Pro-Liberty
James Stivers believes in the "unalienable rights" endowed by our Creator. This means they cannot be surrendered or contracted away. There are many rights which are not mentioned in the Constitution, but they are still protected by the 9th Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Among these rights are the right to procreate and the right not to procreate. Others include the right to travel, to farm and raise animals, to ply a trade from our homes, to educate our children, and to treat ourselves when we are sick.
All of these, and more, are fundamental human rights that have been enjoyed for thousands of years.
Sadly, many of these rights are in jeopardy as the government increases its control over our lives. In the name of various emergencies, whether it is the war on drugs or the war on terrorism, government has been intruding on our privacy, profiling us, and then manipulating the institutions of our society in a manner to deprive us of our individuality and our liberties.
With Ron Paul, I oppose various federal agendas - such as the Patriot Acts, the REAL ID Act, the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) and a litany of other boondoggles - to create a nanny state. Vigilance is required on the part of our State officials. If elected State Senator, James Stivers is ready to challenge the federal and state bureaucracies that oppose our freedoms.
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James Stivers believes in the sanctity of the unborn child. He was an early advocate for the Pro-Life cause and endorses Ron Paul's plan to return the question of abortion back to the states.
Can you imagine the horror we would feel if our troops were captured, lined-up and shot? But is it any different if we kill our future soldiers before they are born?
When a species no longer is able or willing to propagate itself, it will become extinct. Is the "land of the free and the home of the brave" becoming extinct? It certainly will if present trends continue.
While no single law can deal with the problems associated with abortion, we must first begin with a commitment to protect all human life, without favoring one over the other.
There is much more that can be done on the state level to strengthen parental rights, fully informed consent, and economic factors that can mitigate this plague on our country. We can return our schools to local control so they can promote community values. I am committed to a Pro-Life message and will use my position as a State Senator to advance its agenda.
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Pro-Labor
James Stivers is a pro-labor Republican. He understands the importance of unions and collective bargaining under the "right to contract" clause of the Constitution. Trade unions are a free market response to the stockholder's corporation and perform an important function in protecting workers. Without unions, the alternative is big government. It should not surprise us that the collapse of the labor movement in recent decades has led to a vast increase of state involvement in business-worker relations, including the call for socialized medicine.
If we don't want a socialist government, we must revive the labor movement.
During the Reagan era, we were told the 3 bad "B's" were Big Government, Big Business, and Big Labor. Well, we got rid of Big Labor, but Big Government and Big Business just got bigger and bigger. Weakened of its influence, organized labor was powerless to stop the exporting of American factories overseas. Now that the United States has been gutted its industrial base, we have no means to pay the national debt without selling to foreign investors our infrastructure (roads, bridges, port facilities, etc.) and our resources (water, mines, farms, and forests). This is what colonies have to do, not free and independent nations. We must reverse this trend before it is too late.
We should support Ron Paul's plan to restore a sound dollar. Then we must institute new trade policies to protect the American economy. Much can be done at the state level. Follow this campaign to learn more.
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