Here are the issues making headlines:

Georgia Charter School Association Candidate Survey –

1. Briefly share your qualifications for the office of Governor. What is your vision for Georgia’s K-12 public education system and how would you implement it? Please describe your position on public charter schools?

Under Article 5 Sect. 1.4 of the GA Constitution – I meet the Qualifications for Governor: US Citizen over 15 years, continuous resident over 6 years, and well over 30 years old, all else is fluff…

I had a traditional upbringing in a 2 parent, stay at home mom environment with sports, scouts, church, travel, education and culture.

I am a US Navy Veteran, College Graduate, Small Business Owner, Grandparent, Cancer Survivor, Historian, Philosopher, Political Activist, Gov’t Watchdog, who is sick and tired of government waste, fraud, abuse and corruption, and I am a Humanitarian and sit on the Board of several 501(c) organizations and stay active in many coalitions fighting the perversion of gov’t of all levels.

My vision is for a system that has an 98% success rate for graduating our youth with the necessary skills to be functional, moral, ethical, productive members of society that seek to continue to learn and grow throughout their lifetimes while making positive contributions to mankind.

We need an educational system free from political agenda driven indoctrination that teaches deductive reasoning skills enabling true discernment (not regurgitation to pass a Federally mandated test) based of factual (non-revisionist, non-agenda driven, non-political) and truthful science and history, balanced with health & nutrition, physical fitness, classic philosophy, math, logic, art, theater, music and vocational training. To implement this I would use persuasion to bring allies to understand, echo and perpetuate the concept, also the line item veto, veto and Executive Order authorities of the office.

Public Charter Schools are certainly one step in the right direction towards offering the public a choice in educating their children. The very fact that there is so little competition in the educating of our youth allows for the top down tyranny in the methods, the curriculum and the funding.

2. What do you think are the three greatest issues or problems facing K-12 public education? How could Georgia’s public charter schools help address these issues?

Since my son graduated Pope High in 2010, I have not been on the front lines in some years, yet from my perspective (from relevant public education articles from around the country) is that there has been:

A decline in parental involvement. One aspect of parental involvement is the lack of self-discipline of the students as regards respecting teachers and other students by exhibiting disruptive behaviors inside and outside the classrooms. Seems to me that too many parents are clueless as to instilling a sense of wonder, excitement and passion about learning, self-enrichment and achievement. Also from my perspective, it appears that kids today are not taught a correlation between actions and consequences because there are never any consequences for those who act out, act up, or don’t act at all.

An increase in reliance on technology, I’ve read several studies that conclude that books and a chalkboard are more effective than smartboards, laptops, and high-tech gadgetry at a fraction of the cost. Internet based tools are unfair to the economically disadvantaged. Look at the decline in reading proficiency over the course of the data and one could conclude that technology has dumbed us down.

A takeover by outside, un-accountable corporate entities as sole providers of curriculum and materials and methods of instruction. without a textbook, parents have no idea what their children are actually being taught, and with the changes in methods, the parents are ill-prepared to help their kids with their lessons which leads to frustration and a breakdown in parent/child relationships. Furthermore, without hardcopies of the material, it is difficult for a parent to know what political or social agenda confronts their children.

Charter Schools could help by being transparent in their educational agenda, methods, materials, and by teaching in Sensus Plenior modality, versus Sensus Solem.

REBUILDING GEORGIA FROM THE GROUND UP!

1. Develop Roads and Bridges for the 21st Century
2. Create Outer Loop for Atlanta Transportation
3. Develop Statewide Monorail system 
4. Consolidate all the transportation committees 
5. Integrate a Spoke System to link communities
6. Institute a interconnected State Park System

Let’s keep in mind that Governor Deal signed H.B. 930 on May 4, 2018 allocating $100 million dollars for transportation infrastructure improvements for rail, light rail, highway and roadway improvements. It would be prudent to stick with this plan and closely track the progress and budget of these projects before putting taxpayers deeper into debt for improvements that are already underway. Read the bill, the majority of issues have been addressed. The majority of items of my list of needs for improvement are covered in the plan.

I want to change the way we do transportation and infrastructure by thinking 3 dimensional (double-decker) and employing more continuous traffic flow designs in our roads. We need new and/or improved highways to connect the rural to the urban centers as well as new bypasses to route truck traffic around Atlanta.

Mass transit of any significance will only occur if and when all of the local, county and regional transportation authorities can learn to work together for the good of all Georgians.

FIX GEORGIA’S HEALTHCARE CRISIS!

1. Re-Open every Rural Hospital as a Family Clinic using free market principles
2. Allow Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants to write prescriptions
3. Emphasize Preventative Screenings for Early Detection
4. Utilize Tele-Medicine for general and specialty services over the internet
5. Implement the Federal waivers in order to block grant Medicaid for qualifying Georgians
6. Enforce the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act and the Robinson-Patman Act to reduce health care costs
7. Enact low cost Catastrophic Health Insurance pool for Georgians 

I retired from a career in healthcare insurance,. My experienced, reasoned and rational perspective on Medicaid expansion is that the shortcomings of the healthcare system will only get worse with increased spending and increased government involvement resulting from the qualifications and stipulations attached to the program. Thirty three states did not expand Medicaid when Washington offered to cover the cost at 100%. At least 7 of the states that engaged in the program are facing severe if not crippling budget deficits from the actual cost of the program.

There are many other innovative approaches to solving the healthcare coverage and delivery dilemma that would result in lower costs with better outcomes and higher levels of care. Among the solutions are free-market clinical models, eliminating Certificates of Needs for competitive facilities, allowing Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants to prescribe a wider range of medications, access to Tele-Medicine, just to name a few. Enabling more private insurance collectives and establishing a state pool for high risk/high use would also be of benefit to Georgians.

It would be possible to take Medicaid Block Grants without the qualifications and stipulations that comes with Medicaid expansion and use those funds to bolster rural hospitals and clinics and to supplement medical practices for providing healthcare to those with limited resources. Also, enhancing tax deductions for charitable contributions to rural hospitals and healthcare facilities is a legislative possibility.

If Georgia elects an Attorney General with a strong constitution and backbone, we could reduce overall healthcare costs with repealing exemptions from and judicious enforcement of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act and the Robinson-Patman Act (monopoly, restraint of free trade, price discrimination) granted to industries that make up the healthcare system and especially the drug manufacturers.

And of course, whatever can be done to clean up environmental pollutants in out food supply, needs to. As a state, we need to be encouraging our farmers to grow food for local distribution, not just the mono-culture cash crops. Healthy food and a clean environment will go a very long way in reducing the reasons we seek healthcare in the first place.

IMMIGRATION KEEPS AMERICA STRONG

There is nothing in the US Constitution that grants authority to restrict the migration of free people. My attitude is let them come, but have them sign in on the guest registry. The fact of the matter is that immigrants are not entitled to any public benefits even if the popular opinion is that they’re getting benefits, the are not. If they have children born here they are citizens and entitled to benefits if they need them, but that is rare based on audits, also immigrants are more law abiding than the general population according to numerous studies. But here is the fact that we as a country are not being told – we need immigration so that they can participate in the tax system (their children as citizens will too) because we are not having enough children to maintain the current system with the number of people retiring we are becoming lop-sided, which is why they are predicting a collapse of Social Security and Medicare within 5 years. Don’t fall for the fear mongering, America is the Great Melting Pot and the children of immigrants blend in with the rest of us shortly after birth or arrival.

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Here is a challenge: Show us where in the Constitution where it grants the Federal Government the Authority to regulate immigration. Send us the Article, Section and Clause.

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TAXES ON PRODUCTIVITY ARE 

GOVERNMENT ENFORCED THEFT

1. Eliminate State Income Taxes
2. Eliminate Property Taxes
3. Implement a Low and Broad Consumption Tax
4. User Fees like the Gas Tax are Fair
5. State Government Wastes and Spends too much
6. Local Government need to tighten their belts

It’s time to end Income tax and property tax and go full on sales, use tax and user fees. For low income folks, we can issue a tax discount card that they can use when making purchases at the checkout counter..

Excerpt from a press release:

Ted Metz, retired Financial Planner by trade and the Libertarian Candidate for Governor stated that “All Taxes on Productivity are Government Enforced Theft!”

Ted continued that that the first bill he would advocate would eliminate all taxes on productivity, the state income tax, and personal property taxes. “Putting the tax dollars back in families’ budgets as disposable income would be a boon to the economy and stimulate retirement savings and investment,” Metz said. His vision is to instead fund state government with a low and broad based sales tax and user fees, which are “far more voluntary than collection by coercion by threat of force.” User fees such as the Gas Tax and various utility fees would be kept in the tax overhaul.

“All levels of government in Georgia wastefully spend too many tax payer dollars on unnecessary and frivolous things to the point of depriving citizens of their Right to Pursue Happiness by taking too much of their hard earned money.” Spending cuts by eliminating redundant departments and agencies, ending unconstitutional functions, and innovating for improving the efficiency of Government would yield huge savings. Evaluating the breadth and scope of “…it’s just the way we’ve always done it” is a must and would be addressed first before any sales tax rates would be implemented. “For those that believe sales taxes and user fees are unfair to the poor, the answer is issuing a discount card to families based on their level of poverty that they can use at the check-out counter,” Metz said.

Ted Metz concluded that “Abrams will raise our taxes to fund her pet projects while Kemp would continue the former Republican Governors Legacy of a Higher State Budget every year – which also requires raising taxes. Metz said, “Raising taxes every session to fund boondoggle projects is unacceptable! Georgia’s government must learn to be better stewards of taxpayers money!”

SUPPORT ALL BUSINESSES FROM 

MAIN STREET TO WALL STREET

1. Get Governments out of the way of growth
2. Implement 1 year non-tax grace period for businesses
3. Cooperate and develop Economic Mentoring teams
4. Get High Speed Internet to all of Georgia in 2 years
5. Market Georgia Products everywhere worldwide!
6. Encourage Generational Partnerships

Over the last 40 years, we have seen the off-shoring of most of the manufacturing jobs, from steel, to textiles, to automobiles, to electronics, to almost everything that Americans consume. There just aren’t enough places to earn a decent living for everyone willing to work. The solution is to build a new economy based on industrial hemp. Georgia is after all an agricultural powerhouse therefore we should grow hemp for prosperity. Processing hemp  and using all of the raw materials that come from hemp will attract new industries to Georgia, providing jobs and prosperity.

Cornell University Report   Colorado State University Report   Minnesota Dept. of Ag Report  Hemp Report   Value of Hemp  USDA Yield Report

WEALTH AND PROSPERITY THRU 

THE USE OF SOUND MONEY

1. No More Bankruptcies because of fiat money
2. Issue Wealth Money for Infrastructure Projects
3. No more un payable debt, less taxes
4. No built in Inflation tax on goods and services
5. Sound Money buys more and is worth lots of Prosperity for All
6. Let the Economy grow without government picking winners and losers

TRICKED IN 1913, PAYING MUCH MORE FOR IT NOW AND MORE ON LATER GENERATIONS

1. Spending Bad Money makes you Poorer
2. Government needs a Checkup from the Neck up
3. Society never gets out of Fiat Money Debt
4. In a Debt Money System, you Spend More and More while always getting Less and Less
5. Every year we use Fiat Money, the Debt gets Higher and Higher while the Money in your Pocket is worth a lot Less
6. Fiat Money requires a two or three income family just to barely survive these days

YOUR MINDSET IS THE BIGGEST DEFICET 

YOU WILL EVER FACE!

1. Bank enabled Debt Destroys Families
2. Fiat Money makes US, Economic Slaves
3. Big Banks see YOU as a NUMBER
4. The Federal Reserve is Privately Owned and Controlled
5. Investing in Sound Money BENEFITS ALL FAMILIES
6. Fiat Money since 1913 has allowed the Governments to steal from past generations and continue this theft for generations to come

I am pro-life, and recognize that abortion is a sensitive issue. There are good people on either side of the fight. Under the principal of stare decisis,(as explained here) Roe vs. Wade will not be struck down in our lifetime. Please read the case so that you can see how much thought and legal logic went into the decision. Abortion is used as a political tactic to divide and distract voters to force a choice of the least worst candidate. I stand firm in my conviction that no-one has the right to force their beliefs on others. Public funding in certain cases may be proper, but never as a primary means of birth control or eugenics.