Vito Sagliano
Republican | Tennessee
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Vito Sagliano
Party
Republican
Election Year
2018
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 2
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
(Candidate did not provide)
WORK & MILITARY
US Navy, SW1 (SCW), ~19
AFFILIATIONS
22TooMany-Knoxville, Member- Current, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Member - Current, Grainger County Republican Party, Member - Current
Grainger County Republican Women, Affiliated Member - Current, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Ass.
Member - Current, American Welding Society, Member - Past
Americian Society for Nondestructive Testing, Member - Past, Isle of Wight Historic Society
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Smokey Mountain Journal
Code of Vets
Circle of Friends for American Veterans
Monday Information
United Driver Association
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
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 Agree
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.
Neutral
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.
Disagree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
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.
Strongly Disagree
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.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
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.
Strongly Agree
People should be allowed to use public restrooms, showers, and changing rooms based on "gender identity."
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.
Strongly Agree
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.
Strongly Agree
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2010 General Election, 2016 General Election
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Risk to mother, when no other options are available, to include situations of fetal death, and body is unable to naturally.
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of radical Islamic terrorism?
We as a nation cannot effectively eliminate the risk, as a worldwide event. Focus has to be identify threats entering the nation, and expand threat identification once centralized response has been established. As a threat reduction, it should be placed through humanitarian efforts based at individual level for the most effect. Establishing a relationship between nations, and local communities where the effort and impact is most felt. Unfortunely Governments misplace the human connection needed.
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Our founding Fathers knew a nation of the people could not be preserved, if you did not assure the people held the power to do so. With so many looking for “loopholes” they built our Constitution as a way to assure we could keep our rights as long as us the people did not let them be eroded.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I was born and raised in a Roman Catholic family, and have strong values. I feel my spiritual and personal beliefs hold very closely. Be happy for every morning you wake, and do something each day to make it a little better.
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?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
I firmly believe we are a nation of the people, and the government belongs to us as a people. In doing so, each penny spent has a Constitutional duty to where and how it is spent. Anything in surplus should only be used afterwards, and not be a standard, but the exception. If we want additional funds it should be available from our nation’s prosperity than salvage.
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
Remove many of the restrictions currently in place, limiting services. Allow open competition of services, which can actually be driven by the people through their needs than forced on them. Provide upfront cost, so people can make educated questions to their health needs and goals. Remove restrictions on medication availability, allowing patients and doctors to explore options based on the individual’s situation and needs than expecting them to fall as a textbook case.
What role should government play in boosting the economy?
Support and motivate growth from within. Innovation has to be allowed to flourish, than stomped out by redtape.
What changes should be made to the tax code?
First we have to address spending and budgets to make any real change to the way we look at and handle taxes. For the purpose of gathering tax, it should be done as a consumption tax, that as we currently have. This would allow a greater option for families to plan spending, and would promote sales, and other items to gain a greater revenue. There are ways to phase this in with limited impact, and would boost economic growth.
What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
Promote a positive response to employment. Provide a national call to a program/project that will better our nation as a whole, and reward those taking strides, than tie their hands.
How would you guarantee Social Security benefits for future generations?
Assure spending be placed on US Citizen Beneficiaries first and foremost. Once secured from extended spending, place funds directly into the budget, with use of interest and profit building to be limited to a single fiscal year. This would assure both funds are available, and not used as a general fund with a “IOU” note attached for others to figure out how to fund when needed.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
I have real world experience on multiple levels, not from behind a chair, but first hand; - I continued my education through the years both formal, and informal studying to learn something new, not to take a test, but to apply myself. - I worked as operations in varied roles through the military, making decisions for success that often actually meant life or death in multiple nations across our globe. - I successfully own, and operated a small business, and my wife is a current local small business owner. - I’ve held budgets and assets up to $2.7 Billion, successfully. - Most importantly, I have had the daily struggles we all have faced, and well aware what it means.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:
VitoForCongress@Gmail.com 865-356-6073
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
The reason I am running is a simple one. I hate seeing our nation be eroded from what it stands for. I hate the corruption, the games, the dollars involved with politics pushing the people to the wayside. I want to make a difference, and show that this is still a nation of “We The People” I don’t plan on staying a lifetime, but long enough to get stuff back on track and hand it off to the next person willing to step up for the people. If elected, I give three promises: -I will be faithful to the Constitution, this nation, and her people. -I will bring a voice back to the people, and fight for what is right. -I will not actively seek reelection, but instead place my voting record, and bills out for inspection. If you feel I served as I said than let me know, if not… send me home
