Lets Get a List of Candidates Going

Have we got anyone from Pennsylvania's 12th District that could run. John Murtha died this morning and that seat is now an open seat.
 
Bump for exposure for all of these candidates. I know that RPF is doing a lot to fund and support Rand, Medina, Schiff, and Kokesh, but if there's a candidate in your area, seek out their campaign manager and get involved! We don't just need a few seats....we need all of them.
 
For California: DALE F. OGDEN

http://www.dalefogden.org/

:)

His reply to my e-mail:

I am NOT an interventionist. I believe in the foreign policy advocated by Thomas Jefferson; in his inaugural address on 4 March 1801, he declared his devotion to "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."

We need to be strong to defend ourselves but we cannot and should not be the world's policeman.

A significant element of how we deal with the world is also evident in the favorable treatment of large financial institutions and large multi-national corporations. There should be no favoritism, no government-granted special treatment. That is what got us into the current financial meltdown. A small group of very wealthy people, both US Citizens and foreigners, were bailed out by the rest of us. This should not be.

If you read through the articles I have posted and comments I have made on www.daleogden.net, you'll get a better idea of my thinking on any number of issues. I can also say that I agree with almost everything from the Reason Foundation, the Cato Institute, the Mises Institute, and the Foundation for Economic Education (and others). That should give you a good idea of how I would govern.

ON THE ISSUES:

As Governor, I pledge to restore fiscal responsibility to the State of California and will use every tool at my disposal, including the line-item veto, the federal and state courts, and the Ballot Initiative Process, to make California the great state it once was. The line item veto is a very powerful tool that the Governor can use to effectively eliminate harmful, useless, and duplicative regulatory agencies and significantly downsize other state agencies. Accomplishing this will require the following and more:

First and most importantly, we need to permanently roll-back spending to or below the level of 1998 (adjusted for inflation and population) and absolutely limit future spending increases (excess revenue should be used to retire debt or returned to the people). Does any rational person believe that California did not have enough government in 1998? or in 1988? I will never sign a budget that does not reduce spending to those levels. There should be absolutely no borrowing for the State’s general fund.
We need to roll-back the excessive salaries and bloated pensions for state employees (see PensionTsunami.com: “...approaching wave of pension debt is a lot bigger than it looks...and [is] about to drown America’s taxpayers.”). We may need to use the federal courts to accomplish some of this. We need to eliminate all “double-dipping” and increase the retirement age for current and future state employees to at least 65 (from its current 50 or 55), like everyone else.
We need to stop collusion between politicians, bureaucrats and government employee unions. Far too often, public employee unions give money and free “volunteer” labor to politicians for their campaigns. The politicians return the favor by agreeing to excessive increases in salaries, pensions and other benefits. And far too often, those who actually negotiate the salaries and pensions also benefit from them. This must stop immediately. No elected or appointed official should ever get a pension or any other benefits after they leave office.
We need to (a) abolish useless and harmful state licensing and regulatory agencies and repeal thousands of useless and often harmful regulations, creating a rational, business-friendly state and (b) abolish the state personal and corporate income taxes and capital gains taxes (they will no longer be needed). This will create millions of jobs as entrepreneurs, investors, and businesses (and millions of jobs) are attracted to California.
I support making the Legislature part-time, like it was prior to 1966. Texas has very similar demographics to California, but no state income tax and a part-time legislature; Texas also has a budget surplus and one-third lower unemployment: (according to the U. S. Department of Labor (BLS), as of December 2009, unemployment was 8.3% in Texas and 12.4% in California). As was stated in an 1866 New York court case, “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the Legislature is in session.” (see Citizens for California Reform).
Repeal the global warming (i.e., carbon limits) laws that the idiots in the state legislature have already passed and that our idiot-in-chief governor signed. Check out this article (11/20/2009) and, more recently (12/9/2009), this article [Climategate: Gore falsifies the record], about the “stolen” emails admitting that the climate “scientists” distort and hide data. The scandal grows each day as the self-anointed climate “scientists” and others (e.g., Al Gore) who have perpetrated this fraud try to ignore the evidence and continue their efforts to scam the citizens of the world.
Education: Many people have asked me how I plan to “fix” education. One thing is certain; fixing education does not require more money. In fact, the more money we spend the worse it gets. As Governor, my first step to improving education would be to get the State out of education and let the cities and counties deal with it. We waste phenomenal amounts of money at the state and federal levels and have duplicative agencies. Most government school systems have too many administrators. The more decentralized education becomes, the better it will be. Give people choices.
My governing philosophy is to have the government do only those few things that it must do and try to do them well. All else should be left to private individuals who are in the best position to decide what they need, what they want, and how to achieve personal fulfillment.
 
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Justin Amash for Michigan's 3rd district.

Liberty Candidate Credentials:

Who is Justin?
As a state representative, Justin has set new standards for transparency and accountability. He was one of the first two state legislators to list his office expenses, staff salaries, and legislative benefits online. He has also earned a wide following among Michigan voters for posting all of his votes, with explanations and an opportunity for interactive discussion, on his official Facebook Page.

Issues
Economy
Michigan’s high unemployment rate is a direct result of government central planning.

Education
The right of parents to educate their children as they see fit, including the right of homeschooling, should not be infringed.

Energy
Government subsidies, regulations, and taxes have resulted in costlier and less efficient forms of energy than would be produced in the free market.

Environment
The best way to protect and preserve the environment is through the strict enforcement of property rights.

Free Markets
When government uses central planning to promote certain activities and ventures—whether through Federal Reserve policies or targeted economic incentives—it disrupts price signals and distorts behavior, creating dangerous economic cycles.

Health Care
Heavy-handed government regulation has created a hopelessly complicated medical system that benefits mostly insurance companies and lawyers.

Life
The proper function of government is to protect individual rights—life, liberty, and property.

National Defense
The exclusive power of Congress to declare war must be respected, and executive reactions to imminent dangers must not be allowed to drag on without the express authorization of Congress.

Second Amendment
As the Founders recognized, the right of the people to keep and bear arms is the surest safeguard against violations of our liberty.

State Sovereignty & Individual Rights
In 2009, I co-sponsored a resolution to affirm Michigan's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment.

Taxes
Government should end the ugly practice of picking winners and losers in our economy through subsidies and targeted tax breaks.

Transparency
I have dedicated myself to transparency and accountability as a state representative and will continue my quest for government transparency as a representative in Congress.

Justins Facebook Page
Justin keeps a detailed record of all his votes and actions with explanations why he voted the way he did.

Proven and consistent liberty voting record.
"If you are a fan of Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, Rand Paul, Jeff Flake, or Paul Ryan you should be rooting for Justin Amash. The best thing about Amash's run for Congress is that (unlike many who claim to be champions of small government) he has a proven track record and can vouch for being completely committed to liberty. Please visit his site, send him some cash (I know I did), and let's rally America's fighters for liberty to put another champion for liberty in the US House of Representatives!"

Relevant/Important/Points of note

- Amash has already raised $121k (at last check).
- Has a functional website.
- Has the support of the DeVos family (#1 GOP donors in the US and one of the Amway families).
- Has incredible grassroots support as evidenced among those in the Kent County GOP/facebook/RLC/C4L/Tea Party groups.
- He's the only clear conservative in the race.
- He has a consistent and transparent voting record.
- He also has received glowing support from Democrats in the House who express ideological differences but find him to be a great colleague making it tough to brand him as some sort of an "extremist".
- Not running against an incumbent.
- Running in a VERY conservative district and should be able to steamroll the competition in the general.

http://redstateeclectic.typepad.com/redstate_commentary/justin-amash/
http://libertyvsleviathan.wordpress.com/tag/justin-amash/
http://mi.rlc.org/2010/02/11/michigan-rlc-convention-with-gary-johnson-feb-27th/
http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2010/02/justin-amash-real-deal-libertarian.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/JustinAmash#p/u/1/WBU_WMnpNfA

YouTube - Tea Party of West Michigan Rep Justin Amash

YouTube - Rep. Justin Amash Accused of Not Favoring Special Interests | justinamash.com
 
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