Diane Schendel's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Oregon State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | |||
| c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | |||
| Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| No | g) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
| No | h) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | ||
| While I do not believe that our laws will change, my opinion is that abortion should only be allowed when it medically endangers the life of the mother. Studies conclude that pregnancy from rape occurs in a maximum of 2.2% of victims and incest less than 1%. Rape and incest is not the fault of the unborn child or the victim and both should be treated with compassion and dignity. I don't believe that sex education is the responsibility of the schools. | |||
1) State SpendingIndicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category- you can use a number more than once.2) State TaxesIndicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category- you can use a number more than once.3) Budget StabilizationIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Oregon's budget.
| Slightly Decrease | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Environment | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Health care | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Yes | a) Tapping into Oregon's "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Redirecting excess income tax collections to a permanent "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | c) Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders | ||
| No | d) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| Yes | e) Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees | ||
| Yes | f) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| Yes | g) Privatizing certain government services | ||
| Emphasis on personal responsibility. Food Stamps and welfare programs should be short term not a way of life. | |||
| Taxes, fees and over reaching regulations are stifling our economy. People need to be able to keep more of their hard earned money. Businesses are over taxed and over regulated to the point of making it hard to succeed and create jobs. | |||
| We can eliminate some government agencies like OLCC. Government never does anything more efficiently than the private sector. | |||
d) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?
| Yes | a) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Oregon governors? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Oregon state legislators? | ||
| No | c) Should the Oregon state legislature be required to convene in annual sessions? | ||
| No | 1) Individual | ||
| No | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| No | 3) Corporate | ||
| No | 4) Political Party | ||
| e) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | |||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| c) Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized? | |||
| Yes | d) Should minors accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as adults? | ||
| No | e) Should minors who send sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| No | c) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | d) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | e) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | f) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| The unemployment system provides no incentive to displaced workers when it continues beyond 26 weeks. The incentives that the private sector needs to create jobs are permanent reductions in taxes, fees and regulations on. Infrastructure projects are temporary jobs, we need permanent jobs. | |||
| No | a) Do you support national education standards? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| No | f) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Oregon high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Education standards should be decided by the states. ESL programs are a failure and there is no incentive to move these students out of the program because the schools get extra funding for them. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
| No | c) Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to Oregon's energy infrastructure? | ||
| No | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| No | f) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change are a scheme to redistribute wealth. Climate change is nothing more than naturally occurring cycles in the earths temperature. | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| No | b) Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a license for gun possession? | ||
| I believe in the 2nd Amendment. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
| No | d) Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support continuing to allow physician-assisted suicide in Oregon? | ||
| g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | |||
| Health care reform should be left to the private sector. Over reaching government regulations are a huge factor in the increase in medical costs. People should be able to purchase insurance from companies outside of Oregon and policies should be individualized. Health Savings Accounts should be encouraged. | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| Yes | b) Should Oregon allow same-sex couples to form domestic partnerships? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support state funding for stem cell research? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the state's use of affirmative action? | ||
| No | f) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Oregon's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Oregon's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| State marriage licenses are strictly secular. Let's concede marriage to religious institutions and let them decide for themselves what a marriage is. Let government regulate the institution of civil partnership. Marriage licenses didn't exist prior to the Civil War and weren't firmly established until the early 1900's The state governments appropriated or usurped control of marriages in secular form. | |||
| My top priority would be to reduce the size and scope of government; personal responsibility over government dependency has to be emphasized. We need to end fraud and abuse in our entitlement programs and they need to be temporary, not a way of life. Finally, I would work towards a voucher system for schools that allows parents to choose the best school for their child whether it be private, charter, or public. This would be a huge savings to taxpayers and create the kind of competition that is necessary to provide the highest quality of education. |
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