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A look at the candidates on the issues. Clicking on a candidates name at the beginning of each issue will take you to their respective policy papers.
Governors Race
Taxes and Spending
- Promised not to raise taxes
- Reduce the corporate net income tax to 6.99% over 6 years (down from 9.99%)
- Repeal the death tax.
- Reduce the cost of administering government by 10%
- Reduce the fleet of government owned vehicles by 20%
- Eliminate WAMs (Walking around money)
- Has not taken a no new taxes pledge yet has promised to lower taxes
- Reduce the corporate net income tax to 7.99% (down from 9.99%)
- Will not repeal the death tax
- Reduce the number of legislators (and thereby the cost of government)
- Eliminate legislature vehicles (unless it’s cheaper not to)
- Eliminate WAMs (Walking around money)
Education
- Expand Pennsylvania’s Pre-K education
- Increase the government subsidies for childcare
- Supports the Educational Improvement Tax Credit
- Create stricter standards for charter schools
- Increase school choice (funding follows the student)
- Increase amounts of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit
- Create statewide charter school board for increased accountability
Energy
- Supports developing Marcellus Shale (Without a new gas tax)
- Supports nuclear energy
- Supports developing Marcellus Shale (With a new gas tax)
- Supports nuclear energy
Social Issues
- Opposes increasing the scope of hate crime legislation by adding sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry and physical and mental disabilities
- Supports a constitutional marriage amendment
- Is Pro-Life
Onorato (does not have info on website)
- Wants to add sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry and physical and mental disabilities to PA hate crimes legislation
- Opposes a constitutional marriage amendment
- Is pro-Choice
