Joe Collins III's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Joe Collins III has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
California Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am pro-life. however, in certain situations where it's life threatening or in the case of rape, abortions should be legal. | |||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| in order to balance the budget, the United States government needs to stop wasteful spending on other countries. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations,unions, and individuals? | ||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | 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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| No | Do you support the forgiveness of federal student loan debt? | ||
| Going to college is a choice that an individual makes so that individual should be responsible for paying their own debt. The American tax payers should not foot the bill for other people's debt. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| I also think every vote should have to register to vote using a valid social security number. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increasing security along the southern US border? | ||
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| No | Do you support economic intervention as a means of resolving international conflicts? | ||
| No | Do you support the U.S. providing increased offensive military aid to Ukraine? | ||
| Other countries need to learn how to solve their own conflicts. We need to take care of America first. | |||
| No | Do you support raising taxes, on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| I support decrease in wasteful government spending. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
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