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Michigan Gubernatorial 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? | ||
| Government should not be used by people to force other people to their beliefs. I support free medical care...our bodies, our choices. I support physician assisted suicide. I would end police pat downs and body cavity searches. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I believe that there should be, as in sports, a cap on government employee salaries and I believe in top-down salary. a.) Michigan, 4e.g, superintendent Detroit Public School should not be paid more 2x governor. ...believe pay must be adjusted 4cost of living so minimum wage - kept purposely low by Democrats &Republicans creating "working-class poor" - would now be so low that increases 2where it should be $18/hour would not be harming small businesses. ...pensions, it was wrong to take earned pensions from Detroit pensioners during Detroit Bankruptcy. b.) Raising taxes only slows down the economy resulting in layoffs. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Michigan? | ||
| 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: | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Michigan? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Michigan? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Michigan's high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| b.) I support free education. I support schools that produce well educated graduates. Whether I support charter schools does not impact my support for public schools, that is, I would fully fund public schools regardless of my support for good charter schools because public schools have the burden of having to educate all students going through their doors. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| No | e) Do you support repealing the ability for the governor to execute emergency actions without legislative approval in Michigan? | ||
| I support executive powers. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I would support a "red flag law" where the family goes to court to remove gun ownership from their family member with a history of relevant mental health issues. I support open carry of weapons. I support a person's Second Amendment Right. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| As Biochemist Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party I can make insulin so I will lower the cost of insulin. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Michigan's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Michigan's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Michigan's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| As Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party I will review laws and strike down those laws that wrongfully discriminate. I will provide for Women's Equality and LGBTQI(+) Equality as measures of my success as Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party. | |||
| As Biochemist Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party I will end the COVID19 Pandemic that has killed 38,500 Michiganians and I will end inflation something Gretchen Whitmer in her many commercials says that she cannot do! I will redesign the infrastructure, as only a scientist like myself can do, as a part of my economic revitalization. I will provide low cost, free college. I will bring free clean drinking water to the financially poor like the homeless. I will greatly reduce pollution. I will continue 2protect the Michigan wolves. I will provide for Animal Rights. I will...! | |||
| As a proud son of a matriarch, my top priority is women's equality. My other top priority is LGBTQI(+) Equality. And, of course, my other top priority is the economy inflation is so high I just spent $100 on a third of a grocery basket down from a once upon a time full grocery basket. |
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