Mike Bloomberg MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Use of treatment centers for violators of criminal laws targeting drug-use

• 2002-04-10: You bet I smoked pot; and I enjoyed it

Civil Rights

Support for gun control measures

• 2013-03-10: Background checks do work, and should be highest priority
• 2011-11-15: 2006: Created Mayors Against Illegal Guns; now 600 mayors
• 2008-01-17: Put the issue of illegal guns back on the national agenda
• 2007-11-02: 2nd Amendment doesn`t prevent keeping guns from criminals
• 2007-05-02: Founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns
• 2007-04-30: It`s not about gun control, it`s about crime control
• 2007-03-25: Sued New York City gun dealers to control guns

  Support marriage rights between same-sex individuals

• 2012-01-20: Co-chaired Mayors for the Freedom to Marry effort
• 2007-03-25: Backs same-sex marriage

  Support for gun rights

• 2013-03-24: 80% of NRA members support background checks

  Abortion rights: Women should choose

• 2006-05-02: Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: More

• 2010-09-28: 2004: Refunded $250M to residential taxpayers, not business
• 2010-09-28: Raised property taxes to 18.5%, highest in history
• 2007-03-25: Raised property taxes 18% to pay off budget deficit

  Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2008-01-17: $400 property tax rebate to all homeowners

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 2007-05-02: No social promotion; more after-school

  Implement pay-for-performance for educators

• 2008-01-17: Slash bureaucracy; reward principal & teacher excellence

  Support privatization of mass education

• 2007-06-18: No more tinkering at margins: cut bureaucracy; add charters

Environmental Issues

Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry

• 2008-02-11: US must set real and binding carbon reduction targets
• 2007-11-02: While greenhouse gas pollution is free, it will be abundant
• 2007-06-18: Reduce NYC carbon emissions by 30% by 2030

  Support cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2007-11-02: Direct charge over cap-and-trade, to raise cost of carbon

  Invest in the creation and further development of mass transit systems

• 2007-12-11: Investing in infrastructure critical to competitiveness

  Consumer tax credits for the purchase of hybrid or electric vehicles

• 2007-11-02: PlaNYC: convert 13,000 taxis to hybrids or high-efficiency

Healthcare Issues

Require all taxpayers to obtain full-coverage health insurance

• 2007-06-18: Pay-for-prevention towards goal of universal coverage

Immigration

Provide amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2007-05-02: Normalize status of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants
• 2007-05-02: Border controls fight natural forces of supply and demand