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Kael Weston's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2022.

  • "Working together with @UtahWomenDems we can ensure that choice, equity, safety, and representation are addressed." (twitter.com)
  • "Tax fairness will require a more equitable distribution of who pays what, not today’s system of who-gets-to-use-all-the-loopholes to avoid paying their fair share. Billionaires and the largest U.S. corporations should not continue to be allowed to pay little or no taxes. Billionaires can afford a tax increase. Hardworking Utah families have been squeezed enough by legislation that favors the ultra-rich." (kaelweston.com)
  • "Medicaid and Medicare serve the common good and remain popular with Americans. Utah’s Medicaid program was expanded by popular vote in 2018. Medicare and Medicaid are also the largest payers of addiction treatment and mental health services in the U.S. and often the only healthcare lifeline in rural communities. These programs are vital given Utah has some of the highest rates of suicide and addiction in the nation. I believe in keeping these programs accessible and on strong financial footing. An important reminder is that U.S. active-duty military personnel are covered by Tricare. Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare show that we have the ability to make these popular and cost-effective single-payer programs work." (kaelweston.com)
  • "The Democratic Party-passed Child Tax Credit has now expired but helped reduce childhood poverty nationwide by an estimated 40%. No child in Utah, or in the U.S., should go to bed hungry when the wealthiest country in the world, ours, can afford to do more to help provide our nation’s poorest kids with better futures." (kaelweston.com)
  • "Universal coverage should not continue to remain out of reach for millions of Americans. Health care insurance reform is desperately needed. We need to continue and protect the insurance reforms made in the Affordable Care Act, including protections for pre-existing conditions, coverage for more Americans — 14 million just this year — and increased funding for rural community health centers. Insurance reform is smart policy that needs to be protected from repeated efforts to repeal. In Utah the percentage of people without health insurance today is 10%, thanks to insurance reforms in the ACA." (kaelweston.com)
  • "We stand up for the most vulnerable among us — not just in our words but in our policies: the poor, the elderly, the forgotten. #Medicaid & #Medicare. #SocialSecurity. The #ChildTaxCredit." (twitter.com)
  • "Instead of raising money, candidates should be focused on working toward bipartisan policy solutions. Politics must not become a millionaires- or billionaires-only club." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "While Roberts gave us Citizens United — aka ‘dark money unlimited’ in politics — his recent stances show the importance of our democratic system of checks and balances between branches of government. Chris Stewart is silent on this ruling." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Historic Democratic Party-led bipartisan #infrastructure investments across our nation mean a lot of new roads & bridges & cleaner energy sources. #utpol #InfrastructureBill" (twitter.com)
  • "Rural community investments in green technology and related #BuildBackBetter infrastructure initiatives means good jobs. Note the solar panels outside Richfield amid the sagebrush and in the same county as a large coal mine." (twitter.com)
  • "Tax fairness will require a more equitable distribution of who pays what, not today’s system of who-gets-to-use-all-the-loopholes to avoid paying their fair share. Billionaires and the largest U.S. corporations should not continue to be allowed to pay little or no taxes. Billionaires can afford a tax increase. Hardworking Utah families have been squeezed enough by legislation that favors the ultra-rich." (kaelweston.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Utah, as the second sunniest state, can and should be a leader in renewable energy rather than exporting most of that clean power to California. The future of Utah is increasingly about solar and wind farms and geothermal plants, such as those outside my parents’ hometown of Milford, Utah. Smart energy policies will create and support high-tech jobs and industries and help clean our often worst-in-the-nation air quality." (kaelweston.com)
  • "Historic Democratic Party-led bipartisan #infrastructure investments across our nation mean a lot of new roads & bridges & cleaner energy sources. #utpol #InfrastructureBill" (twitter.com)
  • "Rural community investments in green technology and related #BuildBackBetter infrastructure initiatives means good jobs. Note the solar panels outside Richfield amid the sagebrush and in the same county as a large coal mine." (twitter.com)
  • "A sufficiently robust and gradually rising carbon tax will replace the need for various carbon regulations that are less efficient. Substituting a price signal for cumbersome regulations will promote economic growth and provide the regulatory certainty companies need for long-term investment in clean-energy alternatives. This would be a first step to addressing the climate crisis." (kaelweston.com)
  • "There are many actions that can and should be taken by governments, businesses, communities, and individuals. As senator, I will support the creation of a carbon tax supported by bi-partisan economists and legislators. Such a tax offers the most cost-effective lever to reduce carbon emissions at the scale and speed that is necessary. By correcting a market failure where the costs and benefits of fossil fuel consumption are not reflected in price, a carbon tax will send a powerful price signal that harnesses the invisible hand of the marketplace to steer economic actors towards a low-carbon future." (kaelweston.com)
  • "I learned how to shoot a .22 rifle and my grandpa's pistol as a kid--before Fallujah and Helmand taught me what it feels like to be shot at. America's schools must not continue to be their own version of a battle zone." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "As the only U.S. Senate candidate in our Beehive State who supports — strongly & publicly — the ACA / Obamacare, I will continue to speak out about this life-saving program & on behalf of all the many, many Utah & American families who depend on it." (twitter.com)
  • "Universal coverage should not continue to remain out of reach for millions of Americans. Health care insurance reform is desperately needed. We need to continue and protect the insurance reforms made in the Affordable Care Act, including protections for pre-existing conditions, coverage for more Americans — 14 million just this year — and increased funding for rural community health centers. Insurance reform is smart policy that needs to be protected from repeated efforts to repeal. In Utah the percentage of people without health insurance today is 10%, thanks to insurance reforms in the ACA." (kaelweston.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I'm running to make sure U.S. foreign policy builds bridges between peoples & countries, not walls." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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