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@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should a photo ID be required to vote? Since 2011, twelve states have passed laws that require a photo identification to vote. Supporters argue that ID’s …
I am against a national ID, and I'm against yet another form of expensive bureaucracy, but so long as voter IDs are easy to obtain, and free, it doesn't feel li…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should undocumented immigrants be offered in-state tuition rates at public colleges within their residing state?
I would leave that decision to the various states. In my preferred world there will be almost no undocumented immigrants, there will just be lots of permanent g…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the U.S. build a wall along the southern border?
Were we to sell permanent green cards for $50,000 each, and also end the Drug War, there would be no need to build a wall to prevent people from crossing our bo…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?
There should be no government-subsidized healthcare, although perhaps a health insurance requirement should be incorporated into a Universal Basic Income. Peopl…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should producers be required to label genetically engineered foods (GMOs)?
Producers should be allowed to label their products in whatever manner they determine their customers prefer. Government intervention adds systemic costs and de…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Do you support the use of nuclear energy?
I support the free market deciding what kind of energy is created and at what cost. If there is pollution involved, the government should tax it, in order that…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the government require children to be vaccinated for preventable diseases?
No government has the right to forcibly inject foreign substances into any person's body.
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?
Parents should be able to place their children with teachers who will teach what the parents want taught. Public schools hinder this because they are forced to…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?
Student loans should be eliminated. They have achieved nothing other than increasing the cost of higher education and leaving naïve students with burdensome deb…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should drilling be allowed in the Alaska Wildlife Refuge?
The government should not own land, as across the globe government has always been the biggest polluter. Were the Alaska Wildlife Refuge privately owned, perhap…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?
Minimizing pollution is an appropriate task for government. Regulations are seldom the best way to accomplish this, due to complexity, expense, and unintended c…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should foreign terrorism suspects be given constitutional rights?
When Congress declares war, the rules of war should apply to enemy combatants. Foreign terrorism suspects will evaporate when we stop fighting undeclared wars.
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria?
We should accept refugees from any country where our actions created the refugees. If our country did not, we have no moral obligation to accept refugees, but w…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the government increase or decrease military spending?
The government exists to protect our borders, not fight foreign wars. When we limit our military to that task, we will be able to reduce their budget. It should…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should convicted criminals have the right to vote?
When a person is in prison s/he is under the direct control of the government. When s/he is not, s/he should be allowed to vote for or against that government.
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?
In a just country, where the government is not persecuting its own citizens, no military grade equipment will be necessary for law enforcement to do its job, wh…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?
America is a country of law and order. If laws are unjust they should be eliminated. If law enforcement officials are unjust they should be removed. Police must…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should France continue to assassinate suspected terrorists in foreign countries?
The US should assassinate no one, ever. The Constitution provides for war when necessary, and for justice for all, when we are not at war.
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the President be able to authorize military force against Al-Qaeda without Congressional approval?
No foreign military action should be authorized without an Act of Congress, as the Constitution intends.
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Do you support a universal basic income program?
In a perfect world a UBI would be unnecessary, due to the ability of the free market system to generate good jobs for every citizen. Until we get there, I suppo…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?
Government can never create jobs, only destroy them. If the government were to pull out of the economy wages would rise across the board, due to market competit…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should the government raise taxes on the rich?
The U.S. should lower taxes on everyone, and pay for it by reducing the size of government to what our Founders intended. Democracy is not two wolves and a shee…
@RickStewart
from Iowa
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Should victims of gun violence be allowed to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers?
If a dealer or manufacturer is negligent, anyone should be able to sue them.