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@8PB7GJS
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Should Jerusalem be recognized as the capital of Israel?
That's up to the people of Israel and Palestine
@8PB7GJS
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Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending?
Decrease: reduce aid to wealthy nations first and then slowly wean the less wealthy nations by some sort of average between each country's need and negative imp…
@8PB7GJS
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Should the current estate tax rate be decreased?
Yes, eliminate it but isntitute Land Value Tax
@8PB7GJS
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Should the government use economic stimulus to aid the country during times of recession?
No, institute a land value tax repatriating land rents should largely decrease/ stave off the ground rent based boom/bust cycle. And even otherwise, no: Fed sho…
@8PB7GJS
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Should the government require businesses to pay salaried employees, making up to $46k/year, time-and-a-half for overtime hours?
Institute a live-able negative income tax or other UBI funded by Land Value Tax and eliminate wage standards after that
@8PB7GJS
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Should businesses be required to provide paid leave for full-time employees during the birth of a child or sick family member?
Institute a live-able negative income tax or other UBI funded by Land Value Tax and eliminate wage standards after that- companies should be allowed to make thi…
@8PB7GJS
from Texas
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Should the government increase the tax rate on profits earned from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate?
Ground Rents via Single Tax, not income or capital gains
@8PB7GJS
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Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?
Replace w NIT funded by Single Tax, but until then, keep the current level
@8PB7GJS
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Should the government raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?
Switch it out for a Georgist Land Value Tax
@8PB7GJS
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Do you support a universal basic income program?
Yes, preferably a NIT funded by Land Value Tax
@8PB7GJS
from Texas
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Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?
No, replace with negative income tax funded by Single Tax/Land Value Tax
@8PB7GJS
from Texas
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Should the government raise taxes on the rich?
Implement a Land Value Tax like in Henry George's "Progress and Poverty"
@8PB7GJS
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Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?
Yes but tax tight oil and shale gas at a higher rate and use the resulting severance tax revenue to invest in green energy solutions and public transportation
@8PB7GJS
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Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?
No and implement a federal severance tax on all fossil fuel extractions at a minimum (although Single Tax/LVT is preferable)
@8PB7GJS
from Texas
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Should the minimum voting age be lowered?
No but exempt anyone under the age of 18 from paying taxes
@8PB7GJS
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Should there be a limit to the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor?
No private, individual, donors- not companies- should be allowed to donate as much as they want, provided it's public knowledge
@8PB7GJS
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Should the electoral college be abolished?
No, but the balance of votes should be updated so each state receives its genuine proportion of votes based on population- and then each state should switch to…
@8PB7GJS
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Should the federal government institute a mandatory buyback of assault weapons?
No, there should be a always-voluntary-never-ever-mandatory buyback compensated at exactly the market rate and we should demilitarize police departments
@8PB7GJS
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Should universities provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students?
All colleges should provide trigger warnings but whether or not to provide safe spaces should be left up to that specific college, preferably chosen by some sor…
@8PB7GJS
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Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?
All sports should do a model like the USPA with a drug-tested/free category and an untested category. Athletes in the drug tested category should be required to…
@8PB7GJS
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Should a business be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs?
Yes, but only on specialized, contracted work. Never on day to day commerce and also not based on race, color, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation.
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@8PB7GJS
from Texas
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Should health insurance providers be required to offer free birth control?
Yes but I would prefer a system with single payer as well as optional additional healthcare under which birth control would be covered by the single-payer, so p…
@8PB7GJS
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Should the government continue to fund Planned Parenthood?
For now yes, however, I would prefer switching to a healthcare service similar to South Korea or Singapore therein making the low-cost reproductive health servi…
@8PB7GJS
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Should social media companies ban political advertising?
Not a government decision since they're private companies, but I would prefer it if they did
@8PB7GJS
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Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?
No, doing so- would likely be a first amendment problem- but the FCC fairness doctrine should be reinstituted for traditional media (ie print/tv/radio)
@8PB7GJS
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Should the Supreme Court be reformed to include more seats and term limits on judges?
Yes but ONLY expand the court by TWO (2) seats to compensate for the Merrick Garland/ Neil Gorsuch issue in 2016 and ACB in 2020 since those two instances were…
@8PB7GJS
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Do you support affirmative action programs?
Yes but on the basis of class/wealth
@8PB7GJS
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Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?
This should be up to the municipality that the school serves; ideally all legal guardians of kids at a specific school (and I mean that specific school, not dis…
@8PB7GJS
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Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?
Federal government should encourage the states to implement permit-to-purchase laws to close out all existing loopholes and extend wait period to 5 days. Hard n…
@8PB7GJS
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Should immigrants be required to learn English?
No establishing a national language of any sort is contrary to the First Amendment
@8PB7GJS
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Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?
Yes for all taxpaying adult illegal immigrants and ALL CHILDREN regardless of parent tax status
@8PB7GJS
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Should the federal government fund Universal preschool?
No it should come from the states funded by Single Tax/ Land Value Tax (public education, especially in the era of zoom, is a public good- it is almost wholly n…
@8PB7GJS
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Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?
Yes but only if students are also given the context that all postmodern critical theories are reliant on certain assumptions regarding epistemology, and that th…
@8PB7GJS
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Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?
Yes but preferably the government would provide free public education, including postsecondary, ENTIRELY CONDITIONAL on it being funded the institution of a Lan…
@8PB7GJS
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Should the government require people to wear face masks in public during the COVID pandemic?
Up to the individual states, but I think my state ought to