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GOOOH! Questions Answered Outside of For/Against
As answered by Dave Doc Rogers
c.20090627
Part 2 ...
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against creating a law that limits the number of immigrants who can become citizens in any single year to one percent or less of the population (that would be approximately three million immigrants this year)?
DJR: At the initial outset, I would say yes. But, before we say yes to anything firm we will need to look at the condition of the nation and our infrastructure. Can we absorb 30 million people over a ten year period? For those trying to gain lawful entry into the USA and work toward citizenship, I can only imagine the frustration this conversation gives you. The real target is to make it more manageable for legal entry into the USA vice the illegal entry across the country side.
Illegal entry into the USA is illegal entry. Those persons caught need to be returned to their capital cities and remanded to the federal authorities there.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against permitting the sale of all legal goods over the internet?
DJR: This is already the case.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against all financial backing of the oil industry by the government?
DJR: Financial backing? No. Partnership with energy companies for sustainable alternative fuel sources? Yes. Investment or partnership dollars invested would be expected to be paid back. It is not free money from the US Treasury. It is tax dollars that belong to all tax payers who put the money in there in the first place. There should be an expectation to pay back the money like any other venture capitalist gets paid back their percentage of investment.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against capping the amount of money spent on all types of welfare payments (excluding Social Security & Medicare) to less than 3 percent of federal tax receipts each year?
DJR: Define welfare. Part of the US Constitution preamble says to promote the general welfare. It does not state ‘to fund it all.’ First, a balanced budget. Second, spending within income projections. Third, petition this year for next year’s projected discretionary funding. Caveat, if the fund is less than projected the authorized payout funding will be a matching percentage decrease. It goes with a balanced budget concept.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against supporting the right of citizens to bear arms?
DJR: It is a part of the US Constitution. I will not support any change to the first 10 Amendments.
GOOOH!: 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)?
DJR: For. Many of the faith-based organizations already have the infrastructure and distribution channels. Why should our government and our tax dollars go to rebuild something that is already there? What would be needed is careful oversight of the programs from an accounting and standard business practices standpoint; not a theological or ideological standpoint. Government oversight and accounting, not management.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against requiring annual reductions in total “greenhouse” emissions by at least 5 percent year over year?
DJR: For. Force the hand of industry to better manage our environment. We have proven over and over again we are able to rise to the challenge. Here is one more. Now, we cannot allow our government to ‘edict’ green house gases reduction without firm partnership in solution finding. This is where our government partners with our businesses to find cleaner solutions and better energy sources or manufacturing processes that do not negatives impact our environment. It is a process, not an overnight change.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against amending the Constitution to state that guiding principles should always override technicalities and extremist groups?
DJR: No. Better judges and attorneys will do that for us more easily than working to change the US Constitution. The US Constitution, our legal history, and our faith are our guiding principles. Argumentative nit-picking over technicalities or extremist groups with preponderant lawyers need to be addressed by judges and attorneys-general appropriately. Our judicial system needs to step away from “It all depends on what your definition of is is.” The judge or attorney should have asked for a recess to get an unabridged dictionary to ensure common vernacular before moving on. That nonsensical jurisprudence needs to no longer be tolerated by the bench or its officers.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against allowing 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?
DJR: This is a difficult situation. In matters of faith and the sanctity of family it is paramount that these decisions are not taken lightly. If in the best interest of the life of the child, a panel of credible physicians should be able to advise a sitting judge the merits or detractors of specific life saving care. It will be then the judge’s position to hear both sides and arguments, or taking the case to jury if requested, to render judgment. In every instance the weight of the parents’ wishes, their faith, the laws of the land, and the sanctity of the life of the child should be considered before final decisions are made.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against supporting the right of every citizen to carry a concealed weapon, assuming they can demonstrate basic firearm competence, but excluding those who have been convicted of a felony or deemed to be mentally incompetent?
DJR: This is an area best determined by each state. Each state should manage how they license the possession and carrying of handguns. If, as in the example question, there is ample training, testing, and demonstration of competence, there should be no impediment to possessing and carrying a firearm. Convicted felons lose or regain rights based on the laws of the state in which they live/reside. Those deemed to be mentally incompetent should not possess firearms if it is determined the nature of their debility may pose a danger to themselves or others.
GOOOH!: 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)?
DJR: Governor Palin was right to discredit the bridge to no where. That was misspending fed dollars. Who was the oversight to this bill? This kind of mismanagement of funds in the private sector would get you fired and possibly brought up on charges of mismanagement of funds and the public trust [if a public held company]. The President of the USA needs the line item veto, needs to read every line, jot, and tittle of the proposed law, and decide whether to kick back the whole thing or just those things that do not belong.
Governmental budgets should be built around the charter, mission, and business of the government. It should not allow or tolerate or accept funds to be spend ‘willy-nilly.’ That should not fly in the private sector and it should not fly in the government sector.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against amending the Constitution to make an abortion legal for only the first three months after conception excluding cases of rape, incest or serious risk to the mother’s life?
DJR: Roe v Wade, Doe v Bolton should be struck down as unconstitutional. If there is any change to the US Constitution, there should be an amendment or clause that promotes the sanctity of life and individual sovereignty. The two primaries of both cases actually worked against the cases going to the USSC, but the organizations funding the lawyers drove the case beyond the wishes of the persons so named. It was clearly a case of USSC Justices kowtowing to lawyers and PACs to push legislation from the highest judicial bench in the US. The counter to that decision is for another USSC bench to overturn the decision or an amendment to the US Constitution.
GOOOH!: 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 percent of the population considers unacceptable? For example, 95 percent 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.
DJR: Against. Even those whose opinions greatly differ from the majority are still entitled to have their opinion. The US Constitution insures that right. Without which, you would not be reading my writing as you are.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against a law that requires final legislation to be available for public review at least seven days prior to the vote?
DJR: This idea has merit. In the last big bill that hit Congress, they were given 3 days to ingest and understand over 1000 pages of doctrine before voting on it. It was driven like a ramrod through both Houses of Congress and signed on the President’s desk without anyone really reading what was in it until after the fact. That ought not be so. There should be at least an hour for every page set aside to view and understand the document before it is reviewed on the House or Senate floor.
GOOOH!: If we do not change to a consumption tax, will you vote for or against establishing an indexed Corporate Minimum Tax (CMT) of at least 15 percent, 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?
DJR: The entire tax and tariff system of the USA needs an overhaul. I heard that the US Tax Code is 27,000 pages and growing. Why? A simplified tax and tariff system can be devised, several ideas have been proposed. Let us find the one that is least onerous, simplest to execute, least expensive to manage and maintain, and does not allow wiggle room for those do not want to pay taxes. The tax rate on everyone would probably go down if everyone just paid their taxes. I do not have a problem in paying my taxes. I have a BIG problem in how it is misspent.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against a presidential line item veto?
DJR: Line item veto … YES!!! That will certainly stop MCs and Senators from tagging on items that have nothing to do with the original bill. An option might be the President gives a line item veto to those things he/she does not think should be in the bill and sends that back to Congress to revote to resend to the President. That would take away the argument of the Executive legislating rather than the Legislature. [Hint to Judicial, that is the way it supposed to be.]
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against a penalty of at least twenty years in prison, on the first offense, for dealers 16 or older who sell drugs to minors?
DJR: Against. First offenders should have a strong shot at rehabilitation, restoration, and restitution. Second offense, double the time minimum. Third time, double again minimum time and hard labor.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against the legalization of marijuana?
DJR: Against. Too many negatives. Not enough positives. Its dangers outweigh its benefits.
GOOOH!: 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?
DJR: For. The property belongs to the people of that community. Not the government. The government manages on behalf of the citizenry. The government does not have ‘rule’ over the citizenry. If the people of the government, aka the citizens of the community, want to show community pride and celebrate seasonal events, let them.
This has nothing to do with ‘separation of church and state.’ The separation was and is to keep government out of the church, not church out of the government.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against granting citizenship to a child born in this country whose mother is not a U.S. citizen, not married to a U.S. citizen, or not in the country legally?
DJR: Against. If the mother comes the USA illegally and gives birth, she and the child are returned to her country of origin.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against allowing individuals to invest a percentage of their retirement benefits in an option of their choice, including mutual funds, bond funds and index funds?
DJR: Against. The reason is the current market mismanagement of funds. It is not a viable marketplace. Only those well educated in the stock and bond market minutia will be able to take clear advantage. What would be ideal is for the US government to pay back into the accounts it has mismanaged and make them sacrosanct, untouchable except by those who are receiving their payout due. There have been too many money grubbers drunk on spending and grabbed at anything they could find. That is why our governments are so far in the hole. They are off mission and off task.
GOOOH!: 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?
DJR: Against. It is a duplication of state and county systems already in place. The best way of spending in discretionary healthcare funding is to prop up the current local health care systems.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) for all future federal elections (e.g. President, Senate, House of Representative)?
DJR: Against. To guard against mob rule, to validate the process, and to certify the voting already presented, I will oppose IRV. The value of those who did vote needs to be fully honored before a runoff is arranged. On the Presidential voting, I have already voiced my opinion and option of the “One State, One Vote” amendment.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against supporting the Kyoto Protocol (as written)?
DJR: Against. I am wary of any document that binds the US to rule or oversight by external governments. Partnerships are one thing, but subservience cannot be accepted.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against reducing the total number of federal employees by at least 5 percent each year you are in office?
DJR: For reduction in the size of government. Government is designed to serve its citizenry. Our government is designed to provide certain functions but not all functions. A review of what offices and jobs are in government is needed, then a restructure and potential loss of services based on positions eliminated as unnecessary. 5% may be too little, it may be too much for the first year. It is something that would have to be reviewed, reported, and acted upon.
GOOOH!: 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?
DJR: Against. I answered foreign aid earlier.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against requiring that birth control pills be made available, for free, to all teenage girls?
DJR: Against. Teenage girls should be focused on school and education that will benefit them later in life. Help remove the possibility through proper sex and heath education.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against requiring those who have entered our country illegally to, when caught, work on a government project without pay for one year before being deported? One example of a project could be a wall that separates the United States and Mexico, though all other projects could be considered.
DJR: Against. Forced labor is slavery. Catch and send back to their country’s capital.
GOOOH!: 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?
DJR: Against. The DoE role should be the insurance that all school systems in the USA are working toward a common and improving education system. Oversight but not management. The states’ role is to oversee and management the education within their state.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against term limits of four years (two terms) or less for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives?
DJR: For term limits. HoR, no more than 5 continuous or 10 years. Senate, no more than 2 continuous. Let Strom Thurmond’s record hold forever.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against replacing the current tax system with the FairTax as proposed by Linder and Boortz?
DJR: Against. As a concept it sounds good. In execution, difficult. If you replace a difficult to manage tax system with another difficult to manage tax system have you really done anything to aid the tax system? There are other options. Dr Alan Keyes and Steve Forbes both offered alternative taxing options. My strong push will be for a simpler system to execute, manage, and collect.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against a Guest Worker Program that allows non-U.S. citizens to work in the United States?
DJR: Yes. Those who want to come into the USA legally and provide viable services are welcome.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against increasing income taxes, excepting only during a period of declared war?
DJR: Depends on where the state of the taxes are at the time I am in office. The target is not taxes. The target is a balanced budget and the right expenditures. If we pare down those things the USA government should not be paying then look at the cost of paying for those things we need to pay and look at projected income then we can determine what is the right tax base. Also, there should be serious efforts made to get people and corporations to pay their taxes correctly. I am not talking Joe and Jane Middle-America. Joe and Jane pay their taxes. I am talking those who find shelters, take advantages, and off-shores to skip on paying what is justly due.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against declaring that the rights of a person who commits a crime and is subsequently found guilty, to have been forfeited from the moment the crime was committed until the moment he is released?
DJR: Against. This is already in place. The only thing that could be added to that, if needed, would be a federal oversight to ensure equal treatment under the law for all prisoners. Some states do allow that a former felon can return to society and regain certain rights over time. I believe that is right and has the best long term results.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against allowing each state to continue drawing its congressional districts in a partisan manner as is done today?
DJR: Against. This would be like pushing a boulder up a steep hill but it does need to be fixed. Representatives should be chosen from an even population base within a community. I have seen one map for congressional districts that looked like an insane person drew it and no one could adequately explain to my why it was drawn the way it was.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against amending the Constitution to make abortion legal at all times?
DJR: Against. See answers above.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against removing the worst 3 percent of judges each year, determined by the number of decisions overturned by a higher court? This question targets those who are actively legislating from the bench, those who show a consistent tendency to rule based on political or personal preference rather than written law.
DJR: For removal. Add to that those who are receiving consistently the lowest ratings from peer review, judicial review, and BAR review.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against reducing retirement payments to the "wealthy" or those whose children are wealthy, by at least 50 percent? Wealthy is defined as $11.5m in assets.
DJR: Against. These citizens worked just like everyone. Paid in just like everyone else. They should receive the payout, just like everyone else. Now, it is up to Congress to manage our government so that every has a chance to get the payout, just like everyone else.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against changing the retirement age to sixty-nine immediately, and index the retirement age for those under the age of fifty to “life expectancy” minus five years?
DJR: Against. If someone does not want to retire, they do not have to retire unless physically and mentally no longer able to work. Congress needs to manage their funding better.
GOOOH!: Will you vote for or against the United States withdrawing from the U.N.?
DJR: Against. We cannot influence or participate with the world if we do not engage them in conversation. The planet has grown small, and smaller each year that goes by. We need to engage our neighbors in good conversations. They need to know our mind and we need to know theirs. We need to work together for the longevity of our planet.
© 20090627 Dr. David J Rogers
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