Joe Caldarera's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Joe Caldarera has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2020 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "All life is worth protecting, especially those incapable of defending themselves. I believe life begins at conception. Albany has unfortunately gone radically far-left on this issue and has passed legislation allowing abortion even at nine months near birth. I will support any legislation that will reduce the number of abortions in this country, I oppose abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or if the life of the Mother is in danger." (joecal.nyc)
- "When elected, I will defend the sanctity of human life." (twitter.com)
- "I signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge & promised my constituents that I will never raise their taxes." (twitter.com)
- "We must streamline taxes in new innovative ways such as a simple flat tax that can be straightforwardly formatted on a postcard under the current system, repealing the 16th Amendment and going to national sales tax, or exploring the idea of a federalist approach and allowing states to collect taxes as they see feasible to the treasury." (joecal.nyc)
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- "Regardless of the party in power, the $21 trillion national debt that is eclipsing our economy is not seen as a priority problem to be rectified. The reason for this is because of how the Washington establishment operates. I will combat the return of earmarks, which were used in the past for back-room deal making that facilitated cronyism. We need the determination to pass an equitable budget and reject increasing the debt ceiling without meaningful spending mitigation. Congress continuously threatens a "government shutdown" when the topic of spending is considered." (joecal.nyc)
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- "Gun violence is a great tragedy and should be addressed but Career politicians in Albany have passed feel-good measures like the NY SAFE Act which do nothing to prevent gun violence and simply punish law-abiding citizens. This kind of gun control will make it more difficult for a father to defend his home from a burglar, make it more difficult for a young woman to defend herself from a would-be assailant, and only serves to empower criminals over their victims. When I am in Washington, I will stand up for the people of Staten Island and South Brooklyn to defend themselves." (joecal.nyc)
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- "Democrats have continued to block President Trump from building the wall and modernizing our border control. Congressman Max Rose is one of those Democrats, which is why he must be replaced." (joecal.nyc)
- "I support the wall." (twitter.com)
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