David Russ' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (OR) - District 6
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Issue Positions
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- "Entitlement programs are outside of the scope of the federal government as defined by the Constitution for The United States of America. In addition to that every entitlement that the federal government doles out comes with federal regulations attached that were generated by bureaucrats instead of legislators, and have not been approved by the legislators nor the people." (None)
- Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? "No" (None)
- In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "No" (None)
- In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "No" (None)
- Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? "Yes" (None)
- Do you support increasing defense spending? "Yes" (None)
- Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? "Yes" (None)
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- Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? "No" (None)
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- Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? "Yes" (None)
- Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? "No" (None)
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- Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship "Yes" (None)
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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.
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| The federal government has no business legislating on this issue as it is outside of the scope of the federal government as defined by the Constitution for The United States of America. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Entitlement programs are outside of the scope of the federal government as defined by the Constitution for The United States of America. In addition to that every entitlement that the federal government doles out comes with federal regulations attached that were generated by bureaucrats instead of legislators, and have not been approved by the legislators nor the people. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Individuals should also be on the list. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Misconduct should always be prosecuted. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| This should be limited to organizations that were not allowed to be open under the state of emergency rules. Also, a limit on gross receipts may be appropriate. Any such benefits should be withheld from any entity that has diversity, equity, and/or inclusion policies that encourages the varying treatment of individuals or entities based on genetic differences, or involvement in ESG or Environmental, Social and Governance standards. Regardless of the rules of distribution, there should be no extraneous requirements of receiving these funds. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| The federal government has no business being involved in education. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| The only reasonable firearm legislation allowed by the constitution are those regarding the direct use of a firearm. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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.)? | ||
| The use of these things should be limited to limiting trade with tyrannical countries and other related national security issues. | |||
| 1) Return the federal government's operations to be within the definition of the Constitution for the United States of America. This will severely reduce the federal budget. It will also severely increase state budgets, however, there will be additional funds at the state level to deal with the same issues because the federal government will not longer be grifting funds off the top before passing them on. 2) Enact legislation requiring Attorneys General and District Attorneys to prosecute a minimum number of cases passed to them by law enforcement. 3) Finish the wall and close the border. |
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