The following is a list of what I consider to be the most important issues affecting our Nation today. In this page, I try to succinctly state my position on each of the issues. A lot more could be said and written on each of these issues, but the following should cover the basics. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions about the stated points.

Abortion: The tragedies caused by unplanned, unwanted pregnancies are aggravated and sometimes created by government policies of censorship, restriction, regulation, and prohibition. Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold defendable positions on both sides, I believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration.

Afghanistan: I firmly believe in a policy of non-interventionism. I believe that we should keep to ourselves and outside of other countries' issues so long as they do not threaten our security or our sovereignty. I support the extraction of our troops from the region, albeit in a measured and well-planned fashion.

Arms: The supreme law of the land, the Constitution of the United States, establishes in the Bill of Rights that an armed citizenry is essential to a free society. I affirm the right to keep and bear arms and therefore oppose all laws at any level of government restricting, regulating, or requiring the ownership, manufacture, transfer, or sale of firearms or ammunition. I oppose all laws requiring registration of firearms or ammunition. I support the repeal of all gun control laws and demand the immediate abolition of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

China: Indeed a powerful force to be reckoned with, which has crept up almost unnoticed on us and the rest of the world. I believe that we can maintain our technological and economic supremacy, but not easily. One of the best ways to accomplish this, is to revamp our education system (see below for more on this) and encourage our children and students to focus on math and the sciences. Only by producing more scientists and engineers will we be able to generate the intellectual property, technological advances, and even energy independence, which will ensure our position as the most powerful nation on earth.

Constitution: I believe that the Constitution of the United States is one of the most remarkable and well thought-out documents that humans have ever put together. I also believe that in almost every aspect of government and even our daily lives, we have greatly forgotten and moved away from the principles described in it. It is the supreme law of the land, and no US government in power is worth a dime if it does not respect, defend, and follow the Constitution. From taxation, to the war on drugs, to censorship, we routinely ignore the ideals that our forefathers defined for us. I believe that the only way of returning this country to being the standard for democracy and freedom - true liberty - is by returning to and following our Constitution.

Corporate welfare, monopolies, and subsidies: Individuals must be free to be aggressive competitors and form corporations, cooperatives, and other types of companies based on voluntary association in the market place, and must enjoy no state-sponsored advantage. Those who best supply a good or service in the market will enjoy natural dominance only as long as they continue to benefit consumers. Subsidies and government-granted monopolies protect the non-competitive from market forces.

Crime: Government exists to protect the rights of every individual including life, liberty, and property. Criminal laws should be limited to violation of the rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm. Individuals retain the right to voluntarily assume risk of harm to themselves in the exercise of free choice.

Drugs: The suffering that drug misuse has brought about is deplorable; however, drug prohibition causes more harm than drugs themselves. The so-called "War on Drugs" is in reality a war against the American people, our Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. It is a grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic order, and to peace in the world. Individuals should have the right to use drugs, whether for medical or recreational purposes, without fear of legal reprisals, but must be held legally responsible for the consequences of their actions only if they violate others’ rights. Alcohol prohibition tore America apart once. Now it is the war on drugs. Harsh laws and the threat of jail and fines will not stop drug use. All they do is make it harder to help people and just as Prohibition created organized crime, today's drug laws keep organized crime alive -- with all the violence and corruption that goes along with it. Before drugs were illegal, Americans handled them with few problems. Let's respect the right of people to control their own bodies. Decriminalize drugs and tax the heck out of them, help those who need it, and let the police spend their time protecting us from real crime. 

Education: I strongly advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended. I believe we must repeal the guarantees of tax-funded, government-provided education, which are found in most state constitutions. I oppose denial of tax-exempt status to schools because of those schools’ private policies. I strongly support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether for profit or non-profit. I condemn compulsory education laws. I further support immediate reduction of tax support for schools, and removal of the burden of school taxes from those not responsible for the education of children. Poor children suffer the most under the current education system. Wealthy parents can afford to send their children to better or safer schools. Poor parents have no choice. Their children generally end up in the schools with the worst problems. These children end up at a government schools (AKA 'public' schools), which are obligated to accept every local student, even those who are not interested in learning or who have a reputation for being disruptive or dangerous. The current system traps poor children in poor schools.  

Energy: I am firmly convinced that we have the technological and scientific knowledge to develop multiple alternative energy options to not only satisfy our own needs, but also those of the world. Dependence on foreign oil is in my opinion one of the most dangerous threats against our sovereignty, independence, and self-reliance and we must make the elimination of this dependence one of the main priorities. I do however believe that these solutions will more likely - and more efficiently - come from private enterprises than government efforts. I am a staunch believer in free market solutions to environmental problems, and vehemently oppose government regulation that interferes with private business and personal liberty.  I highly doubt that any viable solutions could come from America's biggest polluter: the federal government. Therefore my goal is to extract the government from interfering (positively or negatively) from any energy-related developments and businesses (oil included) and allow the market to freely respond to the energy needs of America  and the world.

Free trade: In order to achieve a free economy, I oppose all government subsidies to business, labor, education, agriculture, science, broadcasting, the arts, sports, or any other special interest. In particular, I condemn any effort to forge an alliance between government and business under the guise of “industrial policy.” Subsidies, tariffs, and quotas serve to give special treatment to special interests. These measures reduce the understanding among different peoples. I strongly support abolition of trade barriers and government-sponsored export-promotion programs, as well as the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Court of International Trade. Concurrent shall be the complete withdrawal from all trade agreements including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement. 

Gay rights: Homosexuals are humans and as such we must ensure that they have the same rights as everyone else - without exception. I therefore support the repeal of all criminal laws regulating sexual activity between consenting adults, including victimless crime laws and cross-dressing. I believe in ending government-initiated discrimination, especially in the United States Armed Forces and public schools. We must end the usage of zoning and loitering laws to harass gay people and gay-owned businesses. I demand equal treatment for gay immigrants and the legalization of same-sex marital contracts and allowing gay people to adopt and have custody of children. In essence and very simple terms - homosexuals deserve the same rights as everyone else as far as the government is concerned. Private companies and individuals should however retain the right and freedom to decide with whom they wish to interact and whom they wish to employ.

Global warming: I believe in and defer to science and hard data on this particular issue. I am neither an environmental or atmospheric scientist, nor do I have all the data about this issue, and as such will not venture to guess the causes for climate change. I do believe climate is changing and believe that human intervention has an effect to some degree. However, and more importantly, if there is anything we can do to slow, stop, or even reverse any adverse changes in our environment, I strongly support such efforts.

Gun control: See arms.

Health care: I advocate a complete separation of medicine from the state. I strongly oppose any government restriction or funding of medical or scientific research, including cloning. I support an end to government-provided health insurance and health care. Government’s role in any kind of insurance should only be to enforce contracts when necessary, not to dictate to insurance companies and consumers which kinds of insurance contracts they may voluntarily agree upon.

Homeland defense and security: Without a doubt, America’s defense capability should be strong enough to defend the United States. However, the US now accounts for 37% of all the world’s military spending. Another 30% of world military spending is by countries in Western Europe along with Japan, South Korea, and Israel -- nations which pose no conceivable threat to the US. Russia, our former Cold War adversary, certainly represents no military threat. Our military budget is $260 billion; Russia’s is less than $80 billion. China spends less than $7 billion on defense. The most commonly cited rogue states -- Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, North Korea, and Cuba spend a combined $15 billion. Nowhere are American vital interests under attack or even seriously threatened. If the US were to pursue a policy of defending its own borders while avoiding foreign intervention, we could realistically reduce our defense budget to as little as $125 billion over the next five years. I believe in the abolition of the Selective Service or any form of national service. I oppose adding women to the pool of those eligible for the draft because I believe that this step enlarges the number of people subjected to government tyranny. I support the immediate exoneration of all who have been accused or convicted of draft evasion or desertion and call for the end of the Defense Department practice of discharging armed forces personnel for homosexual conduct. I believe that the potential use of nuclear weapons is one of the greatest threats to America. I therefore call on the U.S. government to continue negotiations to the end that all such weapons will ultimately be eliminated. If Europeans want nuclear weapons on their soil, they should take full responsibility for them and pay the cost. I call for the withdrawal of American military personnel stationed abroad, including the countries of NATO Europe, Japan, the Philippines, Central America, and South Korea.

Illegal immigration: Our borders are currently neither open, closed, nor secure. This situation restricts the labor pool, encouraging employers to hire undocumented workers, while leaving those workers neither subject to nor protected by the law. A completely open border allows foreign criminals, carriers of communicable diseases, terrorists, and other potential threats to enter the country unchecked. Pandering politicians guarantee access to public services for undocumented aliens, to the detriment of those who would enter to work productively, and increasing the burden on taxpayers. The legitimate function and obligation of government to protect the lives, rights, and property of its citizens, requires awareness of and control over the entry into our country of foreign nationals who pose a threat to security, health, or property. Political freedom and escape from tyranny demands that individuals not be unreasonably constrained by government in the crossing of political boundaries. Economic freedom demands the unrestricted movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders. Borders can be secure and still allow free entry to those who have demonstrated compliance with certain requirements. The terms and conditions of entry into the United States must be simple and clearly spelled out. Documenting the entry of individuals must be restricted to screening for criminal background and threats to public health and national security. It is the obligation of the prospective immigrant to demonstrate compliance with these requirements. Once effective immigration policies are in place, general amnesties will no longer be necessary.

Iran: The important principle in foreign policy should be the elimination of intervention by the United States government in the affairs of other nations. I therefore favor a drastic reduction in cost and size of our total diplomatic establishment. However, if any nation threatens our security, and if every diplomatic effort has been exhausted without an acceptable solution, we should unleash our full military might on them. I do not however believe in preemptively starting wars against other nations without clear aggression on their part.

Iraq: See Iran.

Jobs: I support the right of free persons to voluntarily associate in, or not associate in, labor unions. An employer should have the right to recognize, or refuse to recognize, a union as the collective bargaining agent of its employees. I also oppose government interference in bargaining. Therefore, we should repeal the National Labor Relations Act, and all state Right-to-Work Laws which prohibit employers from making voluntary contracts with unions. I support the repeal of laws that impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws, so-called “protective” labor legislation for women and children, and governmental restrictions on the establishment of private day-care centers. I deplore government-fostered forced retirement, which robs the elderly of the right to work. I most adamantly oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and “aid to the poor” programs, and defer to private charity to make up for inefficient government efforts.

Minimum wage: Skilled, experienced workers make high wages because employers compete to hire them. Poorly educated, inexperienced young people can't get work because minimum wage laws make them too expensive to hire as trainees. Repeal of the minimum wage would allow many young, minority, and poor people to work. It must be asked, if the minimum wage is such a good idea, why not raise it to $200 an hour? Even the most die-hard minimum wage advocate can see there's something wrong with that proposal. The only "fair" or "correct" wage is what an employer and employee voluntarily agree upon. We should repeal minimum wage now.

National debt: A debt-free government frees up economic resources, allowing for lower taxes, economic growth, and lower interest rates.

North Korea: See Iran.

Nuclear weapons: See homeland defense and security.

Principles and values: I believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world; that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized. An ideal world would be one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power. We must defend the rights of individuals to engage in or abstain from any religious activities that do not violate the rights of others. In order to defend freedom, I firmly believe in a strict separation of church and State. I also oppose taxation of church property for the same reason that I oppose all taxation. I resent the harassment of churches by the Internal Revenue Service. All rights are inextricably linked with property rights. Our bodies are our property every bit as much as is justly acquired land or material objects. I further believe that the owners of property have the full right to control, use, dispose of, or in any manner enjoy, their property without interference. I condemn government efforts to regulate and demand an end to the taxation of privately owned real property.

Property rights: Only individuals and private entities have the full right to control, use, dispose of, or in any manner enjoy their property without interference, until and unless the exercise of their control infringes on the valid rights of others. Resource management and planning are the responsibility and right of the legitimate owners of land, water, and other natural resources.

Religion: I believe in defending the rights of individuals to engage in (or abstain from) any religious activities that do not violate the rights of others. I will defend everyone's right to worship or abstain from worshiping so long as they do not force their beliefs onto others through legislation or intimidation.

Sexuality and gender: I believe that consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Government does not have legitimate authority to define or license personal relationships. Sexuality or gender should have no impact on the rights of individuals.

Social security: I believe you should be able to opt out of Social Security and invest your money in your own personal retirement account. An account that you own and control - one that politicians can't get their hands on.

Stem cell: I believe in keeping the government out of as many issues as possible, and stem cell research is no different. I believe the private market and companies - and especially individuals through competition - can benefit greatly from private research. Spending government funds (i.e. our money) on this research and selectively on whatever other research or programs seem to be popular at any given point in time is in essence a waste and, as most other government programs, will likely be inefficient and unsuccessful. 

Taxes: I recognize the right of any individual to challenge the payment of taxes on moral, religious, legal, or constitutional grounds; oppose all personal and corporate income taxation; support the repeal of the 16th Amendment; and oppose any increase in existing tax rates and the imposition of any new taxes; support the eventual repeal of all taxation; and support a declaration of unconditional amnesty for all those individuals who have been convicted of, or who now stand accused of, tax resistance.  If, as a transitional stage we must have a tax, then I whole-heartedly endorse the Fair Tax.

United Nations: I believe that the UN represent foreign entitlement programs which hinder the free market principle. The United Nations represent the potential of taxation without representation and has essentially outlived its usefulness. This institution has proven repeatedly that it represents the abuses of most government entities including: corruption, waste, self-aggrandizement, self-interest and promotion among others. Bribery and usury of even basic support of food and medicine is rampant in UN programs, not to mention their endless list of useless resolutions.