Will Guzzardi's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Office:
- State House (IL) - District 39, Democratic
On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State House (IL) - District 39
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Illinois State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| A woman's health and reproductive decisions should be up to her. | |||
Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Illinois's budget.
| Yes | a) Should the Illinois state government be required to pass a budget every year? | ||
| No | b) Do you support borrowing money from in-state vendors to pay outstanding state debts? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support using state funds to provide high speed internet to rural schools? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | g) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Tax the rich. There are many billions of dollars waiting for us with a sensible tax code that would keep us from having to engage in austerity government. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support any limits 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? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| No | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | b) Do you support lowering state taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Illinois? | ||
| "Reducing state government regulations" is tricky. In some cases our regulations are designed as barriers to entry, keeping upstart competitors out and protecting market advantages for large or existing players. Those regulations should be reconsidered. But "deregulation" as code for allowing corporations to abuse consumers and the environment for higher profits is something I strenuously oppose. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Illinois? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Illinois high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring local governments to fund teacher pensions? | ||
| "Adopting federal education standards" would depend very heavily on what those standards are. The federal government devolved many of those decisions to states in ESSA. If the feds were to adopt new standards, we might or might not want to adopt them. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) 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? | ||
| No | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Illinois's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Illinois's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Illinois's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Illinois state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| A few of my top priorities: A living wage and benefits for everyone. Tax brackets so rich people pay what they owe and the rest of us pay less. Affordable health care and prescriptions for everyone. Free access to great schools, from pre-K to college. And a major infrastructure investment to put Illinoisans back to work and fix our roads and bridges and schools. |
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