Daniel Ducote's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Daniel Ducote submitted the 2019 Political Courage Test after the official deadline.
Louisiana State Legislative Election 2019 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Abortion after six weeks should be considered felony murder and punished as such. | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Louisiana's budget.
| Yes | a) Do you support local governments' say over the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP), which allows approved manufacturing companies to be exempt from paying local property taxes for up to ten years? | ||
| Yes | 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 | ||
| I support abolishing all income and sales taxes, as these taxes harm the economy. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I support more mandatory disclosure of campaign contributors by political candidates on their campaign websites. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that would ban holding cell phones while driving? | ||
| I support increased use of capital punishment for violent crime and harsher penalties in general for violent felons. I would also legalize marijuana and decriminalize other drugs (all other drugs) | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Louisiana? | ||
| No | g) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| No | h) Do you support using toll revenue to help fund a new bridge over the Mississippi River? | ||
| I support a progressive property tax, an ecological restoration fuel, and a corporate liability tax. All other taxes are bad for the economy. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Louisiana? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Louisiana high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legalizing sports betting for the purpose of funding early childhood education programs? | ||
| I support more funding for voucher schools, trade and vocational schools and k-12. We should give less money to traditional four-year colleges. | |||
| 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? | ||
| c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | |||
| I support and ecological tax on activities that harm the environment but am generally oppose to any sort of regulation because that hurts the economy. | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| I support less gun control and open carry in public. We need teachers armed. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Louisiana'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? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| We should repeal Obamacare through health benefit plans and allow Medicaid to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Louisiana's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Louisiana's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Louisiana state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| Anti-discrimination laws are fine as is. No new laws should be passed. | |||
| I want to ban all lobbying completely, making it illegal. I want to implement a three prong tax code, as explained in my response to economic issues. | |||
| My tax/budget plan with the three prong tax code is my top priority. Its already clear how I will fund it. I want more funding for charter schools where only good students are allowed in. |
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