Scott Wagner in 2018 PA Governor's race
On Drugs:
Supports legal medical marijuana but not recreational
Q: Legalize or decriminalize legalize marijuana?Scott Wagner (R): Supports legal medical marijuana but not recreational.
Tom Wolf (D): Supports legal medical marijuana; does not support legalizing recreational at this time, wait on experience of other states.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Education:
Support vouchers; we spend enough on public schools
Q: Increase funding for K-12 education?Scott Wagner (R): Unclear. Has said PA spends "enough money" on public schools. More recently has talked of increase. Save money by cutting teacher benefits.
Tom Wolf (D): Yes. Worked to restore previous
administration's budget cuts.
Q: Support vouchers to help parents send children to private schools?
Wagner: Yes. Parents should have choice of where to send child.
Wolf: No. Oppose any program that diverts state funding away from public schools.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Education:
All 14 state colleges die by 2022 unless we revamp pensions
Q: Increase state funding for higher education?Scott Wagner (R): Unclear. But unless pensions & health benefits are cut, predicts financial death of all 14 state colleges by 2022.
Tom Wolf (D): Yes, but may not be able to get past legislature. Incre
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Energy & Oil:
Planet moving closer to sun is cause of global warming
Q: Consider climate change a serious threat?Scott Wagner (R): No. Earlier suggested heat from human bodies & planet moving closer to the sun were causes of global warming. Recently acknowledged human impact.
Tom Wolf (D):
Yes. "The science of climate change is settled. Reduce Pennsylvania's carbon emissions. by promoting a cleaner energy mix."
Q: Support government limits on greenhouse gases? Support participation in
US Climate Alliance, a coalition of states committed to climate change action.
Scott Wagner (R): No. Opposes regulatory overregulation. Government should also pare down regulations on natural gas drilling industry.
Tom Wolf (D): Supports limiting greenhouse gases, but hasn't joined Climate Alliance. Says PA is on target to exceed the Paris climate agreement without joining the Alliance.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Energy & Oil:
Let market decide renewables & clean energy
Q: Renewable Energy: Support government subsidies for renewable energy?Scott Wagner (R): No. Does not support subsidizing renewables or clean energy. Need to let market decide.
Tom Wolf (D):
Yes. Has supported loans & grants for solar energy. Also financing mechanism for low-cost funding for energy efficiency, renewable energy, & water conservation upgrades to commercial properties.
Q: Support severance tax on oil & gas extraction?
Scott Wagner (R): No. Would drive drillers to other states.
Tom Wolf (D): Yes. Only gas-producing state that doesn't have this kind of tax, though drillers do pay comparable impact fee. Would raise $250 million in first year.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Families & Children:
Supports gay marriage
Q: Support gay marriage?Scott Wagner (R): Yes.
Tom Wolf (D): Yes.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Gun Control:
Opposes gun restrictions
Q: Support more restrictive gun control legislation?Scott Wagner (R): No. Opposes gun restrictions.
Tom Wolf (D): Yes. Expand background checks, ban bump stocks, & restrict access for domestic violence perpetrators.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Health Care:
Repeal ObamaCare; add work requirement for Medicaid
Q: Support or Repeal ACA, aka ObamaCare? Accept ACA's Medicaid expansion to subsidize low-income participants?Scott Wagner (R): Repeal. Would repeal ACA & roll back Medicaid expansion.
Tom Wolf (D): Support & expand ACA. Expanding healthcare is
good for the economy & creates jobs. Accepted Medicaid expansion for PA.
Q: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?
Wagner: Yes. Will incentivize people to work & get healthcare from their employers.
Wolf: No. Vetoed a work requirement bill.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Jobs:
Supports "right-to-work"; allow opt-out from unionization
Q: Enact right-to-work law, eliminating the right of unions to mandate dues for workers they represent?Scott Wagner (R): Yes. Praised Supreme Court decision allowing government employees who opt out of a union
to not be charged for the cost of collective bargaining.
Tom Wolf (D): No. "I'm not sure what gives the minority the right to say `we'll take advantage of the benefits of the unions, but we're not going to pay for the cost'."
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Jobs:
Raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.50/hr, but not higher
Q: Raise the state minimum wage from $7.25?Scott Wagner (R): Yes. Supports raising to between $8.75 & $9.50/hr, but not higher.
Tom Wolf (D): Yes. Increase to $12/hr.
Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide: 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
On Foreign Policy:
We are an exceptional nation because we self-correct
There is no debate that America has equality issues, and that we have much work to do. But we are an exceptional nation because we self-correct.
We are not where we need to be, but we are on the way--only because we have the freedom to make it happen.
Source: 2018 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial website WagnerForGov.com
May 8, 2018
On Health Care:
Roll back Medicaid expansion and repeal Obamacare
Today we'll look at how Scott Wagner as governor would roll back health care coverage for Pennsylvanians.BACKGROUND:- "We should roll back Medicaid expansion." [Scott Wagner, 3/6/18]
- "The Medicaid expansion authorized under the 2010 law
extended health coverage to about 700,000 low-income Pennsylvanians, including the aged and the disabled." [PennLive, 3/21/17]
- "I very much want to see Obamacare get repealed." [Scott Wagner, 3/20/17]
Source: PADems.com press release on 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
May 8, 2018
On Homeland Security:
Americans honor veterans by standing up for National Anthem
When we stand and sing the National Anthem, we recommit to freedom--in honor of those who secure it for us. Here is my plea to every single American: Please stand up for veterans like Travis Mills, for the hundreds of thousands
of brave military members who are buried in cemeteries around the world, and for all veterans. Please honor them during the National Anthem the way they honor us on the battlefield--by standing up.
Source: 2018 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial website WagnerForGov.com
May 8, 2018
On Free Trade:
How can any self-made man not back the free market?
"You know what's amazing is that a guy [George Soros] who came from Hungary, a Hungarian Jew, and made a fortune, and think where he came from, and he has an opinion of America that he does," Wagner said. "It's just amazing to me." Wagner was not
trying to disparage Soros' religion, his campaign manager told The Morning Call. Wagner was trying to explain how he doesn't understand Soros' liberal politics, by questioning how Soros does not back free-market interests as a self-made man.
Source: The Morning Call on 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Aug 25, 2017
On Principles & Values:
Pastors call on Wagner to apologize to Jewish philanthropist
Religious leaders are calling on state Sen. Scott Wagner, a Republican candidate for governor, to apologize for recently calling Holocaust survivor and wealthy businessman George Soros "a Hungarian Jew." Wagner then questions how Soros could
fund liberal causes considering how he was persecuted in his old country and found success when he immigrated to the United States. Soros must hate America if he is against the free-market system that made him wealthy, Wagner says in the video.
Source: The Morning Call on 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Aug 25, 2017
On Families & Children:
Supports and shines light on efforts to protect LGBT rights
A long-stalled bill that would offer workplace and other protections to Pennsylvania's LGBT citizens could finally be getting a jump start this week--from the unlikeliest of all places: A committee chaired by Sen. Scott Wagner.
Wagner said he's willing to work with those who have concerns about the bill. But "what we should not do, is completely abandon all efforts to gain fairness for the LGBT community," he wrote.
Source: PennLive.com on 2018 Pennsylvania Governor race
Jun 14, 2016
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