Nathan George's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Nathan George has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Arkansas 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? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I am in no way advocating for abortion. I believe if we want to decrease abortions, then prohibition is not the answer. Better women's health options and access to free birth control and better sex education are how we decrease abortion. I also believe women deserve to make their own choices about their bodies. | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Arkansas'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? | ||
| Yes | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Instead of trickling down the tax burden to the poorest citizens by providing huge tax incentives to large corporations, we should require those corporations and high-earning individuals to pay their fair share of the tax burden. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| There is ZERO evidence of voter fraud in the state of Arkansas. Requiring an ID to vote is an asinine impediment to an individual's right to cast a vote. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| I support state and local law enforcement in working with the federal immigration forces when it comes to gathering information about actual criminals from other countries, but I do not support them using our local law enforcement to cause fear in our immigrant population. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Arkansas? | ||
| For a, b, c, These solutions would all depend on the situation for me and are not ideals that I hold as "best practices." | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Arkansas? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Arkansas high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| I support Arkansas being able to apply those federal standards in a way that is fitting for Arkansas students, but I am in favor of the standards being the same across the country. | |||
| 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? | ||
| ALL OF THESE YES! | |||
| 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 teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| I support COMMON SENSE measures to govern how we keep guns out of the hands of those who wish to do harm to others. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Arkansas's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Should able-bodied Medicaid recipients meet a work requirement to be eligible for benefits? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Arkansas's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Arkansas's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Arkansas state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the removal of Ten Commandments monuments from public spaces? | ||
| I am a person of deep faith, but I do not believe that any set of beliefs should be more represented by the government than any other. | |||
| A top priority for me would be to make sure we provided a state tax credit to individuals that installed solar panels on their homes. The federal government provides a tax credit for this and I believe the state should follow suit. Another priority for me would be to provide a small business grant that would be a "start-up" grant only. Many construction contractors only need a few thousand dollars to be able to start their own company and this would be a good way to provide workers in those needed fields. |
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