Jorge Besada's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jorge Besada has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Washington Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| I would work to abolish income tax. I would eliminate the Federal departments of Labor, Energy, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Education, Commerce, Transportation and more. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| There should be no regulations or limits imposed on campaign finance. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| NO! I support massive cuts in military spending. Closing all overseas military bases and bringing the troops home and closing at least 2/3 of domestic military bases. Cancelling contracts for fighter planes, ships, and other unneeded military equipment. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| I support phasing out and thus abolishing the Federal Reserve. And for government-finance purposes collecting needed revenues in gold like it did prior to the creation of Federal Reserve. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| The government should have no role in education. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Whatever environmental regulation might be advisable, it should be done at the state level. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I am in favor of permitless concealed and open carry of handguns and assault weapons. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| People's economic freedom motivates companies to innovate and copy each other's innovations which continuously discovers and spreads superior ideas. Government regulations are just information not subject to continuous improvement and replacement via competition so they paralyze entire industries driving up costs. Compare the increasingly regulated/paralyzed healthcare sector which has grown from consuming about 5% of the economic pie in 1960 to nearly 20% today, to the free/competitive IT sector where even the poorest of Americans can afford amazing Cellphones and technology. We must deregulate the Health Care sector to introduce competitive knowledge discovery. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I am for Open Borders, just like when the Statue Of Liberty really welcomed immigrants from all over the world with: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" | |||
| 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? | ||
| The Israeli/Palestinian conflict must be solved in order to finally have peace in that area and reduce the tensions and growing alliances that will surely lead to WWIII. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| My first priority is motivating the end of the counterproductive COVID lockdowns and restrictions. The rapid socioeconomic suicide brought about by them must be reversed as soon as possible. I'd fire Anthony Fauci. Second is avoiding military conflict with China, Russia, Iran or anyone else. Third is massive reduction in government spending and thus increase in private sector spending by allowing tax-payers to keep more of their money. I would also end the War on Drugs. |
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