Loel Robert Gnadt
Libertarian | Michigan
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Loel Robert Gnadt
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 14
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Suomi College, Hancock, MI, Associate degree-business administration, 1974
Lake Superior State, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, finance
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Wayne County Taxpayers Association, Board member, Detroit area woodturners
member, Michigan Woodworkers Guild, member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State representative, 1996
County Commissioner, 1998,2002,2004
Race
Previous Races
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 is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Agree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Parents 1st, business prospers w/educated public
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I feel abortion is okay do to a rape or endangerment to woman.
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The cause was desire by those in power or control of government to always wanting to control citizenry in every way and extract funds for any project desired by those in power or control of government.
14. 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.
Creator over the individual, Constitution, next Voter, Congress and Supreme Court in a balance of power, and by contracts Industry, academia, Professional Sports.
15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.
International Society for Individual Liberty. Advocates for Self Government. Libertarian Party. Wayne County Taxpayers Association. Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Ken Larkin for Wayne County Commissioner district 4.
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
Associates degree in business administration. further education in finance. also educated to acquire state electrical license and in the past have held real estate sales and real estate brokers licenses and mutual funds sales and life insurance licenses. Board member of the Wayne County Taxpayers Association.
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
Downriver Council for the Arts, Peace Lutheran Church. Libertarian Party of Michigan, past chairmen of Wayne County Libertarian Party. contributor to unknown number of service organizations like Purple Heart, boys scouts....
