Kat Stone's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Kat Stone has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Oregon State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | 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? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| I support limits on salaries or pensions that focus on those at the top income levels, which are ridiculous. However I also support living wage salaries and benefits for all state employees. I support increasing taxes on the rich or foreign owned wall street type corporate personhoods. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | 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 Oregon? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| No | f) Do you support increased penalties for individuals who cover their faces during unlawful assemblies? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Oregon? | ||
| 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) Should stores be required to accept cash payments? | ||
| b.) This should be limited to individuals because corporations are not paying enough. f.) Families should be allowed paid leave, but we need a state health insurance program that pays for that, which can be funded by Wall Street corporations. g.) I support helping small Oregon businesses, but not large foreign investor owned Wall Street corporations. h.) Cash is legal tender for all transactions under federal law and should be accepted by all stores. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Oregon? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Oregon? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Oregon high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support allowing college athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness? | ||
| a.) I support higher standards in education for Oregon. b.) I support charters schools if there is sufficient oversight to make sure they meet academic standards. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support restricting the use of aerial pesticides in outdoor public spaces (e.g. parks, schools)? | ||
| Where is the hell yes options? | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| a.) I support some gun-control legislation that remains within the 2nd Amendment parameters, like background checks. b.) I don't support the financial burden this may place on individuals. However I would support them if they were free. c.) We need to have other ways to make children and teacher feel safe at school. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Oregon'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? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| f.) I do not support requiring this of small Oregon businesses, but do support requiring foreign investor owned Wall Street corporations that don't pay state or federal taxes. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Oregon's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Oregon's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Oregon state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support expanding anti-discrimination laws to include hair textures and protective hairstyles? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| I support the reinstatement of the timber harvest severance tax in Oregon. I also support increase the corporate tax in Oregon, particularly for foreign investor owned Wall Street corporations. Another priority it to strengthen Oregon public meetings and records law to provided better accountability and transparency at all levels of state and local government. | |||
| Restore economic health to communities that was lost in the 1990s, which would be funded by restoring reasonable property taxes on private timberland owners, with over 5000 acres. I would also restore the timber harvest severance tax at 6 1/2 % or better, which it was in 1990. Our neighbors all have this tax, Idaho = 3 1/2%, California = 3 1/2%, and Washington = 5%. I support Washington's model, which provides 80% local communities and 20% to the state. This would fund public safety and schools. This tax is paid by corporations for the privilege of using our resources. |
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