Sheriffs. We need equal justice for all including Congress. The Second Amendment infringements placed on Vermonters has spiked our crime rates to record highs along with the Opioids epidemic. I have policy and a proven way OUT of the opioid crisis that reduces crime and comes with a giant boost of economic growth and development along with safer street and communities. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth (e.g. grants, tax incentives)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector (e.g. for business or the environment)? | ||
| No | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Vermont? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support government spending on affordable housing projects in Vermont? | ||
| Again back to the corruption and cost of living. Increasing minimum wage for instance just drives up inflation resulting in a net loss. We need JOBS and opportunity not more handouts and higher taxes and bills. I have tremendous policy for opioids, cannabis and hemp, sustainable farming and many new technologies in energy, transportation and medical healing. POLICY will give us the economic growth and jobs we need, a return will carry us into the future. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards (e.g. Common Core) in Vermont? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Vermont? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants in the United States who graduate from Vermont high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities, regardless of immigration status? | ||
| Education reform is my #2 policy behind opioids (and removing corruption). The future of education in Vermont is private schools, charter schools and home schools. It's as easy as the money follows the student. The money is another topic and unacceptable racket, up to $39,000 per student in elementary schools! We pay some of the highest education costs in the Nation for some of the lowest test scores. About 85% of our taxes are buried in education. We need to remove THE STATE, Chinese core curriculum and the teachers union from education and give the rights and consent back to the parents with school choice. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state governments allowing permits for drilling on public lands? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring all state utilities to purchase 100% renewable energy by 2030? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support banning neonicotinoids, or neonics, a type of pesticide, in Vermont? | ||
| I have seen engines that run on water and air. Elon Musk is about to release his new hydrogen car and I believe many changes will be coming in these areas. We went through the industrial revolution and tried everything from steam to nukes. We landed on fossil fuels as the cleanest most efficient energy we could get. Until these new technologies become public anything else costs us more for less efficiency and come with additional restrictions and taxes. The green energy LIE plays a role here also - whoever thinks its a good idea to put our entire transportation system on an already failing electrical grid should do more research or has a side agenda. The climate is changing because it's being engineered. | |||
| Yes | a)Do you support limiting campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the use of an independent or bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the implementation of ranked choice voting in Vermont? | ||
| election reform is also needed. I took part in an old school manual election audit back in 2028 and have been deeply involved in election integrity even since. Our original 2018 audit can prove 60-70% fraud and trace it back AT LEAST to 1975. I released over 500 fraudulent names in Bennington County (a County of 5,500) and that was just the A's and half the B's. In 2020 Vermont was one of (6) states that actually had more ballots than legal aged voters amounting in a 102% voter turnout. Even better than the crime; we have the cover up. From your officials, on their letterhead, in their words with their signature on the bottom; no one ever looked at any of the evidence. We could not get our "elected" officials to look at election fraud. I know why. The Vermont election rolls have never been audited in the history of our country and VT does not even handle our own elections. LHS out of Salem NH does our elections and another (8) states - LHS is a subsidiary of Dominion. The illegal college vote, voter rolls, electronic voting, and mail in ballots are a big part of the problem here. The media is also complicit via candidate coverage, announcements and Phil Scott refuses to debate. All factors and part of the election cheat supported by overwhelming evidence. We need to go back to paper ballots, hand counting and voting DAY, not voting months. | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, closing the boyfriend loophole)? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the right to concealed carry in Vermont? | ||
| I have devoted over (30 ) years and more than half of my life as a conservation educator, both a wildlife and firearm expert and safety instructor and a world spokesman for the National shooting sports. I hosted and produced family oriented, outdoor television broadcast into 106 million homes nation wide for over a decade. Nominated for Field & Stream magazines "heroes of conservation" and being a NATIVE VERMONTER, our outdoor, natural, renewable resources and our wildlife are core values for me along with our Second Amendment firearm freedoms. Vermont USED to be safe, but we can no longer say that with spiking crime rates and record homicides, violent crimes and property loss. If you support "gun control" then you are supporting higher crime rates- period. It's not a guess or argument, this is what happens every time, every place when we place bans or restrictions on honest law abiding citizens. :shall not be infringed" is crystal clear to me and I plan on forcing the repeal of these unconstitutional restrictions already on the books so Vermonters can protect themselves and their families because our government failed. If the Second Amendment and that CULTURE and lifestyle, that security and tradition are important to YOU, I believe I am the ONLY safe choice and I have a lifetime of education, knowledge and experience to back me up. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a government-run (e.g. single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for-All? | ||
| Yes | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die (e.g. those with a terminal illness) through euthanasia? | ||
| No | d) Do you support mandating vaccinations (e.g. for school or employment)? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave benefits (e.g. maternity leave)? | ||
| Yes | f) Should the government be able to regulate the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| I believe the medical profession is changing and another corrupt system is falling. We all know the results and problems that come with big pharma, big corporation and big politics now. I see great advancements and new technologies increasing as we lose trust and move away from conventional medical PRACTICE. Advancements in frequency healing, amino therapy, color and light therapy, stem cell research and holistic medicine and now leading the way and showing results. One of my EXECUTIVE ORDERES will be to legalize plant medicine for part of my opioid policy. I have a PROVEN solution and plan on leading Vermont and then the nation OUT of the opioid crisis. Insurance companies and state Medicare play a role in this healthcare crisis also, we can mediate that by caping ambulatory care and insurance rate including medical mal-practice. I see alternative medicine and holistic rehab being a smarter and safer choice. With my opioid policy we save both money and LIVES. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support inclusion of sexual orientation in Vermont's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Vermont's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Vermont's state government in closing gender, racial, and other wage gaps? | ||
| I believe we have a political agenda in play with all of this. More division, distraction, deflection and diversion in my opinion. We do not need such political agendas in our schools, public libraries and businesses. No one is pro-racism and that is not the Vermont I know, want or will accept. I do not believe all Vermonters are "irredeemable racist" as Governor Scott and many of my opponents say- I believe we are some of the greatest people on Earth and I am offended by the suggestion or the idea that we need MORE laws to increase division. Education is key again and I hope a few people are looking at the source and reasons behind the creation of this "movement". I believe you can be whatever and whoever you want to be - It does not matter who your God or lover is or what color your skin or hair color is; Vermont strong means we are all in this together and we have all been lied to and taken advantage of. I guess I can reference Cathy O'Brien and her Congressional testimony about satanic ritual abuse at the Presidential level and her testimony against VT Senator Patrick Lahey who not only raped her daughter, but was to bring forth the "pedophile agenda"... per Congressional testimony that was held from the public through the National Security Act. Anyone interested can find more information at Trance-formation.com | |||
| Corruption (cut the cost of living/taxes) Opioids housing education economic growth and development sustainable farming Funding comes from diverting existing money from other areas, a total restructure of of government and a reduction in government and state spending. Executive orders include term limits, a Second Amendment sanctuary state, I'm going to ban poisonous farming practices and aerosol spraying (geoengineering) and we will legalize lant medicine to start curing people. |
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