Jim Evans, Sr.'s Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jim Evans, Sr. has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2019 Political Courage Test.
Virginia State Legislative Election 2019 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| 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? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Virginia's budget.
| No | a) Do you support a state regulated and taxed sports gambling system? | ||
| No | b) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | c) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| No | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| The Commonwealth is smart in working on a balanced budget. When revenues fall below what the Commonwealth can afford, very tough decisions have to be made to reduce cost and expenses. As in the private sector after all costs and expenses have been reduced but the budget is not balanced positions will have to be deleted. This may require mandatory furloughs and/or layoffs for state employees. We can lower the salary for positions across the board so that the current employee is not affected but the one accepting the position would start at the lower salary. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the legalization of recreational marijuana? | ||
| No | e) Do you support banning the use of cell phones and other handheld communication devices while driving? | ||
| b) Certain crimes require capital punishment such as murder and rape. People can forgive each other. Yet, justice must prevail. c) Yes, children should be tried as an adult for crimes of murder, rape and/or assault with a deadly weapon. d)Medical use of marijuana is fine. Medical research reports effects on the human brain. Use of this substance causes learning difficulties and creates difficulties in maintaining ones self control. Once terminated these effects disappear. This substance will create too many negative social issues. When marijuana is legalized and it will be, we must insure the health and safety of children. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | 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 Virginia? | ||
| No | g) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| f) As the economy grows and there are more jobs than applicants the minimum wage will increase because people leave lesser paying jobs for higher paying jobs. When we allow free enterprise and prevent illegal aliens from entering the country, we see businesses scrambling to find and keep employees so the businesses raise their wages to employ and keep people. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Virginia? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Virginia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| a) We already have too many unfunded mandates from the Federal and State governments that are too costly. We need to research, find, review and remove these unfunded mandates so our schools will be more cost effective. The local school system with the input of teachers and parents should make the decisions about standards. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Virginia'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? | ||
| b) Medicaid expansion is a scam by politicians. They promise coverage and services as a cure all. The truth is that yes they will have coverage, they will have a plastic card for their wallet but the services will not be there. Why? Because more and more physicians are dropping out of the medicaid program because of the low reimbursement for services rendered. The other issue is when the federal government reduces the match level of 90%, the Virginia taxpayer will have to bear the costs of Medicaid. It will break the budget. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Virginia's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Virginia's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| c) Do you support greater efforts by Virginia state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | |||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Education decisions on spending and policy need to be set by the local school districts with the approval of parents and teachers. This is more cost effective and meets the needs of the locality. People do not realize the economic development that good schools bring. | |||
| Education may not need more money after the unfunded mandates from the federal and state governments are removed. The local funds spent would and could be distributed directly to the local school districts needs and desires. Pay increases, purchase of new technology, and new school buildings. Having great schools help with economic development. People will move to your school district and make an investment in that community. |
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