Mark Perea in State of Montana secondary Archives
On Abortion:
An unborn child is a person
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right`?
A: Oppose; an unborn child is a person, every person has a right to their life.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Budget & Economy:
Government stimulus is repugnant in a free country
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Stimulus better than market-led recovery`?A: Oppose; stimulus is a government solution which is repugnant in a free country. The free-market will not only help to bring about recovery but will also
minimize recession--but only if it is a truly free market without monopolies and monopolistic mega-corporations that espouse anti-competitive practices.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Civil Rights:
Government shouldn't correct social problems
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Legally require hiring more women/minorities`?
A: Oppose; government exists to protect individual rights, not to correct social problems, whether real or perceived, There are many solutions to such issues outside the realm of government.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Civil Rights:
Same-sex marriage is a private matter
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Comfortable with same-sex marriage`?
A: Not my business and not the governments business. Marriage is a private matter, and government should stay out of marriage entirely.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Crime:
Stricter punishment depends on the crime
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Stricter punishment reduces crime`?
A: It depends on the crime and many other circumstances
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Drugs:
I am for marijuana legalization with modest regulation
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Marijuana is a gateway drug`?
A: Oppose; This is a logical fallacy. I am for legalization with modest regulation. Prohibition created a bigger problem than it solved. The same is the case with marijuana prohibition.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Education:
Vouchers with no strings attached
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Vouchers for school choice`?
A: Support, but only with no strings attached.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Energy & Oil:
Let free market determine green energy
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Prioritize green energy`?
A: Oppose; I am not against green energy, I just want the free market and the innovation that comes with it to determine priorities.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Environment:
Conservation is reserved to the states, not to the EPA
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `EPA regulations are too restrictive`?
A: Support, environmental conservation is a power reserved to the states and/or to the people.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Foreign Policy:
American exceptionalism is based on our founding principles
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Support American Exceptionalism`?
A: That is up to the individual. As a historian, I can demonstrate the astounding `exceptionalism` of America's influence, but what created this exceptionalism
is the founding principles of individual liberty, self-ownership, private property, free association, and the free market, not so much our identity as a distinct `nation.`
It is what America stands for that is exceptional, and it should be promoted by means of example, education, and inspiration throughout the world.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Free Trade:
TPP and NAFTA lead to dissolution of national sovereignty
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Support & expand free trade`?A: Oppose; `free trade` as it is currently being promoted is a path to political union and the dissolution of national sovereignty.
The anti-democratic, dysfunctional, and dictatorial nature of the European Union is evidence of this. TPP and NAFTA are identical pacts to the original European Common Market that eventually became the EU.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Government Reform:
No need to make voter registration easier
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Make voter registration easier`?
A: Oppose;
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Gun Control:
Absolute right to gun ownership
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Absolute right to gun ownership`?
A: Support (except for convicted violent criminals)
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Health Care:
ObamaCare should be repealed in favor of free market
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Expand ObamaCare`?
A: Oppose; ObamaCare should be repealed. The free-market is the solution for lowering cost so that everyone can someday soon afford health care and insurance.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Homeland Security:
Military has been decimated; reinstate fired generals
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Expand the military`?
A: Support; the military has been decimated under the current administration. I would also support the reinstatement of many of the generals whom the current president has fired.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Immigration:
Illegal aliens should be deported
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens`?
A: Oppose, illegal aliens should be deported, as they have shown their disregard for our laws.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Principles & Values:
People in government should speak freely about religion
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Keep God in the public sphere`?
A: Individuals and groups within government should be able to speak freely about their religion.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Social Security:
A deal is a deal, Social Security should be preserved
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Privatize Social Security`?
A: Oppose; a deal is a deal, Social Security should be preserved for all who have contributed. I would support phasing it out for those who have not paid in yet.
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On Tax Reform:
Opposes higher taxes on the wealthy
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Higher taxes on the wealthy`?
A: Oppose
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
On War & Peace:
Avoid foreign entanglements, except for emergencies
Q: Do you support or oppose the policy, `Avoid foreign entanglements`?
A: Support (with exceptions for vital and imminent national interests or for certain humanitarian emergencies).
Source: Email interview on 2016 MT Governor's race with OnTheIssues
Nov 3, 2015
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