Robert Bell's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Connecticut 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'm pro-life. Abortion is murder. However, I support abortion for reasons of health issues, rape, and incest. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support the legalization of Marijuana to bring in revenue as well as prison reform. We can release people who are in jail for non-violent marijuana related crimes. This relieves the tax burden for housing them. Also, we'll stop making promises of the same pension program for new hires and offer a retirement program that won't bankrupt the State. | |||
| 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 expanding the right to vote to those on parole? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in Connecticut? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the legalization of recreational marijuana? | ||
| I will write a Bill to legalize marijuana and to release non-violent offenders for marijuana related crimes. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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 Connecticut? | ||
| 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? | ||
| No | h) Should state highway bridges be tolled? | ||
| No | i) Should federally recognized tribes be given exclusive rights to sports betting in the state? | ||
| d) As long as the State does not provide rehabilitation. e) Minimum Wage is set to go to $15/ hr. We need to give our businesses an opportunity to thrive before considering another raise. f) So long as the paid leave doesn't put the business in dire financial conditions. i) I support online sports betting, but I do not support the tribes having exclusive rights. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Connecticut? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Connecticut? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Connecticut 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? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| c) Maybe. I would need to know more of what these initiatives are, what they cost, and what they accomplish. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| d) Only if they have a criminal history. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Connecticut'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? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Connecticut's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Connecticut's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Connecticut state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| I support "Right To Work." This gives an employee, hired by a Union Company, to have the choice to be a member of that Union or Association. | |||
| Top priority will be to re-write/ Amend the Police Accountability Law so that it no longer contradicts itself and replaces protections for our Police. Some parts have unfunded/ underfunded mandates which put more strain on our Cities budgets. We have around $3 Billion in our rainy day fund, which means we've over-taxed our Citizens by $3 Billiion. We can use some of this money to fund the mandates. |
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