Steven Doelder's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Steven Doelder 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? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| I would support raising taxes on anyone making over $400,000. Two people own half the wealth in this country. It is time to fix income inequality by taxing the wealthy under a tax system that was used during the Eisenhower administration. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We need to address the underlying causes of crime and fund prevention. We need to make sure people have their basic needs met. | |||
| 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: | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | 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 a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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: | |||
| We need to increase the funding for operating expenses of our state agencies. We need enough qualified staff to adequately serve the people of this state. Government needs to be able to function in a timely and efficient manner. By cutting state budgets, government stops functioning and will not work. | |||
| I would push for more funding for public education and developing a better aid formula for each district. I would oppose any public funding for private schools. Keep public money in public schools. Remove public education funding from property taxes and develop a progressive school income tax to fund K-12 and higher education. |
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