Liberty Survey 2024 - Rob Yates

2024 Liberty Survey - Candidate Response

 

Rob Yates 8/23/2024 NC House District 99 Libertarian Twitter

 

Economic Freedom

Do you support reducing or eliminating state taxes on income, property, and sales to enhance economic freedom for individuals and businesses in North Carolina?
Heavily reduce taxation, including repeal of some/all state taxes
Do you support abolishing the state income tax and replacing it with a consumption-based tax system?
Strongly Support
Do you support reducing state government spending and opposing any new debt, ensuring that government lives within its means?
Strongly Support
Do you support significantly reducing or eliminating occupational licensing restrictions in North Carolina
Strongly Support
Do you support policies that make it easier for non-violent immigrants to live and work in North Carolina legally, without unnecessary government restrictions?
Strongly Support

 

Role of Government

Do you support reducing government regulations on businesses, allowing for more innovation, competition, and job creation in North Carolina?
Strongly Support
Do you support ending corporate welfare and government subsidies to private businesses, allowing the free market to determine winners and losers?
Strongly Support
Do you support eliminating statutory protections for polluters and other bad actors who damage the environment, opening them up to liability for their actions?
Strongly Support
Do you support expanding healthcare freedom by reducing government mandates, deregulation, repealing Certificate of Need laws, and allowing for more competition in the healthcare market?
Strongly Support
Do you support market-based solutions to environmental issues, rather than government mandates, to encourage conservation and sustainability?
Strongly Support
Do you support increasing government transparency by making all government operations, including budgets and decision-making processes, more accessible to the public?
Strongly Support
Do you support elected officials being able to arbitrarily determine what documents are exempt from public records request and can be destroyed at will?
Strongly Oppose
Do you support reducing barriers for third-party and independent candidates to gain ballot access in North Carolina?
Strongly Support
Do you support measures that ensure election integrity provided they do not interfere with, target, or disenfranchise eligible voters?
Strongly Support
Do you support strengthening property rights by opposing eminent domain abuses and excessive zoning regulations?
Strongly Support
Do you support increasing local control over government decisions, allowing counties and municipalities more autonomy from state interference?
Strongly Support

 

Second Amendment and Gun Rights

Do you support protecting the right to bear arms, opposing any new state-level gun control measures?
Strongly Support
Would you support protecting the right to bear arms by repealing gun laws currently on the books in North Carolina?
Strongly Support
Do you support legislation that would nullify federal gun laws? Example: North Carolinians would have the right to make and use suppressors made in North Carolina without approval from the ATF.
Strongly Support

 

Education

Do you support expanding school choice options, including charter schools, vouchers, and homeschooling, to give parents and students more control over their education?
Strongly Support
Do you think that schools should be able to make healthcare decisions or administer treatments for students without notifying parents?
Strongly Oppose
Do you support the current policy where failing schools continue to receive state money?
Strongly Oppose

 

Criminal Justice

Do you support reforming the criminal justice system by ending mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent offenses and emphasizing rehabilitation over incarceration?
Strongly Support
Do you support full reinstatement of all rights for convicted criminals once they have fully served their time and paid their debts to society?
Strongly Support
Do you believe the public has a right to view police body camera footage, provided victims' and minors' identities are protected?
Strongly Agree
Do you support protecting civil liberties by opposing government surveillance, warrantless searches, and other intrusions on individual privacy?
Strongly Support
Do you support a law requiring that any assets forfeited and distributed under North Carolina's "Equitable Sharing Program" have come from someone who was criminally convicted, in line with North Carolina's legal ban on civil asset forfeiture? (More information on Equitable Sharing Programs here)
Strongly Support
Do you believe that a police officer claiming to "smell marijuana" should be sufficient justification for probable cause to initiate a search of person or property?
Strongly Disagree

 

Morality Legislation

Do you support the decriminalization of cannabis and other measures that reduce penalties for non-violent, victimless crimes?
Strongly Support
Do you support the abolition of the ABC system (Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission) in North Carolina?
Strongly Support
To what degree should government regulate gambling, by adults, in North Carolina?
Unregulated

 

Foreign Intervention

Although primarily a federal issue, do you support North Carolina adopting a non-interventionist stance by opposing state-level support for foreign military actions or agreements?
Strongly Support
Do you support Defend the Guard Legislation in North Carolina? This would prevent the deployment of the North Carolina National Guard without a Declaration of War by Congress. (More Information: https://defendtheguard.us/).
Strongly Support


Conclusion

In as many words as you'd like, explain why you are a pro-Liberty candidate or would increase Liberty in the state during the upcoming NCGA term? The LPNC will post your entire response to our website.
Either we own ourselves and our stuff, or we don't. I believe that we do, and everything stems from there. I will fight for your rights with everything I have. I cannot be bought or intimidated, and my skeletons all came out of the closet a long time ago, so I cannot be blackmailed. I have no interest in legacy, spotlight, or using politics for financial gain. I simply want to see a world set free that I can pass on to my children. 

 

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