Carol Morgan's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Texas State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal only within 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 a patient seeking an elective abortion to view the results of a sonogram? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
| No | i) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | ||
| I am PRO-LIFE but not as the definition of "prolife" is now. We need to redefine what "pro-life" means. Pro-life should mean that one is for life at ALL stages, not just "in utero". If one is truly "pro-life", one should be against the death penalty, one should not deny hungry children the right to adequate food security or medical care, one should not deny Senior Citizens the ability to live the remainder of their life in a certain standard of dignity. That is the legitimate definition of "pro life". | |||
1) State SpendingIndicate 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 TaxesIndicate 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 StabilizationIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Texas' budget.
| Slightly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Environment | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Law enforcement | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Welfare | ||
| h) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Property taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Sales taxes | ||
| g) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Yes | a) Tapping into Texas' "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders | ||
| No | c) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| No | d) Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | e) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| Yes | f) Privatizing certain government services | ||
| I have no problems with outsourcing some state functions to private business, HOWEVER, those contracts need to have OVERSIGHT. At the present time, there is NO state agency that oversees, evaluates, or amends these contracts. We have no idea whether we are getting our money's worth for these contracts or not. There have been instances where the state of Texas has been fleeced by companies like Accenture, LLP, Evercare of North Texas and the Spanish company that was to oversee the TransTexas Corridor. How many more contracts do we have of which we are unaware? | |||
e) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?
| Yes | a) Do you support further limiting the use of eminent domain in Texas? | ||
| No | b) Should voters be required to present government-issued photo identification at the polls? | ||
| No | c) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Texas governors? | ||
| No | d) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Texas state legislators? | ||
| No | 1) Individual | ||
| Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
| Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
| Yes | f) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles | |||
| 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) Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support a ban on smoking in public places? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support a ban on the use of trans fats in restaurants? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| i) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing casino-style gambling in Texas? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | g) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support national education standards? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams? | ||
| No | c) Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| No | f) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Texas high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | 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)? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to Texas' energy infrastructure? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a license for gun possession? | ||
| College students carrying guns on campus is not a wise move. | |||
| 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) Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| e) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | |||
| No | f) Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Texas? | ||
| g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | |||
| Item E is a depends answer, not a "one size fits all". Monetary limits is a "relative term" and should only depends on the facts in a legal case. Item G should be a decision that should be made between a doctor and his patient. Government should not be involved those decisions. | |||
| a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | |||
| b) Should Texas allow same-sex couples to form civil unions? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support state funding for stem cell research? | ||
| d) Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research? | |||
| e) Do you support the state's use of affirmative action? | |||
| Yes | f) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Texas' anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Texas' anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Item A&B -are personal issues. Must Government now define who we can love or with whom we can live our lives? Item D can only be a "depends"...this would depend on how and why the embryo's were harvested. I can't give an adequate answer without this clarification. | |||
| Education MUST be our TOP priority. Without an educated workforce, Texas will not remain as the #1 state for business and we will not remain as the 7th largest economy in the world. If business, non-profits, the community and the educational system would work together using proven initiatives like Communities in School, Project Graduation Celebration and Closing the Gaps, where we involve every part of our community, we could improve education and it would only require HUMAN TALENT and energy to do so. Economic diversification is second most important. Texas MUST realize we are GLOBAL economy now and develop partnerships. |
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