My Tax Plan

Social Security and a Fair Tax

(plus paying off the national $18 Trillion debt)

Over 20 years ago I submitted a proposal to my then congressman, Arthur Ravenel. He forwarded it to the then head of the ways and means committee, Dan Rostenkowski. He sent me a letter saying it was a great plan but couldn't be done. for over twenty years the American people have been clamoring for a new tax system. I will get it done.

There are many ways the government, and society in general, exploit the poor and the elderly in America. None more obvious than the tax system we have and the lack of concern about Social Security. Well, unlike the rich elite and the career politicians, my mom relies on her social security to survive. Many of the poor working class will also want to lean on it for their retirement. Social Security is a promise from the government that we need to make good on, and we need to make it better for all concerned.

My flat tax plan lumps both SS and income tax into one very simple plan that will fully restore, grow, and strengthen Social Security, remove ALL the tax burden from the poor, reduce taxes for everyone to a level that all will support, and it will pay off the national debt in a matter of 10 years. Sounds like the typical hollow promises of politicians doesn't it? Well, let's look;

We will start with a straight 20% tax on everyone. 15% income and 5% Social Security.

Let's start with some very real facts;

The current economy and unemployment levels will not sustain a cut in taxes that is substantive. However, eventually, it is estimated that the government will need about 7%-10% to operate. This leaves us with half again that much to pay off the debt. Here is the real strength in the plan.

In order to get to the place where we can sustain this tax plan at, and even below, the levels suggested, we have to implement a reduction in the corporate tax rate in America to compete with the global jobs market. Right now, our corporate rate is in excess of 30% (which is enough to spark a tea party) while our competition is charging 12% (and a couple countries even less than that) So, my tax plan starts with a reduction to 13.5%. With that, we add the income tax plan;

Every person in America will receive a refund on their first $25,000. Everyone. If you make $25,000 or less, you will pay no taxes. You will get a full refund. This means, if you make $50,000 you will only actually pay 10% in taxes.

In the beginning, all of the 15% will be needed for the operation of the government. We might even need to change the percentage for SS to 3%. Please understand that 3% is on billions currently not taxed for Social Security. It is more than enough.

As the economy grows, we can eventually move more and more money to pay off the debt. Yes, I know that government can't be trusted to actually do that. But, you and I must make sure they do hold to the plan.

However, every dime will still count towards your Social Security retirement and/or disability. So, even if you only make $15,000 a year, and pay nothing into Social Security, you will still receive it based on your income level, the same way it is figured now.

Social Security

Every American who earns a paycheck today is taxed at a higher rate than 20% (when you count SS and income tax) This will not be a new or harsher burden. At the end of the year, we will say thank you for letting us use your money and return it to you.

Currently, Social Security is taxed only on the first $118,000. This will no longer be. So, within one year Social Security will see a trillion dollars pumped back into the system. After that, we can reduce the tax rate to 2%.

I believe this nation is built on the backs of the low income worker. But, America has a tendency to use them up and then kick them to the curb. We do this with our veterans and our seniors. No group suffers more than those who cleaned our toilets and scrubbed our floors. Yet, we owe them as much as we owe those who build our bridges and highways. Our senior deserve to be treated with honor and respect and we can do all of this in a simple and economical way.

I am confident that the wealthy of America would readily support a small percentage of their income going to those who helped them make it. It is a reasonable rate of tax and it will fund and grow SS until the end of days. As a Christian man, I believe this is in line with what JESUS would have us do. As an American, I believe it is right to pay the debt we owe our seniors who held this country together for 50+years.

Income Tax 

I know there are many who want a consumption tax. There are three very good reasons for this;
To tax criminals and to entice the rich to put their off shore money back into the US banks, as well as getting rid of the IRS (which is big)

However, I resist this type of tax because of the insane burden it puts on the poor. Every penny in tax paid by the poor and middle class hurts them. Period. Giving more buying power to the poor and middle class does more for the economy and quality of life. So, unless someone can show me a way to exempt the poor and middle class from use taxes, without creating another bureaucracy, I will pass on that.

As far as the IRS, we just need to reign them way in. We need to muzzle that dog and put it in a pen. But, we will still need them to process self employment taxes.

Self employment will work the same way as it always has with the exception of no longer having to file separately for SS. After the cost of business is deducted, 20% is paid in. full refund sent back for the first $25,000.

IN my plan, the goal is to run the government on 10% flat tax and use 5% to pay off the debt. In the end, we should get the 5% gone as the debt is paid off. We should also be able to reduce the SS tax to 2-3%. so the tax rate will fall to 13% after paying off $20 Trillion.

Again, this doesn't get done over night. It will require growing the jobs and business foundation. But, it is very doable. It also relies on honorable men and women in congress who curb spending and stay true to the plans. No one can promise that will happen. But, we have to put plans together as if they will be implemented fully. We can't save this country if we are constantly on guard against the government doing the right thing.

Protecting our Constitution

Protecting Our Constitution

One of the reasons I am running for president as a Republican is because I believe they believe in this country, as it was founded. I also believe they have lost their way and have become misguided. It is my hope to gain their ear on the issues that affect the nation and threaten our true identity as a place where all people can live together in peace and harmony. I believe in this country and I know what we need to make it great again.

But, many in the party, even while saying they want to protect our nation and the constitution, are seeking to undermine the very essence of that constitution. A new movement is afoot to add a specific definition to the constitution of what is a marriage. Perhaps, if this was just a ploy to make life miserable for homosexuals, I could see it happening. But, it is not. It is an effort to establish a national religion.

There are those who say we already have a national religion and this nation has Christian roots. I am not going to argue with them. The founding fathers of this nation knew their Bible. In fact, they knew it so well that they founded a government based on that knowledge. Specifically, they knew that JESUS never called HIS people to try to control other people. They knew that HE never suggested that they bully those who disagreed with HIM or them. They saw what happened when the church got control of government is Europe and England, and they forged a document to ensure that could never happen here. But, there is more to this.

Because, this effort is not just an attack on the right to pursue happiness. This is an effort to silence every Christian who disagrees with a particular doctrine. Even those Justices that have argued on behalf of Christian influence in our laws, have acknowledged that the constitution was written to ensure that one specific denomination, or doctrine, was not preferred (or made into law) by our government.

They do this by saying that the other churches are not worthy to be called Christian. Yet, what is the greater sin? To accept homosexual marriage, or to do something in the name of JESUS that JESUS never said to do? JESUS never said to tear apart a nation. HE said to be peacemakers.

Yet, this is where we are now. There are Christians who want to undermine the very foundations of our nation to force their opinions and wants on all those who disagree with them. This is the very thing our constitution is supposed to ensure cannot happen.

I do not know why we can't all just live in peace. I do not know why so many Christians have rejected the teachings and plans of JESUS. I do not know what happened to “Live in peace with all men”. But, this attitude and these actions are killing our nation and destroying the very peace that was intended for its citizens.

If we want to see an end of same sex unions, we need to do the way JESUS said. There is no power in government do do this. There is only the power of GOD. That power is in how many Christians follow the teachings and plans JESUS set down, not in government and courts. The power of the Christian church is not in government.

Please, no matter how you feel about homosexuals getting married, it is not worth destroying this nation, and our constitution, for you to have your own way.

LOVE NEVER DEMANDS ITS OWN WAY

(1^st Corinthians Chapter 13)

Doing Right

“and they all did what was right in their own eyes”

It is an interesting thing to watch the Christians in America today. They all seem to have an opinion. All their opinions differ and they all do what is right in their own eyes. There is no concern of doing what is right in the eyes of JESUS. There is no concern about following the teachings of JESUS. While some try to do what JESUS said to do, they do not even try to do it the way HE said to do it. There is more done in the name of JESUS that JESUS never said to do, then there is done in HIS name that HE actually said to do. There are more Christians doing what is right in their own eyes then there are doing what is written in the Bible.

Christians reject the teachings and cause of JESUS outright and completely, while condemning Christians for being apostate. Christians go to court against Christians in order to force their morality on the nation, against the teachings of JESUS. They use the weapons of the world to fight against sinners and reject the weapons of our warfare which are not of the world.

The founding fathers of America knew their Bible well enough to know that government wasn't supposed to be run by the Christian church. They knew that eh power of the Christian church wasn't in government and courts. They knew that only by following the teachings and ways of JESUS could morality and holiness be seen in the world. They had seen what happens when the Christian church becomes part of government and they crafted a document to ensure that could never happen here.

Now, Christians try to use the government to fight against sinners. This is not only a tactic not found in the teachings of JESUS, it is a tactic that is contrary to the teachings of JESUS. It is a tactic that undermines the true power of the Christian church. It is a tactic that empowers si and sinners.

Even worse, these same Christians are also trying to use the government to battle against other Christians. They label these other Christians as apostate. Yet, their very actions of doing things in the name of JESUS that JESUS never said to do is the greater sin and apostasy. Remove the beam from your own eye and you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

There is room in America for everyone to live in peace. Christians are called to be peacemakers. Yet, everyone wants to demand their own way and the is no peace. Christians are tearing at the fabric of peace exactly the same way as all the others. They do what is right in their own eyes and abandon the teachings of JESUS.

Ezekiel 2
And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
2:2. And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
2:3. And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
2:4. For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
2:5. And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
2:6. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
2:7. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
2:8. But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.

So I will do this to the end of my days. I live in frustration with my Christian brothers and sisters, knowing that it means I live in frustration with my GOD. So, I cast off my frustration and I acknowledge that you, O LORD, are still sovereign in the heavens and the affairs of men. You will allow them repentance or you will not. You will give them ears to hear and eyes to see, or you will not. In the end, I have rad the book. I know how it ends. Your will is done. I am yours to command.

Blessed are the Peacemakers

“Blessed Are The Peacemakers...”

The reason I am running for president is because I see the damage that is being done by divisive leaders in government and in the Christian community. Everyone of them seems oblivious to the environment of hate and intolerance they create. Every word spoken that denigrates a person, or group of people, results in a schism among the citizens of America. Some will take that to the level of violence.

A recent story of two brothers who beat up a homeless Mexican in NY, and then stated that Donald Trump was right about them not belonging here, is just the latest in these actions.

Christians have blown up abortion clinics as a result of people speaking ill of those inside. The women who have abortions, women who are spiritually sick and emotionally strained, are spoken of as some great evil people who one candidate is ready to call out the national guard against.

Homosexuals are portrayed as an enemy of the nation and an enemy of Christians. Look at this group that calls themselves Westboro Baptist Church whose members are all about hate and violence. Blacks are encouraged to hate whites. Whites are encouraged to hate blacks. It seems that there are folk who benefit from upheaval and disunity, and they stir it up as often as they can. And the people follow.

Where are the peacemakers? Where are the Christians who believe turn the other cheek, walk the extra mile, if they take you to court, give them more than they ask for? Where are the Christians who believe in living in peace with all men? What has happened to us?

This nation is replete with people disparaging other people, calling for and creating little civil wars and battles within our borders and against Americans. Where are the leaders who speak peace and love and grace to the nation? Where is a leader who doesn't tear people down in order to build themselves up? Where is there a leader who brings hope and strength to the nation?

There is no power in government to effect a spiritual sickness. It seems as if no one is trying to disperse the darkness. Rather, our leaders in America are enveloped in the darkness. A man named Keith Green wrote a song with the lyrics, “the world is asleep in the dark that the church cannot fight 'cause it's asleep in the light”

I implore all of the candidates and leaders in America, “Stop the hateful rhetoric. Stop the divisiveness. Stop demanding your own way and trying to use the government as a weapon against your fellow Americas.”

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of GOD”

Answering a voter named Dawn

Answers to ideas and question from a voter named Dawn

First of all, I want to start this response by stating that I am not a career politician or one of the rich elite. The level of expertise you have asked for on each issue is not really possible, in my opinion. That is why, certain politicians and candidates have certain points they hit and others they barely address.

My point of view come from the position of a normal citizen who lives at or near the “poverty line”. As I see the gulf between the rich and the poor widen, I know a number of reasons it happens. Relief of the poor is my secondary focus.

I have a multifaceted view of issues. My primary one is that government can't fix this. Only GOD can fix this. If the Christian church doesn't return to the plans JESUS set down, then GOD will not fix this. If the Christian church does return to the plans and purposes of JESUS, then many of the social concerns will be dealt with. So, let me start there. This is primary to our nations health. Not just from a position of faith, but also from a position of the intent of the founding fathers.

In America, 70% of the citizens claim to be Christians. So, if you mobilize that large a segment of society to act on behalf of the people of the nation, then the nation will reflect that. If the Christians in America implement the plans JESUS set down, and stop doing thing JESUS never said to do, then they will feed the hungry, house the homeless, clothe the naked, provide healthcare to the needy, and likely end people losing their homes. It may seem outlandish to believe that, but there is no other group with a belief that they have a mandate for GOD to do exactly that. Here is how that works and what it looks like;

GOD gives every Christian 10% of what they have for the work of the kingdom. If all of them tithe that money to the effort, then the church would have more money than the government. Since the church also has less bureaucracy and a lot of volunteers, it could organize into a force that would end hunger in America. If Christian carry representing the teachings of JESUS to their proper end, we would see an end of racism and riots and most of the social ills we see today. This would even be represented in how businesses are run.

Government can't bring peace to Americans. Government can't create jobs. Government can't fix this. A president that leads the people, and doesn't try to rule them or force them to be what he thinks they should be, can influence the course of the nation. So, I feel that this is the real answer and if the Christians will not do it, then it can't be done. You can't heal this nation with 70% of the population fighting against the cure.

Relief of the poor. This wasn't on your list and the things I am going to write you have never heard. (probably) Because, I see things from the position of the quintessential under capitalized entrepreneur. I see things from the position of the poor. I have been homeless and spent many years living off of less than $5,000. I know what government needs to do to stop the exploitation of the poor. So, here is the plan;

First, return to a time when interest rates above 12% were against the law. In this country, when a person falls on hard times and finally gets a job, there are people out there ready to suck the life out of them with interest rates from 20-200 percent. We need to crack down on that.

Recently, my bank decided to end the free checking account I have. Were it not for my direct deposit, they would have started charging me $25 a month if I didn't maintain a minimum balance. If you have never been a person who couldn't maintain a minimum balance, then you do not know how much losing the money hurts you. Without a bank account, you are left paying a large chunk of your check to cash your check. This is an exploitation of the poor.

A fair tax that exempts the poor. There are all kinds of ideas for a “Fair tax”. Here is another one;

A 20% flat tax. Every person who pays in, gets a refund from their first $20,000. If you make less than that, you get a full refund. 13% to income tax and 7% to social security. Even though you make less than $20,000, what you claim as income is used to determine how much SS you can get when you reach the proper age. Even though the poor pay nothing in, they still are looked out for in their old age. This plan instantly shores up SS and ensures it is there for all generations.

Also, if you make $40,000 a year, you only wind up paying 10%. Three percent to income tax and 7% to SS.

Every American today pays more than that off the top in SS and income tax. So, it is not a new hit to the wallet. At the end of the year, I would like to see it happen in late November or early December, everyone gets a refund of their $20,000 of less income. This is timed to be there for Christmas. This is good for the economy and for strengthening families. Those who have help build America and keep her strong by taking those low wage jobs that need to be done, will be rewarded for their day with social security benefits based on their income. A win for all concerned.

Your question on abortion has made me realize I must write a very long dissertation on this subject:

I am a Christian. Unlike many of my brothers and sisters, I am keenly focused on the spiritual and the eternal. Every aspect of my point of view is tinted with the cause of CHRIST and the kingdom of my GOD.

I am an American. I will fight for your rights to the death. We will fight for our rights to the death. If someone tries to enact a law that takes away our rights, we will fight. We will also ignore it. Prohibition has never worked and it never will.

I am a science oriented kind of guy. I know that when the egg and sperm come together, they form a strand of DNA. If you took this strand of DNA to a lab, they would tell you it is a strand of DNA from a human being. There is no doubt that abortion kills a human being.

We have established, wrongly, that Americans have the right to kill their unborn babies. It is unfortunate that this resulted in the murder of 1 million babies a year. I understand why this bothers folk.

But, what really tears my heart out and makes me cry is the fact that there are a million women in this country who are in such a spiritual, emotionally, mentally dark place, that murdering their babies (sometimes what would be their first born) is a reasonable option. That reality takes all precedence for me as a Christian.

I know that the nation is suffering form a spiritual sickness that only GOD can heal. I truly cannot champion a call to make these sin sick women criminals. I cannot see forcing them into the back ally butcher shops. I cannot see where anyone is served by that. Is it possible that the number of abortions would drop? Yes it is. Is it probable the number of women mutilated, sterilized, and killed in abortions would increase? Most definitely.

So, until we have a Christian president who will appeal to the women of America to not murder their babies, until we can overcome the society of death that is in this nation. Until we can lead the women of America to stop killing their unborn, changing the laws will not be a good thing.

So, if you ask me to champion this cause, I cannot. It goes against all that I feel is important. It goes against my eternal, spiritual perspective. If, on the other hand, the legislation comes to my desk, I will not veto it. (even though I fell it would be a grave mistake)

We need to lead the American people to feel love and compassion for the unborn. We need them to care. When that happens, when we have reduced the abortion rate by saving souls and healing spiritual sickness, then the laws will not matter. If we do not do this, then the laws will not matter.

Second Amendment. People who want to take guns away from people who have guns are not wise. Declaring war on the citizens is not wise. Many of the citizens who have guns, have them to protect against over reaching government. Jack booted thugs with guns, coming to take their guns, would not go well. Making criminals out of those with guns and making it so only criminals have guns? Not wise.

Affordable healthcare. I first would like to encourage the Christian church to step up and deal with this with all the other issues we never should have sloughed off on the government. This nation needs to be a nation of people who take care of each other and stop trying to get the government to do it all. Let's recreate a society that doesn't call on the government to do anything and let's do it ourselves. That is what our founding fathers intended.

The illegal immigration issue, in and of itself, is not high on my list. However, securing our borders for the purposes of national security and stopping the influx of terrorist, is a top priority. We need a path to citizenship for those in this country now and we need to do the whole build a wall, sensors, guards on the border thing.

Economic growth versus redistribution? Really? Do people actually think of those two thing in the same category? Redistribution means using the government to steal from the rich and give it to those who, for whatever reason, don't earn it for themselves.

Economic growth means that people have jobs and work and earn for themselves It also means they have it to give to others. Economic growth will only happen when the American people stop looking to government to solve their problems and decide to solve them for themselves. People taking care of people. This is something the Christians should be leading the way in and modeling for all to see.

ISIS and Israel? Israel is our ally. Those who bless Israel will be blessed. Those who curse Israel will be cursed. Important to those who do not believe in the GOD of Israel is the real truth that they are the stabilizing influence in the region. Given the chance, they would live in peace with their neighbors.

Islam is a religion based in the fundamental “Kill the infidels”. This will never change. We need a good surgical way to fight the war against them in the middle east. I have an idea about that, but it will wait until I can talk to my military advisers when I am president.

The greater concern with Islam and ISIS is on our home soil. There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim who wants Sharia Law. That is why NO SHARIA LAW is in my platform.

Short history lesson;

Many years ago, in a land far away, there lived a man named Yasar Arafat. Mr. Arafat wrote a book in which he clearly laid out a plan for Palestine that included establishing a state within the borders of Israel from which attacks against Israel could be carried out. For some reason, the world leaders ignored this and supported Palestine as a free nation. Since then, they have launched attacks against Israel for there.

That same strategy is in play in America. Establish areas where Sharia Law can be enacted, where the police will fear to go. From there, they will launch and support attacks against America. This is going to happen and there is nothing government will, or even can, do about it.

We are under attack and they mean to end us. PERIOD!!!

Progressive Presidents and their destruction of America:

Let me share another story;

There was a man named Davy Crocket. He lived a few years ago in America. Has some history at the Alamo. He was also a congressman.

At one session of congress, a navy admirals widow came to congress and asked for money. Davy Crocket stood and passionately explain that under no circumstances should public money be given to private citizens. After congress voted not to give her money, Davy Crocket walked down to her, opened his wallet and gave her all he had. Others followed suit and she was well taken care of.

A few years later, there was a big fire in a city (I think it was the Chicago fire). There was a bill before congress to give money to help rebuild the city. Davy Crocket stood up and declared that this would be setting a precedent that would bankrupt the nation. But, he supported the effort. His words were quite prophetic.

Two realities; Presidents don't do these things. Congress does. Presidents can lead and can veto and fight against. In the end, stalemate and unhappy people who want the government to hand them stuff.

We need to change the way people think. We need to stop asking the government to take care of these things and we need to dig deep and pull together and fix this. Government can't fix this.

Now, here is another issue you didn't address, but I think is important: Changing congress and the mindset of American.

We need term limits to put an end to congressional pensions, and the seniority system in Washington. We need to stop thinking that business moguls and career politicians are the answer.

Business moguls live in a world where they borrow and borrow and borrow and declare bankruptcy. Then, they borrow and borrow and borrow and declare bankruptcy. When they get in government, they just borrow and borrow and borrow. They also live in a world where some of them get paid $20 million to leave their job.

There are governors who claim to have balanced the budget in their states. But how did they balance them? Selling lottery tickets to exploit the poor. Taking billions of dollars from the federal government. When they get into federal government? There is no lottery and not pot of gold to draw from. Balancing a budget in this way means nothing on the presidential level.

This nation was designed to be run by the common man. Not the rich elite and career politicians. Each family household in America has more experience balancing a budget than any of the candidates (except me) that I have heard of. Having to decide what you can and cannot afford is foreign to most of them.

That is all I have to write for now. I hope you agree.

Legislating Morality

So, I was at the debates. Didn't go in. Learned a lot from the protesters. Mostly, learned that a number of really uneducated people are being led by someone who is either taking advantage of the ignorant to gain some notoriety, or they are led by the ignorant. Let me show you what I mean;

Point 1. They protested defunding Planned Parenthood. Now that, in and of its self, is not unreasonable. They feel that this is an action that is a result of a moral determination and the idea f using moral ideals to determine the actions of government and laws is a bad thing. I agree.

Point 2. They want to pass a tax law that taxes billionaires at 98%. Their logic? It is immoral for billionaires to exist when there are people hungry in America.

I am sure you can see the first thing wrong here. It is a problem with all sides of a position or moral point. It seems there are people who feel they have the right to determine the morals for other people and to use the government to enforce those morals. This, in itself is immoral. More than that, it highlights the very point I have been making with my campaign.

Government is not a weapon for some one, or a group of someones, to use against other Americans. We need to stop this notion of trying to force people to follow the morals of a majority. This is the cause of much of the upheaval and disunity in America. It is very possible for all the people in America to live and let live. It is very possible for all the people to do what is right in their own eyes. In fact, it is necessary that we, the American public, determine to do that. Let's just all get along.

This has to stop. There is no need to tear at the fabric of peace in America just because you think you are better, smarter, or your morals are more moral. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God”. I want to be a peacemaker. I want to lead all Americans to embrace peace and the notion that “Love Never Demands Its Own Way”.

For my Christian brothers. Please, I beg you, please look into the teachings of JESUS and see that this is not in HIS plans or teachings. Please see that using the government and courts in this way only serves to empower evil and sin. There is a reason JESUS never suggested trying to control people's actions or use the government and courts to force the laws of GOD on people. HE knows what is best and HE knows that this plan of action only empowers the enemy. The enemy is not people. It is a spiritual war that government and laws cannot influence. Only the plans JESUS set down can fight a spiritual battle and bring the power of GOD to heal a spiritual sickness. SO STOP IT.

But, I must take this moment to educate these rather ignorant folk on the reality of life;

First, billionaires don't just make a billion dollars a year. It takes many years. So, at what point do you decide to enact this tax? What ever point that is, people will stop making money a couple dollars before the cut off.

Second, are you really so stupid as to think billionaires have billions in the bank? Most of them billions in assets. Since I am sure your silliness was geared towards Donald Trump, let me just say that his billions are tied up in properties that employ a few thousand people. So, do you want to take his assets and remove the jobs from those people?

I trust this has helped to educate you on just how dumb that protest was. It was so dumb, I can't even remember the other points.

Do yourselves a favor and study what happens in a society where you take away the incentive to grow and flourish.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

I have lived it!

Business

I have spent many years as the quintessential under capitalized entrepreneur. I know how government destroys the chances of those who would be the foundation of growth and prosperity in this nation. I have seen how mandated salaries and insurance and regulations and fees kill a business before it can start. There is no one in this race who can say they have the experience I have in this arena.

The Plight of the Poor

As a man who is poor, I know how this government could have helped me. A tax system that is fair would be a good start. Whether it is a user tax that exempts food and medicine, or a flat tax that refunds the taxes on the first $20,000, to every person. The flat tax would mean that anyone making $20,000 or less, would get a full refund. A person who makes $40,000 would get half of their taxes back. So that the burden of the tax system is carried by those who can handle it.

End legal loansharking. It used to be against the law to charge the interest rates that are levied against the poor today. Once a person falls on hard times, there is no way to get out if the money you need costs more than you can pay. This need to end. It is a disgusting practice to exploit the poor

A Leader of Peace

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of GOD”

Of all the things this nation needs, it needs a person who will lead it to peace. Our leaders spend so much time tearing at the peace of the nation, that the citizens know nothing else.

“LOVE NEVER DEMANDS ITS OWN WAY”

This continuous effort by some to control the actions of others with government and courts has to stop. It is not he roll of government, or the roll of Christians, to try to control the actions and lifestyles of other people. All of these little civil wars that go on in America are a direct result of people demanding that other people be what they think they should be. America must be led to a place of peace. There is room in this nation for every lifestyle and religion and race and color of person to live in peace. We need a president who will uphold peace within our boarders as a standard. We do not need leaders who tear each other down and show the nation disunity and discord.

Simply a Special Understanding

Those of you who hate JESUS and/or Christians should skip this part.

A simple and special understanding. GOD is still the answer. In the end, this nation needs a movement of GOD and that means the Christian church needs to return to the plan JESUS set forth. Our economy is in the tank because Christians do not tithe. The moral decline of the nation is a result of Christians who have rejected the plans of GOD and are following humanism instead of theism. There is no power in government to control sin and evil. There never was and there never will be.

There is no place in all the teachings of JESUS that would indicate government and courts as part of HIS strategy or purposes. We do not fight with these weapons of the world. When we do, we empower Satan by removing GOD from the equation.

JESUS set down a perfect plan. To change that plan (add to or take away from) or to reject that plan, is the height of hubris. GOD resists the proud. If the Christians church would return to the ways of JESUS, the personality of JESUS, and the plans of JESUS (as HE set them forth) then they would be salt and light in the nation and would tear down the strongholds that are being built in the spiritual.