
Derrick Reid
Libertarian | California
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Derrick Reid
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2018
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Senator
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Cal Berkeley, Berkeley, BS, 75
Western State, Fullterton, JD, 81
Self Study, Laguna Beach, 20yr
WORK & MILITARY
Spankers, Supreme Commander, 2009-12
Engineer, Weapons Systems, 75-79
Patent Lawyer, Military Technology, 97-2009
Lecturer, Ukraine and Russia, 96-2010
AFFILIATIONS
Christianity, Believer, Libertarian
Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
US President, 2016
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Wife, both boys, and dog Sonia
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Fred D. Thompson PAC
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
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.
Neutral
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Governments should 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 Agree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health insurance.
Strongly Disagree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
More restrictive gun control is needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
Additional regulations are needed to prevent climate change.
Neutral
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Agree
The United States should help defend Israel from attack by its enemies.
Neutral
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
No Answer
Islamic law (Sharia) should take precedence over national and state laws where there are Islamic majority communities in the U. S.
Strongly Disagree
Congress should pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
No Answer
People should be allowed to use public restrooms, showers, and changing rooms based on "gender identity."
Strongly Disagree
I support sanctuary cities.
Strongly Disagree
It is OK for Congress to exempt itself from compliance with laws applicable to all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
I support the death penalty.
Neutral
Tuition-free public education should be guaranteed through college.
Disagree
The United States should protect its sovereignty from the United Nations.
Strongly Agree
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Agree
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
No Answer
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
http://www.derrickmreid.com/positions/abortion Under the common law, the king could not pass on the crown without a live birth in being. Under our common law, there is no life by law, until birth. The religious right has failed to obtain a constitutional amendment extending equal protection to a fetus. By the constitution, the federal government has no business in procreation rights. States reserve powers over social affairs does allow state to control abortion as the voters deem fit. This flies in the face of Doctor's office privacy under federal constitutional law. Federal government has no business in the doctor's office. States regulate the medical profession and social issues. Thus the conflict between states rights and federal privacy, and that is left to the Supreme Court to decide. Abortion is sin, but I am not running for Pope. The Constitution is supreme, and thus I would protect privacy, until the supreme court says that states reserve powers can regulate abortion.
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of radical Islamic terrorism?
The United States should not allow those who are subversive to liberties and freedoms of the US Constitution to immigrate into the US. As a senator, the US Constitution must be defended at all costs. Abolish child mutilations, its called mayhem. Punish honor killings Punish Wife Beatings Prohibit No Go Zones Punish Terrorism Punish Gay Bashing Prohibit child marriages Ensure Women equal protection Punish sedition and treason against the US Constitution.
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
We are in a classic contest between collective totalitarianism and Individual Freedom. Freedom won the day in 1776. Totalitarians have the upper hand in 2018. Its part of the endless cycles during the ascent of mankind. The founding fathers wrote what they meant and meant what they wrote. The Constitution is not a living breathing creature from the underworld. The Constitution is written in permanent ink with a clear intent, purpose, scope and object to a limited federal government.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I walk with Jesus and the holy spirit. I do not condemn sinners, as we are all sinners. I love all sinners as Jesus would have me do, as I pray for their salvation. http://www.derrickmreid.com/positions/religion "The cause of the universe is timeless, spaceless, all powerful, all knowing, immaterial, personal and eternal. In the beginning GOD created the heavens and earth, and the earth was without form and in a void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light."
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?
Moderate
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
http://www.derrickmreid.com/ I have analyzed the social economic fabric of our society for 20 years, and have the solutions to solve the major systemic problems facing the country. I am the quintessential moderate willing and eager to consider all perspectives, while generally opposed to solutions that limit our liberties and freedoms from government. The US Constitution does not speak to liberal values or conservative values, but only to liberty values. If you want a pandering progressive, vote for her. If you want an incompetent liberal, vote for him. If you want a shallow conservative, vote for her. If you want a moderate, a uniter, a problem solver, vote Reid a viable 3rd party choice. http://www.derrickmreid.com/platform I am a classic Liberal believing in protecting civil liberties and freedoms, helping the indigent and poor, and opposing regime change war. I am Christian. I am a social and fiscal conservative. I strongly support constitutional liberties and freedoms.
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
Constitutional distributive low-cost health care clinics as part of robust states rights social service safety nets would solve the national health care problem. Its actually the only way to do so. The federal government has no business perpetuating national socialism that eventually corrupts everything it touches. The states are well equipped to support seniors and poor individuals through state level social security and medical care as part of providing necessary safety nets. We now have a corrupt bifurcated system of federal socialism and states safety nets. We protect the republic by transferring federal socialism unto the states as the founding fathers intended, to promote domestic tranquility.
What role should government play in boosting the economy?
The federal government should boost the economy by eliminating wealth transfers inherent in the fiat currency regime & debt based currency, through a monetary reset, debt jubilee, government reforms, with the elimination of DC corruption. If you balance the budget immediately, economy tanks. Federal Government is trapped in debt, the banking cabal enslaving us all. A monetary reset is needed, including a debt jubilee and government reforms. Otherwise, kick the can with deficit spending until implosion, as President Trump just did signing the Omnibus bill. Debt is going exponential, with GW 4T$ deficits, BHO 8T$ deficits, and DT prospective 16T$ deficits over his 8 years, unless DT is smart enough to fix the problem. I perceive DT as honest and highly intelligent, but wonder if he knows how to fix DC. Time will tell, but I have a strong desire to work with democrats & republicans to help DT fix DC and end our enslavement to debt and oppressive income taxes, and our increasing poverty
What changes should be made to the tax code?
The tax code should be changed from income tax to sales tax. Thus, taxation is somewhat voluntary, income is not penalized, but green peace is enhanced penalizing consumption, while all pay their fair share to support at least minimum government. Its called a WIN WIN. We should make tax payments effectively voluntary, pay and forget at point of sale, for maximizing our liberties from government, while providing a necessary tax stream for funding at least minimum government. The Green Peace aspect of sales taxes will do more for green peace voluntarily than a million totalitarian EPA regulations.
What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
We must eliminate hidden wealth transfers from poor to rich and eliminate DC corruption, enslaving us all as tax mules, perpetual debtors and state dependents, for promoting robust capitalistic economic prosperity for increasing tax collections for funding necessary government functions, such as infrastructure builds. There is absolutely no doubt, that, supply-demand price-discovery capitalistic economies are the best and only means of raising the indigent and working poor out of poverty. All of our markets, currency, and government functions have been corrupted mostly through totalitarian globalists and their money influences over the last 100 years. I fear DC is so corrupted that implosion is the only way by crisis to create the political will to implement the necessary solutions. Seamless implementation of comprehensive solutions are needed. In the spirit of the US in the 1960s, we CAN DO.
How would you guarantee Social Security benefits for future generations?
Distribute social security under states rights, through a network of state licensed banks, (see postal banks of the Populous party of the 1880s) within robust state safety nets, and get the US government out of the federal socialism, as the founding fathers intended. The US has been making mistakes over the last 100 years, to where now, DC is a mess and trapped in debt. I know how to fix it. http://www.derrickmreid.com/positions/solutions
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
Engineer, Lawyer, System Analyst, Bullion-Banking-Finance Analyst, Military Scientist, Geopolitical Analyst, a 6-sigma skill set, indispensable to understanding systemic embedded problems, causes to those problems, and devising comprehensive, integrated, sweeping solutions within the constitutional framework. I am the best candidate for actually solving systemic embedded problems facing the country, in a fair and moderate way. Last year I designed a nuclear containment system for solving the nations nuclear waste problem. Three years ago I devise a monetary regime and designed a universal mint production line in advance of a monetary reset, that President Trump may find indispensable, as national debt ponzi scheme goes parabolic advancing toward implosion. http://www.derrickmreid.com/resume Disclosure, I dont pander
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:
Libereens@yahoo.com
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
The questions above answered by dots are of course shallow responses, when the issues are deep deserving of much explanation, but one can get a feel for the orientation. Generally, the US Constitution is the play book, while liberty, freedom, peace and prosperity are the objectives, to solve the many problems facing the state and nation, to promote domestic tranquility. If you want more stagnating political party pandering and rancor, vote for someone else. If you want a moderate, a uniter, a skilled problem solver, with skills to fairly consider all perspectives, and thus represent all Californians, and who will bring democrats and republicans together to find common ground to solve the many systemic problems facing the state and country, I am your guy. My positions are addressed here. http://www.derrickmreid.com/positions
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