Mike Benoit For Congress

My position on crime is this: almost all crime is local and therefore under jurisdiction of state and local government. The only federal crimes should consist of violations against those powers delegated to the federal government, and that does not include those areas reserved to the state jurisdiction. Examples of areas that the federal government should not criminalize include drugs, juvenile justice, and gun control legislation. These things are under state control. Needless to say, if there is no victim, there is no crime. Of course, the biggest crime in this country today is carried out by the federal government. I speak of trillion dollars of theft against the hard working people of this country for Marxist redistribution purposes.

We all know that the government needs to tax people to pay for the cost of government. I have no problem with that. However, we should only be asked to pay for a government which secures our inalienable rights, not one that plunders them. We should never sanction any form of taxation that is designed to transfer wealth, and enslave one group for the benefit of another. Any tax system which turns one citizen into a slave, and allows another to become a parasite, should never be allowed. The federal government can run on 20 percent of what it now takes from the hardworking people of this country. It can do that on excises, tariffs and impost quite well. The hideous Marxist income tax is not a lawful tax no matter what you think of the 16th Amendment. It certainly did not authorize a system of slavery that nullifies your rights.

The federal government was set up to be our foreign government, and the state and local governments to be our domestic governments. Think of it this way: the federal government is to deal with all those issues, foreign to the state jurisdiction, military, post offices, coinage, and relations with other countries, which would include handling disputes between the states. That is pretty much the sum of it. Each state is guaranteed a Republican form of self-government.

Democrats and Republicans argue about how much of your inalienable right to keep and bear arms they shall infringe upon. People have the right to defend themselves with whatever tool is also available to the attacker. The only way to guarantee that we never live under a Hitler, Mao, Stalin or Pol Pot is to make sure we always retain our right to keep and bear arms. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson: the strongest reason to keep and bear arms is to be able to one day take them up against tyranny in government. I second that motion. All in favor, say Aye.

This is simple: we should stay out of the sovereign affairs and petty squabbles of other nations. Do not take American taxpayer dollars to fund foreign charity. Let the individual citizens decide which organizations to support and which products and services to purchase. Bring American troops home; we should quit policing the world and withdraw from the Marxist U.N.

Tread lightly, but carry a big stick. I want to see the United States armed forces prepared to crush any enemy who initiates or attempts to initiate force against U.S. territory, rather than branching out around the globe to "protect" some foggy notion of a vital national interest. We must concentrate on building a strong defense and abandon further military offense. Yes, it is time for a "Star Wars" type missile defense and other state-of-the-art defensive measures. I believe we could cut billions from the military budget by bringing our troops home and still increase military pay so that our finest stay that way.

The Federal Government has no business in the education of our children. In fact, by getting involved in it, those politicians are violating the Constitution they took an oath to uphold. It makes no sense to rob money from the citizens, send it to D.C., and then send some of it back and call it a grant to the states for education. Let's face the facts: this is a siphon, and a farce. I would like to see the income tax abolished, leaving the money with those who have earned it. I believe more people would choose alternatives for their children. I believe if we are to maintain quality education, we must have more private competition!

The national debt is currently over NINE TRILLION DOLLARS! If it is left to fester it will eventually collapse our economy. This is a legacy of slavery we will leave our children. It must be eliminated, and it should be done by selling off federal assets, not by taxation. You cannot show me one instance of an individual, family, or government that continued to spend more than they take in that did not eventually go bankrupt.

I think that our health would improve dramatically if we were not split into two factions: those whose backs are being broken to carry those whose limbs have atrophied by getting a free ride. The U.S. is home to the most technologically advanced health care because the U.S. continues to allow the marketplace to exert a measure of innovative and creative force in the health care industry. Once again, it is not the business of the federal government to be involved in this area, just as it is not their job to feed us. Health care should be managed by the private marketplace and private charity, not the federal government.