Issues - Position on the Issues
“It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers” James Thurber
Health Care Reform
We support:
- individual, privately owned tax-exempt health care accounts,
- the quality and availability of the current health care system, with the understanding that improvements are needed,
We oppose:
- government takeover of health care and access to personal information,
- "single payer option",
- health care for those in this country illegally,
- enactment of any health care legislation that exempts Congress, the Executive Branch and federal employees,
Second Amendment Rights
We support:
- the belief that gun/ammunition ownership is a Constitutional/fundamental right of every American for self-defense and protection
We oppose:
- legislation to remove or diminish the right of an individual to keep and bear arms (i.e. restriction of ownership, mandatory registration of guns, ammunition and reloading equipment/supplies)
Energy Independence
We support:
- research and development of alternative energy methods, including Nuclear Power
- all conventional means of energy production at our disposal, such as off-shore drilling, drilling in ANWR, conversion of oil shale, and coal gasification.
We oppose:
- legislation to limit energy production and/or "toxic emissions" related to global warming proposals
- "Cap and Trade" which will diminish America's sovereignty and result in the decline of America's economy
Illegal Immigration
We support:
- legal immigration policies and procedures
We oppose:
- granting automatic citizenship to those born here to illegal immigrants.
- Illegal immigration and the issue of "open borders"
- providing free health care, free educational opportunities, Social Security benefits and other privileges to those in our country illegally
The Economy
We support:
- fiscal responsibility
- private industry and the free-market system
- reduction in local, state and federal government
- taxation for only those things that the Constitution specifically requires: national defense and the internal security to enable freedom of expression, religion, and pursuit of happiness
- attempts by the federal government to "nationalize" or "socialize" any part of the economy that is not within their constitutional rights
- "Stimulus" legislation that spends money that can never be repaid except through "monetization of the debt", inflation, or taxation
- attempts by the federal government, including the judiciary branch, to treat the Constitution as a "living" document
Taxes
We support:
- a flat or value-added tax limited by both population and inflation caps
- review and revision of the current IRS Tax Code
We oppose
- a "progressive" tax system
- "death tax" on assets that have already been taxed, and support its immediate and permanent repeal
- unpredictable/uncontrollable local property taxes
- tax exemptions for special interests.
Social Security
We support:
- the option of privatization of Social Security
We oppose:
- the use of Social Security funds for any purpose other than originally intended
National Defense
We support:
- that ALL branches of government adhere to the Constitutional directive for the protection and defense of the United States of America
We oppose:
- reductions in National Defense, Security and Intelligence budgets
- partisan and restrictive Congressional oversight of the military and intelligence agencies
State Issues
One of the reason that the framers of the constitution insisted on a republic was to insure that the individual states could resolve the issues through the authority specified in the Constitution in a manner befitting their geographic composition and desires of their people. State Sovereignty as guaranteed in the Constitution has been trampled upon.
