Analysis
This is a question and answer piece for candidates running for the state house. These are the same questions they asked the state senate candidates. How did the Press decide upon these six questions and why just these six? Why was there also no follow up to comments made by the candidate?
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Name some concrete steps Michigan should take to increase employment and position itself economically for the future.
Goeff Hansen: Lower taxes, lessen regulations, raise standards in education and build infrastructure that makes Michigan a logical center for manufacturing and distribution of goods and services around the world.
Do you support a woman’s legal right to an abortion?
Hansen: No, except to save the life of the mother.
Do you support or oppose adding more charter schools? Why?
Hansen: Undecided.
Most people agree the state’s Single Business Tax should be eliminated. That would cut $1.9 billion from the state’s general fund budget. Should that money be replaced with a different tax on business?
Hansen: Replace some revenue. I voted in favor of eliminating this job-killing, onerous tax that has driven jobs and new investment from Michigan. I look forward to working with my colleagues on developing a business tax code that is fair, broad-based and easy to administer.
A proposed amendment to the state constitution would prohibit governments and university admissions programs from giving preferential treatment based on race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin. Do you support this ballot proposal?
Hansen: Oppose.
Should we eliminate term limits in Michigan, expand the number of years state lawmakers can serve, or should term limits remain the same?
Hansen: Lengthen the terms to allow members to serve equal number of terms in either chamber.
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