Keiko Bonk's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Keiko Bonk has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
Hawaii State Legislative Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| No | 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 see abortion as something that should be avoided whenever possible, and most often occurs when there is inadequate education, family planning and access to birth control. Supporting these services is the best way to reduce the number of abortions. | |||
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 Hawaii's budget.
| Greatly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement/corrections | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Transportation/infrastructure | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Gas/Oil taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Property taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Sales taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (mid-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| No | a) Tapping into Hawaii'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 | ||
| Each increase in spending should be tied to specific revenue streams. Environment spending should be paid for by polluters and those that generate the costs of environmental restoration. Transportation should be based on a true-cost model that facilitates reduced carbon emissions. Health and education should be basic rights funded from general fund. Healthcare should be supplemented with funding from taxes on products that cause disease and illness. | |||
| The goal of taxation should be to provide stable basic services for all so that families, businesses and communities can prosper. In general the goal should be to increase the number of middle class people by reducing poverty and excessive concentrations of wealth and power. | |||
| Eliminate the massive subsidies and tax breaks for multinational corporations. Increase taxes on companies that export their profit, and reduce it on those that reinvest their profits in Hawaii. Don't reduce public worker salaries, which are for the most part very low, instead increase worker efficiency which is also very low. Salaries should be competitive with equivalent private sector jobs (slightly lower pay in exchange for greater job security). Raise professional standards for all public employees. Keep and recruit the best, and let go those who don't take the public trust seriously. Stimulate purchasing power by creating a living wage. | |||
a) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions for state candidates?
| Yes | 1) Individual | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I support the elimination of all private money (particularly corporate money) from elections, and the public financing of all qualified candidates equally, along with mandatory participation of all candidates in public debates. I support ellininating all obstacles to voting, and requiring the state to do everything they can to register all citizens to vote. Voting should be easy, learning about candidates should be easy, and voting should be a basic responsibility of being a citizen and receiving the benefits of living in Hawaii. | |||
| No | 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 legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana? | ||
| No | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | e) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
| No | f) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support requiring labels on foods that have been genetically engineered or contain genetically modified ingredients? | ||
| I support reducing recidivism by increasing funding for programs that have been scientifically proven to work and cutting it for those that do not have scientific evidence of effectiveness. Simple incarceration should be for repeat violent offenders, and repeat property crimes, particularly those who target weaker or more vulnerable persons. | |||
| a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | |||
| b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | |||
| c) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | |||
| d) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | |||
| e) Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | |||
| f) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | |||
| g) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage? | |||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative? | |||
| b) Do you support a merit pay system for teachers? | |||
| c) Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers? | |||
| d) Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school? | |||
| e) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | |||
| f) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | |||
| g) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Hawaii high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | |||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | |||
| b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | |||
| c) Do you support state funding for improvements to Hawaii's energy infrastructure? | |||
| d) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | |||
| e) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | |||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | |||
| b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | |||
| c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | |||
| d) Should a license be required for gun possession? | |||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | |||
| b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | |||
| c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | |||
| d) Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act? | |||
| e) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | |||
| f) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | |||
| g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | |||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support same-sex marriage? | |||
| b) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Hawaii's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| c) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Hawaii's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
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