Larry Linton's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Tennessee State Legislative Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| c) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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 Tennessee? | ||
| No | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| The negative impacts by the state of national emergency for COVID-19 were unconstitutional. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Tennessee? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Tennessee? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Tennessee high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Immigrants unlawfully present in the United States should not benefit in any way, shape, or form from taxpayer dollars. Keyword in the question is unlawfully, meaning illegally. | |||
| 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? | ||
| There is no constitutional authority that allows the government to pick winners and losers in the areas of renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions. With regards to clean drinking water, that should be a local government function because property taxes are paid to cities and counties to ensure quality services in the city/county. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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? | ||
| The second amendment is quite clear when it states "shall not be infringed." | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| No | f) Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| Yes | g) DO you support the legalization of medical marijuana in Tennessee? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Tennessee's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Tennessee's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Tennessee's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| No | d) DO you support amending the Tennessee state constitution to make it illegal for workplaces to require mandatory labor union membership as a condition for employment? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Tennessee should be utilizing nullification following the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, this includes any federal laws that infringe on Tennesseans 2nd Amendment protected rights. Additionally, the "public" education model needs to be scrapped and rebuilt from the ground up with the focus on parents' rights to govern the conduct of Boards of Education and what their children are exposed to. I will also work to increase the integrity of elections conducted in Tennessee by removing any machines and return to paper ballots utilizing auditable papers and tracking methods. | |||
| Top legislative priority is 10th Amendment actions that do not require funding, just a firm backbone by elected officials that can say NO to a federal government that uses the citizens' tax dollars as the carrot and stick to get compliance. |
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