Wayne Steele's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State Senate (TN) - District 16
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Tennessee Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I'm personally pro-life, but I don't think governments should intrude on women's healthcare. There are mental and physical medical issues that go into needing an abortion, having a miscarriage, etc, which shouldn't be left up to legislators to decide. One should consult with themselves, their doctor, and their God if they have one. It's not my place. People should have the right to a sterile and safe environment to have an abortion. | |||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations,unions, and individuals? | ||
| 100% public funding and no private donations for Campaign finances, from local, state, to federal level by way of Constitutional Amendment. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the forgiveness of federal student loan debt? | ||
| Through an expanded Student Loan Forgiveness Program. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| A plastic, photo ID voting card should be issued by every local election commission for free. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program, such as Medicare-for-All? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| I support a Medicare buy-in for ages 26-64. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I support issuing a hefty fine for crossing illegally. Then being placed at the back of the line for naturalization. | |||
| Yes | Do you support economic intervention as a means of resolving international conflicts? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the U.S. providing increased offensive military aid to Ukraine? | ||
| We already had one dictator march westward across the European continent once in which we were doves until Pearl Harbor; we do not need a repeat situation. We must support Ukrainians' defenses. | |||
| Yes | Do you support raising taxes, on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| Only on those who gross $400K/year. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
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