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Adam Noe's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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What is the Political Courage Test?

Ohio State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test

The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

a) Abortions should always be illegal.
X b) Abortions should always be legal.
c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
f) Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period.
g) Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
While I personally do not agree with abortion, I have respect for the decision made in Roe v. Wade. This decision was made with great deliberation and respect for The Constitution. I believe that we should fight to protect our fundamental rights as citizens to live freely without the government making our personal moral choices. While I do not agree with abortion because of my personal beliefs, I do agree that our citizens have the right to make these personal decisions without the government intruding into their own personal life.

State Budget: Indicate 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.State Taxes: Indicate 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.

Slightly Increase a) Education (Higher)
Slightly Increase b) Education (K-12)
Maintain Status c) Emergency preparedness
Slightly Increase d) Environment
Slightly Increase e) Health care
Maintain Status f) Law enforcement
Slightly Increase g) Transportation and highway infrastructure
Maintain Status h) Welfare
Greatly Decrease i) Other or expanded categories
Maintain Status a) Alcohol taxes
Maintain Status b) Cigarette taxes
Slightly Increase c) Corporate taxes
Maintain Status d) Gasoline taxes
Slightly Decrease e) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
Maintain Status f) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
Slightly Decrease g) Property taxes
Maintain Status h) Sales taxes
Maintain Status i) Vehicle taxes
j) Other or expanded categories
No 1) Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
No 2) Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
No 3) Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
Spending on wasteful government programs that produce no results for the citizens of Ohio. We have around 3,000 state agencies and initiatives in Ohio. Many of them overlap or are completely ineffective. Those that are found to produce no positive results or are redundant should be eliminated and those that overlap should be consolidated and streamlined in order to reduce wasteful spending.
Overall, I will vote against any statewide tax increase on the working and middle-class families of Ohio in the coming term. I believe, as leaders, we should prove to Ohio and ourselves that we can be responsible with the money we currently collect before asking residents for more! Our current leaders ask for more and more and produce worse and worse result. Until this state proves that it can be run efficiently and produce better results for Ohioans, I won't ask you for ANY more taxes.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

Yes a) Do you support the current limit of terms for Ohio governors?
Yes b) Do you support the current limit of terms for Ohio state senators and representatives?
Yes 1) Individual
Yes 2) PAC
No 3) Corporate
Yes 4) Political Parties
Yes d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
Yes e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns?
No f) Should Ohio participate in the federal REAL ID program?
Yes g) Do you support creating a cabinet level position of director of the Department of Education?
h) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
b) Support the death penalty in Ohio.
X c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
X d) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
e) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
X f) Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws.
X g) Support hate crime legislation.
h) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

X a) Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
b) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
X c) Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
d) Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
e) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
f) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
X g) Ban current charter school operators with fiscal problems from opening additional charter schools.
X h) Ban current charter school operators with under-performing schools from opening additional charter schools.
X i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
X j) Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
X k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
X l) Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of Ohio to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
I support a cap on College Tuition in Ohio. Ohio is one of the most expensive states in this country to send your child to public college in, something I find unacceptable. We should cap tuition costs at public universities for up to five years in order to be competitive. We should greatly increase educational funding with a lottery system that ONLY supports education in Ohio. We must also strive to get Ohioans who do not attend 4-year colleges into Community Colleges in order to have the best-educated workforce in America.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.

X a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market.
b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
X d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
X e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
X f) Include sexual orientation in Ohio's anti-discrimination laws.
X g) Include gender identity in Ohio's anti-discrimination laws.
h) Increase the state minimum wage.
i) Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will.
X j) Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
X k) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
X l) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
I support low-interest loans for those who start small-businesses in Ohio as well as for those who want to expand. I also support tax credits for those who chose to use energy-efficient processes and facilities. We should encourage our industries to be energy-efficient by creating tax incentive to improve and expand in current facilities instead of building anew and abandoning their older facilities.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

X a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
X b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
c) Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
X d) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
X e) Support funding for improvements to Ohio's power generating and transmission facilities.
X f) Support funding for open space preservation.
X g) Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
h) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
i) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

No a) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
Yes b) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
No c) Should a license be required for gun possession?
Yes d) Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
Yes e) Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
I strongly support the 2nd Amendment rights of Ohioans. I also support castle-doctrines that allow you to protect yourself in your own home.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.

X a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
b) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
c) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
X d) Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
X e) Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
f) Legalize physician assisted suicide in Ohio.
X g) Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
I support expanding tax incentives for medium and large-scale employers who provide healthcare to employees while creating a tax penalty for those who do not provide coverage. Small businesses should be aided by the state in their efforts to insure employees so that they may remain competitive with those larger businesses. This is why I support creating a 'large-pool' system that would allow small businesses to buy healthcare plans for employees through a large group offered by the state. The state would be able to provide low-cost coverage by 'pooling' these employees into one large group.

['Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.', 'Legislative Priorities']

Yes a) Should Ohio recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
Undecided b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
Yes c) Should Ohio provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
Yes d) Do you support a moment of silence in public schools?
Undecided e) Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools?
Yes f) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
No g) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
No h) Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions?
Undecided i) Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions?
Undecided j) Should Ohio continue affirmative action programs?
Yes k) Do you support state funding of stem cell research?
Yes l) Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research?
Undecided m) Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it?
n) Other or expanded principles
My top priority in Ohio is creating the best-educated workforce in America. To do so we must properly fund public schools through a state-constitutional amendment that focuses all of Ohio's lottery money on education. We must freeze college tuition costs in Ohio for up to five years, as they are overly expensive, and increase funding at the state level. We must encourage those who do not attend 4-year colleges to attend Community and Technical Colleges with greater assistance through financial aid and income tax abatements while in college (for your first two years).

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