Jamie Lewis' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jamie Lewis has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Michigan Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No one should be forced to have children who don�t want to. It is never ok for anyone to force their values on another person. Everyone has the right to make their own decisions in life and no one needs to answer to anyone else. The FDA stifles medical technology, limiting the production and availability of IUDs that many women use safely in Europe, it stifles the development of male contraceptives, Limits the availability of Plan B. There could be many more ways that unwanted pregnancies could be prevented if we didn�t have the government holding back development. | |||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Retirement planning is the responsibility of the individual, not the government. I would phase out the current government-sponsored Social Security and Medicare systems and transition to private voluntary systems. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations,unions, and individuals? | ||
| I call for an end to any tax-financed subsidies to candidates or parties and the repeal of all laws that restrict voluntary financing of election campaigns. Campaign finance laws ensure that only those that already have the money are able to run for office. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| This is a main goal of mine. One of the main purposes of the federal government is to establish Justice. Having separate rules for the government class from those governed is not justice. Those that make and enforce the law should be held to the highest legal standard. Not the lowest. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| We already spent too much money on our own defense, now we are spending even more on other countries wars! We are not the world's police or piggy bank. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal government taking action, beyond those of the Federal Reserve, to alleviate inflation? | ||
| The Federal government needs to stop spending money. Spending money we don't have is one of the sources of the inflation we are experiencing. | |||
| No | Do you support the forgiveness of federal student loan debt? | ||
| The loans were issued by the Federal Government. If a bank continued to give loans to someone that could not afford it until the debt load was �crushing�. They would have been called predatory lenders and would be investigated. Why are there no calls to investigate the government, while it continues to hand out loans with no change in lending criteria? As long as the government keeps providing money colleges will continue to raise prices. We must end the Federal Student loan program. Universities will be forced to adopt market rates in order to stay open. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| I oppose government issued IDs for most purposes. | |||
| 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? | ||
| While energy is needed to fuel a modern society, government should not be subsidizing any particular form of energy. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Gun control laws only hurt law abiding people. | |||
| No | Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program, such as Medicare-for-All? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| None of these are the role of the Federal government. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing security along the southern US border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Anyone who says the would be fine with immigrants if they just followed the immigration laws has no idea how convoluted the US immigration system is. | |||
| No | Do you support economic intervention as a means of resolving international conflicts? | ||
| No | Do you support the U.S. providing increased offensive military aid to Ukraine? | ||
| No | Do you support raising taxes, on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| Federal taxes should be ended. Return to having the states make up their share of the federal budget. This would quickly drop the amount of money spent and force lawmakers to seriously prioritize spending. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| 1) Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. This should be the highest priority of the federal government. Every law passed, every order issued, every decision made should have to pass this simple test. Does this secure liberty or restrict it? 2) Establish Justice- End Qualified Immunity 3) Insure domestic Tranquility. There is no tranquility when so many law abiding memebrs of the community still have to fear that an encounter with the police could end their life. Defund the Police- No Federal Money to any local law enforcement, no military equipment. Keep police local |
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