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1. Appropriations – AB 580 appropriates millions of dollars in new spending and “pork” spending – including $100,000 taxpayer dollars for weed control. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have opposed it. Govenment should not be the fastest growing “business” in the state.

2. All Day Kindergarten – AB 4 appropriated $22 million for the establishment of a new full-day “pilot” program providing full-day kindergarten despite no proof that such a program helps kids or is anything more than taxpayer-financed day care. The test program is destined to grow in size, scope and cost in years to come. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have opposed it. The government should not be in the business of day care.

3. Elections – SB 386 further complicates and regulates the election system, including broad new restrictions, reporting requirements, civil penalties and increased fines. The incument supported this bill. I would have opposed it. We need more people participating in elections, not fewer people. This is a pro-incumbent bill that chills participation in the election process.

4. Health Care Subsidies – AB 93 provided additional health care subsidies to retired school district employees. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have opposed it. A government job should not be a license to receive special benefits that are denied to the rest of us.

5. Property Tax Caps – AB 489 established unequal caps on property tax increases which penalize business property and rental property owners. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. Government should not be in the business of granting favors to some groups at the expense of others.

6. Medicaid – AB 493 increased the number of people who qualify for Medicaid, along with new government assistance to some workers for health insurance. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have opposed it. The unfunded liability for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid currently exceeds $84 trillion. We cannot afford this much socialism.

7. Seat Belt Study – AB411 authorizes an interim study on requiring seat belts in school buses. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. There is a statutory exemption that exempts public transportation companies from seat belt laws. We don’t need to be spending money to provide something when the law does not require it.

8. Candadian Drugs – AB 195 establishes a government-run website approving the purchase of prescription drugs from certain Canadian pharmacies in violation of federal law. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. We don’t need to be spending state funds promoting a policy that is expressly illegal under federal law. If you want to change the federal law, then do that first, but I won’t spend your money funding boondoggles such as this.

9. Raises for Elected Officials – AB 462 provides for automatic pay increase for constitutional officers and legislators beginning after the 2006 election. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. Public service is not a business. Politicians that dont’ like the pay can work in the private sector.

10. General Fund Budget – AB 576 dramatically increased state spending without offsetting spending cuts in wasteful, duplicative or non-essential programs. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. First, we have to trim the fat. Then, we have to find alternative sources for funding state programs.

11. Sales Tax Hike – AB 418 authorized the Clark County Commission to raise the sales tax by a quarter-cent. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. There is no need for more taxes when the state and local governments are sitting on 3.5 billion dollars in asset generating income off-the-books.

12. Minimum Wage – AB 87 established a statutory minimum wage for employees in Nevada. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. If we ended the Illegal Iimmigrant Invasion, then the reduced competition for jobs would be an incentive for employers to raise their wages.

13. Right-to-Work – AB 69 would have authorized labor organizations to require employees in the bargaining unit who were not members of that organization to pay a service fee, essentially gutting Nevada’s right-to-work law. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. If someone does not want to be part of the union, then you should not force that person effectively to pay union dues.

14. Charter Schools – AB 168 allows the Nevada State Board of Education to reject a charter school application even if the sponsor has met all the technical requirements established by law. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. If the people in a community want to start a school and have met all of the requirements, then the state should not obstruct the school.

15. Insurance Tax Hike – AB 135 increased the fees on insurance companies. Governor Guinn vetoed the bill. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. Increasing fees for companies only drives up their costs and they recoup those costs from consumers by charging higher prices.

16. Taxicabs – AB 505 would have prohibited taxicab drivers from accepting certain tips. Governor Guinn vetoed the bill. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. If someone wants to give a taxicab driver a tip, then why can they not do so?

17. Initiative Petitions – AJR 5 would have made it more difficult and more expensive to qualify a citizen ballot initiative. The incumbent opposed this bill and I applaud this position.

18. Medicare Prescription Drugs – AJR 6 urged Congress to undo the new Medicare prescription drug benefit before it even took effect and included provisions for establishing government price controls on prescription drugs. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. You can’t control the price of a commodity by fixing its price. That leads to the company producing the product to stop producing it. Then, no one can purchase it.

19. Vocational Rehabilitation – SB 225 made various changes to the administration of vocational rehabilitation which would result in higher costs to businesses. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. The government should be eliminating impediments to small enterprises.

20. Raise Fuel Tax – SB 181 allowed certain counties to increase the tax on some fuels. The incumbent supported this bill. I would have voted against it. We don’t need more taxes when the state and local governments are sitting on 3.5 billion dollars in assets that earn income. We should be returning that income to the people, or at the very least, using that income to offset revenue shortfalls in the annual budget.