Alan Aversa's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, America's Independence Party for U.S. House (AZ) - District 3
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Issue Positions
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- "Alan Aversa is the first on a team of uncompromisingly pro-life federal candidates led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry. Abortion has unjustly taken the right to life away from millions of innocents. His goal is to run uncensorable television ads exposing the reality of abortion, similar to those he ran in 2012 in Iowa CD2, so that child-killing ends and the right to life is protected for all." (aversa.vote)
- Ballotpedia: "Who are you? Tell us about yourself. I am a middle school science teacher. The right to live begins at conception." (ballotpedia.org)
- "Alan Aversa is the first on a team of uncompromisingly pro-life federal candidates led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry. Abortion has unjustly taken the right to life away from millions of innocents. His goal is to run uncensorable television ads exposing the reality of abortion, similar to those he ran in 2012 in Iowa CD2, so that child-killing ends and the right to life is protected for all." (aversa.vote)
- Ballotpedia: "Who are you? Tell us about yourself. I am a middle school science teacher. The right to live begins at conception." (ballotpedia.org)
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- "Aversa is against U.S. ðºð¸ involvement and funding of wars in Ukraine ðºð¦, Iran ð®ð·, and elsewhere. He is "America first"; we have domestic issues that need to be addressed first." (aversa.vote)
- "Aversa is against U.S. ðºð¸ involvement and funding of genocidal wars by the State of Israel, Ukraine, Iran, and elsewhere. He is "America first"; we have domestic issues that need to be addressed first." (aversa.vote)
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? | ||
| Humans are persons, with a right to life, at the moment of conception. The right to life for all humans ? regardless of their size, age, level of development, environment, or dependency on others ? is protected by the: Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776: ?We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life?? Preamble of the Constitution of the United States, September 17, 1787: ?We the People of the United States ? secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves [born] and our Posterity [unborn.]? 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, ratified July 9, 1868: ?? nor shall any State deprive any person [born or unborn] of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.? | |||
| 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? | ||
| Everyone has a right to private property. I support the abolition of the income tax. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| I support less government regulation and interference in economic transactions. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal government taking action, beyond those of the Federal Reserve, to alleviate inflation? | ||
| I support the abolition of the Federal Reserve. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Only citizens have the right to vote. | |||
| 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 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? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship, regardless of their immigration status? | ||
| Sovereign nations and states have a right to secure borders. Criminal illegal aliens must be returned to their countries of origin and face justice there. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| We have a right to trade or not trade with whomever. | |||
| No | Do you generally support increased regulations on social media companies (e.g. Tik Tok, Facebook, etc.)? | ||
| But if such companies (not the platform users) are complicit in deception and spreading lies, they must face a just punishment. | |||
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