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Scott Walker and Mary Burke on the issues
| Issue | Mary Burke | Scott Walker |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes | No income tax increase "on anyone" and "hold the line" on property taxes | Lower income and property taxes over next four years |
| Minimum Wage | Raise to $10.10 per hour | Opposes increase, says state should create higher-paying jobs |
| Act 10 | Restore collective bargaining for public employees, but maintain pension and health insurance contributions | Extension to public safety and private workers would be a distraction |
| Mining | Supports Dem-backed bill to streamline process without changing environmental protections | Supports GOP bill that streamlined process and allowed mining companies to relocate wetlands |
| Common Core | Supports | Replace with state-specific standards |
| Private school vouchers | Opposes statewide program | Supports expansion |
| Public school funding | Increase state funding | Union reforms should help hold down costs |
| College affordability | Raise tuition tax deduction and refinance student loans | Extend tuition freeze |
| Marriage | Supports same-sex marriage | Marriage should be between one man and one woman |
| Abortion | Decisions should be between women and their doctors | Signed laws requiring ultrasounds before procedure and hospital admitting privileges for doctors, has said he opposes in all cases |
| Medicaid | Expand to those at 133 percent of poverty level with federal funds | Reject federal funds and keep at 100 percent of poverty level |
| Transportation | Open to five-cent increase in gas tax and a mileage-based registration fee | Opposes mileage-based registration fee and raising gas tax, though is considering replacing with a sales tax |
| Drunk driving | Supports criminalizing first offense | Opposes criminalizing first offense, but supports tougher penalties for chronic drunk driving |
