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Getting Hoosiers
Working Again
The role of government
is not to create jobs, but to create an environment where jobs
will prosper. I'm a small business owner. I understand that
the small business is what makes America such a success. Through
ingenuity of the small business, the backs of the hard working
Americans, and the innovations during the industrial revolution
has made America the world leader it is today. In Indiana and
Northwest Indiana we should be proud our state is standing
strong while other states are in a even more serious economic
down turn. We shall strive for a lasting economic success, by
creating the environment where jobs will continue to flourish
and prosper in Indiana.
Restoring
the Power of the State
"The
powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people." ~ 10th Amendment United States
Constitution.
The
federal government for decades has used a tortured and twisted
interpretation of the " interstate commerce " clause
to regulate and control our lives. However, this question
needs to be asked: are the states bound to honor a law passed
by the Congress that is unconstitutional? I say they are not.
James Madison wrote in the
" Virginia Resolutions " that " ... whenever
the federal government exceeds its constitutional limits and
begins to oppress the citizens of a state, that state's
legislature is duty bound to interpose its power to prevent
the federal government from victimizing its people. " The
states, by adhering to the Tenth Amendment, can
constitutionally handcuff the federal government, thus
returning power to the states, and the people.
Stop the
Reckless Spending
Taxes have a
purpose, for paying for what is necessary. Count on a NO
vote for anything that will increase Indiana Property, Sales,
and Income taxes. All of us are already burdened with increased
inflation and a depressed economy. As a nation we have always
prospered with a free market system with hard working individuals
as the back bone. Lets not put anymore burdens
on the backs of our fellow Hoosiers.
Debt is a financial killer
You and I can
not live on credit cards and debt. Neither should Indiana.
Today's expenditures and bond issues are today's debt, plain and
simple; they are also
tomorrow's taxes. By running a deficit, we shift today's wants
to tomorrow's
taxes with interest.
Abortion
I’m
a strong believer in life and I’m very prolife. The
only reason I can see to end a pregnancy is when it risks the mother’s life. And no Doctor or
government official can make that decision only the
family can make such a decision.
Roe vs. Wade was decide
on the matter of privacy (Doctor vs. Patient
privacy). If a person was to attempt to or kill
another, no right of privacy can protect the guilty!
So Roe vs. Wade is decided on the wrong idea and
principal.
The Fifth Amendment
states: "No person shall be deprived of life,
liberty, or property!"
The Fourteenth Amendment states:
"nor shall any
State deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law;"
So that makes murder of a person a crime and any law
allowing it Unconstitutional!
Then the argument of when life starts:
I say that doesn’t matter when life starts according
to the Constitution. So lets find out why:
Let's take a look at the
preamble to the Constitution:
We
the People of the United States, in Order to form a
more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure
domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,
promote the general Welfare, and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.
"And
secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity"
The definition of
Posterity:
posterity
n. 1.
Future generations. 2. All of a person's
descendants.
If they used either term descendants or generations
you could argue the idea of when life starts.
But the founders didn’t use any of those terms they
used Posterity, and doing so the argument of when
life starts is mute and doesn’t matter, since all
generations including all future generations shall
not be deprived of Life, Liberty or Property!
Education
I believe
that many choices to parents should be
available, so they can choose what is
best for them and their children. Those
choices should not be restricted by the
state. Not every child learns in the same
way. Some students learn by listening,
some with hands on, while
others can read and learn.
Parents and Students choices should not
be limited by a cookie cutter approach
to education. It might be sending them to traditional
classroom, virtual school, charter
school, home school
or a private school. Parents need to have
the best option for their children
available to them.
Marriage
God ordained
marriage,
government
licensed it!
Therefore what
business does
the government
have to be
involved in a
religious
matter?
The marriage
license in the
United States
states: "that
the state has an
overriding
right, on behalf
of all citizens,
to protect them
from disease or
improper/Illegal
marriages, to
keep state
records, and to
ensure that
marriage
partners have an
adequate time to
think carefully
before marrying,
in the interests
of the larger
social welfare."
Black's Law
Dictionary
defines
"license" as,
"The permission
by competent
authority to do
an act which
without such
permission would
be illegal."
Thus making a
right a
privilege!
Actually when
you look at the
history of the
marriage license
you will find
that it was
because of
racism. The
concept of
Marriage
Licenses was
introduced in
the 1920’s when
38 states
prohibited
whites from
marrying blacks,
Mulattos,
Japanese,
Chinese,
Indians,
Mongolians,
Malays, or
Filipinos
without the
state approved
license. Thus
changing the
fundamentally
institution of
marriage, a
private contract
was exchanged
for a public
contract and the
state entered as
a third party in
the marriage
contract.
Second Amendment
I believe
the Second Amendment clearly states that
individuals have a right to keep and
bear arms. The whole point of
the Bill of Rights was to specifically
state the rights of the individual in
our Constitution. The founding fathers
believed so strongly in the right to
keep and bear arms that it came in only
behind freedom of speech in importance.
You and I both know that the amendment
has absolutely nothing to do with owning
arms for the purpose of hunting. It’s
about something much more serious than
that.
The
Constitution
I would say
that
I’m a strict
Constitutionalist!
I believe
in freedom and Liberty. All rights
belong to the people as stated in the 10th
Amendment, except for the powers we
delegated to the Government through the
Constitution. The Constitution is not a
living document; it was written with
exact meaning. If one is not sure on
that meaning there are several things
that can be read to find out the exact
meaning, such as the Federalist papers.
Just because a word or meaning has
changed over the years doesn’t mean that
the same use of that word in the
Constitution changes the meaning of the
Constitution.
If things
need to be changed because the views or
ideas change you must first amend the
Constitution, not find ways to
reinterpret it.
Constitutionalism- n -s 1: the
doctrine or system of government in which the
governing power is limited by enforceable rules of
law and concentration of power is limited by various
checks and balances so that the basic rights of
individuals and groups are protected 2: adherence to
the principals of constitutionalism (Webster's Third
New International Dictionary (unabridged))
Thank you:
With
respect,
Shawn Olson
Republican Candidate for Indiana Senate in the 4th District.
Standing
for the Tax Payers- not against them.
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