Ryan Gardner's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Ryan Gardner has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Oregon State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | 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? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I am against abortion for any reason. I will admit we need a better solution in cases of incest or rape. | |||
| 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 think we need a thorough examination of the salaries of state employees. Some should probably get more and others less. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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 Oregon? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support increased penalties for individuals who cover their faces during unlawful assemblies? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Oregon? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | h) Should stores be required to accept cash payments? | ||
| I support free market principles with very limited government intervention | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Oregon? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Oregon? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Oregon high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support allowing college athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support restricting the use of aerial pesticides in outdoor public spaces (e.g. parks, schools)? | ||
| 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 teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| We already have a rigorous set of laws regarding the purchase and ownership of guns. The government should focus on enforcement before they decide to add more. I support the 2nd amendment. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Oregon's health care programs? | |||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | |||
| b) Oregon's Medicaid program needs to be reviewed f)outside of standard sick leave I think the unemployment program needs to be leveraged | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Oregon's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Oregon's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| c) Do you support greater efforts by Oregon state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | |||
| No | d) Do you support expanding anti-discrimination laws to include hair textures and protective hairstyles? | ||
| c)this is a bone of contention that is based on misleading data on both sides. We need to review the data and see if additional legislation is needed. We already have laws against wage discrimination based on sex | |||
| My Priorities are: Law and order, restoring our wildlands and working on better wildland management, Helping to rebuild after the recent fires, lowering taxes, reigning in the bureaucracy, bringing stability back to Portland | |||
| Reducing taxes, it is time to trim the waste in our government. We have had too many years of tax and spend government in Oregon. |
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