John Meyer's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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John Meyer has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Montana Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I support creating a social system where a woman feels like she has enough community support to raise a child. Until women feel that way I will not legislate what women can do with their bodies. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Overturn Citizens United. Prohibit candidates from taking any PAC money. | |||
| 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? | ||
| The lower and middle class are tired of being trickled on by corporate CEOs. We need to tie the wage of the highest paid employee to the wage of the lowest paid employee if we are serious about maintaining a middle class. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Federal education standards such as those contained within No Child Left Behind tied school funding to whether schools met arbitrary standards. We need to allow schools to tailor to individual students' needs and strengths instead of setting arbitrary benchmarks. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I would like to introduce federal legislation that eliminates job killing regulations that limit the amount of renewable energy that can be developed in states all across the country. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles. Ban "bump-stocks", mandatory background checks, close gun show loopholes. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I support the market aspect of the Affordable Care Act with a public option. I would also require all health insurance providers to be nonprofit to eliminate any incentive of a for-profit to deny claims and pay CEOs large bonuses or dividends to shareholders. | |||
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