Michael Kalagias

Libertarian | Arkansas

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Candidate Profile

Moderate

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX, BS, 1986-1990

Northeastern State University, Talequah, OK, Certification, 1997-

WORK & MILITARY

US Navy, Machinist Mate, 5

Public Schools, Teacher/Security, 18

Avoca Fire Department, EMR/Firefighter, Board of Directors, 12

Benton County Water District, Board of Directors, 6

AFFILIATIONS

VFW, Life Member, 28

Libertarian Party of Arkansas, Benton County Libertarian Party, Life Member, various leadership positions, 12

Disabled American Vets, Life Member

Care Community Center, Board member, volunteer, donor

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

(Candidate did not provide)

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Arkansas State Representative 2014, 2016, 2024

Arkansas Lieutenant Governor, 2026-

US Representative 2018, 2020, 2022

OTHER INFORMATION

March 17, 2022 40/29 News interview.

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Did not answer

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Disagree

We should be protecting the lives of children, not banning transportation of medicine. Pass a law that states unequivocally that a human life begins at conception and that life is entitled to all of the rights and protections of any other child. Then the debate over such drugs is moot.


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

The minimum wage should be whatever is mutually agreed on between the employer and employee.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

All government programs are inherently wasteful. The best way to reduce waste is to reduce government programs/spending. If elected, I would cut spending in the Lt. Governor's office by at least half.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

The government should not establish, interfere with, or otherwise participate in religion.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

C, ?. Healthcare in the US needs to change from a healthcare management (rationing) system to a direct care system. Doing so would allow safety nets to be provided for veterans and service members, elderly, and impoverished people at significantly less expense while increasing the quality of care for everyone. We have steadily been increasing the level of socialism in our healthcare management system, resulting in the most expensive healthcare in the world despite declining quality of care.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Agree

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Changing our relationship with Israel is important. Our current relationship costs us billions in tax dollars (that we don't have) every year and is used to increase conflict that endangers the American people.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Neutral

Cities should be free to give sanctuary status inside their city limits for any laws that exist outside Constitutional authority. That would apply to firearms possession laws, warrant-less searches and seizures, immigration, etc...


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Agree

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Neutral


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Neutral

In some cases yes, in some cases no. That's what jury trials are for.

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Neutral

Government should have no involvement in marriage at all whatsoever. Not in defining it, not in regulating it, not in performing it, and not in taxing it.

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Agree

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian and wish to live my life in accordance with the Words of Christ. I do not believe the government should in any way inhibit the practice of my beliefs so long as I am not harming another. Nor do I believe the government should be forcing my beliefs on anyone else.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Neutral

Any reasonable identification should do.


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Neutral

The government should not be involved in sports in any way, shape, or form at all whatsoever. Private entities should be able to set whatever policies they choose, and folks should be free to associate with them or not.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

The only truly reliable sources for a large electric grid are coal and nuclear. Neither is likely to be allowed to supply the growing demand. Hydro can work in certain areas, but it's too limited to adequately and reliably supply the big 3 grids.


ABOUT YOU

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Choose not to answer

The conservative/liberal paradigm is a false one, and belief in it is why we are in the mess we are in. I consider my views on a wide range of issues to be libertarian. Not left. Not right. Just free.

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

Punishing those proven to have committed crimes against a victim or victims in a way that also deters folks from committing such crimes, and providing adequate restitution to those victims. Rehabilitating those criminals so that they can become productive members of society when their sentence is complete.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Agree

Agree, but not in any way that infringes on the rights of others.

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Did not answer


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

None

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