Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young

Strongly Disagree

Many abortions are necessary to save the life of the woman.

Strongly Disagree

Abortion is an unusual issue in that one side has been almost completely moral and ethical for the last 53 years - Planned Parenthood - while the other side, the "Right-To-Life" political movement, has been 100% immoral and unethical for the last 53 years. The R-T-L political movement merged with the Republican Party and has always had the goal of making all abortions illegal at the federal level and in every state, with no exceptions. Many abortions are necessary to save the life of the woman.

The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973 solved the abortion crisis by putting the health of the woman first. Every state and the federal government should codify the Roe v. Wade decision as soon as possible.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

However, socialism at the federal level is also an essential element of a productive economic system. China today, which calls its system "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics," has the best of both worlds. Financialized, monopoly capitalism as it exists in the United States today has managed to combine the very worst aspects of capitalism, imperialism, fascism and communism. We urgently need socialism with American characteristics in this country and in all 50 states.

The minimum wage nationwide needs to be set at $15 an hour. State, local and regional governments may set higher minimum wage rates based on prevailing wages.

Strongly Disagree

That sounds like corruption to me.

1. We need a State Bank of Kentucky like North Dakota has had for a hundred years. 2. We need more credit unions and fewer huge banks. 3. We need stronger labor unions to counteract the depredations of huge, politically powerful corporations. 4. Kentucky's "Right-To-Work" law must be repealed. 5. Kentucky's campaign finance laws must be completely rewritten to get Big Money out of Kentucky politics.

Separation of church and state means what the First Amendment says it means: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." It also means that the government should not provide any subsidies to any church, religious organization or pastor. Exemptions from taxes are subsidies to certain religions, so all tax exemptions for religious organizations and pastors should be eliminated.

Strongly Disagree

Government employees and government agencies should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs, but individuals and businesses should not.

B) Free, universal healthcare funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private insurance options for elective procedures such as cosmetic surgery. Almost every other prosperous country in the world has done this because they have found that it's economically efficient and politically popular.

Strongly Disagree

I don't trust the government to keep any information about our health. It's un-American and it leads directly to totalitarianism.

Strongly Disagree

The Communist Party of China (CPC) poses no threat whatsoever to the American people or the people of Kentucky. The CPC is, however, a strong enemy of US and NATO imperialism and terrorism, a very strong defender of non-aggression between all countries, and a very strong defender of the UN Charter, which Washington violates every day. The prohibition against aggression is the foundation of the UN Charter, which the US ratified in 1945.

Israel has been violently oppressing the Palestinian people since the founding of Israel in 1948. The goal of Zionism has always been to kick all Palestinians out of Historic Palestine and to exterminate them if they refuse to leave. In 1967, Washington became the main backer of the aggressive, war-crimes-committing, Zionist government of Israel. Netanyahu and the Israeli Lobby in this country were the main forces pushing Trump into a war of aggression against Iran. The US is certain to lose.

Agree

ICE needs to be defunded and totally abolished. The path to citizenship needs to be streamlined and speeded up. "Dreamers" should be made legal citizens immediately.

Neutral

What is taught in public schools - the curriculum - should not be subject to interference by politicians. State governments and the federal government, however, should ensure that public schools in poor districts are funded adequately. Jonathan Kozol's book, "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools" (1991) described the funding problem very well. If a federal Department of Education is necessary to eliminate savage inequality in school funding, then it should not be eliminated.

Strongly Disagree

I'm a 70-year-old American Jew who believes in the Golden Rule, which is central to Judaism and many other religions. Fifty years ago I became a pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist, anti-Israel American Jew. When Israel began committing genocide against the 2.2 million Palestinian civilians living in the Gaza Strip on the day after October 7, 2023, the Zionist government of Israel threw away its right to exist. About half a million Palestinians have been murdered by the US and Israel. By supporting and joining Israel's genocide, Washington became the most evil government in the world, and Israel is the second most evil government. Most of the world's 8.3 billion people now hate and fear Israel and the US and want us to go away.

Strongly Disagree

Marriage is a legal concept, and governments have the right to define legal concepts.

Agree

Gambling goes on anyway, and it's silly for any government to try to prohibit it. Section 226 of the Kentucky Constitution should be repealed.

Agree

Agree

Disagree

Secretary of State Michael Adams has a pretty good handle on the issue of voter identification and eliminating voter fraud. If I'm elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in November, I'll give serious consideration to what he has to say about this issue.

Neutral

There are many different forms of reparations, and some of them do not involve cash payments to individuals. My party, the Kentucky Party, has no position on reparations and is not likely to take a position on it in the foreseeable future.

Agree

Energy efficiency (wasting less electricity), followed by solar heating, photovoltaics, wind power, and other renewable energy technologies. I worked in the Energy and Environment Cabinet for 15 years and promoted energy efficiency and renewables.

Neutral

Man-made climate change is real, but it is not the most urgent environmental problem facing humanity. The worst environmental threats, in order, are nuclear war, conventional wars, pollution from the weapons manufacturing industry also known as the military-industrial complex, the extinction of species, toxic chemicals in our land, air and water, environmental racism, and global warming.

Very Liberal

However, many of my positions on certain issues would be considered conservative or moderate.

No.

No.

To enforce the law for all people equally, regardless of who they know, how powerful a position they hold, how many millions of dollars they have, or how much money they've donated to Democrat or Republican politicians. All corrupt, biased judges, including all six far-right-wing "justices" on the US Supreme Court today, should be impeached and removed from their powerful positions ASAP.

Disagree

You have no idea what Sharia law is, so you're not qualified to include a question about it in your survey.

Strongly Disagree

No government will be able to resist the temptation to abuse new technologies to monitor everything we do. This country is in danger of becoming a totalitarian dungeon, and Flock cameras and sensors are already being used to violate our rights on a massive scale.

None.