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Ben Ruiz's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

  • "Every Life Matters, Born or Unborn, the ungodly murder of the unborn innocent defenseless babies which tends to affect more minority communities throughout the nation, gives women a cheap way out instead of dealing with life responsibilities for actions they decided to take and knew of the consequences of those same actions. I instead would opt to help reform the adoption regulations to get rid of the red tape to make it easier for women of all levels of society to be able to make the best choices for their babies, expanding the protentional for Americans to individually adopt children" (None)
  • Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? "Pro-Life" (None)
  • "Every Life Matters, Born or Unborn, the ungodly murder of the unborn innocent defenseless babies which tends to affect more minority communities throughout the nation, gives women a cheap way out instead of dealing with life responsibilities for actions they decided to take and knew of the consequences of those same actions. I instead would opt to help reform the adoption regulations to get rid of the red tape to make it easier for women of all levels of society to be able to make the best choices for their babies, expanding the protentional for Americans to individually adopt children" (None)
  • Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? "Pro-Life" (None)
  • Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? "No" (None)
  • In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "No" (None)
  • In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "No" (None)
  • "This would prevent campaign finance crimes and help set the pace to reject influence in any election over those voices of the American People" (None)
  • Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? "Yes" (None)
  • Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? "Yes" (None)
  • Do you support increasing defense spending? "Yes" (None)
  • Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? "No" (None)
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  • "Obviously protecting our environment is crucial for our health and well-being. Therefore, I support policies that eliminate leftist Green New Deal agendas which would have seriously devastating effects on everything. Focusing on renewable uses of fossil fuels and fusion energy is the proper approach to American Energy Independence." (www.ruiz4congress.com)
  • Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? "No" (None)
  • "Obviously protecting our environment is crucial for our health and well-being. Therefore, I support policies that eliminate leftist Green New Deal agendas which would have seriously devastating effects on everything. Focusing on renewable uses of fossil fuels and fusion energy is the proper approach to American Energy Independence." (www.ruiz4congress.com)
  • "The Constitution is firm in its core principle that the People's right to bear Arms shall not be infringed." (None)
  • Do you generally support gun-control legislation? "No" (None)
  • "Access to quality healthcare is a necessity. I support President Trump's policy to replace Obamacare with policies that are competitive and will help reduce healthcare costs for millions of Americans and help return us to making quality care for all anywhere, regardless of income or pre-existing conditions." (www.ruiz4congress.com)
  • "Obamacare has been a disaster since its implementation, giving power to the insurance company's doing business to increase costs with no competition to help lower premium costs and no alternative options to go out of network." (None)
  • Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? "Yes" (None)
  • "If we start holding businesses accountable for medical leave from governing bodies they will go bankrupt and the job market would dwindle" (None)
  • Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? "No" (None)
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  • "The U.S. government has a duty to protect its American Citizens from any harm that may come to them directly or indirectly because of bad immigration policies and ILLEGAL Migration. Any illegals that entered unlawfully during the period of the Biden administration and the policies of the Democratic Communist Party must return." (None)
  • Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? "Yes" (None)
  • "The U.S. government has a duty to protect its American Citizens from any harm that may come to them directly or indirectly because of bad immigration policies and ILLEGAL Migration. Any illegals that entered unlawfully during the period of the Biden administration and the policies of the Democratic Communist Party must return." (None)
  • Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? "Yes" (None)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
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?
I would work with members of Congress to discontinue reprogramming or re-directing funding from the Social Security and Medicare Programs that millions of Americans rely on to other agendas and/or legislations that need funding sources. Social Security and Medicare should only be made available to U.S. Citizens and should be made available to every person of age per guidelines who have paid into it. By eliminating the fraudulent reallocation of the funding of Social Security and Medicare, Congress could repay the loans out of those two programs to keep it running successfully and even increase benefits. I am Pro-2nd Amendment and would work to eliminate red flag laws that are unconstitutional, while also eliminating several key federal agencies such as the U.S. Board of Education, ATF and the IRS. In unison I would work to merge both DOJ/FBI agencies to operate on one single budget. In addition, I would work to cut funding to private universities except in areas of national security. All of these cutbacks would save Americans billions and trillions of dollars that would help to lower inflation rates. In terms of foreign aid and support I would work with President Trump and Congress to create a ROI for the distribution of any US Taxpayer dollars to foreign nations and make it effective retro-actively so as to begin collection of revenues from countries that have already received U.S. Taxpayer support. Creating and leading to stabilizing the American Economy for Billions of Americans who desperately need the relief of tax burdens.
No Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals?
I would support the regulation of special interest groups hired by corporations and other entities with contribution transparancy.
No Do you support protecting government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
If there is misconduct on behalf of any individual which was not due to criminal actions by the victims, then I would support Law Enforcement of Course.
Yes Do you support increasing defense spending?
I would only support American U.S. Defense Spending to bring clarity. I would not support spending in foreign national defenses. It's time our allies pay their fair share.
Yes 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?
Yes Do you support the federal government taking action, beyond those of the Federal Reserve, to alleviate inflation?
I would eliminate or federalize the Federal Reserve System, for too long we have allowed financial institutions to do what they please with Taxpayer dollars, including raising interest rates which have directly impacted inflation rates, which in history has caused market crashes and involved steep bail outs by the very same taxpayer funding while the fat cats make off with raises.
No Do you support the forgiveness of federal student loan debt?
Absolutely not! American's families work hard enough to support their own, we do not need to be responsible for others debts.
Yes Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls?
If everyone must be 18-21 and provide proof of age to enter bars, nightclubs, theatres and book flight tickets or to apply for grants using ID including the purchasing of firearms; then everyone should have no issues in obtaining IDs to vote which are in fact easily accessed. The notion that one's skin color is construed as the likelihood a person would be less intelligent in being able to get an ID is in fact the very racism leftist democrats cry about.
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?
No Do you generally support gun-control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, boyfriend loopholes)?
The Constitution is the law of land and must be upheld, the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms without infringement of those rights..
No Do you support a government-run (e.g. single-payer) healthcare program, such as Medicare-for-All?
No Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave benefits (e.g. maternity leave)?
Yes 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?
No Do you generally support increased regulations on social media companies (e.g. Tik Tok, Facebook, etc.)?
With the only exception that Social Media outlets do not have the authority to censor any member in violation of their 1st amendment rights here in the US
I would work with Congress and President Trump to federalize all local and state law Enforcment agencies for the purpose of illegal alien deportation while pass reform Immigration policies that would benefit American Taxpayers, In terms of Economic Stability, with the elimination of several federal agencies would we re-invest in the American economy by providing loans via ending the FED, In, Foreign Policy I would work to end foreign war fundings that are not in the interests of Americans and instead work to support legislation for retroactive return on interest payments from funds current and previously distributed.

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