
Michael Bartley
Libertarian | Virginia
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Michael Bartley
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2019
Election
General
Race
House of Delegates, Dist. 94
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Tristate University, Angola In, BS Aerospace Engineering, 2000
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Warwic UCC, Deacon
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
House of Delegates, 2017
Race
Previous Races
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Virginia Citizen's Defense League (2017)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Disagree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds or grants from federal, state, or local governments.
Agree
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Before Viability
ECONOMY
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has a livable income.
Disagree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
Congress should pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
Strongly Agree
Socialism provides a robust foundation for a stable economy.
Strongly Disagree
What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
Lower government regulations. Some regulations, such as occupational licensing, have two main effects: 1-increase unemployment and 2-increase recidivism rates. Also lowering corporate tax rate. As a state candidate, I can not do it, but payroll taxes are regressive and increase unemployment.
What role should government play in boosting the economy?
Getting out of the way. Never do corporate welfare.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or business owners because of their deeply held religious beliefs.
Strongly Agree
Governments should not penalize those who define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
Strongly Disagree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Neutral
HEALTHCARE
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health insurance.
Disagree
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
I would propose we switch to a Singapore-like system. Require catastrophic health insurance, and use tax policy to end fixed dollar copay. If people pay a percent of their healthcare for normal things, they will shop around, and cost will go down. Iatrogenic deaths due to unnecessary procedures will be reduced. They have the best healthcare in the world and spend half as much as any other industrialized economy.
NATIONAL SECURITY
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
I support sanctuary cities.
Agree
Islamic law (Sharia) should take precedence over national and state laws where there are Islamic majority communities in the U. S.
Strongly Disagree
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Disagree
EDUCATION
Tuition-free public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
Any teaching to children on sex education in public schools must include all contraceptive methods, and should not show preference to abstinence.
No Answer
People should be allowed to use public restrooms, showers, and changing rooms based on "gender identity."
Agree
Free speech is under attack on public university and college campuses.
Agree
Parents should be the primary authority in decisions affecting their minor children.
Strongly Agree
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Study of governments, fear of monarchy and divine inspiration.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a lifelong Christian, and the son of a retired preacher. My faith is the primary reason I am running. I can not just do nothing when our government systematically discriminates against the poor. The Sermon on the Mount is what I consider to be the most important spiritual foundation for my beliefs. My values can be summed up as love god, love neighbor. As an engineer, I try and look at charity and good works through the lens of effectiveness.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
No Answer
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
I am fiscally reasonable, and socially tolerant. Government borrowing is taxing our children, and I consider it immoral. I am very socially tolerant because I am required by God to love my neighbor as myself, no matter what. We need to have a nonintervention foreign policy. When it comes to foreign policy, we should consider "who would Jesus bomb?" For immigration, despite a lack of things I can do at a state level, I support elimination of all limits on the number of immigrants and would only prevent felons and people with communicable diseases. Immigrants are our neighbors and we are required by God to love them as ourselves.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
I am an engineer with 19 years of experience. I designed the insides of the world's fastest rotor blades (x2 demonstrator).
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:
electbartley@gmail.com
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I believe that we should eliminate zip code based k12 school selection. The state should determine the money for each child based on grade and special needs. That money should follow the child to any public school in the state. If the child goes to a private school, 75% of the money should follow the child. If the child is home schooled, up to 75% of the money should be reimbursed for expenses. This is the best way to end "Milliken v. Bradley" In his decent Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote: "Under such a plan, white and Negro students will not go to school together. Instead, Negro children will continue to attend all-Negro schools. The very evil that Brown was aimed at will not be cured but will be perpetuated."
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
I support the death penalty.
Agree
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
Strongly Disagree
2ND AMENDMENT
More restrictive gun control is needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
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