Earl Martin
Republican | Georgia
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Earl Martin
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 1
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., BS, 1974
University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Fla., MD, 1977
WORK & MILITARY
USPHS, 0-4, 1980-1986
AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
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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.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
Strongly 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.
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.
Disagree
14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The founders recognized that good men would want to exercise power to try and make changes that they thought would make things better. The Constitution with its checks and balances was meant to limit that ability of rulers to exercise that power with the resultant loss of liberty. In the Constitutional Convention it is directly mentioned that the Constitution was meant to be a protection against men of good intent even more so then those of evil intent.
15. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1. Dealing with the national debt. We are borrowing over a trillion dollars per year and if that trend is not changed we will be required to pay more in interest payments then to cover the Dept. of Defense within a few short years. The Federal Reserve at the present time is making money out of thin air at a dizzying pace and if continued hyperinflation will soon follow. 2. My daughter is in the Army and we need to restore the purpose of the military to its primary purpose of defending this country and not to rebuild other countries or to be a social experimentation laboratory. 3. To restore integrity and honor in the governance of this country. To do what I say that I am going to do. To actually represent the people of the First District in the great state of Georgia and not the lobbyists that infest Washington, D.C.
16. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Abortion should be permissible to save the life of the mother particularly related to such conditions as ectopic pregnancies.
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.
G-d Constitution Voters Congress/Supreme Court
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
As an American citizen I am also a citizen of the Kingdom of G-d and I am called to seek that Kingdom wherever I am and whatever that I am doing. I am to seek justice, love mercy and to walk humbly before my G-d for the Kingdom is righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
