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If
you're willing to join me in the fight to save freedom, we
can settle the score in November by electing true
conservatives like myself who will repeal this unconstitutional
and dangerous bill. The
simple truth is the bill cannot be fixed. It must be
repealed. We
must elect true conservatives who love the Constitution and who
will fight to repeal ObamaCare.
The
election this November will be a referendum on Nancy Pelosi and
the Democrats' record. With
your vote, we can retire Dale Kildee so he doesn’t serve an 18th
term in Congress.
We
need to get the
U.S.
economy moving again. People are hurting as they struggle to
make ends meet. They're worried about their future, and that of
their children and grandchildren.
I
want to ensure that we leave them an
America
that is financially stronger and independent: minus a national
debt that we can never repay.
Returning
America to economic prosperity is done by reducing spending,
paying down our nation's deficit, and balancing our domestic
budget. Click
here for Rick's ideas on the economy.
I
will lead the fight in against wasteful government spending and
higher taxes. I am a free-market advocate who believes our
strength as a nation flows from its people. I believe in a
culture of family, patriotism and freedom. Here are some of my
core beliefs:
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Government
is too big and the federal stimulus bill made government
bigger instead of creating jobs
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Taxes
are too high and are going higher if Congress continues with
its out-of-control
spending
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The
historic amount of debt we are passing on to our children
and grandchildren is immoral
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I
am passionate about improving the quality of our public
schools. Accountability and high standards are paramount,
as is adequate funding for education
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A
strong military and vigorous homeland defense will protect
our interests and security around the world and at home
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I
am dedicated to winning the
war against Radical Islam. This is, as John McCain stated,
"the transcendent threat of our time", and, as I
have stated to him, the transcendent threat of all
time
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ON THE ISSUES
Protecting
Life
All
life is
precious and
valued.
I believe life starts at conception and ends at natural
death. I believe stem cell research should be left to adult stem
cells. Life begins
at conception and babies shouldn't be grown as tissue for
experiments.
Abortion is murder. That
being said, under our current Constitution, abortion rights should be decided at the state
level. Until personhood amendments to state law are enacted
into law, the current law, that abortion is not murder, holds
true. Even after such laws are enacted, murder will be, as it is
currently, a state and local offense.
As your congressman, I will initiate and vigorously and
proudly support a “Personhood” amendment to the US
Constitution, which will define life, and personhood, as
beginning at conception. Until the time that such an
amendment is passed, ratified by the states, and placed into the
Constitution, then the current law, the current Constitution
takes precedence. As Glenn Beck has frequently stated, it is hard, but
vital, that conservatives support the Constitution even when
they don’t agree with it, and even when it works at cross
purposes to their goals.
Energy
and Environment
In
order to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, I support
“drill here, drill now".
Exploring America's oil and gas resources will result in more jobs, more
prosperity and better national security.
I do support clean coal, as well as reasonable and
appropriate development of alternative energy sources such as
nuclear, geothermal and improved hydroelectric facilities. I
support common-sense environment policy that will help to reduce
pollution and preserve our precious open spaces. I oppose a
national cap and trade program because of the higher costs that
families and businesses would incur.
I believe climate change is a naturally occurring
phenomenon and is not caused or influenced by mankind.
I have signed
a pledge opposing
the use of the climate
change issue to increase taxes and grow the size of government.
Healthcare
America
provides the finest health care in the world. It is still in
need of reform, particularly in those areas where problems are
most acute: cost, access, and portability. Access and
portability primarily due to problems with the individual health
insurance market, and overall cost containment, mostly due to
interference. The Obama-Pelosi-Kildee plan does not improve any
of these problems and at best throws the baby out with the
bathwater.
I
am dedicated
to keeping America
's health care system the best in the world. If elected, I will
work to reverse government takeover of our health care by Obama,
Pelosi and Reid, and have signed
a pledge to that effect. Health care needs to be portable and
affordable, and the best way to achieve success is through
promoting wellness and competition. Government run health
care will result in fewer doctors, limited care, long wait
times, bureaucratic decision making, and fewer life saving
drugs. Click
here for my ideas on healthcare reform.
Immigration
Our strength as a nation is built on the immigrant experience in
America
. I do support limited legal immigration to this country.
However, we are also a nation of laws, and government should not
adopt policies that encourage illegal immigration. Providing
driver’s licenses to illegal immigrant families will draw more
people here and impose new costs on taxpayers. I oppose amnesty,
and I believe we ought to strengthen our border enforcement and
institute and enforce penalties for companies that hire illegal
immigrants.
I support legislation recently enacted in Arizona that allows
local law enforcement to act when the federal government will
not.
Upholding
our Constitution
Dedicated
to ensuring that American's rights, as pronounced in the
Constitution of the United States of America, will not be
abridged. I will fight for our first Amendment rights of freedom
of speech, assembly, and religion.
Second
Amendment
Dedicated
to ensuring every Americans Second Amendment right to bear arms. I
am an endowment member of the NRA, and I am renewing my CPL for
the second time this summer. I do target shoot, but the point is
that it doesn't matter why you own or want to own a gun, it is
your right to do so for no reason at all. I will fight to ensure
that everyone's rights to bear arms in not infringed by any
level of government.
Tax and Regulatory Burdens
Dedicated
to lowering business taxes, for that is the documented best way
to help businesses create jobs. Since the only real jobs are
created by business, this is vital to the future prosperity of
America
and Americans.
Dedicated to reducing the regulative burden on business and
individuals. Sarbanes-Oxley, for example, was meant to ensure
honest bookkeeping. J.T. Battenburg from
DELPHI
was the first CEO of the first Corporation to submit its
accounting under those rules. Of course,
DELPHI
was found to have fraudulently stated its positions, and J.T.
Battenburgs signature wasn't worth the paper it was written on.
That legislation, although well intended and passed by
Republicans, is very much in restraint of trade and anti-small
business, for complying with it costs 2-3 million dollars per
year. Every regulation and agency needs to be minimized.
I
support implementing the FairTax at both the state
and federal level. Both the Michigan and Federal Fair Tax
initiatives replace the income tax system, which taxes what we
earn, with a tax on what we spend. The FairTax is a consumption
tax: the more you buy, the more you pay in taxes; the less you
buy, the less you pay in taxes. So everyone pays fairly when
they choose to spend. Click on the logos below to learn
more:
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