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New Mexico State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Incest and rape is already covered under existing NM law. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support eliminating the state tax on Social Security benefits? | ||
| No | d) Do you support tax credits to promote the purchase of electric vehicles? | ||
| Eliminate gross receipts tax and replace with a well-managed sales tax to promote small businesses. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| 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? | ||
| d) Do you support the use of private prisons in New Mexico? | |||
| e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | |||
| No | f) Do you support the legalization of recreational marijuana? | ||
| b) depends on the crime and the circumstances d) undecided e) users or dealers? bad question f) Proven gateway drug. Proven cognitive damage in brain development. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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 New Mexico? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| No | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| c) Bad question, too general, rendering question meaningless. e) Job skills training availabilty would solve this crises and provision to attract new businesses to expand the field, creating more demand in which demand would provide for career ladder and earning potential. No person should be expected to remain in an entry level job for their entire life, which is in and above all a disriminatory practice. Our state is in crises because our economy is not expanding to create demand for jobs. g) No; is conditional on whether state government is reduced by the amount of shortfall cause by covid. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in New Mexico? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in New Mexico? | |||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from New Mexico high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| c) Expanding school choice would increase the demand for teachers and would provide an expanded career path just like in businesses that provides matching salary growth. Teachers deserve to be treated with the same opportunities for career advancement as other career professionals. d) Expanding course offerings should include education to comply with citizenship requirements, which in essence negates this question where a person would have the right to choose citizenship and its benefits versus the right to refuse citizenship. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-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? | ||
| b) Businesses that achieve carbon reduction goals such as can be achieved by carbon capture technolgy, which technolgy is developing quickly, should be accomodated. Wind and solar is massively environmentally damaging due to the conditions under which it is manufactured and the environmental damage at every installation of the equipment. Do not support punishing American industry without commensurate goals for the industries of India and China. Requirements or inducements for cleaner technology in China, India and emerging nations is a humane effort to force controsl on China and India that are literally killing their own people from pollution. | |||
| 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 after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| Interesting comments from police friends are enlightening. The criminal element is not people you see at gun shows because there are so many on duty and off duty officers present at such events. It is wrong that a father cannot give a law abiding spouse, son, daughter or even a brother or sister a gun for the undeniable right to self defense without paying a transfer fee so the government can tax the proceeds. There is no proof that criminals | |||
| a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | |||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through New Mexico'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? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| a) Not sure if this would be a best practice. Treatment may need to include not only detox but courses of therapy in addition to life skill training and vocational training. This question is incomplete. c) Goverment mandates violate the intent of the founding of our nation. Having said that, government actions such as approving group policies across state lines would greatly lower cost of insurance significantly. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New Mexico's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New Mexico's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| c) Do you support greater efforts by New Mexico state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | |||
| Yes | d) Do you support the inclusion of the phrase "In God We Trust" on all public buildings and license plates? | ||
| a) and b) We have to provide equal opportunity and treatment to ALL people. Public Law 88-352 prohibits discrimination based on sex, the definition of which includes activity or gender. No person is more"equal" than another.The solution is enforcement. c) I do believe that same job should have same pay, with qualifications for levels of experience, regardless of gender. NM government interference is not good because federal law has precedence thing, just increases consumer costs. Public Law 88-68 requires equal pay for equal work. An NM law would be an unecessary and wassteful duplication. Is PL 88-68 not being enforced? | |||
| Reform tax laws to attract new businesses that provide opportunities for quality jobs. Government does not provide quality of life; it provides the framework that protects and secures the right of the people to achieve the quality of life they desire. Establish new vocational schools that provide training for advanced technology jobs such as labs, software and hardware, and robotics to attract appropriate light manufacturing and support. Refocus educational funding to minimize administration overhead and provide education that pays. Responsibly develop natural resources including opportunities for forest products, destination tourism and expanded recreation. | |||
| Eliminate tax on social security. Reduce taxes and the size of government. Abortion is the greatest issue of racial discrimination we face in this state; just look at the statistics. Protect all constitutional liberties. The people authorized our government, as stated in the Consitution. The people have not authorized the government to restrict constitutional liberties. All proposed changes must be submitted to the people for approval, not lawyers and legislators. Develop and implement educational opportunities for advanced technology applications by refocusing funding to meet the people's needs and reduce dropout rates. Protect 2nd Amendment and all constitutional rights |
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