Alex DiBlasi's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Alex DiBlasi has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Oregon Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I support pro-choice legislation. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| The Green New Deal would cut our military spending by 50% to fund our transition to clean energy by 2030. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We need stimulus money for working families before we engage in any more corporate welfare. | |||
| 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? | ||
| �The Green New Deal� by Alex DiBlasi https://link.medium.com/tG9SaZ2Zbab | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I support a licensure system but I do also support the second Amendment. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| I support Medicare for all. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We should simplify the process to enter this country and make easier pathways to citizenship. Many Americans couldn't pass the citizenship test. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We are currently engaged illegally with seven different countries, including a Saudi-led genocide in Yemen, for reasons that shift with the seasons. We must withdraw the troops immediately. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| I support fair trade economics as a pathway to peace between countries. | |||
| I support a Universal Basic income, the Green New Deal, Medicare for all, easier pathways to citizenship, decriminalizing drugs, legalized cannabis nationwide, taxing Wall Street transactions, paid parental leave, universal pre-K, ending student debt, free university tuition, and I believe Black lives matter. |
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