Kevin Wilson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Kevin Wilson has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Wyoming 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? | ||
| Women's reproductive health is a decision between a woman, her healthcare provider, her family, and her faith and our state government has no business in that decision. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing the state gas tax? | ||
| Our tax system in Wyoming is regressive. The bottom income earners pay an effective tax rate three times that of the top income earners. We need to raise taxes on the wealthy jet setters moving here from out of 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | f) Should state National Guard members only be called up once war is formally declared by the U.S. Congress? | ||
| I support any efforts that make it easier for our citizens to vote instead of harder. Election integrity always needs to be maintained, but we need to get rid of the notary requirement for registering to vote. | |||
| 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 Wyoming? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| We need comprehensive criminal justice reform in Wyoming. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | 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 Wyoming? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support compensating ranchers for livestock lost to wolves? | ||
| i) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Wyoming? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Wyoming? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Wyoming high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| I don't like that all of these questions are simply yes or no. I support funding for charter schools if they meet strict standards and do not take away funding from our public schools. I generally do not like many of the standards teachers are held to and feel that they need to have more autonomy in the classroom, I am not against all standards federal or state. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| We should expand background checks to everyone purchasing a firearm. I do not support licenses for simply owning a firearm. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Wyoming's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | 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 Wyoming's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Wyoming's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Wyoming state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Expand affordable and accessible healthcare, diversify our economy and revenue streams, protect our public lands. Fight for wage increases and better health and safety conditions for the Wyoming worker. | |||
| I will certainly fight for medicaid expansion. We have the money already to pay for it. Otherwise, I will fight to diversify revenues to fund all of our vital state services by proposing a higher tax rate on rental cars (we have a very low rate compared to other states), a real estate transfer tax, corporate income tax, and higher tax rates on folks making over $400,000 a year. |
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