Carolanne Curry's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Carolanne Curry has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Connecticut State Legislative Election 2016 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| There is no hesitation on my part to say that the decision to have an abortion is the unconditional right of every woman. She has the right to choose to confer with any other individual of HER choosing in making this decision. | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Connecticut's budget.2) State Spending: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.3) State Taxes: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.
| No | a) Tapping into Connecticut's "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Decreasing funding for public universities | ||
| No | c) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions | ||
| No | d) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | e) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Environment | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement/corrections | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Transportation/infrastructure | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Welfare | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | d) Small business taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Gas/Oil taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Sales taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Income taxes (mid-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| No | k) Do you support applying sales taxes to all online purchases? | ||
| Balancing the State's budget on the backs of State employees, universities or other essential social programs is wrong. Rather than a twenty-two million dollar State bond money gift to institutions like Bridgewater Associates, one of the largest hedge funds in the world located here in Westport, CT, the State budget should reflect spending to serve the needs of all our State residents, not to indulge in the "wants" of the special few. | |||
| There is a particular need to consider State spending on the needs of Veterans. | |||
| *The pattern and the system of taxation in Connecticut is nothing but unhealthy and discouraging. Introduction of a progressive income tax, with ten year mandated review, including caps, has to be considered by Connecticut legislators *Taxes that are higher on items, which are discretionary consumer purchases should occur as a logical and reasonable step. | |||
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 | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| *If the government issued photo could be obtained voluntarily, that would be acceptable in order to vote. Instituting a requirement to have a government issued photo id....is not a direction we need to take. | |||
| 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 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) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support additional funding for programs intended to reduce drug addiction in Connecticut? | ||
| *Seizure of assets before conviction flies in the face of "presumed innocent until found guilty....." which is the bedrock of our country's system of jurisprudence. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| No | e) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | g) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| Yes | i) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage? | ||
| No | j) Should employers be able to ask about applicants' criminal history before interviewing them? | ||
| *There is little incentive to reduce government regulations for the private sector at this time as there is too much evidence that points to "profit before principle" in business practices. *Today, there should be financial incentives provided to endeavors with specialized, sole focus on job creation, but not by giving money to businesses, which claim that they will make an effort at job creation as part of their overall business endeavors. This approach is inadequate today. | |||
| 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 Connecticut high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| *It is well documented that Common Core State Standards initiative is a failure. *Vouchers to exit the public education system is unfair to taxpayers across the board. *No state should be funding charter schools. The charter school system may be the darling of Wall Street as a arena for profit, but it is profit at the expense of the public school system. Unacceptable and inappropriate. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| 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 state funding for improvements to Connecticut's energy infrastructure? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support increased regulations of the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| *I would support legislation prohibiting hydraulic fracking | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| No | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| 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? | ||
| *The commercial insurance industry is nowhere near healthy reform. *The object of this industry, THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY, is to generate profit under the guise of health care. This is a risk industry that simply hedges its bet against paying for medically related costs incurred by individual policy holders. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Connecticut's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Connecticut's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| *At this point in 2016, the anti-discrimination laws of Connecticut are sufficient for gender identity issues. A great deal more time and more analysis needs to occur to understand the civil and social aspects of gender identity. | |||
| !. Reform of Connecticut's Housing Law so that the State's mandate for "Affordable Housing" is no longer used as a club by developers to ignore and abuse all local zoning regulations as they force inappropriate and ill-advised building plans on a community in the name of "Affordable Housing". This can be worked out so that "Affordable Housing" integrates with the character and history of the community itself, and still complies with State law. 2. Eliminate the Business Entity Tax. 3. Move quickly towards equitable educational funding reform. Let's not have this matter decided by the courts. This is legislative priority. |
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