Neil Hansen's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Utah State Legislative Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
| Yes | 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 the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures? | ||
| No | h) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I have respect for all life and believe that abortion should not be used as a form of birth control. I believe an abortion should only be performed in cases of rape, incest, the life of the mother is in danger, or the fetus is not expected to live beyond birth. This should be decided by the couple, the doctor, and clergy, not by the government. | |||
1) State Spending:Using the key, indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.2) State Taxes:Using the key,indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.3) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Utah's budget.
| Greatly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Law enforcement/corrections | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Transportation/infrastructure | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Gas/Oil taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Property taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Sales taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (mid-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Other or expanded categories: | ||
| No | a) Tapping into Utah's "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| No | c) Reducing or eliminating public worker collective bargaining | ||
| No | d) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions | ||
| No | e) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | f) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| The state population has gone up 22% but the state's budget has gone from 3 billion to 12 billion, which is 400% in 10 years. I believe that there is plenty of money in the budget. We just need to re-prioritize how we spent taxpayer money. I believe that now is the time to cut taxes for the middle class and slow the spending of state government. | |||
| Eliminate sales tax on food. Eliminate sales tax on used vehicles. Eliminate marriage license fees. Eliminate copying fees for documents. Eliminate transient room tax. Eliminate fees on all government services. | |||
| Why not ask in your questions: Reduce the wages for administrators of the departments, their car allowances, their conferences. How about this one; get rid of all the unnecessary spending that waste the taxpayers money. | |||
a) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions for state candidates?
| No | 1) Individual | ||
| No | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
| Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
| Yes | b) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| All elections should be conducted by a non partisan commission. There should be taxpayer funded campaigns, with no outside money. This would build integrity of the elected official and voter turnout if the public knew that they were the ones paying for the election with their tax dollars. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | e) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support a ban on cell phone use for drivers under eighteen years of age? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| [f) Do you support a ban on cell phone use for drivers under eighteen years of age?] Candidate crossed out "drivers under eighteen years of age?" and wrote "All Drivers in a moving vehicle." I would support putting more police on the streets. | |||
| No | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support increasing the number of liquor licenses statewide? | ||
| Let's get back to the basics of providing service to the public and stop the non-sence of government being a business. We pay taxes, for a service, then they charge fee's for those services, This is not how government is to be run. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| Yes | c) Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers? | ||
| No | d) Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school? | ||
| No | e) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| Yes | g) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Utah high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Let teachers do their job of teaching and quit having them teach to a test. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increased regulations on hydraulic fracturing or "fracking"? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to Utah's energy infrastructure? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| No | f) Do you support increased energy development on federal lands? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Plain and simple, we take care of the environment and the environment takes care of us. It has to be this way or we all lose in the end. I believe we are to be stewards of the earth, so generations after us may have a world to live in like we do. | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun possession? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | 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) Do you support Utah's participation in a "Healthcare Compact" that seeks to transform Medicare and Medicaid into block grants? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | f) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
| Health care should be a right, as much as being alive is a right. Insurance companies should not be allowed to profit from other people's demises. Health insurance should be a trust fund and not a for-profit business with stockholders. | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| Yes | b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to form civil unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Utah's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Utah's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Let's get government out of the bedrooms of those that may be same gender living together. If we don't, then where do we draw the lines to privacies in our own homes. Just because two people live together that are of the same gender, does not mean that they are having a sexual relationship and should not be judged as such. | |||
| I will fight to have sales tax removed from food. [...] A promise broken, is a mistrust, in the public trust. I believe that there is more to do with how to deal with illegal immigration in this state, as much as the state has authority in it. [...] A promise broken, is a mistrust, in the public trust. I would put in place tougher criminal laws to ensure victim's rights are protected and to lock the door on crime. There should not be a release program because of no bed space in our jails. I will fight to see... |
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