Joel Beck's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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- "The Department of Education is responsible for our educational problems and must be eliminated." (beckforcongress.us)
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- "Joel is a Lifetime member of the NRA, has an A rating from both the NRA and is endorsed by the Nevada Firearms Coalition. He reloads his own ammunition and has built his own AR platform rifles." (beckforcongress.us)
- "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. The Second Amendment secures all of the others. It is one of the clearest elements of the Constitution and the only one that is deemed "necessary."" (beckforcongress.us)
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- "We have Immigration laws that are obviously not working because they are not enforced. Why? Because the border is so porous, that anybody wanting to come into the country can." (beckforcongress.us)
- "My opponent is diligently working to increase these numbers by granting amnesty to those here illegally and yet to come, while at the same time, he has no compassion for the loss of life of those that die on their way." (beckforcongress.us)
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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.
| 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? | ||
| As I am former military (USAF). I know that there is a tremendous amount of waste which can be found and eliminated without affecting our military mission. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| 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? | ||
| America's corporate taxes are some of the highest in the word. It's no wonder that businesses move elsewhere. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Federal government involvement in education has increased it's cost and decreased the desired results. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Renewable energy is a private sector issue. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| ANY gun control legislation is an "infringement." If America believes that it is necessary, the Constitution must be amended...FIRST! | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| EVERY person I know has had their medical costs skyrocket and their choices reduced. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| The wall is merely a metaphor. Technology currently exists to control the border without the need of a physical wall for the entire border. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| There was an Amendment to the Constitution for banning the recreational use of alcohol. The Constitution is silent on a Federal ban. If the states want to ban it, the 10th Amendment gives them that right. | |||
| No | Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support? | ||
| The middle east has ALWAYS been and will ALWAYS be in conflict. America should recognize that we are powerless to do anything about it. | |||
| First, immediately stop the 22 Veteran suicides occurring every day. School shootings are a tragedy that gets continued media coverage. There is zero coverage of this DAILY tragedy that is multiples larger than school shootings. Second, stop the deficit spending. The government borrows 42 cents of every dollar it spends. The interest on the debt is more than the entire budget of many necessary government programs. This, at a time of record low interest rates and record tax receipts to the treasury. Should interest rates return to historical norms, we will default and end up like Venezuela |
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