Candidate Name: | David Walker |
Office Candidate is running for: | US House of Representatives OR 3rd COngressional District |
Campaign Website: | www.humaucracy.org |
# | ISSUE | ANSWER |
CANDIDATE COMPARISON QUESTIONS | ||
Please answer "yes" or "no" to the following questions. The optional explanations will be included in your Individual Candidate Guide. | ||
1 | Do you support drilling for oil and natural gas on public lands and waters? | Yes |
2 | Do you support a balanced budget? | Yes |
3 | Do you support giving Puerto Rico and states access to bankruptcy court to legally impair its general-obligation debt when fiscally in trouble? | Yes |
4 | Do you support cutting the military budget by not giving raises to military personnel? | No |
5 | Do you support the EPA conducting aerial surveillance on agricultural operations? | No |
6 | Do you support land-use rights for rural farmers/ranchers against EPA's forced land grab? | Decline |
7 | Do you support EPA temporarily closing BLM roads to give time for public hearings and a permanent order? | No |
8 | Do you support the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act allowing the U.S. Military to arrest and detain ANY "suspected" terrorist without trial, legal counsel, or accusation of wrongdoing? | No |
9 | Do you support the UN Strong Cities Network sending foreign troops into states to train local enforcement to strengthen community resilience against violent extremism? | No |
10 | Do you see environmental protections as a necessity that takes precedence over human rights? | No |
11 | Do you subscribe to the theory that Oregon's human activity has an impact on carbon emissions affecting global warming? | Decline |
12 | Do you support a public audit of the Federal Reserve System? | Yes |
13 | Do you support the authority of IRS to request Social Security numbers of nonprofit contributing members? | No |
14 | Do you support cutting ties with ICANN as an agent of the U.S. Government, which guarantees free speech on the internet? | Decline |
15 | Do you support closing Guantanamo Bay? | No |
16 | Does the federal government have constitutional authority to regulate schools? | Decline |
17 | Do you support dismantling the U.S. Department of Education? | No |
18 | Do you support Common Core State Standards? | Decline |
19 | Do you support restrictions on the ownership of guns by law abiding citizens? | No |
20 | Should the federal government return to the states land it owns that is not for the purposes authorized by the Constitution? | No |
21 | Do you support free trade agreements with foreign nations? | Yes |
22 | Do you support requiring all employers to verify employee eligibility to work in the United States? | No |
23 | Do you support securing the borders before any form of amnesty is legalized? | No |
What does securing the borders mean? lack of precision in language is a bigger problem than "secure borders" | ||
24 | Do you support spending public funds to benefit illegal immigrants? | Decline |
25 | Do you support automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when both parents are not legal residents? | Yes |
I understand this is part of the US Constitution, a person born in the USA is eligible to be a US citizen | ||
26 | Do you support the Federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Obamacare)? | No |
27 | Do you support a national law legalizing marijuana? | No |
Marijuana legalization is a state matter, not federal | ||
28 | Do you support the First Amendment right of business owners to run their business in accordance with their religious beliefs? | No |
The US is not Saudi Arabia which allows business to use their religious beliefs to restrict sales. | ||
29 | Do you support spending public funds on abortion services? | Yes |
30 | Do you support repealing the Supreme Court decision in Roe versus Wade? | No |
31 | Do you support the Supreme Court's decision upholding same-sex marriage? | Decline |
again marriage is a state matter, not federal. The Supreme Court should not be ruling on such matters | ||
32 | Do you support the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research? | Yes |
33 | Do you support preserving Israel's existing borders including occupied territories? | Decline |
International affairs such as this are not the premise of US House Representatives | ||
34 | Do you support U.S. aid to Israel to ensure it can defeat its enemies? | Decline |
The US already aids Israel to do this. This question doesn't make sense. | ||
35 | Do you support laws that exempt government officials from laws that apply to private citizens? | No |
36 | Do you support replacing Social Security gradually rolling over to private retirement plans for future beneficiaries? | No |
This means handing Social Security over to Wall Street, not necessary | ||
37 | Do you support raising the Medicare eligibility age? | No |
I state that Medicare should be an option for any citizen regardless of age | ||
38 | Do you support reining in the Supreme Court to strengthen the checks and balances in the federal system? | No |
What does reining in the Supreme Court mean? This would mean changing the constituion which is not necessary | ||
39 | Do you support the use of presidential executive orders that changes law? | Yes |
40 | Do you see the 2030 Agenda (formerly Agenda 21) as a threat to the U.S. sovereignty? | No |
The only real threat to US sovereignity is the Republican/Democrat parties | ||
NARRATIVE QUESTIONS | ||
The following questions will not appear in the Candidate Comparison Guide, but will be included in your Individual Candidate Guide. | ||
41 | How do you weigh environmental protections when it has a negative impact on human survival? | |
I do not see the connection between the two. | ||
42 | How would you propose screening war refugees to prevent potential terrorists from entering the country with them? | |
I support immigration as well as more thorough screening of all immigrants seeking to become citizens of the USA, regardless of country of origin. |