Susan Buchser-Lochocki's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Susan Buchser-Lochocki has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
West Virginia Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I'm PRO-FAMILY PLANNING. We need to PAY and EDUCATED PARENTS to do their IMPORTANT WORK, of raising the next generation. Its the most important job(s) and it's being done as a hobby, without pay and we see the results, bullies, incarceration, gangs, rape and killings. Currently, WE PAY MEN to do THE MOST MANLY WORK, to defend and protect, therefore, WE NEED TO PAY WOMEN for our MOST WOMANLY WORK WE DO, get pregnant, be pregnant for 9 months give birth and raise a healthy and happy child. MOTHER'S PAY it is time. Motherhood, a full-time job with benefits. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| In our countries history, when there was a crisis and a great wealth divide like we see today, the wealthy were taxed at a very high rate between 60 and 90%. I'm not saying we should do this but it is in our history. I think we should do away with tax loopholes actually, IF EVERYBODY PAID THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES, so people earning above $100,000 annually. People earning below $100,000 pay no tax. Then a FLAT SOCIAL SECURITY TAX should provide enough revenue to pay for entitlements. CURRENTLY, the WEALTHY PAY LESS SOCIAL SECURITY percentage wise. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| The job of being President is to be working FOR THE PEOPLE of the United States of America, not the Corporations not the Unions, but the people. In fact that is true for all Political Candidates running for office, in the United States. We are ...OF the PEOPLE, BY the people, ...FOR the people, right? | |||
| Yes | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| But only if they were following instructions, doing their job as instructed directly by the US Government. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| We are not the biggest country or the most populated country, but WE DO SPEND THE MOST on Military and Defense... than any other country in the world. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes 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? | ||
| We have our 250th year Anniversary of THE FOUNDING of OUR COUNTRY in 2026. It's a great opportunity come together as a COMMUNITY, AS A NATION. We need to recommit to eachother, celebrate our diversity, get people involved in government and public works. We need to CLEAN HOUSE of OLD LAWS and REGULATIONS that are OUT DATED, we need to UPCYCLE our DOCUMENTS, GOVERNMENT and TOWNS. It's time for a NEW FLAG, NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM we need to update the Constitution to include ALL OUR PEOPLE, I'm not an Amendment, ANYMORE! | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| KEEPING EASY MOVEMENT between the states, we must have a common base of information, a certain LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Our citizens are ON THE GO. They move with their children, the new PUBLIC SSCHOOLsould be WELCOMING and following the same STANDARD FEDERAL CURRICULUM. It should include Math, English, Common History, Art, Music, Science & Movement. In Kindergarten kids SHOULD LEARN about the local Native Americans. 2ND GRADE KIDS CAN START LEARNING a FOREIGN LANGUAGE like Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, French or German. With the right teachers we can make our public schools better than the private ones. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Solar Hydro Geo-thermal, we still need to clean up our mess from the coal mining days. And now from fracking too. There should be Federal Standards...and then the States can decide if they want to be even tougher on emissions. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| The wall keeps the Gangs out, that means less kidnapping and killing of innocent people for their organs. Mexico is not at War, we have offical ways for people to come into the country, they can come in Legally no problem. | |||
| No | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| We are not the owners of the World and other countries have FREEDOMS Too. Sadly we displaced a lot of people and created a crisis, before I was born. When we,(the USA) and other nations created Israel and now WE (Generations later)have to live with the consequences. I support worring about the people of the USA, making them our number 1 priority. | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Not currently | |||
| 1)Mothers pay we need to get Mothers out of Poverty. Give them benefits including training and vacations. WE NEED FULLTIME PARENTING. 2)250 year celebration of the FOUNDING of our country. We need to come together to CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY. It's time for a NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM a NEW FLAG and NEW UPDATED CONSTITUTION ...Im NOT an AMENDMENT! We need to get rid of LAWS that aren't working and are frivolous. 3)Shift to an APPRENTICESHIP FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM starting at 14 years old. Some kids learn better by doing. |
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