Vincent Tsai's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Vincent Tsai has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
California State Legislative Election 2022 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| b) Only if the fetus is unviable. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) DO you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| a) and b) We need to stop wasting money on "Green Movement" follies and giving away large grants to organizations that claim to be working on the homelessness issue, but don't produce positive results. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| a) We need to bring back the use of the death penalty for the most heinous crimes so criminals are held accountable. e) Only for crimes that involve dangerous drugs, such as: fentanyl, heroin, PCP, methamphetamine, etc., | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of California? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the creation of a first-time homebuyer fund, in exchange for partial ownership of the property? | ||
| d) Only for small businessess, not big corporations like Wal-Mart, Target, and banks. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in California? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in California? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from California's high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| c) Only teachers that perform well, don't sexualize and groom our children, should received increased salaries. All the teachers and professors that have tenure and decide it's acceptable to be bad instructors should not be rewarded. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support increasing public funds for wildfire prevention in California? | ||
| e) 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| d) I haven't thought about this idea yet, so I can't give a definite answer until I've thought this question through and done some research. | |||
| 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 a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| All are violations of our 2nd Amendment Rights. Any regulations for gun control are a direct violation of our natural right the keep and bear arms. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| No | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| c) I'm still not 100% sure about this one...requires more thought and reflection. d) There should be no need to get ANY exemptions for vaccinations. We have a natural right to make medical decisions for ourselves. The government should play no role in this matter. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by California's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| I want to stop the Chinese Communist Party and globalist threat to our state and our country. These two entities are largely responsible for all the problems that we face. We need to eliminate all the heads of the Hydra. | |||
| Breaking all ties with any China/USA partnerships in military, education, business, and tech. Any costs incurred shall be deducted from the salaries of politicians that have been conducting business with the CCP: Pelosi, Feinstein, Biden, McConnell, etc., |
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