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| Lew Randall, Libertarian |
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| Candidate: State Representative, |
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| Lew Randall |
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District 10, Position 2 |
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| Age: 58 |
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| Residence: Freeland, Whidbey Island |
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| Occupation: |
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Investor |
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| Education: |
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B.A. in philosophy, Harvard College |
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| Political history: |
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None to speak of |
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| Endorsements: |
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Not seeking endorsements |
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| Campaign Web site: http://www.voteliberty.org |
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| Campaign theme: No response |
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| 1. |
What is your position on the initiatives proposed on this year's November ballot? |
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I-713 - Animal trapping |
no |
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I-722 - Property taxes |
yes |
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I-728 - School district financing |
no |
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I-729 - Charter schools |
yes |
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I-732 - Teacher raises |
no |
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I-745 - Transportation funding |
yes |
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| 2. |
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared blanket primary elections like Washington's violate political parties' constitutional rights, what form of new primary election system would you propose adopting? |
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It should be up to the members of each party to decide how to nominate their candidates, and they should foot the bill themselves instead of sticking the taxpayer with the cost. |
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Would you continue the trend of recent years and support tax cuts for businesses? Which ones specifically? If not, why? |
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Tax cuts for everyone, across the board. Business taxes are really just hidden taxes on people (customers, employees, owners and investors) and often unfair taxes at that, so let's bring them out in the open. |
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Would you support a Constitutional amendment that would allow tax breaks for homeowners but not for business or commercial property? Why or why not? |
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Fairness requires tax breaks for everyone, businesses included. After all, business taxes are really paid by people _ customers, employees, etc. _ and they deserve a break as much as homeowners. |
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What privacy legislation would you support? Would you exempt financial institutions? Why or why not? |
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Governments, at all levels, are the nosiest and most intrusive busybodies there are, and they have the force of law on their side, so we need maximum defenses of our privacy against governments. Otherwise, people can negotiate their own voluntary agreements with their vendors, who will compete to offer their customers the exact degrees of privacy they want. |
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A commission studying transportation funding says a new financing mechanism is needed to keep Washington transportation projects on track. How would you propose financing future transportation projects? |
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Transportation budgets are awash with pork and utopian fantasies. There's plenty of money already, if we can just focus on spending it on the right things. Gas taxes should be reserved for road construction and maintenance, for example. |
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With some states reconsidering the death penalty, what is your position and what changes, if any, do you think are needed in Washington's law? Under what circumstances would you support a moratorium? |
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Our justice system is hardly perfect, so some convictions will be mistaken. But after an execution, how do you rectify an error? On the other hand, we do need some way of taking violent people out of society permanently. |
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A judge struck down Initiative 695's provision that would have required a public vote for all tax and fee increases. Would you support a Constitutional amendment that would require the public vote? Why or why not? |
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Yes, absolutely. The people voted for it with a supermajority, and anyway, we should never tax people without their consent. That principle is as American as apple pie! |
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