Marko Milakovich
No Party Preference | Florida
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Marko Milakovich
Party
No Party Preference
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 9
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, BSEE, 1965
WORK & MILITARY
First Mobile Comm Group, Team Commander, 1966-68
Many Military Units, Communications Officer, 1965-1985
AFFILIATIONS
Little Lights Orphanage, Contributor, Anashu Academy (school)
Contributor, Logan (boy with MS -- gave van), Donor
Kiyevi Village, Donations, DOS Cultural Exchange Program
Supporter/participant
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
none
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
none
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
We The People (see website)
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.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
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.
Disagree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
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 founders came to America to escape domination of the individual by an authoritative power. The people had no representation in the process that established the rules that governed their lives. As a consequence, they took extreme care to establish a government system with checks and balances where any one element of governance would not have the power or authority to create a supreme rule over the people. Freedom is a natural element in the fabric of mankind.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
First: The security of our country, our values and our way of life is my first concern. Our country is in Big Trouble and our security is in extreme peril with our open border and the proclaimed intent by terrorists to attack us and our way of life. Second is Immigration: We are a country of immigrants, yet our rules, regulations, policies, and oversight of the process is extremely broken. The result is unwarranted hardships on families who “follow the rules”, and a permissiveness or “forgiveness” afforded to many who break or ignore the rules. Third is taxation: I promote changing our corporate tax rate (the highest in the industrial world) from 35% to 20%. This would help (1) keep corporate tax money in the U.S. (2) help to bring back corporate tax money, and help keep jobs in the U.S. and promote the creation of more jobs in the U.S.. I believe that with a federal tax reduction, coupled with the Orlando favorable tax structure, our area would attract more jobs.
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I am against the practice of abortions except in extenuating circumstances. These circumstances include rape, incest, and the bone fide, physical threat to a woman’s life. I also believe that the physical threat to a woman’s life must be actual and documented by proper medical testimony.
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.
1) Constitution, 2) Supreme Court, 3) Congress. I have tried to answer this based on “source” documents and not secondary considerations, which are derived from the sources.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit and an “eternal life”, as articulated in the Nicene Creed. I also believe that the essence of Christ has been revealed to other cultures in different ways, but that the foundational belief and essence remains the same. Among these spiritual beliefs and values include the moral and human, foundational nature of the goodness of man. I also believe that those who do not practice the values they publically acknowledge do not truly embrace them within. When man commits depravity and atrocity upon another while extolling virtues of his/her God, the publically spoken values are a lie. And, when one besmirches another, either through outright lies, or veiled falsehoods, again the publically spoken values are a deception to the person’s true character. While we are not perfect, nor can we be, we can strive to be the best we can using our foundational value system, which in my case is Christianity.
