David Bankert

The body of an unborn child is a separate body. Just like you, the children want to live. Understanding that this presents a trap of sorts for a woman with an unplanned pregnancy the answer lies not in throwing away a child as though it were a piece of trash. During the time when my birth mother, who named me by the way, was pregnant with me it was understood that the child (me) would be taken for adoption. I lived in an orphanage for the first two years of my life before I was adopted. Back then there where hundreds of orphanages across the states. Even if a child did not become adopted and ended up being brought up in an orphanage hopefully they had someone that loved them. They perhaps in turn would wed someone who had also grown up in an orphanage and it would be a very strong marriage. Our money needs to go into orphanages. The challenge would then become staffing with people who have plenty of love to give to them. In my opinion this could be done as I believe there are a lot of loving people out there that would take up this work. Also if a mother gives birth and then the child is put into an orphanage and not adopted out there could be ways that the birth mother could be reunited at some point. So many issues across our great land have are rooted in the destruction of innocence. This one tops the list. There are so many ways the issue of unplanned pregnancy / unwanted children could be addressed other than murder.

Strongly Agree

at least heartbeat

Neutral

an issue worth considering

Choose not to answer

"protects from taking" does not compute -

Agree

I am not against a progressive tax system however the money needs to be spent wisely. A hand up not a hand out. Spending on apprenticeships, training, mental health and health in general are all things that can bolster our economy, help people feel good about working to where everybody can prosper.

This is one I look forward to studying in detail. I am not sure right now.

Disagree

If a college student doesn't have some "skin in the game" they are less likely to be serious about their studies. It is very tough for young people today to afford college. While it is not fair at all to have taxpayers pay for all of a student's college. There should be some "chip in". Public grants and / or scholarships should be more widely available to defray some of the costs. An educated population benefits all.

Choose not to answer

This is a really tough question. I suppose you could add in political beliefs as well. While seemingly a simple issue it is complex. A lot of different scenarios come to mind. Should a baker be required to bake a cake while big tech censures free speech?

During WWII people gathered in churches to pray and sing while bombs dropped all around. If a circumstance warranted the closing of all other public places then perhaps closing churches could rightly be considered.

There should be none to speak of.

C

The "new" untested, unproven "vaccines" - absolutely no circumstance. Traditional vaccines - for employees working around certain populations, such as in a prison, but only then if a woman is sure or tested to be not pregnant for example.

Strongly Agree

In no situation.

I can't think of any time other than if a person is completely unruly.

Strongly Agree

Neutral

I will need to study this one more thoroughly. People do need protection when the situation truly warrants it. I feel for these people - I really do. Mostly they are children who are under attack.

Strongly Disagree

a divide and conquer mechanism to be sure

I am a Christian. I do and try to love people as I was taught. Christ is the preeminent case for the destruction of innocence. Many of our societal issues can be framed in the persecution, attack on, the destruction of innocence many times by our own government. Be it abortion or fraudulent justice or lies and propaganda to mislead and fool people. I hate it and I know God cries.

Strongly Disagree

Our voting system is like a chain with many, many weak links. This is only one of them.

This is one system that could stand to be rebuilt from the ground up. In the meantime, the punishment for any type of cheating in an election should be 20 years. That would be for starters.

Only to the extent as "advertised" by the propaganda put out by big tech and the MSM.

B - there are ways of doing things that should not cost a company lots of extra money if done creatively. Our world and our country are our home. We need to do everything we can to protect and preserve both.

To do the will of the people - to direct the resources of the people to advance the best possible society for the people

Conservative

though I don't like labels. I think of myself as not even having a box to think outside of. I believe in establishing a common vision. I believe in the application of basic principals to complex issues and problems. There is a book that teaches many, many of these basic principles. It is called the Bible.

no major

no

What makes me so good is the way I think - add together character, intellect, education and life experience. I look at the job as a state senator to be just that - a job. I am an engineer and very much the practical common- sense, let's get it done solutions guy. Job one for a leader is to bring people together and that is what I want to do. I have a mentally ill son and have been around this block for the last 17 years. I would like to see NC be number one in mental health care. Next would be education. Health in general. Election integrity. Technology as applied. Highway safety ..... what I like about this job is the wide variety of issues that exist at the state level.

Disagree

Policy only takes you so far. "Consistent with policy" can be very vague. There are nuances. Police chiefs need to be held accountable when the situation warrants. It's a tough job. I wouldn't ever want have to do it.

Strongly Disagree

This is not the way to look at this - ie - taking money from one essential service to fund another does not compute with me. There are other ways to bolster mental health / care and community programs.

any are already in place - ie - background check

Strongly Disagree

no way

Yes