Xan John's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Xan John has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Louisiana Congressional Election 2024 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a decrease in income taxes in order to balance the budget? | ||
| No | Do you support a wealth tax in order to pay for public programs? | ||
| preferably an abolishment of personal income tax | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes, if it is applied evenly. Trump is singled out and scrutinized while democrats face no repercussion for elaborate and illegal campaign finance schemes | |||
| Yes | Do you support protecting government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth (e.g. grants, tax incentives)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal government increasing funding for affordable housing programs? | ||
| Do you support the federal government taking action, beyond those of the Federal Reserve, to alleviate inflation? | |||
| A) Citizen Open and Free Market spending. C) We would not have inflation if not for the privately owned bank: the Federal Reserve. A national bank that was never properly ratified into its existence in 1913, taking away the responsibility of American currency from the U.S. Treasury and is not commodity backed which practices fractional reserve banking can NEVER stop inflation... Abolish the Federal Reserve and return the duty back to the U.S. Treasury. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes, for ALL voters voting | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal government allowing permits for drilling on public lands? | ||
| A) No because they only fund the poorly designed and ineffective methods for renewable energy. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, boyfriend loopholes)? | ||
| Never supported any gun control | |||
| No | Do you support a government-run (e.g. single-payer) healthcare program, such as Medicare-for-All? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave benefits (e.g. maternity leave)? | ||
| No | Should the government be able to regulate the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increasing security along the southern US border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship, regardless of their immigration status? | ||
| No | Do you support economic intervention as a means of resolving international conflicts? | ||
| No | Do you support the US providing increased offensive military aid to Ukraine? | ||
| B) No, Never | |||
| Do you generally support increased regulations on social media companies (e.g. Tik Tok, Facebook, etc.)? | |||
| I support the complete abolishment of censorship, fact checking and shadowbanning. | |||
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