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David Hittle is a 20 year old, college student from Louisville, Kentucky.
He is a Conservative, and has been a member of the Republican National Committee since 2006.
David Hittle worked for the Mike Huckabee for President Campaign from November 12, 2007 through March 4, 2008.
David Hittle worked for the Anne Northup for Congress Campaign as well as the Doug Hawkins for Senate Campaign in 2008.
David Hittle has also been a member of the National Rifle Association Since June 30, 2008
My Political and/or Moral Views
| Abortion | I believe that Abortion is the worst crime that our government condones. The taking of a life is murder in almost every country, including ours unless that life hasn't been born yet. I'm Pro-Life, and am against Abortion in every instance at every time. It is and should be an illegal activity. (Conservative View) |
| Adoption | There are millions of children looking for homes all around this country and all around the world everyday. Many of these places are over-crowed and in some instances violent. I believe that Adoption should start in the United States, before looking for foreign children from countries like China. I however don't think the government should be involved in this decision and I believe that it should be a personal choice. I believe finally, that only Traditional Families, 1-Man and 1-Woman should adopt children. To allow non-traditional families to adopt children does nothing but confuse children and is something that children shouldn't have to be put through. (Conservative View) |
| Affirmative Action | What this country did the African Americans in the years of slavery was wrong, and this country has paid its price for that mistake. Affirmative Action was meant and was created to stop discrimination in employment. However, it has done the opposite, affirmative action has caused discrimination not against African Americans but of white Americans who want the same job, or the same college opportunity. I do not believe in my heart of hearts that Affirmative Action is needed any longer. I believe it is an outdated act that needs to be done away with so that there is fair employment like there always should have been. (Conservative View) |
| Bailouts | The Bailouts passed by President Bush, during his administration were worthless and ruined his Presidency. I believe that the government is way too involved in the economy, and have expanded their power with these bailouts. The Government forced Banks to take bailout funds whether they needed them or not. [Fox News] I believe that these bailout do nothing but prolong an existing problem, and that is bad banks, doing bad business and getting away with it. However banks are not the only ones who are responsible for this current economic slow down. Government is responsible as well, the Government forced banks to give home loans to people that they knew couldn't afford them. Because of this government intervention in banks, their are now trillions of dollars of what are called Toxic Assets. This nation is a Capitalist economic system, and has been run that way since the beginning of this nation. Without it Democracy fails, and with it Democracy flourishes. (Capitalist/Conservative View) |
| Budget | I believe the federal government should be required by Constitutional Amendment to balance the Federal Budget either every year or every 4 years during War Times. I believe that the country, our children, and our grandchildren cannot afford for us to be careless with their money. The Trillions of Dollars in debt will never have to be paid by the current generation, but it will have to be paid by future generations. The Budget must be balanced, and the debt must be reduced if we ever plan to get on track. (Libertarian View) |
| Censorship | The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." This Amendment has been slaughtered over the years and Libertarians and Conservatives alike find these actions disturbing. Laws have been passed that have prohibited the free exercise of religion. American citizens have been arrested and imprisoned for speaking the word of Jesus Christ. Laws have been passed that have denied American citizens their right to speak against issues. Such issues as Gay Marriage and Homosexual behavior have been denied and are considered "Hate Speech" in some states. The right to peacefully assemble is also under attack. With Tea-Parties sprouting up all over the country, state government have attempt to shut them down by stating that they cannot provide for security so they cannot be done. Many States and Cities require the purchase of a permit from the City or State before a group can hold a protest either against the government or in the support or rejection of an issue. (Libertarian View) |
| Constitution | I believe the Constitution should be followed to the tee. I believe that our founding fathers knew better than we do about our own country. They created this country, they established this country and they governed this country. At some points in it all, tradition must be amendment and this is why I support Constitutional Amendments. When it takes a two-thirds vote in the House, a two-thirds vote in the Senate, and two-thirds of the states to ratify a Constitutional Amendment, I feel we have superior and more sturdy safeguards than any other country out there. I believe the following amendments to the Constitution need to be passed: The National Right to Life Amendment (Protecting the unborn before they have rights), The Balance the Budget Amendment (Require the Congress to balance the budget every year and every four years during War Times), The Congressional Term Limit Amendment (Restrict Congressional Members to limit terms), An Amendment to the First Amendment to the Constitution. (Change from the original to No Law shall be passed respecting an establishment of religion... back to the original) This would prevent States and the Federal Government from restricting religious practices, the free exercise thereof, the freedom of speech, press, or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government. (Conservative/Constitutionalist View) |
| Crime | Prisons are overfilled, and State governments are more and more allowing private corporations to take over their duties. One duty of the federal and state governments is to protect its citizens. The State Governments and Federal Governments need to build more jails and prisons. Secondly the laws on certain things need to be greatly reduced. To place someone in prison or jail for 6 months for possessing less than one gram of marijuana is wrong. Harder drugs I can understand but for marijuana it is wrong. Criminal penalties need to increase in other areas. Such as Rape, this should be punishable in all states by a minimum 25 years in prison. Statutory Rape should be based upon the age of the partners. I don't feel that someone who is 16 and has sex with a 14 year old should have a long life behind prison. However an individual who is 40 years old who has sex with a 14 year old should spend the rest of his life in jail; the reason, and 16 year old may not know any better, while a 40 year old absolutely should. I further feel that a person who has sex with someone under the age of 10 should have a minimum life behind bars no matter the age. (Conservative View) |
| Death Penalty | I believe that the bible is clear in this area. Someone who kills someone shall surely be killed. The Death Penalty is an important criminal punishment, which makes it impossible that the individual will ever be able to commit the convicted crime ever again. The Supreme Court has said that the Death Penalty can only be used in cases of murder. I feel that it should also be able to be used for Brutal Rapes, or Brutal Statutory Rapes. Someone who is 40 years old or in that age range who has sex with children deserves to lose their lives, so that they shall never ever be able to commit said crime about any other child, or any one else. (Conservative View) |
| Electoral College System | I believe our system of voting needs to incorporate two systems, the one system is the Electoral College and another system called Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). Our Electoral College system would stay the way it is, however it would be modified to incorporate IRV. Each state would get their Electoral votes the same way they do now, based upon population of each state. Instant Runoff Voting would involve the following and would blend with the Electoral College System in this way: Say their are 5 candidates running for President of the United States. Candidate M, Candidate O, and Candidate C, Candidate D, and Candidate K. A citizen in Kentucky would got to the ballot box, and put a #1 beside their first choice for President, a #2 next to their second choice through 3, 4, and 5. Say candidate M gets 45% of the vote, and the other candidates have a varying percentage lower than 45%. The candidate with the lowest percentage of votes if the #1 candidate didn't have a 50% majority would be eliminated. All citizens who voted the eliminated candidate as their #1 would have their #2 candidate added to the percentage of that candidate. If one of the candidates finally got 50% then the election is over. If not then the candidate with the lowest percentage that remained would be eliminated and the same process would take place as before. Once a candidate reaches 50% that candidate has one the state and wins that's states electoral college. I believe this would be the perfect system, it would make our system perfectly fair, no candidate could win a state without 50% of that states vote, this would guarantee that every state and every citizens voice is heard when electing Presidents. |
| Energy | This nation has long been at the mercy of middle-eastern nations that don't like the United States or our way of life, all they like is our money, and how much they can get our of us. We have seen what occurs when gas prices hit $4.00 a gallon, but it should never get that high. We should not be dependent upon the price set by a middle-eastern nation for how much we have to pay for our gasoline. The first thing that we must do is allow for more oil and natural gas exploration and discovery, and allow the American Oil Companies to develop that oil and use it for the United States before we export any surplus to foreign nations. Currently our government doesn't allow oil and natural gas companies to dig, explore or drill for oil around the country, off the shores, or in ANWAR. The second thing we need to do, is build more Nuclear Reactors. Solar power is not the answer currently it costs too much and it takes too many to produce enough power to count. Wind Power is not the answer it cannot store power, and it can only go a certain speed, and produces too little energy to count. Nuclear Power is the answer, and they must be built if we want to succeed in our mission of Energy Independence. There are even safer Nuclear Reactors than there were when they were first created. There are currently 104 Nuclear Reactors in the United States they contribute to only 19.7% of the power of this country. The last Nuclear Power Planet was built in 1989, 20 years ago. We must start the construction of a new Nuclear Power Planet in this country as soon as possible. (Conservative View) |
| Environment | I believe our environment is important but it is not important enough
to destroy our nations infrastructure, economy, or way of life. I
believe that we need to build more power plants that will better
sustain our country, and our environment. (Conservative View) |
| Freedoms & Rights | We must protect our freedoms at all costs. Abraham Lincoln on April 4, 1861 said: "The country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." We must be very aware of our freedoms, we should know our Constitutions, we should know our rights with respect to that Constitution. We have the right to freedom of speech, We have the right to freedom of religion and the free exercise thereof, We have the right to freedom of the press, We have the right to peaceably assemble, We have the right to petition the Government, We have the right to keep and bear arms, We have the right to not have soldiers quartered in our homes, We have the right to be secure in our persons, houses, papers and effects, We have the right to plead the fifth, We have the right to a speedy trial, We have the right to a public trial by an impartial jury of our peers, We have the right to not be a witness against ourselves, We have the right to an attorney, We have the right to a civil trial, We have the right against excessive bail or fines, We have the right against cruel and unusual punishment, We have the right to vote, and elect our representatives, We have the right from slavery or involuntary servitude, We all must know our rights, and our freedoms. (Constitutionalist View) |
| Gay Marriage | Gay Marriage is about tradition and not about human rights. Human Rights are rights that are given to people based upon things about them that they cannot control, such as a disability, the color of their skin, their sex, their age, etc. Homosexuals do not have any of those, they are gay because they want to be and not because they were born gay. Gay Marriage is just one more destruction of traditions in this country. However here is where I fall on this issue, it should be decided by each individual state, and no other state has to recognize the marriage from a different state. So I feel that if Mass. wants to have Gay Marriage than they can do so, however Mass. cannot force any other state to recognize a marriage from that state. (Conservative/Constitutionalist View) |
| Government | Government is out of control and we all know it. U.S. Citizens were never supposed to be have to beg their representatives to do things. We vote and elect Representatives to go to Washington to defend our rights, and to obey the Constitution. Those Representatives are supposed to "Represent" that's the keyword, they're supposed to Represent us, not their own interests. We pay their pay-checks they do not pay ours, we elect them, they do not elect us, they are temporary in charge of the Government, we're permanently in charge of it. They do not have the right under the Constitution of the United States to tax a specific group of people. They do not have the right to tell you how to raise your children. They do not have the right to run your life, or to tell you where and when you can live. You have the right to petition your government for grievances. (Conservative/Libertarian View) |
| Gun Control | Facts are facts, gun control isn't effective in lowering homicide rates. In fact when gun control is implemented homicide rates increase and in some cases sky-rockets. The only gun control that our government should establish is the following. People who are felons shall not have the right own a firearm of any type. People who have mental disorders in which they are unable to make rational decisions shall not have the right to own a firearm. People who have major drug offenses, such as drug dealing, sales, or trafficking or possession of a major drug, shall not have the right to own firearms. In almost all cases, people who own guns legally have never committed crimes with their guns. (Conservative/Libertarian View) |
| Gun Rights | The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free
States, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
infringed." This right has been upheld by the Supreme Court for over
200 years. The Supreme Court has heard cases on Handguns, Shotguns, all
types of different weapons, and they have always come down on the side
of the Second Amendment. In states where there are heavy gun
restrictions homicide rates have increased. According to the facts,
people are safer in Right-To-Carry states. We must protect all of our
rights and never give in to changes to our Constitution unless those
changes are for the betterment of the country. (Constitutionalist/Conservative/Libertarian View) |
| Health Care | Barrack Obama wants to nationalize most businesses in this country including the Health care industry. Obama has a willingness to give health insurance to every American even though the country cannot afford it. I believe that there should be more competition in health care, so my first solution is to open health insurance up like Auto Insurance was opened. Allow citizens to get health insurance outside of their state. This would lower the cost of health insurance immediately. I further believe that the government needs to get out of attempting to control health care. I don't want the government that cannot keep its own budget to run or attempt to run the health care sector. I believe that Health Care is a valuable luxury, but it is not a right, and should not be seen as one. In Europe where they have National Health Care, a committee determines whether each patient is worthy of health care or whether they should be released. This is not what we want in the United States, if we want health care than we should get health care, and in America this is where that occurs. Health care reform is needed but if we're going to do health care reform, lets reform, not overhaul. With H.R. 3200 the health care system is completely overhauled. Reform needs to to adopt the following things: 1. Inter-State Competition - Allow Americans to get health care in any state. 2. Medical Liability Reform - Limit the reward a complainant can receive. The average American makes about $3 million in their lifetime; there is no reason for an elderly person to receive more than $3 million in a settlement or judgment because there is no way that, that person would ever make that much. 3. Tort Reform - Limit the amount of money an attorney can receieve from a medical judgment. More over if the complainant loses the case, the complainant should have to pay the court costs and attorneys fees of both sides; that should cut down the number of frivolous lawsuits.(Conservative View) |
| Immigration | This country is a nation of immigrants, but it is a nation of legal immigrants. Our ancestors when they first came to this country, arrived by steam-ship and arrived directly to Ellis Island, where their backgrounds were checked so we knew who they were, their names were recorded so that we had them on file as citizens, and their health was checked, so that we knew that they had no infectious diseases. In today's America Illegal Immigrants flood across our borders, their names are not recorded, their backgrounds not checked, and their health is not checked. The come across the border violating our laws, and stay in this country with no one knowing who they are. I suggest that we set up a system by which these people do not have to come into this country illegal, but a system by which they can come legally. With that system, their backgrounds can be checked, their health can be checked and their names recorded so that we know who they are, and where they're going. However until we allow more of them to come here legally they will violate our laws, and continue to violate them. (Conservative View) |
| Limited Government | I believe in limited government, under the Bush administration and now under the Obama administration the government is expanding, and just getting bigger. Under the Bush administration spending hit all time highs, and under Obama it has hit even higher highs. The Louisiana Purchase cost the United States: $15 Million or $217 Billion today. The Marshall Plan cost the United States: 12.7 Billion or $115.3 Billion today. The Race to the Moon cost the United States: 36.4 Billion or $237 Billion today. The Korean War cost the United States: $54 Billion or $454 Billion today. The New Deal cost the United States: $32 Billion(est) or $500 Billion today. The War in Iraq cost the United States: $551 Billion or $597 Billion today. We used to talk about Millions, than we started talking about Billions, now under Obama it is Trillions. This is why I believe we need a Constitutional Amendment to force the Congress to balance the budget every year or every four years during War Time. I believe this would force our congress to think before they spend, and they would have to balance that budget before they left office for the year. (Conservative/Libertarian View) |
| Military Spending | I believe if our government is going to spend money it should at the least be for our military. Without security there is no peace, and without the military our country would not exist. Military spending for the anti-war folks doesn't just include Defense Spending, it includes covering our veterans who risked their lives to protect ours. According to PBS 40% of homeless men are veterans and I think that is wrong in every instance. I do not believe that our veterans should have to deal with that. If any one deserves welfare it is these men and women who fought and in some instance died for our rights and for our freedoms. I think we need to spend some of our Military Spending, on providing for our needy veterans for their life time. Most veterans from current wars and such will be fine and they'll come back and get rehired at jobs. But for those who do not we should at least take care of them. I believe our nation is threatened by rouge countries like Iran and North Korea. We should never surrender our security to appease anyone and by that I mean Russia. Russia didn't like that the United States was placing Missile Defense Shields so close to their border. However, they knew as well as we knew that if they wanted to do something they could have done something. The United States was even willing to share information with Russia and allow them to give their opinions. However for the boneheaded Russians that was not enough. Under President Obama the budget for this crucial program will be cut by billions of dollars. New Technology, other nations are building their military forces up to protect their citizens while the United States is reducing and cutting new military programs. We must be the most superior, and it is irresponsible for any American President to reduce our defenses. (Conservative View) |
| Taxes | My tax policy would be very clear, and it is very clear - The Fair Tax. From the Fair Tax website: - The FairTax rate of 23 percent on a total taxable consumption base of $11.244 trillion will generate $2.586 trillion dollars $358 billion more than the taxes it replaces. - The FairTax has the broadest base and the lowest rate of any single-rate tax reform plan. - Real wages are 10.3 percent, 9.5 percent, and 9.2 percent higher in years 1, 10, and 25, respectively than would otherwise be the case. - Disposable personal income is higher than if the current tax system remains in place: 1.7 percent in year 1, 8.7 percent in year 5, and 11.8 percent in year 10. - The economy as measured by GDP is 2.4 percent higher in the first year and 11.3 percent higher by the 10th year than it would otherwise be. - Consumption increases by 2.4 percent more in the first year, which grows to 11.7 percent more by the tenth year than it would be if the current system were to remain in place. - The increase in consumption is fueled by the 1.7 percent increase in disposable (after-tax) personal income that accompanies the rise in incomes from capital and labor once the FairTax is enacted. - By the 10th year, consumption increases by 11.7 percent over what it would be if the current tax system remained in place, and disposable income is up by 11.8 percent. - Over time, the FairTax benefits all income groups. Of 42 household types (classified by income, marital status, age), all have lower average remaining lifetime tax rates under the FairTax than they would experience under the current tax system. - Implementing the FairTax at a 23 percent rate gives the poorest members of the generation born in 1990 a 13.5 percent improvement in economic well-being; their middle class and rich contemporaries experience a 5 percent and 2 percent improvement, respectively. - Based on standard measures of tax burden, the FairTax is more progressive than the individual income tax, payroll tax, and the corporate income tax. - Charitable giving increases by $2.1 billion (about 1 percent) in the first year over what it would be if the current system remained in place, by 2.4 percent in year 10, and by 5 percent in year 20. - On average, states could cut their sales tax rates by more than half, or 3.2 percentage points from 5.4 to 2.2 percent, if they conformed their state sales tax bases to the FairTax base. - The FairTax provides the equivalent of a supercharged mortgage interest deduction, reducing the true cost of buying a home by 19 percent. (Libertarian View) |
| Welfare | Welfare is the worst thing that has ever occurred in the United States, just shy of Abortion. Welfare officially eliminated fathers from the family. Once welfare was passed a mother no longer needed a father to survive. Citizens who are on welfare should be forced to find a job, and then be removed from the welfare rolls. The system is broken and it needs to be eliminated, get a job and stop taking advantage of the tax-payer. Welfare has done nothing for poverty but make it worse, I say eliminate it as soon as possible. (Libertarian View) |
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| 1. | Will you vote for or against term limits of four years (two terms) or less for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives? | For | I believe term limits are necessary to limit corruption. |
| 2. | Will you vote for or against a presidential line item veto? | Against | I believe in some instances a line item veto would be a good thing, however in the wrong hands it could be a bad idea. |
| 3. | Will you vote for or against setting congressional pay to four times the median income, indexing the salary, and replacing the congressional pension with a standard 401k retirement plan? | Against | I believe that our members of Congress and the Senate should receive what the average American makes, about $55,000 a year. |
| 4. | Will you vote for or against amending the Constitution to exclude people with a law degree from serving in the House of Representatives? | Against | Lawyers are not all bad people, and I believe not all of them wish to take advantage of people. |
| 5. | Will you vote from or against excluding plaintiff's legal representative from receiving any porting of a punitive award, splitting the payment between the plaintiff and charity? | Against | I believe that charity is a wonderful thing, however people who become lawyers go through many years of schooling and deserve to be paid for all of their hard work and time. |
| 6. | Will you vote for or against limiting the fee a plaintiff's legal representative can receive to one hundred times the amount a plaintiff in the case receives? As an example, if a plaintiff receives $10,000, the combined legal fees could not exceed one million dollars. | For | I believe a lawyer deserves his dues from any case, however like everything in the world it should not be too excessive. |
| 7. | Will you for for or against the right of lawyers to use whatever means necessary to defend a client, including concealing information and using "technicalities," as long as they do not violate a written law? | For | I believe that defense attorneys should be required as they are currently to provide their client with the best possible defense possible within the law. |
| 8. | Will to you vote for or against providing government funding to the ACLU? | Against | I don't think the government should be funding any entity or organization private, non-profit, or otherwise. |
| 9. | Will to you vote for or against amending the constitution to re-establish and re-clarify equal rights for all over special rights for a few (e.g. prisoners, seniors, students, gays, and minorities)? | For | The Constitution guarantees equal rights for all; no one is better than anyone else or deserves better rights than anyone else. |
| 10. | Will you vote for or against amending the Constitution to state that guiding principles should always override technicalities and extremist groups? | For | The Constitution should always be interpreted as the founding fathers wrote their opinions on it. No other way should come before that... |
| 11. | Will you vote for or against amending the Constitution with a "law of predominant majority", which says the "rights" of groups can be denied if they have consistently demonstrated behavior that 95% of the population considers unacceptable? For example, 95% of the population would likely vote that a public KKK rally should NOT be allowed, overriding the "right" of free speech for that particular group. | Against | I don't think that the rights of anyone should ever be overridden even by a major majority like 95%, overriding the rights of a particular group starts to get into dangerous territory, and how far could it go? |
| 12. | Will you vote for or against amending the Constitution to specifically affirm that we are a nation under God, that God is welcome in all that we do, but no person can be forced to participate in worship at any time or in any way? | For | I believe America is "One Nation Under God..." That is the way our founding fathers wanted it to be and that is the best way our country must be. |
| 13. | Will you vote for or against permitting religious activities on local, state and federal property (such as schools, libraries, and municipal buildings), at the discretion of the members of each site? | For | This is also the way the founding fathers wanted it. The Separation of Church and State was supposed to keep the Federal Government out of religion, not restrict states rights. |
| 14. | As long as the federal government remains involved in the education system, will you vote for or against the teaching of religion in public schools, as an elective? | For | As an elective, I have no problem with a child being able to learn about religion in schools. |
| 15. | Will you vote for or against allowing established churches to manage federal welfare distribution for recipients who agree to use them instead of a government agency (as long as the government is involved in providing welfare)? | For | I think this might be the best way of reducing the number of welfare recipients. Isn't that what Welfare was originally for, to get people on their feet so that they could provide for themselves, lets get back to that. |
| 16. | Will you vote for or against multiplying by ten the prison sentence of those convicted of possessing drugs that are not willing to provide information that leads to the conviction of their supplier? | For | This would be a good way of getting small dealers off the streets and putting big dealers where they belong, behind bars for many years. |
| 17. | Will you vote for or against the legalization of marijuana? | Against | I don't see anything wrong with marijuana however legalizing the drug is not a good idea. Reducing sentences for small amounts of the drug yes, but not completely legalizing it. |
| 18. | Will you vote for or against supporting a completely free press at all times? | For | The First Amendment is very clear: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." |
| 19. | Will you vote for or against defining marriage as the union between any two people (of legal age)? | Against | I believe that marriage is a tradition union that should not be interfered with by the government; however as long as it is being interfered with by the government I would only vote for allowing marriage between a man and a woman, and not between anyone. |
| 20. | Will you vote for or against electing our president with a popular vote, replacing the Electoral College? | Against | I believe the current system is fine, and changing systems would be detrimental to the country. |
| 21. | Will you vote for or against reducing total expenditures on government programs by at least 5% each year you are in office? | For | There are certain programs in our government that must be cut 5% is just a start... |
| 22. | Will you vote for or against a requirement that all government programs have a clearly established objective and an end date of no more than ten years from the date of creation? | For | I believe that every bill should be read, every bill should be less than 25 pages, and they all should be for one area, and one area only. |
| 23. | Will you vote for or against permitting the sale of all legal goods over the internet? | For | "Free Commerce" is what America is all about let people sell "legal" items to whom ever they want. |
| 24. | Will you vote for or against reducing farm subsidy allocations by at least 25% each year you are in office. | For | Government needs to reduce its role in the daily lives of the American people. |
| 25. | Will you vote for or against privatizing government initiatives, including at least one of the following: national parks, highways, mail, licensing of the airwaves. | For | I believe our national parks and highways are extremely important however they cost the government tons of money. Let them be privatized or state run. |
| 26. | Will you vote for or against limiting the amount of foreign aid provided to any one country, in any year, to a maximum of 10,000 times the median income ($460 million), and to only allow a country to receive funds for a maximum of two years in any five year period, excepting those nations in a declared war with a foreign enemy or a genocidal situation? | For | I would only for for this if it also excepted our allies, I believe it is important to trade and aid our allies whether they are at war or not. We give too much money to foreign entities: billions to the United Nations as they degrade our way of life. |
| 27. | Will you vote for or against limiting foreign aid to ten or less countries in any year? | For | There is no reason for the United States to spend billions of dollars around the world while we fall deeper and deeper into debt ourselves. |
| 28. | Will you vote for or against eliminating all government price and production controls, including establishment of the minimum wage? | For | Each state has its own Min. Wage, and that is where that control should be imposed or not imposed, it is a state right, not a Federal one. |
| 29. | Will you vote for or against a balanced budge amendment, with exceptions only for periods of declared war, a declining annual GDP, or in the event of a major natural disaster? | For | We must get this budget under-control if we fail to do so our countries economy will fail, we will go from being the richest country in the world to the poorest country in the world. |
| 30. | Will you vote for or against a federal budget that includes any item whose benefit is primarily for a single state (e.g., a bridge in Alaska, or a levee in Louisiana)? | Against | This is a state issue and not a federal one, let the states figure out what they can afford, and let the people of that state decide if they want to suffer increased taxes to build that item. |
| 31. | Will you vote for or against replacing the current tax system with the FairTax as proposed by Linder and Boortz? | For | I think our nation needs a tax system based on production and not on punishing said production the FairTax fixes that error in our tax code. |
| 32. | If we do change to a consumption tax, will you vote for or against establishing an indexed Corporate Minimum Tax (CMT) of at least 15%, similar to the personal Alternative Minimum Tax, requiring profitable corporations to pay at least that amount (as a percent of revenue), independent of expenses, deductions, and overseas activities? | Against | The increase in a sales tax is going to increase the cost of products anyhow, increasing taxes on the companies that produce those products would increase the cost of the products even more. |
| 33. | Will you vote for or against increasing income taxes, excepting only during a period of declared war? | Against | There is no reason to ever have to increase taxes, there is always a reason to decrease spending. |
| 34. | Will you vote for or against limiting the total amount of money that any person can inherit in their lifetime, including through trusts and other "loopholes", to 250 times the median income ($11.5 million)? | Against | There are too many taxes as there are, why would we establish more taxes, reduce spending and stop spending more than you have... |
| 35. | Will you vote for or against a National Health Care System, funded with tax dollars and controlled by the federal government, that provides health care to every American citizen? | Against | This is just more government spending... Let the private sector deal with Health Insurance, if a person doesn't have insurance and goes to a doctor let that person pay for their visit and not force the government to pay for it. |
| 36. | Will you vote for or against government funded Health Care for all Americans under the age of twenty-one? | Against | The CHIP program is just another welfare spending measure if a parent neglects to get his/her child health coverage or is unable to pay for said care then that child shall be declared neglected... |
| 37. | Will you vote for or against the government providing Health Care vouchers to every American citizen that can be used to purchase health insurance from either the government or a private provider, thus ensuring that ever American has access to coverage? | Against | This starts out as a good idea, but then turns into a bad idea. Vouchers are a good idea, and they are a good idea for kids in schools as well, however a voucher that gives the ability to get government run health care indicates that the government is involved and is thus a bad idea... |
| 38. | Will you vote for or against allowing citizens who are mentally sound, older than their "life expectancy" and terminally ill, to opt for euthanasia? | Against | I don't believe in suicide, however I believe this should be left to individual citizens, however right now it is a bad idea I believe... |
| 39. | Will you vote for or against a panel of doctors to overrule the health care decision of a parent for a critically ill minor? For example, if three doctors recommend chemotherapy as the only viable treatment, but the child or parents oppose, should the doctor's decision prevail? | Against | It should always be about patient's rights, not doctors rights, if a child or an adult doesn't want to go through the treatment that doctors wish to force upon them they should not have to do so. |
| 40. | Will you vote for or against capping medical expenditures, paid by the government (e.g. medicare and National Health care [if we get there[; does not apply to care for military personal) in any five year period for any one person, to 25 times the median income (approx. $1.1 Million dollars)? | Against | This is a double edge sword for me, if we get national health care which I hope we don't, but if we get it, I don't want the government cutting anything. I'm all for cutting spending, however cutting spending on people's lives is a no go... |
| 41. | Will you vote for or against terminating all medical litigation by creating a separate account funded by a 2% take of all medical procedures, that will be used to compensate patients or their families when the medical system fails? | For | However I want to make sure that we're not ending all medical suits. I believe if a doctor shows a continued practice of misbehavior or malpractice he should lose his license, as long as this doesn't end I'd vote for this bill. |
| 42. | Will you vote for or against eliminating the federal Department of Education and returning all authority to the states over a period of four years or less? | For | I think it was a great disservice to the children of this country when the Federal Department of Education was created. Each state has a Department of Education, a federal one is not required and should be eliminated. |
| 43. | As long as the federal government remains involved in the education system, will you vote for or against a law that requires the removal of the bottom 3% of teachers in each school district each year you are in office (maximum of 4 years)? | For | I believe our students deserve the best teachers possible, to fire the bottom 3% each year would eliminate bad teachers, and cut costs. |
| 44. | Will you vote for or against a law that requires a graduated pay scale that includes paying the top 25% of teachers double what the bottom 25% earn? | For | I believe competition is always good, competition is what built this country and it will be what makes our smarter, and more knowledgeable. Get rid of bad teachers and get great teachers!!! |
| 45. | As long as the federal government remains involved in the education system, will you vote for or against giving vouchers to students so that they can attend the school of their choice (including home school)? | For | I believe this is one of the best ideas for our education and it incorporates for competition, and reduced costs. Currently Home Schoolers have to pay the same taxes for public education as everyone else, that is not fair since their children are not in the public school system, the voucher for them could be used to off set the taxes. |
| 46. | Will you vote for or against a law requiring the children of elected officials to attend the public school in the district in which they live? | For | These elected officials fund, these public school systems, and they go right around and send their children to better private schools. If their children had to go to the public schools maybe they'd do a better job of funding, and rule making... |
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Former Kentucky Representative Anne Northup (R-KY) and David Hittle from the David Hittle Show.
Senator Dan Seum (R-KY)
Metro Councilmen Doug Hawkins (R-KY)
Metro Councilmen Doug Hawkins (R-KY) and Former Kentucky Representative Anne Northup (R-KY)
Metro Councilmen Doug Hawkins (R-KY)
Jefferson County Republican Party Chairman Brad Cummings
