Tyler Myles Vega
Green | Washington
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tyler Myles Vega
Party
Green
Election Year
2016
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 6
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, WA, Diploma, 1995
Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA, AAS, 1998
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
LIfe, Always doing this
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State House of Representatives, WA, 2004
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Berniecrats
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Disagree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Disagree
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Disagree
The U.S. military should wait for militant Islamic groups to directly threaten our national security on our shores, rather than eradicate them now wherever they may be worldwide.
No Answer
The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Disagree
I support legislation such as the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) that would prohibit discrimination against individuals, organizations and small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Agree
The federal government should establish Common Core as a nationwide academic standard for high school graduation.
Disagree
I oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the U.S. without proper vetting.
Disagree
Current regulations on domestic oil exploration and drilling are more restrictive than are necessary.
Strongly Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Agree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Neutral
More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Neutral
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.
Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self-interest into the most productive economic system there is.
Neutral
Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions until they are economically feasible.
Strongly Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.
No Answer
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.
Strongly Disagree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
The United States should help defend Israel from attack by its enemies.
Strongly Disagree
Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Disagree
Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.
Agree
Islamic law (Sharia) does not pose a threat to the United States and its Constitution.
Neutral
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.
God, Voters, Constitution, Supreme Court/Congress (equal parts in the system of checks and balances)
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
The issue is that the woman is going to choose whether or not she is governed. I would that all women would choose to bring their children into the world, but as the reality is that she will go elsewhere and do as she pleases anyway, I let the gridlock go and focus my attention on solutions. I put my energy into social change that will create a world in which she isn't scared of having the baby in the first place. Where the father has a chance to make it so he didn't run as soon as the baby was born. I support social justice because I want the women of our world to Choose Life. I am pro choose life, and I am in the business of creating a world where the young mothers and fathers in our midst aren't scared shitless of having a baby.
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Greed and the lust for power, and the reality that history tends to repeat itself.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a christian that has studied all paths. I have a personal relationship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I also practice yoga and meditation and pray multiple times daily in the way I was taught. I am a sundancer of the Lakota Tribe and believe these paths to be in alignment. I believe Jesus died for our sins and rose again, and that for me I cannot come to god by him. I also believe that for those outside the faith, I am not to judge them nor their beliefs. I stick to the Red Letters, and leave for the rest to deal with man's interpretation of the story of the Messiah.
Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?
Moderate
Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.
I can only say that my circle of friends in life includes all the spectrum. I have a healthy relationship with many republicans, I am running as a green, I am now backing the indepenent, Mike Coverdale. I think like a libertarian and have all of my most interesting dialogues with that crowd. I also self-identified as a libertarian for most of my life (my step father is and was a staunch libertarian) and still hold the core values of that system at the heart of my belief. I work with the democrats for proactive positive social change on issues like abortion and common sense gun control from the angle that the people must be allowed to bear arms, but the psycho's really shouldn't, and that the women are going to choose regardless, so let's give them options and alternatives such as adoption and surrogacy. I choose not to waste my time and energy on gridlock and go straight to the potential solution, no matter what that may be.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.
tyvega@hotmail.com 206 380 8637
Additional comment from candidate:
I am choosing to back Independent Mike Coverdale, because although we disagree on some issues, our similarities win the day. He (unlike the incumbent Derek Kilmer) is opposed to the TPP and wants the people to have a voice. He listens to the people. He is all for freedom and understands why the people value it so highly. While new to politics, he is open to dialogue between the parties, with me as a green and my most passionate libertarian friends right in his ear all the time. He is the most logical choice of all six candidates and is the only candidate that is both electable and will stand up for the people against the monstrosity that is the TPP. If you value you job and your environment, Mike is the choice. Set aside the fact that we disagree on many things in this survey. Mike has seen a different path than me, we see eye to eye on the stuff that matters.
