Ben Olson III

 Libertarian Platform of Beliefs

   

 

 

(Ben grooming Hillary as Barack watches)

 

 

Vote for Ben Olson III in

the primary elections for the 3rd District in Wisconsin

September 9th, 2008

 

 

WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE THAT QUALIFIES YOU FOR THIS JOB?  I have a wealth of real world experience, and if it's true that we learn from our mistakes, I may be the smartest candidates running in this election.  My philosophy is based on the CONSTITUTION and BILL OF RIGHTS.  My belief does not waiver from the wisdom in that blueprint for our country.

 

• WHAT ABOUT THE POOR?  WHAT ABOUT THE OLD PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY?   We can't pull the rug out from under people who are depending on Medicare and Social Security, but we can start the process to privatize these services.  This will increase peoples options and making them more cost effective.
 
• DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY?  AREN'T YOU AFRAID OF TERRORISTS?  IS IT NOT BETTER TO GIVE UP A FEW FREEDOMS THAN TO RISK BEING TAKEN OVER BY TERRORISTS?   I care deeply about national sercurity and I'm concerned about terrorists.  Rather than flaunting our military might around the world and provoking people who choose to use terrorism as their means of expressing their hatred, we need to protect our borders, keep our military trained and alert and carry on as a nation with an integrity that the rest of the world will look up to.

If you have not watched the movie by Aaron Russo "Freedom to Facism", it is a  MUST SEE.  This documentary of Aaron's quest to find out the truth about our Federal Reserve Bank and the IRS will blow you away.  Imagine not having to pay Federal Income Tax.  Imagine our country not being in hock and your bank account being in the black instead of the red.  Meanwhile, check out the web site:

http://www.freedomtofacism.com/

 

The primary objectives:

 

Stop the polarization of America

Stop the domination of the Democratic and Republican parties over our political system

Shut down the Federal Reserve system

Return America's gold to Fort Knox and have it audited

Have Congress and the IRS, in a public forum, reveal the law that requires Americans to pay a direct, unapportioned tax on their labor.

Make computerized voting illegal in all 50 states

Keep the internet free and out of the control of large institutions

Rescind the law called the Real ID Act so Americans never have to carry a National ID Card

Make it illegal to implant RFID chips in human beings

Educate juries to the fact that they have the right to determine the law as well as the facts of a case

Educate juries to the fact that they are not obligated to follow the instructions of a judge

Stop Globalization because it is the path to a one world government

Protect our borders

Restore the environment

Put an end to the Patriot Act

Sign up millions of Americans so we can accomplish our objectives

 

 

 

        

 Ben's Position as stated to the Altoona Star, Wisconsin

The 3 most important issues facing Americans today are mounting national debt due to entitlements and runaway spending, the corresponding tax and regulation burden on productive Americans, and the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan as well as American Jingoism around the globe. 

According to government sources, our national debt is 9 trillion dollars.  David M. Walker, former Comptroller General under the current Bush administration maintains that the true scope of the debt including obligations to Social Security and Medicare is $52 trillion, which is $410,000 for every full-time worker in America.  Even if a balanced budget were passed, the debt would continue to grow $2 trillion per year. Walker says that the only way out of this mess would be to double taxes or cut spending by 60% over the next 30 years.  We can’t run our households by piling up debt, why do we allow our elected officials to run our country that way?      

Because the government can spend money without restraint - just put it on the credit card so to speak, it also has no problem raising taxes and adding surcharges.  The hidden cost of compliance and regulation are an additional tax burden on all Americans as these costs are included in the price of all products we buy.  Much government regulation is designed to help successful and profitable industries such as agribusiness, energy and manufacturing by stifling or eliminating competition.  Once again, the taxpayers and consumers lose.  We can’t cut taxes until we cut spending and this next congress must face the challenge.  Eliminating the IRS and replacing our tax system with a ‘goods and services’ sales tax should be given serious consideration.    

We are spending $400 million per day keeping US troops in the Middle East.  Our occupation of these countries is an illegal and immoral act of aggression.  I support our troops, but believe they should be here in the US protecting the borders of our country.  We presently have troops in 130 countries around the world and its time to bring them home.   

As a Libertarian, I believe that our Constitution was very clear on the function of our Federal Government - to protect and preserve the borders of our country and to provide a fair legal system to help people defend themselves against force and fraud.  Anything else the Federal Government is doing is usurpation of the powers enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.        

The Democrats and Republicans enjoy the status quo and continue to advocate big government solutions to problems that, in many cases, were caused by government in the first place.  Citizens need to demand that their elected officials stop playing Santa Claus, giving out favors and goodies, and start running the country like a business that has to end up with a bottom line in the black.      

• WHAT CAN YOU DO TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY?   I can vote to cut unnessesary GOVERNMENT SPENDING and of course, cut taxes accordingly and the economy will get a tremendous shot in the arm!!

• Why are you running (especially when you know you are going to lose?)                                                                               When enough As soon as voters wake up to what the republicrats have been doing and demand REAL solutions, then I will win.  Because of the sheer number of people who blindly vote a straight ticket, I'm at a disadvantage.  However, the Libertarians do have a consistant platform that deal with the problems we face.

• WHY SHOULD PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU OVER YOUR OPPONENTS?   I'm not looking at throwing more money or expanded government power at Social Security or Health Care and unlike the incumbant, I will work to get our troops back from the Middle East NOW!

• YOU SAY YOU ARE AGAINST BIG GOVERNMENT, BUT HOW WILL PEOPLE SURVIVE WITHOUT THE "SOCIAL SAFETY NET"?  Roosevelt set up the safety net 75 years ago and it was expanded by LBJ in the 60'S.  With all the Federal assisstance, there are more percentages of poor people now than in the 1960's.  Has government really DONE ANYTHING for the poor? Smaller Government and reduced taxation would allow for greater charitable donations.   Who really cares more about the poor?  The Government or the Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul, etc?