Joe Dehn's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Joe Dehn has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "The terms "pro-choice" and "pro-life" are each associated with a cluster of positions not all of which I support, so I cannot meaningfully answer your question the way you have posed it. But my own position is very simple and straightforward: government should have no involvement in these matters, at all. I support the right of individuals to make their own reproductive choices, without interference by government. I oppose the use of tax money to pay for reproductive choices, and government mandates that employers or insurance companies pay for them." (None)
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- "I favor reducing federal spending overall. I favor reductions in all taxes, including corporate income taxes and personal income taxes." (None)
- "Taxes are too high. Existing taxes should be cut. No new taxes should be added. Government spending also needs to be cut, so that taxes can be reduced without increasing government debt." (dehn.votelibertarian.us)
- "The federal budget should be balanced by reducing spending." (None)
- "Taxes are too high. Existing taxes should be cut. No new taxes should be added. Government spending also needs to be cut, so that taxes can be reduced without increasing government debt." (dehn.votelibertarian.us)
- "Government should not be regulating direct or indirect political speech." (None)
- "Everybody should be liable for their actions that harm other people - being a government employee should not give anybody an exemption from being held accountable for misconduct." (None)
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- "I favor reducing federal spending overall. I favor reductions in all taxes, including corporate income taxes and personal income taxes." (None)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "I favor reducing federal spending overall. I favor reductions in all taxes, including corporate income taxes and personal income taxes." (None)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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- "The various industries involved with energy production should be allowed to develop naturally, in response to market processes, without government interference (including without government subsidies)." (None)
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- "Government has made a mess of this, through a combination of over-regulation, tax policy, and subsidies. The answer is not "single payer". The answer is to get government out of this industry entirely." (dehn.votelibertarian.us)
- "Government should not be operating, managing, subsidizing, or mandating any medical services." (None)
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- "Anyone currently living in the country who is doing so peacefully, without committing actual crimes against other individuals (not counting artificial so-called "crimes" like not having the right documents), should be eligible to become a citizen." (None)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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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.
| Unknown Position | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
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| The terms "pro-choice" and "pro-life" are each associated with a cluster of positions not all of which I support, so I cannot meaningfully answer your question the way you have posed it. But my own position is very simple and straightforward: government should have no involvement in these matters, at all. I support the right of individuals to make their own reproductive choices, without interference by government. I oppose the use of tax money to pay for reproductive choices, and government mandates that employers or insurance companies pay for them. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| The federal budget should be balanced by reducing spending. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Government should not be regulating direct or indirect political speech. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Everybody should be liable for their actions that harm other people - being a government employee should not give anybody an exemption from being held accountable for misconduct. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes 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? | ||
| I favor reducing federal spending overall. I favor reductions in all taxes, including corporate income taxes and personal income taxes. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| There should be no such thing as "federal education standards". Curricula, teaching materials, and testing practices should be matters decided by schools and educators operating in a competitive marketplace, subject to the ultimate control of families (or, in the case of post-secondary education, of the students themselves). | |||
| 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? | ||
| The various industries involved with energy production should be allowed to develop naturally, in response to market processes, without government interference (including without government subsidies). | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Government should not be operating, managing, subsidizing, or mandating any medical services. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Anyone currently living in the country who is doing so peacefully, without committing actual crimes against other individuals (not counting artificial so-called "crimes" like not having the right documents), should be eligible to become a citizen. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Trade barriers are both a violation of the rights of the people who want to trade, on both sides of the transaction, and a cause of economic inefficiency, leading to a decrease in prosperity overall. | |||
| Protecting the Bill of Rights and the basic right of individuals to live as they choose, without interference by government as long as they respect the equal rights of others. Keeping the U.S. out of war and maintaining peaceful relations with the people of all nations. Cutting the size and cost of government sufficiently to both eliminate the deficit and reduce taxes. |
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