Dan Lawlor's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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North Carolina State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion 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 a Pro-Life man with an adoptive daughter who is my joy and sometimes my stress. However, women have the right to choice as I do. The support or the prohibition of funds need to take into consideration all issues before making a decision. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Under the current pandemic and the shortfall besiege on the US I would freeze budgets and borrow money to be paid back between a 5 to 10 year time period(Rates are at a all time low).Promote business growth and freeze spending until borrowing is paid paid in full, then reassess after that time period. Unfortunately, this will never happen but needs to be done for help now to the low income and disportionate population and addressing future balancing the budget responsibilities. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the removal of foreign citizens from state voting rolls? | ||
| One important factor of trust is how a candidate utilize funds give and how effective they are in what they purchase for the campaign. Also we should do everything in one's power to have voter ID. We request ID in all fabrics of our lives. To be successful in life one needs to valid one existence. This should be what both parties want to achieve. The opportunity to be successful for all citizens. | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Should an individual under 18 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 the use of private prisons in North Carolina? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| No | f) Do you support the prosecution of hate crimes as felonies? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support requiring state and local law enforcement to publicly disclose use-of-force data reports? | ||
| In crime and public safety I am for anything that helps promote trust for both the police and the community. Crimes need to be looked at and evaluated by the whole story, not one size fits all. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of North Carolina? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| The economic issues are the resources for all the institutions we cherish as a society.It s the economy not government that funds, education, health care, law, and public safety. I do not believe that government get involved in the marketplace,picking the winners and losers is good for the country. The market is a much better indicator for that. Government's first responsibility is for protecting its citizens. Government can help promote businesses that work on public safety. Examples would the military, the police, the Health organizations for current and future pandemics. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in North Carolina? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in North Carolina? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from North Carolina high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| I am a strong public school advocate. However, we need a new mind set. Competition is good for the soul.However, we need to allow public schools to handle discipline and do what is best for their respective population. Empower the great talent of teachers and allow them to teach instead of handling over taxing regulations and paper work (ask a Special Education teacher). Reduce the lawsuit mentality and work on fixing mistakes in a trusting environment. Reduce federal standards to just reading and math. Allow teachers and districts create their own exams and not be mandated by outside sources. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| I support state funding for the development of ALL renewable energy including Nuclear and innovations for Fossil fuels. Again let competition and market make the decision. I believe we have the intellect and the talent to have both a cleaner world and a good quality of life. We are stewards of the planet we live in and our moral responsibility is to make it a better place for the next generation. Before changing over to any new grid we must know that the new resource is reliable and can handle the demand. | |||
| 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 after passing gun safety training? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| The issue is trust. Government needs to have a national data bank for knowing who owes guns. That can be done by having a license. However, the time should be spend on gun trafficking and stopping the violence that way. We should have technology and innovations to achieve this goal. Guns owners do not trust the government elite and with go cause. The change of heart is a must going forward. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through North Carolina's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Two important questions needed to ask in Health Care. How do we make it accessible to all, and how do we drive down cost? Individuals should be purchasing health care on discount group rating scale, like we buy all other insurances (car, life, house, renters). Having expand Medicaid does not answer either question earlier stated. Makes accessibility for the low income, disable, elderly, the children harder and it does Nothing to drive down cost. Government needs to help individuals and business with the current pandemic not pile on the misery. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by North Carolina state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support local governments having the authority, without review by state authorities, to remove certain memorials or monuments from public property? | ||
| All citizens need to be protected from any discrimination. The only question is can one do the job well? Before government gets involved in pay gap one needs to see the whole picture. If you are asking for equal pay for same job the answer is yes. If you are comparing different jobs could be a different outcome. Lastly, I believe that local governments have the authority to remove monuments from public property. However, their needs to be proper procedures in place and town hall debates. There is no place for rioters, and destruction of any public property. | |||
| First ,in solving problems we need to talk With people not At them with slogans and rhetoric. Second, Understanding the importance of getting the economy back in a safe way. This is both the engine and key to pay for vital social services and institutions, education, health care, law and community safety. Lastly, empower the people to do just that to allow the creative and joyful efforts of the job they pursued to do without government getting in the way (ask a teacher, a police, and health care worker) | |||
| Create a five block of Education Plan with a new mind set including an apprenticeship program.. Restructuring Criminal Justice, police policies and procedures, by asking the community to promote a two-way dialogue of respect and trust. And finally bridging the philanthropic hearts in Winston salem and the organizations they support to help fill in the gaps we will have in education, health care and our economy getting through this pandemic and the aftermath of it all. |
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