Eric Robert Gurr
Republican | Ohio
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Eric Robert Gurr
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 8
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
University Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 1983
Cincinnati State Technical, Cincinnati, 1988
WORK & MILITARY
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Race
Previous Races
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Don Carter - Former Candidate in race
Matthew Trisler - Former Candidate in race
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
John Boehner
Republican National Committee
Senate Conservatives Fund
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
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.
Strongly Agree
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly 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.
Neutral
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
I believe the founders realized the natural tendency of groups to make decisions that individuals would not make. The separation of powers limits the scope of each group and creates a natural check on the group dynamic. In question 12 it is stated that the founders established a pure democracy. That is not true we are a representative democracy.
15. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1. Debt is the greatest existential threat to the nation. It is a disease that lays waste to even the most powerful of nations. Debts are always reckoned through either payment in kind or pain and misery to the masses. Coupled with a Fiat currency debt becomes largely illusory to the people and the government right up until the point that it collapses the economy. 2. Lack of codified limits on revenue and spending. Many conservatives believe that we do not have a revenue problem we have a spending problem. This is not true. If governments were Constitutionally limited on taxes and debt they would be forced to curtail spending. 3. Social spending rots a society. Cradle to grave security in food, shelter and health care removes the internal motivation for personal responsibility. This pulls at the moral fabric of society and causes widespread problems.
16. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I believe abortion should only be allowed in cases of rape, incest or the mother's health.
17. 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.
1. Constitution 2. Voters 3. Congress 4. Supreme Court Personally God is your highest form of authority.
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in God and I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I do not believe that God wants us to be miserable. Looking through a microscope and looking through a telescope I see the same level of complexity and creation. God likes to create things. I think man can only be happy when he is creating as we ourselves are created in God's image. Creation and art go hand in hand. The more work that is involved the more beauty we see. I also believe firmly that God wants us to love one another. If there is a purpose to our lives I think it is to make life here on Earth as close to heaven as we are able. If our life's work is to make Earth more heavenly it is clearly an individual pursuit. We work as individuals to create a better world for ourselves, our families and our friends. We don't help others by living for them. The values one can derive from this our simple and clear. If we are to love one another we cannot of course steal from one another or harm one another.
