Candidate for US House in MD-6--David Vogt

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I found a candidate we should support in Maryland's 6th Congressional District. That part of Maryland is represented right now by a multi-millionaire investment banker who purchased his seat in Congress with $2 Million of his own money. This guy is going to need our support. By the way, get this, out of all of the candidates in the race, including the incumbent, Mr. Vogt is the ONLY candidate that actually lives inside the district. Crazy, huh?

www.vogtformaryland.com

I grabbed this bio from an email I received from the campaign:

David Vogt is a former Marine of the Year, served eight years as a well-decorated Marine, and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. David currently serves as the President and Executive Director of the Major General Boyd Cook Memorial Foundation which serves and assists our active duty military personnel and veterans. David's lifelong commitment to service, both personally and professionally, has moved him to advocate for Marylanders and Americans alike in the United States House of Representatives.

David's political platform is underscored by one thing: his trust and belief in the Constitution as the underlying document by which all governmental action must be measured. David supports pro-growth tax reform via the FairTax, reform of the Department of Education to place more power in the hands of local decision-makers and parents, healthcare reform that empower the consumer, not the federal government, and reform of Veterans Affairs. He is also an advocate for a balanced budget amendment. David is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and will fight for it in Washington, D.C.

 

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How is this guy better than Bongino?

 

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Well for one, David actually lives in the district. A lot of people up here aren't happy with Bongino carpetbagging across the state to find the best political opportunity. It's kind of funny when Bongino's PAC is named "Cede No Ground," but he is having to cede his own district to find one he can contest. My friends in the district already aren't happy that Delaney lives a few miles outside of the district, and they are even more unhappy that Bongino lives on the other side of the state.

I've spent time talking with both of them, and David impresses me more. He is smart, articulate, and deeply cares about what he is setting out to do. A theme of his campaign is being a Citizen Representative, not a professional campaigner. He makes the idea of service a large part of what he is about.

David has some great ideas on the issues and he has shown he is ready to lead on them. He knows more about the FairTax than about anyone I have met, and he has recently formed a 501c4 with doctors, insurance companies, etc. to develop an alternative to Obamacare. David's time in the Marines has shown him how harmful our foreign policy can be sometimes, and this gives him a unique perspective on the role our military should play.

 

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Positions on:
CISPA-SOPA
Patriot Act
Federal Reserve
War

I will add when these are detailed or at least hinted at.

 

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Positions on:
CISPA-SOPA
Patriot Act
Federal Reserve
War

I will add when these are detailed or at least hinted at.

I'll shoot him an email and get his official positions

 

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This is the response I got from David's campaign:

"Thanks you for your interest and questions. I believe I can address CISPA/SOPA and the PATRIOT Act with much of the same answer. I am a firm believer that the Bill of Rights applies even to today's technology. CISPA and SOPA is intrusive to many of our most basic rights including the First and Fourth Amendments without establishing a defined realm when these powers can be exercised. Who decides what constitutes a "cyber threat?" And how can we be sure that the powers granted under these pieces of legislation will not be abused as we have seen with the NSA? These are too large of questions that cannot adequately be answered; therefore, I oppose them. Much of the same with the PATRIOT Act. What began as an attempt to preserve national security quickly deteriorated into an assault on personal liberty. I oppose pieces of legislation that threaten our personal liberty and grow our government unconstitutionally.

Few people I have spoken with understand the immense power and authority granted to the Federal Reserve, and even fewer understand the economic threat that it poses. We have gotten to the point where our financial stability relies less on the actions of government than it does on the endless printing of money by the Federal Reserve. That is wrong. I will always support increased transparency and accountability regarding the Federal Reserve. Understandably, our elected officials were more concerned with the government shutdown in the recent weeks, but I hoped that the nomination of Janet Yellen would at least reignite conversations about reforming and auditing the Fed.

Speaking as a Marine, national defense is always an area of concern and a vital element in the protection of liberty; however, today our greatest concern and focus should be here at home, not in far away nations. We are not doing ourselves any favors by embarking on world-policing missions while ignoring our very real domestic problems and economic issues. The greatest way to maintain national security abroad is to have a strong economy at home. In regards to foreign policy, we must balance our desire to police the world with our obligation to act rationally."