2000 National Political Awareness Test: on Jobs

Brian Bilbray: Increase the minimum wage

Indicate which principles you support regarding employment.
• Provide tax credits for companies that move job-creating industries into areas with high unemployment.
• Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers.
• Reduce government regulation of the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
• Establish empowerment zones in areas with large numbers of unemployed people.
• Increase the federal minimum wage.

Jim Jeffords: More employer flexibility; raise minimum wage

Jeffords supports the following principles regarding employment:
• Provide tax credits for companies that move job-creating industries into areas with high unemployment.
• Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today’s job market.
• Increase the federal minimum wage.
• Encourage employers to offer flex-time scheduling & comp-time for family emergencies.
• Provide tax credits for businesses that offer on-site child care.

Gary Bauer: For grazing & ethanol; against Kyoto treaty

Bauer supports the following principles concerning environmental issues:
• Waive environmental review requirements for grazing permits.
• Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses of privately-owned land.
• Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
• Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
• Does not support the UN Kyoto Conference treaty regarding global climate change.

Lincoln Chafee: Increase the minimum wage

Supports the following principles concerning labor:
• Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today’s job market.
• Increase the federal minimum wage.
• Encourage employers to offer flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies.