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 Mark
Miller - 16th District
1. I oppose
and voted against TABOR because it would constrain
the ability oflocal governments, who have traditionally
shown fiscal responsibility, to make the decisions
that they feel best serve the people in their cities
and towns.
2. I support
Governor Doyle and the Department of Workforce Development's
recommendation to raise the minimum wage from $5.15
an hour to $5.70 in 2004 and $6.50 by October 2005.
The Doyle Adminstration, labor and the business
community all support raising the minimum wage,
which has not been increased for seven years.
3. Yes.
Wisconsin can and should help its residents obtain
safe and affordable prescription drugs. Doing
so will help reduce prescription drug costs and
will pressure drug companies to lower their drug
prices.
4. Long-term
gaming contracts were negotiated and finalized by
Governor Doyle. Under these contracts, there is
no foreseeable future role for the Legislature to
play.
5. Individual
Development Accounts (IDAs), which are managed saving
plans with matching outside funds that rapidly create
a nest-egg for investment in housing, business,
or education, are one of the most effective means
of supporting MBEs.
6. Reform
drug sentencing laws to ensure more equitable sentencing;
focus on drug and alcohol treatment programs for
non-violent criminals; and provide effective support
programs to help prisoners sucessfully transition
back into society and decrease recidivism rates.
 Fred
Risser - 26th District
1. I oppose
TABOR, since it would limit the ability of government
to provide for essential state and local services
such as education, police and fire protection and
Medicare assistance. A Constitutional Amendment
limiting taxes is really a “cop out” and could be
used as an excuse for not providing funds to maintain
or improve our quality of life in Wisconsin.
2. I support
an increase in the minimum wage because I believe
it will be economically beneficial to all of society.
I am not prepared to give an exact figure as to
the amount of increase at this time.
3. I believe
government should take an active role in helping
its citizens cut down on health costs and one way
to do this is to assist seniors in obtaining prescription
drugs from Canada.
4. I support
letting the governor, rather than the legislature,
negotiate American Indian Compacts. It is better
to have one person (i.e., the governor) rather than
132 persons (i.e., the legislature) negotiating,
since 132 different persons with different ideas
may never come to a consensus.
5. Minority
business enterprises should be encouraged by the
government. One way is to ensure they are given
recognition, encouragement, and support by various
government agencies.
6. There
are too many people (of color and White) incarcerated
in our state. I feel we should decriminalize minor
drug offenses. I would also like to repeal “three
strikes and you’re out” legislation and promote
probation and parole as an alternative to jails
and prisons. Most non-violent law offenders should
be given alternatives to jail or prison confinement.
 Tony
Schultz - 26th District
1. I am
completely against it. It will cut education and
other social services that the state provides,
it cuts into the wages of the workers who provide
those services, it limits the autonomy of municipalities,
and its inflexibility limits legislators' ability
to respond to problems the state faces. I am for
steep progressive taxation, that is to say: TAX
THE RICH! I don’t want to have a debate about whether
we should raise the property or sales tax to cover
the gap in education funding. The state's top income
rate needs to be raised to at least 10 percent,
following the ability to pay principal. We should
also institute a progressive property tax for corporations
based on their share of the market in the state.
This would aid competition, provide more economic
independence, and give more justice to the tax system.
We should also tax sprawl and white flight. It is
called capitalism because people with capital benefit,
so we should make people who benefit from a system
pay for it.
2. The
state should raise the minimum wage to $8.50 per
hour and only give contracts to employers with union
shops (preferably) who are willing to pay a living
wage of $10.50 per hour. Poverty is violence, and
we are subjecting the working poor to misery and
deprivation in the richest country in the world
by enforcing a minimum wage that is at its lowest
point (when adjusted for inflation) since the New
Deal. The state should provide assistance to smaller
shops affected by this and do what it can to create
full employment. Workers need to take this matter
into their own hands by forming unions to provide
solidarity to each other as well as the defense
and advancement of their own rights in their workplaces.
3. Of course!
The state should do what it can to make sure people
have their fundamental needs meet. People need health
care and that this state allows its citizens to
go uninsured is a crime. The state should act as
the single insurance agent for the citizens of the
state and use its bargaining power to keep costs
down, well at the same time continuing
to provide
research assistance and technological innovation
to the medical community through the university
as it has been.
4. The
legislature should not obstruct in any way American
Indian gaming compacts. This is the sovereign right
of a people, and in a state that provides property-tax
relief with a lottery ticket system, it is hypocritical
to make this a moral issue.
5. Grants
for small businesses of color to purchase capital
infrastructure within the state. Working to enforce
equal opportunities in loan application by making
sure the same percent of minority applicants are
accepted as White applicants.
6. End
incarceration for nonviolent drug offenses. Provide
free college tuition for any underrepresented student
of color group in the state. Create greater employment
opportunities in districts with higher concentrations
of people of color.
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