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Utah State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | |||
| b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | |||
| c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | |||
| The viability argument, the ethical basis behind Roe v. Wade, is considered ultimately an unsupportable argument. Until pro-choice and pro-life people can begin to talk about what sound moral basis provides any living entity with a right to life, this issue will never be reconciled. I would invite bioethicists from our institutions of higher education to meet with residents of my House District in order to begin to finally develop a sound approach to addressing abortion. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| I would undertake to consult with millionaires in our State to see if a majority of them would be willing to have a percentage of their income taxes increased so that they would pay a fair share of their state taxes like the rest of us. I assume that using tax accountants that many millionaires end up paying much less than the five percent state income tax that most of the rest of us other residents end up paying. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Currently, there is no evidence that there is any significant voter fraud occurring in Utah. We don't need to pass photo ID legislation to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Every eligible voter should have an opportunity to select their elected officials and in today's busy world should also have easy access to voter registration. Everyone is impacted by the decisions of the State Legislature. | |||
| 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 Utah? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support making the use of a handheld cell phone while driving a primary offense? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support prohibiting any individual under the age of 18 from using a tanning bed? | ||
| If we begin to treat minors as adults for violent crimes, then the opposite is necessary as well - that we treat minors as adults when they demonstrate advanced intelligence and maturity so that they would qualify marry or vote or drink at a younger age. State and local police have enough on their list of responsibilities just to keep us safe from other crimes. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | |||
| 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 Utah? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Utah needs to do better cost-benefit analyses of spending our taxes wisely in promoting economic growth. There are studies suggesting economic growth in Utah would occur naturally regardless of changes to our state taxes. Government regulations need to be tailored on a case by case basis when it comes to the private sector. Some regulations may need to be increased, others decreased. If drug tests were to be required, the state may also need to consider offering drug treatment programs to those applicants. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Utah? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Utah? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Utah high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Yes | e) Should substitute teachers be required to undergo sensitivity training? | ||
| Local businesses and professionals, teachers and parents can undertake better real world assessments of our schools. Immigrant children should not have to suffer for the illegal actions of their parents. While I support state funding for charters schools, public schools and the state legislature need to evaluate why students are going to charter schools. Some illegal immigrants may need to be screened for state background checks, such as violent drug felonies. I would provide additional education funds by making our state income tax more progressive. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| I support gun violence prevention measures. Presently, I am not in favor of banning assault weapons until other efforts to reduce gun violence have been undertaken and specific studies supporting its effectiveness. I also believe adults ages 18 to 21 have a Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. There is no need for teachers to bring guns to school. Schools need to be a place of safety and that is what our community policing programs and resource officers are doing. I believe that licensing should be strictly a state not a federal responsibility. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Utah's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| 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? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| The right to die is also tied with the issue of abortion and a right to life. More bioethical study needs to be undertaken by the community. The scientific basis for vaccinations has been solidly established, except for some discredited studies. The public safety of all our children is crucial. One sick child could infect hundreds. We have a moral responsibility to keep our children from harm, the risk too great to do otherwise. Paid medical leave during a health crisis should be the responsibility of the government. Most businesses can ill-afford the extra cost of extra paid medical leave. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Utah's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Utah's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Utah state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| Studies have shown that Utah has the greatest gender pay gap in the Country. | |||
| Increase teacher and parent control over local neighborhoods schools. Decrease health care costs by expanding health insurance to ALL Utah residents. Reduce exorbitant prescription costs through direct government negotiations or importing from out of the Country, Improve air and water quality by investing in alternative energy sources and low water use gardens. Increase access for residents to local economic markets through developing local market bazaars and preserving farmland. Consolidate senior citizen services to lower costs. Save Social Security and Medicare through increased pressure on our Congressional delegation and eliminate state taxation of Social Security. Speed up urgent transportation road improvements. | |||
| Reform state government that can be accomplished without the need for any funds. Become a role model of responsive government representation so that other state legislators will be elected and follow my model of representative government. We need state legislators to work harder at listening to and caring about voter concerns. |
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