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Well, I was dragged smiling into this LiveJournal tar pit via some inspired posting in the past days.
http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_inc/5227254.html
http://baxil.livejournal.com /218568.html
The deluge of friend adds here, along with a torrent of messages into my regular email account has not gone unnoticed.
Technically, I'm a newbie here, and ( Read more... )
http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_inc/5227254.html
http://baxil.livejournal.com /218568.html
The deluge of friend adds here, along with a torrent of messages into my regular email account has not gone unnoticed.
Technically, I'm a newbie here, and ( Read more... )
Official campaign themes:
Personal Freedom
Government Restraint
Greater Understanding
>Are you running for State or National Congress?
Federal, U.S. House of Representatives, CA-04
>Why Elephant?
The California GOP believes in Lower Taxes, Smaller Government and Personal Responsibility. I stand wholeheartedly behind this platform. My district is solidly GOP, as was my late father and grandparents, I could not represent the people without being a part of the Republican coalition. I am a dues paying member of RLC.org. I endorse Ron Paul for President. My late father was a Goldwater Republican, and I was raised with those values.
>Gun Control
I fully support property rights and 2nd amendment rights. The federal government has no right to ban property of any kind, other than owning slaves, which took a war and a constitutional amendment. Firearms are currently over-regulated in our country.
>Gay Marriage
The federal government should have no role in marriages, which are a contract between consenting individuals. The U.S. government never should have banned polygamy a century ago.
>Abortions
I am not an abortion candidate and will introduce no legislation on this matter in my career. I believe it's not the jurisdiction of the federal government, and covered under the 9th and 10th amendments, individual and states' rights. I am not pro-death or anti-choice, which in 4-bit logic makes me pro-choice, yet I respect all views on this topic.
>Immigration/Illegal Immigration
I reject amnesty. We have a constitutional right to have secure borders. I support increased LEGAL immigration quotas and guest worker programs. Much of our illegal immigration issues are a result of failed legal immigration policies. Any of you out here reading this would have a very difficult time moving here form overseas and working legally; literally, we have a health care crisis and are not allowing doctors to move here, a dangerous situation.
>Iraq/Iran/Isaw/Icried...err yea.
I do not support the use of military force to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives in the Middle East. I believe strongly in free market economics, which can not co-exist in a world of voluntary, elective war that lasts forever. Our current militarization is damaging our global standing and opportunities for prosperity in the world marketplace.
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i'm liberal and YOU SUPPORT MY VIEWS!!!
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I do not support the use of military force to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives in the Middle East. I believe strongly in free market economics, which can not co-exist in a world of voluntary, elective war that lasts forever. Our current militarization is damaging our global standing and opportunities for prosperity in the world marketplace.
Just a quick question.
This means you disapprove of the war, correct?
Well, how do you feel about the fact that we are the ones who did go in there, mess things up, and now want to retreat before we can remedy our mistakes? Should there be a time-table retreat? Or do you think it's a poor decision as it will just make things even harder for us?
Also, you mentioned the medicare crisis, so I must ask:
Would you support socialization of the medical system, similar to what countries such as Canada, the UK, France, and even Cuba have?
If not, why?
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It is technically not a war, it's a military operation, and I have never endorsed this policy at any time. So I disapprove of this situation, yes.
>remedy our mistakes?
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell had a charming 'pottery barn policy', which was 'you break it, you buy it.' Reparations do seem like an honorable action, yet I've never been able to find anything in the rules of the House of Representatives or the Constitution that suggest we have any right or jurisdiction for such activities. It is my clear opinion that Iraq must be rebuilt by Iraqis, and the sooner we get out of the way, the sooner that will happen. Victory in Iraq is a rebuilt nation ready for business with the world. We can't force that to happen, but that process can start at any moment.
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Would you support socialization of the medical system, similar to what countries such as Canada, the UK, France, and even Cuba have?
Absolutely not. I believe that our current health care crisis is a result of too much government involvement and regulation. We do not have freedom of health care, or a free market health care system. Free people should be able to choose- at their discretion- care from unlicensed and unregulated doctors and practitioners, along with unregulated medications and treatments. This would radically cut he costs of health care in the U.S., which is the real problem we face. Private practice doctors are nearly extinct in the U.S. because of prohibitive malpractice insurance costs, and this should be remedied immediately.
Perhaps you saw Michael Moore's portrayal of the Candadian medical system in 'Sicko.' His depiction is starkly different than what my Canadian friends tell me; Canada has banned private medical practice, which means, bluntly, that if the government decides you don't get the care, you have to travel abroad to get it at your own expense.
Freedom of health care is like freedom of religion. Freedom of religion means we get to choose whichever sect or practice we like, or none at all. Socialized medicine forces everyone in under its jurisdiction to subsidize a government-endorsed system of westernized medicine. Remember that there are other healing arts and practices, such as ayurveda and chinese herbology; many folks reject pharmaceutical drugs the same way they reject non-organic or processed food. And socialized medicine isn't free, it requires taxation. Consider that our current medical realm can provide $10 million dollars worth of treatment to people who can't gross $1 million in their entire lifespan; this could literally bankrupt every citizen in our country. How many heart transplants or kidney transplants do we give to a chain smoker who refuses to exercise and eats fast food four times a day?
Further, a socialized medical program- one that may include mandatory annual doctor visits as suggested by Democrat John Edwards- could be seen as a radical escalation of the drug war; imagine a situation where you had to provide blood and urine samples to the government at risk of penalty. Simply, U.S. out of my body.
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In truth, I did see the Michael Moore documentary, but it made me scoff more than once, simply because the thought of the government having so much control over things like medicine and the things shown in the film is a bit frightening in a way. (Also, the way he went about presenting the whole thing was over the top and more than once, it seemed as if he personally knew the people he was interviewing.) But you raise other points that makes me continue to be skeptical of his depictions of things.
However, I do not think that even getting the Medicare system out of the hands of the government will help with the way the insurance companies run their businesses (because they ARE exactly like Michael Moore portrayed them--hell, my mother once had a doctor not bother with giving her surgery for her broken arm even though the bones (radius and ulna) were twisted in the wrong way and her carpals were severely misplaced because he didn't want to bother with the military insurance she was on because my father is a retired army instructor; instead, he just set it right and put it in a cast and gave my mother pain meds--my mother went back to the hospital for the right kind of surgery nearly a week later and it ended up costing a bunch still). Also, I highly doubt it will lower the cost of going to the doctor. These days, it really does cost an arm and a leg to save a finger.
So yeah. I just have to say that your opinions on big businesses getting less interference from the government just doesn't sit well with me. I've read your responses to other people regarding the matter, but the fact of the matter is that with the government out of the way, we'll have more than one Rockerfeller--one for every area of business and enterprise--on our hands and then where will the little man be?
But thank you for actually spelling out for me what you would like for change in the Medicare system. It does help your platform more that you're able to keep layman about things.
Too bad I'm stuck all the way over here in Louisiana. :/ But still, I'll be keeping an eye on you for a while, if you don't mind.
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Honestly, I think the government remedy was a worse infraction than those created by Standard Oil, but this is a long debate. Again, I'll recommend 'How Capitalism Saved America' by Thomas DiLorenzo, which addresses that topic and others; buy it online at mises.org
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