OCF Candidate Survey 2006
Candidate: Bill Slavick
Party: Independent
Running For: US Senate
State: Maine
1
QDo you think organic agriculture should receive a fair share (at least 2.5%) of government resources spent on agriculture?
A Yes
Comment: Agribusiness is one of the big boondoggles in the rich ripoff of taxpayers today.
2
QDo you support strict standards for processed foods, dairy, and body care products that are labeled or marketed as organic?
A Yes
Comment:
3
QDo you support more aggressive government action to assess the harms of pesticides, take harmful pesticides off the market, and hold companies responsible for diseases and environmental damage caused by pesticides?
A Yes
Comment: An effective warning system to protect those afffected by these pesticides would help.
4
QShould people have the right to pass consumer safety laws at the state or local level that require food labels to include information on dangerous ingredients?
A Yes
Comment: The federal action is outrageous.
5a
QDo you support Country of Origin and labeling that helps consumers choose local products?
A Yes
Comment: Strongly. The oil crunch will begin to shorten the distance, I suspect.
5b
QDo you support government action to help US farmers develop local and regional markets and to reduce non-renewable energy use on their farms?
A Yes
Comment:
6a
QDo you support mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients?
A Yes
Comment: Not to do so is extreme government arrogance.
6b
QDo you support mandatory pre-market safety testing for all genetically modified foods and crops?
A Yes
Comment: Scrupulously enforced.
7
QDo you support universal testing for Mad Cow disease and a ban on feeding slaughterhouse waste to farm animals?
A Yes
Comment:
8
QDo you support a restructuring of trade-distorting US farm subsidies?
A Yes
Comment: E.g. poor Haitian rice growers--now starving, the million Mexican farmers NAFTA has displaced--and their families.
9
QDo you support a significant shift in US farm subsidies to help family farmers and ranchers make the transition to organic?
A Yes
Comment: It is about time.
10
QDo you support a significant shift in subsidies to help US farmers adopt conservation and renewable energy practices on farms?
A Yes
Comment:
11
QDo you support increases for WIC (Women, Infant and Children), the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, and other programs to help low-income Americans buy organic food?
A Yes
Comment: Republicans would likely have fits.
12
QDo you support universal health care with a preventive focus and a major emphasis on better nutrition?
A Yes
Comment: I have emphasized quality single-payer universal health care in every debate and candidate outing. i
13
QDo you support 80%-by-2050 reduction in climate destabilizing greenhouse gas pollution?
A Yes
Comment: I have emphasized this crisis, too
14
QDo you support ending the Iraq war and redirecting funds from the $500 billion annual military spending in the U.S. toward greening the U.S. economy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and converting U.S. agriculture to organic practices?
A Yes
Comment:
15
Q Do you support requiring electronic voting machines to produce voter-verified paper records and election officials to use these records to conduct mandatory audits of election results?
A Yes
Comment:
16
QDo you support eliminating the distorting effect of special interest money on our elections and politicians by requiring full public funding for all federal, state, and local elections?
A Yes
Comment: an inquiry about running against Sen. Olympia Snowe, who is awful in many respects, brought the educated reply that it would take 14 hours a day and $2 million to get 20 per cent of the vote. I have heard of no Snowe fund-raisers; she has a thick military-industrial address book.
17
QDo you support legislation to prevent internet companies from rigging the system to serve only the highest-paying users and discriminate against users they don’t like?
A Yes
Comment:
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