John Schick's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Libertarian for Comptroller (IN)
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Indiana State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| 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 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I hope that no woman would choose to have an abortion, but believe it is not my role nor the role of my government to make that choice for her. | |||
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 Indiana's budget.
| Slightly Decrease | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Environment | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Health care | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Greatly Decrease | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Eliminate | e) Property taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Sales taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Other or expanded categories | ||
| No | a) Tapping into Indiana's "rainy day" fund | ||
| Yes | b) Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders | ||
| Yes | c) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| Yes | d) Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees | ||
| e) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | |||
| Yes | f) Privatizing certain government services | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| As a Libertarian, I am fine with adequate funding for programs and institutions that have a constitutional mandate. The categories listed here are so broad as to contain many elements... some of which need aditional funding and some that should be cut all together. | |||
| I support the FairTax which is essentially a consumption tax to replace income taxes and especially property taxes. Property rights are at the foundation of our free society. Socializing private property through taxation under the threat of confiscation is the least favorable tax. | |||
c) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?
| No | a) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Indiana governors? | ||
| No | b) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Indiana state legislators? | ||
| No | 1) Individual | ||
| No | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| No | 3) Corporate | ||
| No | 4) Political Party | ||
| d) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | |||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| I am a Libertarian and know that term limits are very popular among other Libertarians because they think it will reduce the special-interest influence pedaling. I think voters should be able to elect whoever they want and that term limits are just another form of ballot access restriction, which I find distasteful. | |||
| 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) Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized? | ||
| 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 the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | g) Do you support a statewide ban on smoking in public places? | ||
| h) 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? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support national education standards? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| e) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | |||
| No | f) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Indiana high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | 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)? | ||
| No | c) Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to Indiana'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? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| 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? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | 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? | |||
| 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? | |||
| Yes | f) Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Indiana? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
| Most people blame the insurance companies. I think that doctors are too insulated from the cost of the treatments they chose. I think that doctors are too exposed to malpractice suits. I think the AMA and the Barr Association monopolize their respective professions and would rather keep things just the way they are. | |||
| No | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| b) Should Indiana allow same-sex couples to form civil unions? | |||
| 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? | |||
| f) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Indiana's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| g) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Indiana's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| The questions in this section all imply that the government has a role in each of these areas. I did not answer because I think the government should not be involved either way. | |||
| Job creation comes from a thriving private economy and open markets, not from centrally planned stimulus using borrowed monry. The major parties have too much control over who voters can see on the ballot. Gerrymandering and paperless voting are too tempting of tools for those in power. Parents and the local community should be the final authority over school finances and educational standards. School money should follow students to their school of choice. |
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