James Stivers

FOR IDAHO STATE SENATE DISTRICT 2

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James Stivers (aged 50) and his family have lived for the last eleven years on a 30-acre homestead near DeSmet, Idaho. He and his wife, Kay, have been married for 25 years and have seven children. James & Kay have home schooled their children for many years and have a family business. Their goal is to start an organic farm.

James & Kay both come from working class families consisting of machinists, miners, and farmers. James comes from an ancestry of the Pennsylvania Dutch, while Kay comes from a family of Irish Catholics in Butte, Montana.

James received his higher education in Christian seminary and spent several years as a young pastor. In 1995, he offered an Episcopal office to independent ministries which wanted to practice the traditions of the ancient Celtic Church, a service which he provides to this day.

He has been involved politically over the years and has helped other friends of liberty get elected. He is careful to recognize the separation of church and state, but also believes that clergymen have made great contributions to America’s civic life. He believes that theology is useful in understanding the world view of the Founding Fathers and is unhappy with the excessive secularizing of American society. For more biographical information go to Gazette.

He studied Austrian School economics while in seminary (a view that emphasizes free markets) and believes that many of our economic problems stem from too much government intrusion in the markets and in our personal lives. He believes freedom is America’s recipe of success and wants to work with other freedom-loving Americans in the Idaho Senate.

He also was a business member of an international trade exchange for ten years, an experience which uniquely qualifies him to understand monetary issues, alternative currencies, and banking concepts.

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