What I Believe

Jan 2018

• I believe every citizen that wants to work should have a job.
• I believe all workers should be paid a living wage.
• I believe all citizens should have access to affordable health care. Affordable being based upon their ability to pay.
• I believe in the right to bear arms. But I also believe in common sense gun laws.
• I believe that automation is the main reason our manufacturing base has eroded.
• I believe Artificial Intelligence is coming too quickly and will eliminate even more jobs.
• I believe in helping the poor and the needy. My faith calls me to this.
• I believe the media focuses on Christians who spread a message of intolerance and division. I believe that these people represent a tiny, tiny minority of Christians. Though many Christian seem to be really quiet at the moment.
• I believe in science and math.
• I believe in literature and the arts.
• I believe in free markets but I do not believe in unfettered or unregulated captialism.
• I believe climate change is happening now and is the gravest threat we currently face.
• I believe it is the role of Government (State, Local, Federal) to fund Public Education, Law Enforcement/Military, Roads.
• I believe in our Constitution and in the bill of rights. I believe in free speech and that includes speech that I find offensive and vile. I believe we (citizens) are under no obligation to listen to such speech.
• I believe our system of checks and balances while not perfect has gotten us through some pretty tumultuous times, including the one we are experiencing right now.
• I believe in Democracy and the Rule of Law.
• I believe in personal fiscal responsibility
• I believe in Social Security and Medicare. I believe they are not entitlements. We pay taxes for these services.
• I believe in civility and respecting each other (I fail at this one more often I want to admit)