Renacci favors tax reform
The Dispatch series of Q&A’s for Ohio’s gubernatorial candidates continues today with
If you’ve done everything you could as governor to reduce waste, fraud and abuse, how willing would you be to raise taxes as a last resort to pay for such state services as education, mental health care, battling opioids, running prisons and the like?
___ Very willing
___ Somewhat willing
___ Somewhat unwilling
✓ Very unwilling
Renacci also said, “Would additionally look at government spending and potential reforms.”
Which items would you like to change in Ohio’s current tax structure? (check all that apply)
___ Reduce the state income tax
___ Repeal the small business tax deduction in which owners of pass-through entities — such as LLCs, partnerships, some corporations — pay no state income tax on the first
___ Restore higher state income tax rates for those in high-income brackets
___ Move toward a flat income tax rate
___ Increase the severance tax on fracking
___ Assess a fee on commercial drug manufacturers and/or distributors to help pay for the state’s opioid battle
✓ Transform state taxes from those based on income to those based on consumption
___ Increase the state sales tax
___ Decrease the state sales tax
✓ Tap at least part of the state’s rainy day fund to battle the opioid crisis
___ Increase state taxes to provide more money to local governments
___ Restore Ohio’s estate tax
Renacci added, in part: “I believe it is essential to get all the state and local taxing entities into the room to discuss how best we can meet the needs of Ohioans with the lowest combined state/local tax burden.”
Do you think
___ Yes
✓ No
___ Don’t know
Renacci did not respond to a question on whether he would support a state tax increase if 100 percent of the revenue went to
Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school in
✓ Yes
___ No
Which comes closest to your stance on
✓ Funding and regulations should continue as they are
___ Funding should be cut, regulations increased
___ Funding should be increased, regulations cut
When should restrictions apply to a woman’s right to have an abortion in
(check all that apply, unless your response is “Never” or “Always”)
___ Never: Abortion should be legal with no exceptions
✓ When the life of the woman is endangered
✓ When the health of the woman is endangered
✓ When the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest
✓ When a woman is beyond her second trimester
✓ When a dilation and extraction method (”partial-birth abortion”) is used
✓ When a fetus has/might get Down Syndrome
✓ When a fetal heartbeat has been detected
✓ When public (government) funds are used
___ Always: Abortion should be illegal with no exceptions
Renaccci added, “To clarify, I am 100 percent pro-life and believe that all life is a gift from our creator.”
Do you think having stricter gun control laws would reduce the number of gun-related deaths in
___ WOULD reduce
✓ Would NOT reduce
Do you think Ohio’s current conceal-carry laws are too restrictive, not restrictive enough, or about right?
✓ Too restrictive
___ Not restrictive enough
___ About right
Which of these proposals related to guns would you support? (check all that apply)
___ There should be no restrictions on guns beyond the Second Amendment
___ Banning the use of bump fire stocks, a gun accessory that allows a shooter to fire scores of rounds per minute
___ Requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows
___ Banning semi-automatic guns commonly known as “assault weapons”
✓ Allowing Ohio teachers and officials to carry guns in K-12 schools
✓ Allowing Ohio public officials to carry concealed guns in government buildings even if the general public cannot carry guns in those facilities
___ Banning high-capacity magazines
___ Requiring owners to store their guns in a safe storage unit
___ Banning gun sales to people who have been convicted of violent crimes
“... Individuals convicted of violent crimes are already prohibited.”
Do you support legalizing recreational marijuana in
___ Yes
✓ No
Which comes closest to your stance on Ohio’s death penalty?
✓ Support the current setup of capital punishment for certain crimes
___ Support life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of the death penalty
___ Support even more crimes being subject to the death penalty
Do you support or oppose Ohio’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (”Obamacare”)?
___ Support
✓ Oppose
Do you support or oppose generally requiring applicants for
✓ Support
___ Oppose
Do you support or oppose same-sex marriage?
___ Support
✓ Oppose
Do you support or oppose the inclusion of sexual orientation in Ohio’s anti-discrimination laws?
___ Support
✓ Oppose
Do you support or oppose the inclusion of gender identity in Ohio’s anti-discrimination laws?
___ Support
✓ Oppose
Should
___ Yes
✓ No
Does
✓ Yes
___ No
Should most
✓ Yes
___ No
Should
✓ Yes
___No
Do you support the use of an independent and/or bipartisan commission to carry out congressional redistricting in
___ Commission
___ Current method
✓ (Another method: please specify)
“Nonpolitical, ensuring continuity of county/city border. Potentially computer generated.”
Do you support or oppose removal of all Confederate monuments in
___ Support
✓ Oppose
If a supervisory employee under your control as governor has been found to have engaged in sexual harassment , even if it was years ago, will you fire them?
___ Yes
___ No
✓ Depends on the circumstances
Will you make public your complete federal income tax returns for at least the past three years, or not?
___ Yes
✓ No
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