Davy Ray's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Davy Ray has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Washington Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| While I am personally pro-life I think women's reproductive decisions are nobody's business except her, her doctor, and if applicable her partner. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I've been paying into social security for my entire adult life. I expect it to be there when I retire. As far as medicare is concerned, I am a proponent of universal heath care as a right not a privilege. If the pandemic has shown us anything it's the effects of having your health care tied to your employment during times of economic duress. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| We need big money out of politics. In my race I'm blowing through my savings trying to keep up with candidates who have a seven figure campaign war chest. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| That's a tentative no. I think everyone should be held accountable for misconduct however I think this a case by case basis. I think a blanket pass for certain groups is just opening a Pandora's box for abuse. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Again, difficult to answer. There is a lot of wasteful spending just to keep defense contractors in business. And a lot of things that are obsolete (a boneyard of tanks quietly stored in the Nevada desert or the Osprey which I would never set foot on because it's a death trap and the ever increasing expense of the new gen fighters). We should be focusing on new methods of defense such as cyber attacks. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Certainly would make things easier. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We've already passed the point of no return on this issue. Now it's just a matter of mitigation. We are poised to be an example to the world on how to pull this off. And we need to do it now. Corporations don't have much of an incentive to act on it so it's up to us to demand it and regulate it. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Standard disclaimer: I own guns. But I would gladly throw them all into the Columbia River if I thought it would stop the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, Buffalo, Parkland, I could go on but you get the idea. This recent framework headed to congress is weak tea. It's designed to placate everyone and make the Republican party look magnanimous prior to the 2022 midterms. Didn't raise the age limit, no universal background checks, no ban on anything like high capacity magazines. I just illustrates how much Republicans are in the pocket of the gun lobby. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Unknown Position | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
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| I don't really have an opinion here but as long as there is a public safety hazard I think we should take steps to protect workers. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| That's a tentative yes. Immigration is a tough nut to crack. We can't take in everybody without affecting our citizens. But the broader issue is why are they all fleeing their home countries? 1. Climate change 2. Drug cartels. Let's face it, we are creating the demand for the drug trade that fuels the violence below the border. 3. Asylum. The motivations of a few autocrats is causing people to flee their countries just to live. Those are the things we need to address. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Because you know it's worked out well so far. /sarcasm | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Unless China mucks with our economy again. | |||
| Well I have a number of priorities so hard to fit within 100 words but here goes: 1. For my district I plan to go for infrastructure money to improve transportation and economic opportunities. 2. The environment is paramount. We're likely to get a lot of climate refugees so we have to address housing, homelessness, land use, and the strain it will put on the district. I could go on but it's probably easier just to visit the website. davyforcongress.com or the Facebook page 'Davy Ray for congress'. |
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