Joseph Hannoush's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Libertarian Party of Florida for State House (FL) - District 28
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Florida Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I want people to choose life. But the government should be out of it until the point of viability outside of the womb. Only exceptions after viability should be in cases of health/life. Adoption should be less restrictive. No taxpayer funding of abortions. | |||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| I support replacing the 70,000 page Income Tax code with a simplified Sales Tax with tax exemptions for necessary items. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations,unions, and individuals? | ||
| Eliminate all campaign contributions not from people. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Government officials should have equal rights and treatment under the law as the people. No special privileges. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| The US government already spends more than the next several countries combined. It�s time to sunset funding of foreign governments at the cost to USA taxpayers and the blood of young Americans. I believe in a strong national defense and to being our troops home safety. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal government taking action, beyond those of the Federal Reserve, to alleviate inflation? | ||
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| I don�t support government using taxpayer dollars to pick winners & losers among corporations. I don�t support taxpayer funded bailouts of huge corporations �too big to fail�. | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
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| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I think the government should fund its own energy means and use the cleanest reasonably energy means. I believe government should hold those who harm the environment accountable. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I support any peaceful person to own a firearm. | |||
| No | Do you support raising taxes, on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
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| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Yes. Free trade is a good thing. Tariffs are taxes. When goods & services cross borders, troops don�t. | |||
| My policies would reduce spending, thus not requiring any additional spending, actually lowers cost to the taxpayers. Abolish the Income Tax and replace with a Sales Tax with exemptions for necessary items. Bring home our troops. Decriminalize cannabis. Legalize peaceful immigration. Restore the rights of the Constitution. End corporate welfare. Get corporate money out of politics. Hold corporations accountable for destruction of environment. Term limits for US officials. Balance the budget. Pro-peace and pro-people. Www.JoeHannoush.com |
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