William L.
Pressgrove
7849 W. 1700
S.
Cedar City,
Utah 84720-4845
October
7, 2012
To reply to this survey, it
is impossible to answer the questions solely with the responses provided. This survey is just as lopsided in its
presentation of reality as that of any of the Democratic positions. I, therefore, choose to answer with this
letter. However, because there is no
donation attached, I suppose that this will be trashed without being read. I assure you, that many of my Republican
friends will read it and that its impact will be felt.
To present the demographics;
I am 63, married, self-employed (not an option on the survey), own my own home,
and have a Masters of Education Degree.
1. Do you believe that President
Obama’s policies over the past three years have strengthened the U.S. economy?
a. No. President Obama, in my opinion, has been
deliberately undermining the economy because, as a “New World Order” philosopher,
he has to equalize the U.S. with all the third world countries.
b. On the other hand, this
philosophy has been the driving force behind both parties for the past eight
decades. Republicans in all branches of
the government, although more slowly, have been advancing the socialistic programs
that take away the freedom of choice from the citizens and sovereign of this
country.
2. The White House and its
Democratic allies in Congress want to increase tax rates on individuals and
families to pay for government that is more wasteful. Do you support Democrats’ call for tax hikes?
a. No. The Democrats have stealthily added to the
burden of all by their unilateral implementation of “ObamaCare”, in addition to
QE1, QE2, and QE3 that diminishes the buying power of the dollars they still
have left because of inflation.
b. However, when the records of
the Republicans as well as the Democrats are examined, there are only a handful
of Republicans that have not added to the debt with pork barrel spending
through the unconstitutional practice of earmarks. Neither has there been a concerted effort by
Republicans as a whole to support tax reform that would equalize the burden of
running the government amongst all the citizens, i.e. “Fair Tax”.
3. Do you support the Keystone
energy pipeline as a way to boost American Job Creation, address high energy
prices and reduce our dependence on Middle East oil?
a. Yes. I support the Keystone pipeline, but it
doesn’t help us become energy independent because it too is a source of foreign
oil, meaning that when it is completed, our dependence on foreign oil will
shift from the OPEC countries to our neighbor to the North, Canada.
b. As far as I have been
informed, Republicans haven’t done anything to shift the subsidies received by
the oil companies to programs that would ultimately wean us off of the need to
use fossil fuels altogether. Oil
companies obviously make their money from finite sources of energy and should
be the forerunners of research in alternate sources of energy so that when the
fossil fuels run out, they will be able to stay in business.
4. The American Action Network
reports that in 2011 alone, the Obama administration imposed “$231.4 billion in
regulatory burdens and 133 million paperwork burden hours” that threaten small
businesses. Do you support House
Republican efforts to eliminate excessive regulation on job creators?
a. Yes. The current administration has attempted to
reduce the U.S. to a third world country in this fashion.
b. Government control of the
Free Market system has been part of the agenda of every administration since
Woodrow Wilson put in place the sixteenth amendment. Republican administrations have aided and
abetted this process in every administration they have controlled as well. It appears as though the pot is calling the
kettle black on this one.
5. During President Obama’s
time in the White House, Washington has racked up the three largest deficits in
U.S. history. Do you agree that out of
control government spending harms long-term economic growth?
a. Yes. This administration has amassed a record for
having deficits with no budget at all.
The only balanced budgets that have happened in my lifetime have been
those in which the Social Security Trust Fund has been raided to make it look
like the budget was balanced under President Clinton.
b. Now I ask you, have the
Republican administrations over the past 60 years managed to have a real
balanced budget in which smoke and mirrors have not been used to make it appear
more balanced than it really is?
Obviously not.
6. Do you support House
Republican efforts to cut discretionary government spending back to
pre-”stimulus,” pre-bailout levels?
a. No. The discretionary spending should be the
major portion of the government’s spending.
In order to make that happen, the entitlements or non-discretionary
spending; i.e. Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid should be phased out
completely. That would only leave the
payment on the National Debt as non-discretionary spending.
b. Both political parties have
continued to perpetuate the “entitlement mentality” because it benefits them
politically. As long as the voting
public is beholding to the government for any larges, they will vote for those
who give them the most. This skews the
elections in favor of the party that offers the most, which turns us into a
welfare state or socialistic country.
Republicans have been as guilty as Democrats except they have been doing
it more slowly.
7. Do you support House
Republicans’ ban on earmarks?
a. Yes. That would be a good place to start to true
the elections.
b. However, Republicans have
been just as guilty as Democrats have for taking advantage of earmarks. Take Ron Paul for example; he has voted
against every appropriations bill that has had earmarks in it, at the same time
he has been putting earmarks in the bills that he is sure will pass without his
vote.
8. Do you support a Balanced
Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
a. Yes. The only reason is because it appears that
politicians don’t have the integrity to propose a balanced budget on their own.
b. At present this point is
mute because Congress hasn’t had a budget in three years, which makes it very
hard to balance it. It appears that
within the Balanced Budget amendment there needs to be a clause that says that
if Congress can’t produce a budget on time or at a minimum produce a budget
before the end of the year, then there should be a mandatory election to
replace them in which they cannot be placed on the ballot.
9. Do you agree that fixing our
nations broken tax code will help job creators and make American manufacturers
more competitive?
a. Yes. However, the only to fix the tax code
permanently is to scrap it altogether.
There is no way to “fix” what we currently have. It is part of the Communist Manifesto to have
a “graduated” tax code.
b. The only way to make sure
that each citizen pays his “fair share” is with a tax on consumption. That way those who are poor will pay their
share by paying the same percentage on their meager purchases as the
billionaires pay on their purchases of yachts and other luxury items. It would also increase the tax base because
foreign visitors to our country would have to pay the same tax.
10. Do you support the GOP’s
plan introduced last year to remove government barriers to private-sector
jobs—the Plan for America’s Job Creators?
a. No. Any plan proposed by the government to create
“private-sector” jobs has strings attached to it. This would place the government in a position
to “pick and choose” which jobs would be created and that is unconstitutional.
b. Republicans should know
better than to propose such a plan.
11. Is the media devoting enough
coverage to the nearly 30 jobs bills House Republicans passed in 2011 that
remain stuck in the U.S. Senate?
a. No. The media has not done its job in the past 50
years. Main stream media has a liberal
(socialistic) agenda and will not report honestly on anything done by the
opposition party.
b. However, I’m sure the
Republicans would be just as happy as the Democrats are if the shoe were on the
other foot.
12. Do you agree that
fundamental reform is needed to save critical health and retirement programs
like Social Security and Medicare from future generations?
a. No. These entitlement programs infringe on my
responsibility to provide for my family and myself. These are the very programs that, through
their inception and mismanagement, have placed us into the position we are in
financially as a nation. Our ancestors
did not need them and we don’t need them now.
b. As harsh as it sounds, I
would prefer to be responsible for my own health care and perhaps die early
because I didn’t manage it well than to provide tax funds for abortions and
deprive those yet unborn of an opportunity to have lived.
13. Do you agree with the
Republican position that any entitlement reforms should protect Americans
currently 55 or older?
a. Yes. This is only because “well-meaning yet
unscrupulous” politicians forced the programs on the people.
b. The programs should be
phased out to allow those who have paid into them to receive a return on their
investment. However, those who have not
heavily invested in the programs yet should have the opportunity to secure
their own retirement and health care.
With the current tax code, they those who have invested in these
programs should be given tax credits up to 10% of what they have invested until
they have recuperated their investment.
With a new tax code of taxation on consumption, they should be given a
yearly 10% lump sum of their investment until the entire investment is paid
back.
14. Do you support the immediate
and total repeal of the ObamaCare health care law?
a. Yes. There is nothing more devastating to a
country that to have the government in charge of health care for each citizen.
b. If you can control what
healthcare of each individual, there is nothing you can’t get him or her to do.
15. Do you believe medical
malpractice reform to stop junk lawsuits and lower costs should be a priority
for healthcare reform legislation?
a. No. Just as ObamaCare is unconstitutional, so
would any legislation of this nature be unconstitutional.
b. The states are the ones
responsible for the jurisprudence in their state and the federal government has
no constitutional right to intervene.
16. Do you believe that
ObambCare’s tax increases, cost hikes and mandates are making it harder for
employers to hire and invest?
a. Yes. But why ask this question if you want people
to answer that they want ObamaCare repealed?
b. Any time government
interferes in the affairs between employer and employee, it is overstepping its
constitutional authority.
17. Do you believe you can
receive the same quality health care and accessibility to quality care through
a federal government run health care system?
a. No. The federal government has no business trying
to intervene in the affairs of its citizens in any regard.
b. The Federal Government’s job
is to intervene in international cases and to prevent states from abusing each
other in the area of commerce. Nothing
not specifically authorized in the Constitution under Article 1 Section 8 is
the responsibility of the Federal Government.
18. Do you support the
House-passed No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act to permanently ban taxpayer
funding for abortions across all federal programs?
a. Yes. Funding for taking the life from an unborn
child is totally egocentric. It says
that one who is living is more important that one who hasn’t had the
opportunity to do so yet. The unborn are
totally innocent of any wrong doing yet they are being exterminated by those
who think their life is more important.
b. Doesn’t government have the
responsibility to protect “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”? Under the Declaration of Independence, don’t
the people have the responsibility to replace any government that doesn’t
protect those rights?
19. Do you support allowing
parents to send their children to the school of their choice be it public,
parochial, or private?
a. Yes. Again, there is no provision for any
government intervention in education.
b. Wasn’t our education system
better when the states had to compete for citizens? Wasn’t part of that competition the schools
that were offered in those states? Let
the states compete for a larger tax base by providing better schooling for the
children. “No Child Left Behind” means
that those who excel have to be slowed down to allow those with lesser
abilities to reach a passing level (many of whom have learned to game the
system and just wait until they are passed to a higher grade out of necessity).
20. Has the Obama Administration
done enough to counter Iran’s drive to acquire a nuclear weapon?
a. No. There have been so many loopholes in the
sanctions that have been placed on Iran that they have been able to stay afloat
in spite of them.
b. Have we forgotten that the
country is run by an Ayatollah of the Muslim faith? Does anyone in our current administration
(many of whom are also Muslims) realize that Iran doesn’t have to tell the
truth to the American government because we are considered “infidels” and the Quran
states that it’s proper for Muslims to lie to infidels?
21. Is stopping illegal
immigration and border violence a matter of national security?
a. Yes. This administration has ignored existing laws
to increase the Latino voting bloc.
b. Remember, agents Ramos and
Campean went to jail under President Bush. He desire for the Latino vote in his last
election. They were guilty of something
that in any other case would be considered worth a letter of reprimand, not
prison time. So who is guilty of not
enforcing the border and immigration laws?
22. Are you committed to helping
ensure that in 2012, Republicans retain a majority in the House so no matter
who wins the White House, conservatives have a voice in Washington D.C.?
a. Yes. I will support Republican candidates for
Congress and the Senate.
b. My support for Republicans
is not so much because they are Republicans, but because it will slow the
process toward socialism some. Maybe the
Republican Party will see the light and forsake ALL their tendencies toward
socialism by the next election.
23. Do you believe the
Republican House Majority elected in 2010 is doing a good job fighting on your
behalf for policies that help create jobs?
a. Yes. To the best of their abilities and
understanding, Republicans are fighting for jobs.
b. The government’s job is to
get out of the way and let the private sector grow and supply the jobs. Haven’t you been listening to your own
presidential candidate?
An additional question:
24. Do you believe that the
Republican House should have impeached the President immediately after they
took office on grounds of his violation of his oath of office because of his subversion
of the Constitution with his Executive Orders?
a. Yes. Why wasn’t it done and what makes you think
that the American public should have confidence in Congress that can’t even
present an impeachment indictment for a president that is obviously subverting
the Constitution?
Here comes the real reason
for the survey. No, I will not donate to
any Republican cause. If I choose, I
will support specific candidates but not the party as a whole. There is NO party in this country that
represents a true return to the Constitution and its strict construction
ideology.
I am incensed that your
party thinks I’m so dumb that I would answer these questions just the way the
party wants me to. And that, I would
donate to any party that thinks their members are so gullible as to blindly
answer these questions and then throw money behind the group without knowing
specifically what that money is being used for.
Just because someone tacks a party name to their own, doesn’t mean that
they support the parties views.
Sincerely,
William L. Pressgrove
