The Porcupine: At-Large Senator Special Election Debate

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I jumped in because there are things I'm still trying to accomplish in terms of national policy. Just because of the recent blasting the right took doesn't mean the right is dead. If elected I'd like to work across party lines to get mass transit the cross country goals many of us have. This project will lead to massive job growth across all socioeconomic lines.

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All relevant responses from the two rounds
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It depends on what common ground issues we can come together on. Just look at my recent proposal to amend the Mideast Constitution. Giving the Lt. Governor the power to break ties is something to promote more activity in the legislative process. It has widespread support left, right, and center. Also my advocacy and support for improvements on rail transit is something I've worked with the left on. I'd do the same nationally. What I will not do is propose bills dictating social policy from Nyman. That is strictly for the regions to decide. The recent court ruling in Roe vs ZuWo made that perfectly clear.

Yankee has been a consummate professional and it would be an honor to see him return to the senate. I'd try to emulate his example.

It's dissapointing to see The Cabinet Reform Amendment fail by shear reason of senatorial nonvoting. Lumine and Windjammer have proposed something that will improve the game regardless of what your views are.

I stand by my comments regarding the Islamic State. It is an indisputable fact that they have killed Atlasians. What I think would be foolish would be to fight ISIS like we did Sadam Hussien the second time. Several of the other candidates have stated supported a multilateral approach in dealing with ISIS. I happen to agree.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Thank you for that question Dallasfan. I consider that vote my most embarrassing decision in the entirety of my history as a public servant. It's led to my new approach in collaborating with folks on both sides. I'm glad that there's a couple Senators I'm confident that I can do that with.

I think what I said best at the Middle Class Monday Rally fits here:

Economic freedom is as important as social and political freedom. When I read the comments made by the left honorable Senator TNF essentially flipping off one of the most essential pieces of a free society I had to speak. What we have here is Labor speaking out of both sides of their collective mouths. Claiming to be champions of the working class when many of them want to tax the higher earning working class folks like they are frillionaires. Wether that's through the steeply progressive income tax or colluding with big labor unions. We all know that those union dues go into Labors political coffers and many of those workers don't share their views on the government's role in economic affairs.

These folks are much closer to our way of thinking. One thing I can tell you as a Assemblyman, Senator, and Former Presidential candidate I consistsntly fought to level the playing field by proposing tax policies that all Atlasians could be proud of. Sadly when I was in the senate, my tax proposal wasn't even given fair consideration and President Bore himself casted it off as radical. I ask our president this again. What is wrong with a top marginal rate of 40% with most paying 20% or less in income taxes? It's essentially the Clinton Era tax rates but flattened into five brackets. What's radical about that?

Inactivity in a regional assembly is a matter I'm addressing at this very moment. That's why I'm in the mist of debate regarding giving our Lt. Governor the power to break ties in the Mideast. I know it's not a big dent but it's a small and calculated step to promote activity.