Jayne Swiggum's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jayne Swiggum has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Wisconsin State Legislative Election 2022 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? | ||
| Organizations that perform abortions also prescribe birth control. If we want to decrease the number of abortions, birth control must be easily accessible and as close to free as possible. | |||
| Yes | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| Wealthy individuals and wealthy corporations must pay their fair share in taxes and they are not. Increasing their taxes is dandy. Increasing taxes on working families is not. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Our prison system has become a for-profit business which benefits from incarcerating as many people as possible. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Wisconsin? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Wisconsin? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Wisconsin? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Wisconsin high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Children of immigrants who were brought here illegally as children should not be denied education. | |||
| 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: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| Photo IDs are difficult to obtain for seniors who don't drive, especially those in nursing homes. | |||
| a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | |||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| c) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | |||
| I support gun safety, mandatory background checks for all gun sales, and licenses for certain types of weapons. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for All? | ||
| Yes | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | d) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the legalization of medical marijuana in Wisconsin? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Wisconsin's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Wisconsin's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Wisconsin state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Women's rights must be the same from one state to another. Your religious beliefs and where my body begins. | |||
| Affordable healthcare. We must accept the federal monies to expand Medicaid and tighten the reigns on both pharmaceutical and private health insurance companies. Deductibles must be income based so that all of us, including the poor, are not deterred to seek healthcare because we can't afford the deductible. |
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