It occurred to me that we haven’t updated the Bill Halter issue positions of late and, while I don’t have much to add, there are a few new things. So here goes, new stuff in italics.
Health care:
-supports a government run, medicare like public option that people can buy into
-wants to focus heavily on preventive medicine
-reduce costs through modern technology
Workers rights:
-supports the right of workers to unionize
-wants to crack down on workplace intimidation
-supports the Employee Free Choice Act and has hopes for the new, post card check compromise
Environment and energy:
-iffy on cap and trade
-does not support Murkowski-Lincoln effort to weaken CO2 regulation
-supports investment in clean energy
Taxes
-friendly to middle class tax reduction
-opposes elimination of the estate tax
-supports eliminating corporate tax loopholes that promote outsourcing
Social Security
-opposes privatization of social security
LGBT issues
-opposed Act 1
-supports repealing DADT
-supports the right of same sex couples to have certain contractual rights, but stops short or endorsing marriage equality
Abortion
-supports keeping Roe v. Wade as law of the land
-personally against abortion but unwilling to infringe on the rights of others to choose
-for finding measures to reduce the number of abortions that both sides can agree upon
Education
-championed the lottery scholarships program
-strong supporter of pre-K programs
-supports student loan reform
Update: It dawned on me that I initially didn’t include his support for student loan reform in the update. That’s fixed now.
