Rebecca Sharp's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Florida State Legislative Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | |||
| b) Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy? | |||
| c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | |||
| d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | |||
| e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | |||
| f) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | |||
| g) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures? | |||
| h) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | |||
| Government has no business being in anyone's body for any reason. Parental consent is required for any activity regarding the whole of the minor. Parents have the responsibility to raise, fund, care, educate their children until they reach the age of majority, therefore consent must be required. Any health related issues ESPECIALLY requires parental consent. Minors can not get a tattoo or piercing without parental consent, or buy cigarettes or alcohol or join the military, all to which I agree. | |||
1) State Spending:Using the key, indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.2) State Taxes:Using the key, indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.3) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Florida's budget.
| Slightly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Environment | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Health care | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement/corrections | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Transportation/infrastructure | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Gas/Oil taxes | ||
| Eliminate | e) Property taxes | ||
| Eliminate | f) Sales taxes | ||
| No | a) Tapping into Florida's "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| No | c) Reducing or eliminating public worker collective bargaining | ||
| No | d) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions | ||
| No | e) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | f) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| (f) The consulting fees slated in the Florida Budget for new road construction is out of control. Crony capitalism at it's finest! (g) Welfare was never meant as a Career Opportunity! | |||
| (c) Corporate taxes need to be placed on those being relieved of taxes due to campaign financing of candidates, burden lifted from small business. Government needs to stop picking winners and losers. Stop Corporate Welfare! (d) Reduce our dependency on oil by implementing solar, wind, etc. (e) Cut the Budget of waste and fraud by at least 30%, Eliminate property taxes by increasing Corporate Taxes and requiring the Florida Lottery to ante up on that Education money they promised! (f) Fair Tax-10% across the board using a consumption tax resulting in an increase in tax revenue but fairly collected. | |||
| (d) Reducing the Salaries of the highest paid state employees and redistributing that to the lower level employees to have a more fair and balanced value based on production. Clerk of the Court Judicial lower level employees have not had a raise since 2004. They are the backbone of our Judicial System while Judges salaries are 10 times higher. | |||
a) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions for state candidates?
| Yes | 1) Individual | ||
| Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
| Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
| Yes | b) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana? | ||
| No | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | e) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| c) I support the legalization of medical marijuana for medical purposes and removing HEMP from the controlled substance list. e) Criminal charges that fit the crime for a minor, not adult charges. f) What part of ILLEGAL isn't everyone getting? I support revamping legal immigration to make it easier to come through the front door. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | e) Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage? | ||
| c) Expanding access is fixing the DEO-CONNECT website to make it easier for unemployed workers to get their benefits, instead of the current strings and mirrors by Rick Scott to restrict access to have an appearance of lower unemployment numbers. I do not support benefits for illegal aliens. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| No | c) Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers? | ||
| No | d) Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school? | ||
| No | e) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| No | g) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Florida high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| g) No way, and I find this new law appalling! They are here illegally they do not need to be graduating from Florida Schools but sent back to where they came from. The financial drain illegal aliens are causing on the State, Hospitals, Business's is what is depleting our resources away from our legal residents, children and seniors. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support state funding for improvements to Florida's energy infrastructure? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| No | e) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun possession? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support enacting legislation granting immunity to Floridians who show guns or fire warning shots in self-defense? | ||
| e) Florida has "Stand Your Ground Law" and the 2014 Legislature passed HB89 Provides "stand your ground" with immunity to people who fire a warning shot or threaten force; allows for expunging of court records for those who have charges dropped in "stand your ground" cases. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| No | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| No | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
| No | d) Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | f) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
| f) Ronald "Doc" Renuart already co-sponsored and passed a bill to cap medical malpractice suits to $200,000 | |||
| a) Do you support same-sex marriage? | |||
| b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to form civil unions? | |||
| c) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Florida's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| d) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Florida's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| Government has no business in anyone's bedrooms, nor be telling anyone who to marry, love or co-habitat with. Marriage is none of governments business. The Constitution is in place for any type of discrimination. | |||
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