John Schmitz's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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John Schmitz did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
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- "In Congress, I will support a comprehensive audit of Social Security and Medicare to help stop fraud." (static1.squarespace.com)
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- "One solution is to create a process that allows undocumented immigrants to remain with either a work permit or a path to citizenship with the requisite of paying a significant fine. Money collected from the process could be used to enforce border security and the deportation of those who pose a risk to our citizens. Those who have been in the criminal system would not be eligible." (static1.squarespace.com)
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This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I support expanding adoption as a option by safely stream lining and lowering the costs for adoption. Attention to where adopted children are placed must be a high priority. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Taxes are high enough! Fiscal responsibility and efficiency must be introduced by electing people that have experience doing so in the private sector. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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 abolishing the role of Township Assessor? | ||
| Limiting large donations will enable more people to run for office. Large groups buy political favor with monetary influence. A public official should do what is right by all without large pac or group donations. Property assessment should be done on a market based basis. Everyone should be registered to vote and have the option to vote or not to vote. Photo IDs slow down opportunity for voter fraud. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in Indiana? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Prison reform and justice reform are needed. The cost to prosecute crimes out paces the volume of cases that are growing due to a revolving door policy. Minimum sentences do not work and are an after the crime add on. Each case should carry an appropriate decision according to the circumstances. Let judges judge and give them the freedom to do what is best for the public first and the guilty second. | |||
| 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 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 Indiana? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support the establishment of a work share program in Indiana to assist access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| i) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Indiana? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Indiana? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Indiana high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Some of these questions are really not yes or no, but need to be discussed. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Indiana'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? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| I do not support government interference in businesses. A business owner should be able to run their business without being forced to take care government programs in which they have NO input in making! | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Indiana's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Indiana's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Indiana state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| No | d) Should gender be a required piece of information on Indiana driver's licenses? | ||
| Any law that discriminates for any reason should not be passed. | |||
| There is work to be done reviewing laws that have layers of bureaucracy. Stream lining procedures and using modern tech to allow better access to state issues concerning each citizen. Find creative ways that to lower the cost of government while serving at a higher level the needs of the people. Integrity and work ethic is what I will bring to the Indiana house of Representatives. | |||
| District 97 has a tremendous drug culture problem; which adds to the homelessness problem. I am working with 42 different service groups that address both of these issues. I plan to redirect funding that is going to programs that are providing inadequate results to those that are currently having success with no funding. Education also ties into this issue as well. Our youth are not being prepared for life after school and we are suffering from that short fall as a society. If we do not act now this problem will become an epidemic very soon. |
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