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Jeffrey Siskind

Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

What is your stance on abortion?
- Pro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions

Gun Control

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?
- Yes, require strict background checks, psychological testing, and training

Gay Marriage

Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?
- Yes

LGBT Adoption Rights

Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?
- No

Equal Pay

Should employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job?
- No, the current requirements in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 are already sufficient

Climate Change

Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?
- No

Planned Parenthood Funding

Should the government continue to fund Planned Parenthood?
- Yes, as long as funding is not used for abortion procedures

Mandatory Vaccinations

Should the government require children to be vaccinated for preventable diseases?
- Yes

Marital Rape

Should marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape?
- Yes, and consentual sex with a spouse under the age of 18 should be classified as statutory rape

Pre-Existing Conditions

Should health insurers be allowed to deny coverage to individuals who have a pre-existing condition?
- No, it is immoral to deny health insurance to people with pre-existing conditions

Police Body Cameras

Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?
- Yes, this will protect the safety and rights of police officers and citizens

Religious Freedom Act

Should a business be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs?
- Yes, but the owner must post a sign stating their beliefs and what they refuse

Drug Price Regulation

Should the government regulate the prices of life-saving drugs?
- Yes, and we should socialize medicine and healthcare

Gender Identity

Should "gender identity" be added to anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes, and the government should do more to protect minorities from discrimination

Armed Teachers

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?
- No, hire professionally trained security guards instead

Government Mandates

Should health insurance providers be required to offer free birth control?
- Yes, except for religious organizations and charities that oppose the use of contraception

Immigrant Children

Should adults that are illegally attempting to cross the U.S. border be separated from their children?
- No, families should be kept together while they are being processed

Taxes

Should the U.S. raise taxes on the rich?
- No, but lower taxes for the poor

Mental Health

Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?
- Yes, but only increase funding for personalized care instead of subsidizing pharmaceutical companies

Border Wall

Should the U.S. build a wall along the southern border?
- No, this would be too costly and ineffective

Immigration Ban

Should there be a temporary ban on all immigration into the United States?
- No, but we should spend more to increase our border security

Student Loans

Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?
- No

Minimum Wage

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?
- Yes, and adjust it every year according to inflation

Muslim Immigrants

Should Muslim immigrants be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?
- No

Women in Combat

Should the military allow women to serve in combat roles?
- Yes, preventing women from serving in combat roles is discriminatory

Paid Sick Leave

Should businesses be required to provide paid leave for full-time employees during the birth of a child or sick family member?
- Yes, but the federal government should sponsor this program instead of businesses

Immigration Healthcare

Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?
- No, but their children should have access

Immigration

Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?
- No

Mandatory Military Service

Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service?
- No, service should be a choice instead of an obligation

Deporting Criminal Immigrants

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?
- Yes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country

United Nations

Should the U.S. remain in the United Nations?
- No, and remove the U.N. headquarters from the U.S.

Drug Policy

Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?
- No, and increase punishment for drug dealers

Obamacare

Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
- Yes, but a mandatory single payer system would be even better

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?
- Yes

Electoral College

Should the electoral college be abolished?
- No, the electoral college ensures representation of the whole country instead of just major cities

Illegal Immigrant Detainment

Should local law enforcement be allowed to detain illegal immigrants for minor crimes and transfer them to federal immigration authorities?
- No

Fracking

Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?
- No, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead

Immigrant Assimilation

Should immigrants be required to learn English?
- Yes, but the government should provide free language learning courses

Immigrant Laborers

Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?
- No, remove them from the U.S.

Alternative Energy

Should the government give tax credits and subsidies to the wind power industry?
- Yes, the government should support more sustainable energy technologies

Military Congressional Approval

Should the President be able to authorize military force against Al-Qaeda without Congressional approval?
- No

Confederate Flag

Should states be allowed to display the Confederate flag on government property?
- No, it should be put in a museum where it was originally flown

Right of Foreigners to Vote

Should foreigners, currently residing in the United States, have the right to vote?
- No

Voter Fraud

Should a photo ID be required to vote?
- Yes, this will prevent voter fraud

Corporate Mega Mergers

Should the government prevent "mega mergers" of corporations that could potentially control a large percentage of market share within its industry?
- No, and the government should not interfere with the free market

Net Neutrality

Should internet service providers be allowed to speed up access to popular websites (that pay higher rates) at the expense of slowing down access to less popular websites (that pay lower rates)?
- No, this would allow them to remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and increase prices

Plastic Product Ban

Should disposable products (such as plastic cups, plates, and cutlery) that contain less than 50% of biodegradable material be banned?
- No

Welfare Drug Testing

Should welfare recipients be tested for drugs?
- Yes, and immediately terminate benefits for anyone testing positive

Oil Drilling

Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?
- No, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production

Paris Climate Agreement

Should the U.S. withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement?
- Yes

Government Spending

Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?
- No

Medicaid Work Requirement

Should people be required to work in order to receive Medicaid?
- No, the vast majority of people who receive Medicaid are disabled

Universal Basic Income

Do you support a universal basic income program?
- Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing

Medicare Drug Prices

Should the federal government be allowed to negotiate drug prices for Medicare?
- No, the government should not interfere with the free market

Welfare

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?
- More, and deny benefits to immigrants

Military Spending

Should the government increase or decrease military spending?
- Increase

Solitary Confinement for Juveniles

Should prisons ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles?
- Yes, and we should create more social programs to help prevent and rehabilitate criminals

Syrian Refugees

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria?
- No

Common Core

Do you support Common Core national standards?
- No, teach to each student's potential instead of uniform testing

Foreign Assassination

Should the US assassinate suspected terrorists in foreign countries?
- Yes, but only if there is undeniable evidence they have committed an attack against our country

Safe Haven

Should cities open drug "safe havens" where people who are addicted to illegal drugs can use them under the supervision of medical professionals?
- No, this would encourage drug use and lower funding for rehabilitation centers

Dakota Access Pipeline

Should the government stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline?
- No

VA Privatization

Should there be more or less privatization of veterans’ healthcare?
- More, veterans should be able to see any doctor of their choice

GMO Labels

Should producers be required to label genetically engineered foods (GMOs)?
- Yes, I trust the science of responsible food engineering but I don’t trust the motives of the food companies selling them

Universal Pre-K

Should the federal government fund Universal preschool?
- No

Criminal Voting Rights

Should convicted criminals have the right to vote?
- Yes, every citizen deserves the right to vote

Mandatory minimum prison sentences

Do you support mandatory minimum prison sentences for people charged with drug possession?
- Yes, but only for drug dealers, not users

Estate Tax

Should the current estate tax rate be decreased?
- No, and increase it at a progressive rate

Nuclear Energy

Do you support the use of nuclear energy?
- No

Tariffs

Should the government add or increase tariffs on products imported into the country?
- Yes, our country has been on the losing side of trade deals for too long

Domestic Jobs

Should the President offer tax breaks to individual companies to keep jobs in the U.S.?
- No, the government should not interfere with the free market

Farm Subsidies

Should the government subsidize farmers?
- No, end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course

Offshore Banking

Should U.S. citizens be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts?
- Yes, as long as offshore income is reported

Charter Schools

Do you support charter schools?
- Yes

Public Transportation

Should the government increase spending on public transportation?
- No