Sonny Perdue in Survey of Gubernatorial campaign websites, 2001-2009
On Crime:
Criminals should literally pay for their crimes
Sonny believes that criminals should literally pay for their crimes. This restitution principle should be much more than an ideal we rarely meet. It should be a reality that we routinely enforce for the benefit of crime victims in Georgia. In 2005,
Sonny passed the Crime Victims Restitution Act which strengthened victims’ rights. The law required that restitution be made to victims of crime and created new procedures to help ensure that victims receive the restitution owed them.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial website, www.votesonny.com, “Issues”
Nov 7, 2006
On Drugs:
Combat the methamphetamine crisis
The methamphetamine crisis spreading through our state takes a terrible toll in lives ruined and lives lost. It is a threat to families and a corrosive influence eating away at our communities. Sonny has been leading Georgia’s fight to combat meth.
Sonny passed a law that strengthened criminal penalties for the manufacture, transfer and possession of methamphetamine and criminalized the transport of materials used in its illegal production. The following year, he stiffened penalties.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial website, www.votesonny.com, “Issues”
Nov 7, 2006
On Immigration:
No welfare or other services for illegals
We must ensure that individuals receiving taxpayer-funded services are US and Georgia citizens. Illegal immigrants’ first stop when they cross the border should not be the welfare line. Georgians cannot carry the burden of individuals who are receiving
state services and not contributing to the system.Last December, Sonny instructed the state agency which administers our taxpayer-funded healthcare program to institute a new income and citizenship verification requirement for applicants.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial website, www.votesonny.com, “Issues”
Nov 7, 2006
On Tax Reform:
State should only spend tax money for what it truly needs
Sonny understands the importance of limited government and fiscal responsibility. His goal is to keep state government living within its means, only spending tax money for what it truly needs.
Since he took office, the state of Georgia has provided over $2 billion dollars in tax relief to its citizens. Georgia taxpayers have one of the lowest state tax burdens in the nation.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial website, www.votesonny.com, “Issues”
Nov 7, 2006
On Education:
Streamline school bureaucracy; empower parents
The current administration has used a “one size fits all” strategy & added extra layers of bureaucracy to government. These extra burdens ignore the varying needs of our children, stifle teacher creativity, and endanger the true education of our children
Perdue will empower local schools, teachers, and parents to make decisions about their children’s education. Our government must accept that parents, teachers, and communities know the needs of our children better than a bureaucracy in Atlanta.
Source: 2002 Gubernatorial campaign website, VoteSonny.com, “Issues”
Oct 7, 2002
On Government Reform:
End partisan redistricting
Perdue will issue a challenge to the new General Assembly: draw a map that places the people of Georgia ahead of political parties and partisan politics. Remove political data from the redistricting process -
do not divide our citizens simply because they choose to vote Democrat or Republican in a given election; make the number one criteria in the process the preservation of communities and united counties.
Source: 2002 Gubernatorial campaign website, VoteSonny.com, “Issues”
Oct 7, 2002
On Tax Reform:
Amendment: all surplus pays debt or cuts taxes
Sonny Perdue supports a constitutional amendment that requires the use of surplus revenue for tax cuts or to pay down the debt. A 2/3 supermajority in both houses of the General Assembly would be required to use surpluses for any other purpose.
Governor Perdue will eliminate state income taxes on all non-wage incomes for Georgians over the age of 62. Perdue’s plan will free up disposable income in times of rising health care and prescription drug costs.
Source: 2002 Gubernatorial campaign website, VoteSonny.com, “Issues”
Oct 7, 2002
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