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Answers to constituents questions

Ben's answer to your questions
 
  • Why are you running (especially when you know you are going to lose?)                                                                               
    When enough 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!

 

  • 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.

 

  • 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?

 

  • 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.

 

  • 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!!

 

  •  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.