Gotta Run...

Picked up a petition pack yesterday at the Summit BOE. Looking for 50 registered Republicans in OH-13 to get the show rolling.

Some quickie points :

** No Federal support for abortion. I will campaign to eliminate all Federal spending that contributes to the murder of the unborn.

** No deficit spending. Period. If the money isn't there, I don't plan to vote for the bill.

** No corporate bailouts. I will not vote for corporate welfare.

** National defense means just that. No revenge campaigns, and no mercenary activity on behalf of the United Nations. Put a defense shield over the country and let each State upgrade its Militia. Secure our borders. I will not vote for foreign adventurism by the United States military, but I will not stand in the way of protecting United States shipping and passenger transportation.

** No foreign aid. If citizens of the United States want to fund a foreign government, that is their business. Millions for defense if needed, but not one tax penny for foreign entities, including the United Nations. Any citizen who wants to donate his own money to the UN is free to do so. I will not vote for foreign aid to any nation.

** Remove from the Federal Reserve banks the power to print money. I will support legislation to require complete auditing and accountability to the Congress of the Federal Reserve system.

** Repeal Amendment 16. Bill the States for the cost of maintenance of the Government of the United States in proportion to their populations as stipulated in Article 1, Section 9. Each State should be free to tax its citizens as they deem appropriate in order to meet its Federal obligations.

** Repeal Amendment 17. Restore the ability of the States to resist the power of private national political parties.

** End Federal interference in education. I will not vote for any legislation which restricts or diminishes the rights of parents to seek out and obtain the best education for their children which they can afford. I fully support the right of each State to determine the best way to provide for the education of the children residing in their respective States.

** I will not vote for any bill that has not been exposed to public examination, without alteration or amendment, for 72 hours prior to the vote. Each time any such bill is scheduled for a vote and is amended, I will require an additional 72 hour public examination period before I consider voting for it.

While some of the above positions may seem radical and hard to imagine in practice, it should be remembered that the Great Experiment in government that is the United States was considered radical and impractical when it began, and is difficult even to this day for the inhabitants of other lands to imagine and understand. My goal is the encouragement of individual freedom and the growth of the entrepreneurial spirit in all facets of American society.

No doubt there will be many people who are frightened by the specter of freedom. Nevertheless, I offer a clear choice for those who believe in the dream of America.