TEXAS TAX SYSTEM

1.)Do you believe that "tax fairness" is best viewed through the ideas of progressive and regressive taxes?

2.)Is it the job of the tax system to promote equality across income groups?

3.)What are the pros and cons to instituting an income tax in Texas?

4.)Would an income tax make the tax system in Texas more equitable?

ABORTION POLICY IN TEXAS

1.)Do the data persuade you that requiring abortion clinics to meet the standards of surgical facilities is needed or that requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals would improve women's health?

2.)Do you think that the legislation requiring abortion clinics to meet the standards of surgical facilities or that requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is a measure to improve health, or is it a restriction on abortion access masquerading as a health measure? Why?

3.)Does the information provided by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists make any difference in the debate about the regulation of abortions? Is this an issue of values and politics rather than an issue that can be decided by social data?