John J. Tatar
Libertarian | Michigan
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
John J. Tatar
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 11
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Wayne State Unicersity, Detroit, MS, 1984
Wayne State University, Detroit, BS, 1970
Command and General Staff College (USAR), Ft. Levinworty, KA, C&GS, 1985
WORK & MILITARY
Army Reserve (retired), Lieutenant Colonel, 31
General Contractor, Owner, 40
Livonia Public Schools, Teacher, 31
AFFILIATIONS
Boy Scouts of America, assistant scout master, Michigan Education Assoc.
member, Flying Dutchman Assoc, member
NRA, member, National Eagle Scout Associaton
member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Disagree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
No Answer
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
No Answer
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
14. The federal government should establish nationwide standards (such as Common Core) for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
15. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Our founding fathers did not want a king. They realized power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Therefore they developed 3 branches of government as a check and balance to keep our government “de jure” constitutional. Today they have become “usurpers” acting beyond they delegated authority. Thus violating their sworn oath of office and making all their actions “null and void” Norton v Shelby County 118 US 425.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
(a) The “usurpation” of all the public functionaries now employed or voted in the American government. Each political functionary is mandated to act in the “de jure” (constitutionally). Every public functionary must act in accordance within their delegated scope of employment, and they are not. (b) The open boarder issue. It is necessary that the boarders are secure and that each alien that wants to enter into the United States must enter lawfully. (c) End all wars over seas and end the war of “terror”. These wars are not in the best interest of America. The American government has only one responsibility and that is to protect the American people.
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Abortion should be allowed on demand by the parties concerned and not funded by taxpayer’s dollars. Abortion is not and should not be a political issue. This is a distraction to keep the American people focus on issues that have not been resolved over all these years regardless of what party is in power.
18. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Voters, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
We have freedom of religion in this country and we have no requirement to make public what our beliefs are. That flies in the face of the right of privacy.
