John Kasich MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers

• 2000-06-22: Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.
• 1994-09-27: More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty

  Increase the number of local prosecutors

• 1995-02-08: Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder
• 1994-04-14: Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment

  Legal age for prosecution as an adult: Decrease

• 1999-06-17: Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime

Civil Rights

Support for gun rights

• 2010-08-11: Opposes restrictions on the right to bear arms
• 1999-06-18: Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1
• 1999-05-23: Cool off before making new gun laws after Littleton
• 1999-05-23: More parenting better than more gun laws

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 2000-04-05: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions
• 1999-06-30: Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion

  Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 2010-08-11: Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage
• 1999-07-29: Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 1999-04-04: Pro-life except rape & incest; supports litmus test

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2010-11-02: Lower taxes to create competitive climate
• 1999-05-27: 10% tax cut to promote charitable giving
• 1999-05-17: Tax credits (100%) for charitable donations
• 1999-03-08: $776B tax cut plan helps people afford health care
• 1999-03-08: Tax cuts and national renewal

  Reduce taxes for middle class tax payers

• 2000-07-12: Voted YES on eliminating the marriage penalty
• 1994-09-27: Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

• 2012-01-01: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
• 2010-08-11: Opposes both marriage penalty & federal tax increases

  Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

• 2000-03-09: Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

• 1994-09-27: Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 2006-05-10: Competition is what's missing from public school monopoly
• 1999-04-06: Tax money for entrepreneurial private schools
• 1998-08-06: Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools
• 1997-11-04: Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools

  Increase per pupil funding

• 1999-05-17: Create competition in public schools

  Reduce federal government involvement with public education

• 1999-05-27: Empower local people instead of bureaucrats

  Oppose school vouchers

• 1999-05-27: Send 95% of federal funds to classrooms

Environmental Issues

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

• 1999-04-27: Environment and economy are not at odds
• 1999-04-27: Manage the environment to bequest it to future

  Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2000-06-26: Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 2010-08-11: Opposes government-run healthcare
• 1999-10-06: Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
• 1999-03-08: $776B tax cut plan helps people afford health care

  Increase amount of children covered by Medicaid reimbursements for health costs

• 2013-10-28: Expand Medicaid to 275,000 poor Ohioans, but not ObamaCare

Immigration

Increase the number of work visas granted to foreign workers each year

• 1998-09-24: Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers