Paul LePage MyOcracy topics and responses

Civil Rights

Support for gun rights

• 2010-11-02: Support 2nd amendment with no exceptions
• 2010-11-01: Upholds Constitutional right to bear arms

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 2010-11-02: Protect life in Maine; I'm one of 18 children

  Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 2010-11-02: Keep marriage as sacred union of one man and one woman

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2011-02-10: End marriage penalty; increase personal exemptions
• 2010-11-02: Reduce Maine's excessive tax burden

  Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

• 2011-02-10: Depreciate bonuses; reduce business tax rate to under 8%

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

• 2012-01-01: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

Education Issues

Support privatization of mass education

• 2014-03-11: Strong support for charter schools, virtual or otherwise

  Reduce federal government involvement with public education

• 2010-11-01: Supports vouchers, local control and charter schools

  Oppose school vouchers

• 2014-03-11: Virtual charter schools are not the right answer

Environmental Issues

Use tax incentives for wind energy development and use

• 2011-11-02: Letter to Congress supporting renewable energy tax credit

  Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2010-11-02: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 2010-11-02: More competition in health insurance and health care markets

Immigration

Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2011-02-10: Welcome immigrants, but no welfare for legal non-citizens
• 2010-11-02: No voting nor rights nor handouts for non-citizens