Gerald Dickinson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Gerald Dickinson is currently being tested through the 2022 Political Courage Test.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Pennsylvania Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Women's health and reproductive rights must be protected and enhanced throughout the nation. I believe that protecting reproductive rights is an essential part of comprehensive healthcare reform and I will fight for it to be treated as such. We must restore funding to Planned Parenthood and other healthcare providers. I am also against the Hyde amendment, which prevents federal funding for abortions. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I am running an entirely grassroots campaign and not taking any contributions from corporate PACs. It's time for politicians and the government to work for voters and not for their own corporate sponsors. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Unknown Position | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
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| 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? | ||
| I support the principles of the Green New Deal and will fight to reach carbon neutrality by 2030. The climate crisis is a global existential crisis that needs to be dealt with aggressively and immediately. I will move to ban fracking and further expansion of fossil fuel exploitation and I will push to incentivize the development of sustainable energy sources. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| We must work to protect our nation from gun violence. Common sense gun laws like universal background checks, red flag laws, and closing loopholes must be put into place. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| The healthcare crisis has been laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. We need comprehensive healthcare reform. I will fight to build a pathway to Medicare for All. Comprehensive healthcare includes women's health, LGBTQIA+ health, and policies like paid family leave and paid sick leave. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Immigrants are the foundation of our society. We need to support and protect our immigrant communities. I will work to streamline and simplify the asylum and refugee processes. | |||
| The two most important issues facing our nation are the healthcare crisis and the climate crisis. Both are intertwined and require aggressive, immediate action. That's why I will fight to make the Green New Deal and Medicare for All a reality. These issues, and the massive action required to face them, are difficult and complex, but I believe that now is the time to aim high and be ambitious. I will fight for bold, urgent action to bring real change and real progress to our district and our country. |
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