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Joe,
Q:
Your view of the Constitution, as a “living document”
or do you favor strict interpretation?
A:
Very strict. One of the most dangerous prospects facing our nation
is a Supreme Court loaded with activist judges who see to legislate
from the bench and re-interpret the United States Constitution.
VERY dangerous.
Q:
Do you believe it’s important to safeguard private property,
if so, why?
A:
This question makes me worry that I’m missing an issue that
I need to be aware of because my first reaction is, of course
it’s important and who says it isn’t? I'm sorry for
my ignorance here but I guess it’s better to admit it than
to fake an answer.
Q:
What is your stance on the Fifth Amendment & Eminent Domain?
A:
I have seen Eminent Domain be used in terrible ways. For example,
city councils forcing the sale of private property under Eminent
Domain and then selling to a private developer. I guess in real
life there may be reasonable applications of Eminent Domain (building
a freeway maybe) but in light of the fact that we are recently
careening toward socialist/Marxist government control I think
this is an important issue to track closely and fight diligently.
Q:
Are you pro life or pro choice?
A:
Pro life.
Q:
What is your position on a guest worker program?
A:
My position is that we have to FIRST stop the damage being done
by the thousands of illegal immigrants crossing our borders every
single day. Only then will we be in a position to talk about the
rest of the immigration issue. However, I am AGAINST any and all
programs that would allow “guests” to come into our
country and fill jobs that Americans can and will do. I cannot
fathom that we’d consider bringing MORE workers into the
country when we currently have 10% unemployment with no end in
sight. Protect American lives, livelihood and sovereignty FIRST.
Q:
Do you support English only / official language?
A:
Yes, my goodness…YES. I should NEVER have to press “1”
for English.
Q:
What is your position on illegal drugs / marijuana legalization?
I
cannot support the legalization of illicit drugs. The only exception
to that being that, for legitimate, prescribed and tightly controlled
medicinal uses.
Q:
Are you for or against Cap & Trade?
A:
Absolutely against.
Q:
What is your position on acquiring (drilling, mining) & or
use of:
Oil: A: Drill now.
These ridiculous restrictions on oil drilling are largely responsible
for the oil disaster that has befallen the Gulf. If we had been
allowed to drill in places where the depth was not 5,000 feet
we’d have been able to fix this problem right away.
Coal: A: It’s
cheap, relatively clean and plentiful. And it provides jobs.
Natural gas: A: Find
more and drill.
Nuclear energy: A: If
the French can do, why can’t we? It has proven to be safe
and efficient over the long term.
Q:
How would you improve or change our system of education?
A:
End No Child Left Behind, 50% dropout rates in our nation’s
large cities proves that it has failed, and return control of
schools to parents and local authority. Stop teaching social agendas
to our kids and start teaching them reading, writing, arithmetic,
technology and P.E. In other words…go back to basics and
stop teaching my kids things that are MY job to teach them…like
lifestyle.
Q:
Do you have any business experience?
A:
About two years ago I invented a product for the home aquarium
industry. I designed, developed and marketed the product through
my own small company and built it up into a successful venture.
(www.reefgently.com)
This last March I sold the company and still hold a large percentage
of future profits. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from Rivier College in Nashua, NH. I have been
a practicing software engineer since 1997 and continued to work
my day job while building my own company.
Wes
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