On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (GA) - District 8
Austin Scott is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
X | a) Abortions should always be illegal. | ||
b) Abortions should always be legal. | |||
X | c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | ||
d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | |||
e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | |||
f) Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period. | |||
X | g) Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors. | ||
Abortion should be illegal; hower, I would support legislation that limited abortions to the first trimester. No public funds for abortion. |
State Budget: Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.State Taxes: Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.
Slightly Increase | a) Education (Higher) | ||
Slightly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Maintain Status | c) Emergency preparedness | ||
Maintain Status | d) Environment | ||
Slightly Increase | e) Health care | ||
Greatly Increase | f) Law enforcement | ||
Maintain Status | g) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
Slightly Decrease | h) Welfare | ||
Maintain Status | i) Other or expanded categories | ||
Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | c) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | e) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Slightly Decrease | g) Property taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | h) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | i) Vehicle taxes | ||
Maintain Status | j) Other or expanded categories | ||
Yes | 1) Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales? | ||
Yes | 2) Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget? | ||
No | 3) Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget? | ||
Budget must be balanced and spending can not exceed revenues | |||
collection of taxes due is key to reducing other taxes | |||
give department of revenue tools to collect taxes owed after tax payor has been given right ot appeal and access to court |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?
Yes | a) Do you support the current limit of terms for Georgia governors? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for Georgia state senators and representatives? | ||
Yes | 1) Individual | ||
Yes | 2) PAC | ||
Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
Yes | 4) Political Parties | ||
Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
No | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns? | ||
Yes | f) Should Georgia participate in the federal REAL ID program? | ||
No | g) Should the state government give county governments the authority to levy a 1 percent sales tax, if approved by county voters, for transportation projects? | ||
Allow more flexibility for school systems with splost funds |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff. | |||
X | b) Support the death penalty in Georgia. | ||
X | c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
X | d) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | ||
e) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. | |||
f) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | |||
X | g) Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws. | ||
h) Support hate crime legislation. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Support state funding of universal pre-K programs. | |||
b) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind). | |||
X | c) Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students. | ||
d) Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |||
e) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school. | |||
f) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. | |||
X | g) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | ||
h) Support using a merit pay system for teachers. | |||
X | i) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | ||
j) Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of Georgia to pay in-state tuition at public universities. | |||
k) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.
X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market. | ||
X | b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector. | ||
X | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses. | ||
X | d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. | |||
f) Include sexual orientation in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws. | |||
g) Include gender identity in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws. | |||
h) Increase the state minimum wage. | |||
i) Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will. | |||
X | j) Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants. | ||
X | k) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients. | ||
l) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | |||
m) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | ||
X | b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc). | ||
c) Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops. | |||
X | d) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned. | ||
e) Support funding for improvements to Georgia's power generating and transmission facilities. | |||
f) Support funding for open space preservation. | |||
g) Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming. | |||
h) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. | |||
Expand domestic drilling and nuclear power projects EPA standards should have cost/benefit analysis done before implementing |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
No | a) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
Yes | b) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
No | c) Should a license be required for gun possession? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.
a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary. | |||
X | b) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | ||
X | c) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | ||
X | d) Allow patients to sue their HMOs. | ||
X | e) Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality. | ||
f) Legalize physician assisted suicide in Georgia. | |||
g) Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | |||
X | h) Fund the Trauma Care Network by increasing vehicle registration fees $10. | ||
transparency measures that provide information about quality and price with regard to healthcare should be expanded. |
['Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.', 'Legislative Priorities']
No | a) Should Georgia recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
No | b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry? | ||
No | c) Should Georgia provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support a moment of silence in public schools? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools? | ||
No | f) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | ||
No | h) Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions? | ||
No | i) Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions? | ||
No | j) Should Georgia continue affirmative action programs? | ||
Yes | k) Do you support state funding of stem cell research? | ||
No | l) Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research? | ||
Yes | m) Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it? | ||
n) Other or expanded principles | |||
fair and balanced government that encourages personal responsibility and competition. |
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