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Favorite Athlete:
Kurt Warner and Pele
Favorite Author:
St. Paul
Favorite Food:
Steak
Favorite Musician:
The Bach Cantata Choir
Favorite President and Why:
Madison, for being able to father the U.S. Constitution after more than 300 rounds (!) of voting, in contrast with a contemporary and father of the modern police state (Napoleon), and also against the backdrop of Samuel's inability in ancient Israel to prevent his people to want to be like all the nations. Except for Holland, still a Republic then, from whom our flag received the first foreign salute after the reading out loud of the Declaration of Independence
Favorite Quote:
Music has brought man further than the stick
Music has brought man further than the stick
Favorite Sport:
American Football
Favorite TV Shows:
C-Span and The Arts Channel
Priority Issues:
Maintain Constitutional Rights, invest in transportation infrastructure, and encourage good health.
Reason for Seeking Public Office:
To bring balance in State Government after two decades of one party rule. So that we may make progress with the creation of jobs, improving education and health care.
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No
3. Other or expanded principles
- There are consequences for losing the war.
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- Don't wish to tell other people what to do with their money, but we should know who is paying for influence by getting 'our' public servants elected.
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- Support the current administration's policy of low taxes and reasonable regulations. The resulting economic growth includes P.E.R.S. as a beneficiary too. Wish my home state would try some of that of our own.
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- Adopting (minimum) standards goes against the principle of 'be the best you can be'. Though we should have some sort of standard.
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
3. Other or expanded principles
- Federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions may sound rational to some people, but the programs these have evolved into merely benefit the few economically strong and politically connected. Over-regulation seems to always lead to corruption.
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- Gun control is more befitting for a totalitarian state.
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- It was in fact an operating manual that infringed on Constitutional rights, for example on the religious freedom of my beloved Little Sisters of the Poor.
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- We are a country of citizens, with the rule of law.
1. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- Diplomacy first: Live and let live. Churchill wrote the war could have been avoided. But just as we have a Second Amendment to justify a citizen for the First, but 'keep clean hands', military action by our nation of course should only be the very last resort, not only in the Middle East but anywhere in the world. What are we fighting for, should diplomacy fail. What is there to win by it. Engaging in an overseas land war would be especially worrisome and costly. And be sure we don't pick a fight against the God of George Washington.
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- Maintain Constitutional Rights, invest in transportation infrastructure, and encourage good health with a supportive health care system.
