Brian Kresge's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Brian Kresge has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Maine State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I take a libertarian position on abortion. Gov't shouldn't be involved in the choice, but I also, like many, don't consider it a morally neutral act, and have issues with public funding for abortion. But I'm also against restrictive legislation. | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Maine's budget.
| No | a) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| No | c) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients? | ||
| No | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support prohibiting out-of-state contributions to state ballot initiative committees? | ||
| No | f) Do you support repealing Maine's ranked-choice primary election system? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| No | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | e) Should the legal age for purchasing tobacco products be twenty-one years of age? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Maine? | ||
| There are circumstances where I could support some state funding to promote growth. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Maine? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Maine high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| I think we should be incentivizing citizenship for students who are college-bound. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| I think we should take our cues from the investment market on renewables, especially those which do yield a return on investment. I also strongly support clean drinking water. | |||
| No | 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 teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Maine's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Maine's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Maine's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Maine state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| We would have to carefully define the pay gap, and look to the sectors of the economy where the pay gap has actually disappeared or reversed. | |||
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