Mike Firsching
Republican | Illinois
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Mike Firsching
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 13
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
SIU-E, Edwardsville, BS, 78
University of Illinois, Urbana, DVM, 82
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Edwardsville School Board, 1996-2000
Holiday Shores Sanitary District, 2006-2008
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Congress, 2010
Congress, 2012
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
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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.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Disagree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
Disagree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Disagree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Agree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Disagree
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.
Strongly Disagree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
14. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1) The Federal Reserve System. We need to end this central bank. As has been the case of all central banks, money is being created and directed towards those connected with the central bank. Everyone else is hurt by this practice. It also damages the value of the dollar which depresses the markets. 2) End deficit spending. Government should not spend more than they have in revenue. Government borrowing competes with private borrowers which drives up interest rates. Further, the dollar is damaged as debt has become so large there is no means to pay it back. 3) Limited government. We have a Constitution which laid out a plan for a federal government. This federal government has exceeded its original limits and it has become a national government. Government is too big and intrusive. Reserving most domestic government to the states will be a better means towards having good government.
15. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Abortion concerns personal and private rights of health and reproduction. Government should not intrude upon unalienable rights such as a person's health and reproduction. I do not support a strict democracy where a slim majority can force their values upon a minority.
16. 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.
People are the ultimate power and as voters are people they are the ultimate authority. For government construction: Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court. (though there are checks and balances between Congress and the Supreme Court)
17. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
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