United States Representative 2 Year Term - Vote for One (1)
Candidates were asked to summarize their backgrounds in 75
words and were allotted 75 words to answer each question. If the candidate did not reply by the
required date for publication, the words, "Did not respond in time for
publication" appear under the candidate's name.
QUESTION 1
Are you concerned about the size of the federal deficit?
Explain your answer.
QUESTION 2
What government measures would you propose to improve access
to affordable health care?
QUESTION 3
The United States uses a great deal of fossil fuel for power generation and transportation. What measures would you support to tackle the ever increasing need for energy?
13th District
Did not respond in time for publication.
14th District
Did not respond in time for publication.
Did not submit response.
1. I am concerned about the size of the federal deficit. The
$500 billion dollar deficit is the result of Republicans spending needless
dollars in an ill conceived war in Iraq.
Deficit spending causes interest rates to increase, hurting citizens in
Michigan who need lower interest rates to finance the purchases of homes and
automobiles. Higher deficits also lead to a loss of jobs due to a decrease in
consumer demand from higher interest rates.
2. Congress must pass HR 676, the United States National
Health Insurance Act, which would create a single payer universal health care
system in the United States by expanding Medicare for all Americans, without
co-pays, deductibles, or bills. In
order to maintain quality, I would expand the numbers of nurses and physicians
in the health care system by creating more scholarships for physicians and
nurses, and investing needed dollars in nursing schools so they can expand
capacity.
3. Make a dramatic investment in clean car technology such
as ethanol and fuel cells. Provide
tax incentives to private sector businesses, think tanks, and universities who
are making serious advances in making clean automobile technologies usable and
affordable. This would include direct federal investment to the Big Three auto
companies to come up with automobiles that run strictly on fuel cells or
ethanol that can be brought to the market in the next 2-3 years.
15th District
Did not respond in time for publication.
I have been active in movements against U.S. militarism and
corporate globalization since 2000. That same year I joined the Green Party
and, in 2003, ran for Cambridge City council. In 2002, I was a founding member of the New England
Committee to Defend Palestine. I
hold a PhD from MIT, where I researched solar cells. I am co-chair of the Huron
Valley Greens chapter. My husband,
daughter, and I live in Ann Arbor.
1. Yes. Greens
believe we have to live within the finite limits of our environment with a
focus on how our decisions today will impact future generations. Our astronomical debt is the financial
parallel to our consumer society that plunders the resources of the earth today
without a thought for the future.
Current generations in foreign countries are being devastated by our use
of war as a means of securing the resources in their lands.
2. No one should be without health care; health care is a
right. Because our way of life exposes us to certain hazards, we have a
collective responsibility to address the harms. The way to make health care available to all is to transform
it from an industry that profits from treatment to a network of locally based
collective non-profit organizations that exist to prevent and cure illness and
injury to maximize our health.
3. The U.S. uses more than 1/4 of the world's fossil fuel
yet makes up less than 5% of its population. This is neither sustainable nor just. Development of alternative energies
such as wind and solar is important, but there is no technological solution to
the fact that our earth is finite. Conservation is key. Global warming is real. We can live well on our share and stop
the wasteful and immoral practice of empire.
I was born on 22 Sept. 37. I am a H.S. Graduate.
I'm married to Judith Elayne 25 years. I spent 2 years in the Army as a military policeman/stockade
guard. I ran for Wayne County
sheriff in 2000 and 2004. I'm a
born-again believer in Christ Jesus and I'm in good physical and mental health.
1. I'm very concerned about our federal deficit and national
debt. I'm so concerned that I
believe we're in a state of receivership to the world bankers thanks to our
spineless congress and presidents:
all republic-crats who care little about the American people and only
their own pocketbooks!!! Let's shake up our congress!!
2. I believe we should make congress do their jobs of
handling our money system and get rid of the Federal Reserve System and the
I.R.S.! We should go to a 10% flat
tax so that the American taxpayer can afford to pay their own health care and
their children's education!!! Congress wake up!!
3. Market demand for energy will spur competition to invest
in new infrastructure and new technologies. Left unhampered by government, there's no telling what
energy technologies will be achieved by innovators eager to supply the world's
increasing appetites for energy.
It may seem stranger than fiction, but it's a documented fact: The eco-socialist movement is financed
by the super-rich as part of an agenda for global control. P.S. May God bless America - He's our only chance!
I am a life-long resident of Southeast Michigan and now
reside in Dearborn Heights with my wife.
Education: Wayne State University with a major in Biology. I have been active in politics since
college in the Libertarian Party and in local city government. During the past few years I have done
Infectious Diseases research at the University of Michigan and have returned to
Wayne State this fall to pursue a degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences.
1. Yes, I am very concerned about the federal deficit. I had
hoped that with the Republicans controlling all three branches of the federal
government, that spending would finally be brought under control. The GOP cannot claim to be the party of
smaller government. Congress
should be required to balance the budget period. We need people who are not career politicians in office who
are willing to make the tough decisions and finally reduce federal spending.
2. The cause of high drug costs is that the FDA has a
monopoly on the drug approval process.
The medical industry is already the most regulated industry in the
United States. No law or subsidy
passed by Congress will have the desired effect. The Federal government should stay out of the medical
business entirely. The FDA should
be eliminated and private regulatory agencies be allowed to take over its
functions.
3. I would open up more parts of the United States to fuel
exploration including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and offshore
drilling. I would encourage
the growth of nuclear energy which is the cleanest fuel. Only when renewable fuel becomes
cheaper than fossil fuels will they be replaced. When costs do reach that point, it will be market forces,
not government programs that will lead to more efficient vehicles and cheaper
methods of energy production.
