Shane Coley, Candidate for State Senate District 47
How do you propose to balance the state budget?
In Zimbabwe in the mid 1990s $8 Zimbabwe dollars could be exchanged for $1 US dollar. In recent months it takes $37 million Zimbabwe dollars to exchange for $1 US dollar. Inflation causes theft and the absence of production causes poverty.
To balance the Georgia state budget, we must begin by getting government out of the way of producers so that we can produce the things which money would buy. We must eliminate frivolous and unneeded agencies and activities and root out corruption. Those services which are better provided by the free market must be transferred from government to the private sector - with no government involvement.
Do you support any kind of tax increase to generate more revenue for the state?
No. Tax cuts increase wealth and purchasing power of the producers in our state. Prosperous citizens can fund government.
Where in state government should spending cuts be made?
Detailed analysis is required and this is a complex process in any business or agency. Based on specific facts, information and analysis, any agencies that are not meeting their cost-benefit requirements should be restructured or eliminated. If the private sector can do a job better or if the activity is not supported by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, the activity should be eliminated. We also need to be certain that designated funds are no longer deposited and spent in the general budget.
Do you support cutting the high salaries found in education in the state?
Yes. We must do in education the same thing that private business has been doing for years; reduce management overhead. We must move toward a lean management team and base our salaries on the available resources in the education budget. If administrators and others with high salaries want to maintain their high salaries, then we have to STOP INTERFERING WITH PRODUCTION. Prosperity follows Production. Production follows Liberty. We have to teach our students about wealth creation and work together against government growth, which ROBS US ALL of Life, Liberty and Property, including those who work in education. The education community is beginning to feel the pain of insufficient production in our state and nation. A new reality will drive our decisions. These ideas are illustrated in the two books which I have given away by the hundreds: The Law by Frederick Bastiat written in 1850 and What Ever Happened to Penny Candy?
Do you support Georgia adopting an anti-illegal immigration law similar to the one adopted in Arizona?
Yes. The Georgia illegal immigration law is already among the strongest in the nation, but it is not enforced. We must have a strong immigration law and we must enforce that law. The Federal lawsuit against Arizona is absurd and I vehemently oppose it. The Federal government cares nothing for the US Constitution. However, we must also always be careful that we don’t allow the government to violate our Constitutional rights in order to solve any problem. ?In a free society people do not require constitutional authority to act. Government does. Our rights are God given and precious. We must wisely defend Life, Liberty and Property. The immigration problem has been created by the federal government. The best solution to our illegal immigration problems will require insight, wisdom and fortitude. I have new ideas which can solve our illegal immigration problem without creating worse problems for Georgians than we already have.
Should the children of illegal immigrants be allowed to attend Georgia colleges if they pay out-of-state tuition rates?
No. Unless the family and dependent child have a legal basis for being here, they should not be using our schools or services. If there is a normal foreign student program in a school, I would consider the idea of the student applying as a foreign born person who would abide by those rules and fees.
Do you support the state giving up some of its control over local education and turning that over to local school boards? If so, what areas should be turned over to local control?
I always advocate strongly for individual rights, so I support anything that moves decision making closer to the individual, and anything which makes those providing services more accountable to those who are paying for services. All areas should be turned over to local control. Why should the state have any control over how individuals cooperate as a community to educate their children?
Do you support the state giving taxpayer incentives to companies looking to open business in Georgia, or should such incentives be banned in the state?
Banned. The only way for government to give something to one business is to take it from other businesses or people. That is theft. Reduce spending in Georgia and give the breaks to all businesses. Just get government out of the way. People depend on production. Government produces nothing and wastes much. Government reduces the quantity of production through regulation, inflation, taxation and litigation. I want the government to leave us alone. Stop favoring one business over another.
Do you support a multi-county sales tax to be used for transportation in the state?
No. The proposed tax will only provide a fraction of the revenue necessary to maintain our present infrastructure. The tax will do nothing to expand our transportation infrastructure. Our leaders need to be more forthright about the difficult days ahead and our lack of resources. We are essentially bankrupt as a nation.
When I drive to Atlanta on government holidays, there is always plenty of room on the roads. If we want new capacity and the resources to maintain our present infrastructure, we have to reduce the size of government and decentralize the remaining government agencies. Centralization of power is the enemy of Liberty. A smaller, decentralized government that defends Georgians from federal abuses will remove the current barriers to a prosperous Georgia.
To balance the Georgia state budget, we must begin by getting government out of the way of producers so that we can produce the things which money would buy. We must eliminate frivolous and unneeded agencies and activities and root out corruption. Those services which are better provided by the free market must be transferred from government to the private sector - with no government involvement.
Do you support any kind of tax increase to generate more revenue for the state?
No. Tax cuts increase wealth and purchasing power of the producers in our state. Prosperous citizens can fund government.
Where in state government should spending cuts be made?
Detailed analysis is required and this is a complex process in any business or agency. Based on specific facts, information and analysis, any agencies that are not meeting their cost-benefit requirements should be restructured or eliminated. If the private sector can do a job better or if the activity is not supported by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, the activity should be eliminated. We also need to be certain that designated funds are no longer deposited and spent in the general budget.
Do you support cutting the high salaries found in education in the state?
Yes. We must do in education the same thing that private business has been doing for years; reduce management overhead. We must move toward a lean management team and base our salaries on the available resources in the education budget. If administrators and others with high salaries want to maintain their high salaries, then we have to STOP INTERFERING WITH PRODUCTION. Prosperity follows Production. Production follows Liberty. We have to teach our students about wealth creation and work together against government growth, which ROBS US ALL of Life, Liberty and Property, including those who work in education. The education community is beginning to feel the pain of insufficient production in our state and nation. A new reality will drive our decisions. These ideas are illustrated in the two books which I have given away by the hundreds: The Law by Frederick Bastiat written in 1850 and What Ever Happened to Penny Candy?
Do you support Georgia adopting an anti-illegal immigration law similar to the one adopted in Arizona?
Yes. The Georgia illegal immigration law is already among the strongest in the nation, but it is not enforced. We must have a strong immigration law and we must enforce that law. The Federal lawsuit against Arizona is absurd and I vehemently oppose it. The Federal government cares nothing for the US Constitution. However, we must also always be careful that we don’t allow the government to violate our Constitutional rights in order to solve any problem. ?In a free society people do not require constitutional authority to act. Government does. Our rights are God given and precious. We must wisely defend Life, Liberty and Property. The immigration problem has been created by the federal government. The best solution to our illegal immigration problems will require insight, wisdom and fortitude. I have new ideas which can solve our illegal immigration problem without creating worse problems for Georgians than we already have.
Should the children of illegal immigrants be allowed to attend Georgia colleges if they pay out-of-state tuition rates?
No. Unless the family and dependent child have a legal basis for being here, they should not be using our schools or services. If there is a normal foreign student program in a school, I would consider the idea of the student applying as a foreign born person who would abide by those rules and fees.
Do you support the state giving up some of its control over local education and turning that over to local school boards? If so, what areas should be turned over to local control?
I always advocate strongly for individual rights, so I support anything that moves decision making closer to the individual, and anything which makes those providing services more accountable to those who are paying for services. All areas should be turned over to local control. Why should the state have any control over how individuals cooperate as a community to educate their children?
Do you support the state giving taxpayer incentives to companies looking to open business in Georgia, or should such incentives be banned in the state?
Banned. The only way for government to give something to one business is to take it from other businesses or people. That is theft. Reduce spending in Georgia and give the breaks to all businesses. Just get government out of the way. People depend on production. Government produces nothing and wastes much. Government reduces the quantity of production through regulation, inflation, taxation and litigation. I want the government to leave us alone. Stop favoring one business over another.
Do you support a multi-county sales tax to be used for transportation in the state?
No. The proposed tax will only provide a fraction of the revenue necessary to maintain our present infrastructure. The tax will do nothing to expand our transportation infrastructure. Our leaders need to be more forthright about the difficult days ahead and our lack of resources. We are essentially bankrupt as a nation.
When I drive to Atlanta on government holidays, there is always plenty of room on the roads. If we want new capacity and the resources to maintain our present infrastructure, we have to reduce the size of government and decentralize the remaining government agencies. Centralization of power is the enemy of Liberty. A smaller, decentralized government that defends Georgians from federal abuses will remove the current barriers to a prosperous Georgia.
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Edwin Gravitt
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08/04/10 at 03:57 PM
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Governments produce no wealth. They should, therefore, take nothing from their citizens who do not want to pay for the burdensome bureaucracies that interpret and apply unconstitutional and unAmerican regulations, statutes and laws. Government's one and only job is to protect the freedom of its citizens to create their own jobs and to succeed or fail in doing it. Georgia children are not getting the benefit of a good education, especially in the field of history, mathematics and economics. Our children are being taught to hate guns for self defense and that the government will protect them with their own guns, etc. This is a deliberate attempt to disarm the people of Georgia and falls right into the scheme of the Communist Manifesto. Income and property taxes are also a part of the Communist Manifesto scheme. In fact, we now live under the Communist Manifesto, not the U.S. or State of Georgia constitutions. We need legislators that will move to take back our Sovereignty and Freedom for all Georgians now.