John W. Aiken Jr.
Republican | Washington
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
John W. Aiken Jr.
Party
Republican
Election Year
2018
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 6 - Pos. 2
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Medical Lake High School, Medical Lake, HS diploma, 1970
USAF Academy Preparatory School, Air Force Academy, 1971
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, BS in Geology, 1983
WORK & MILITARY
USAF, Cadet Candidate, 1
USAF Ready Reserves, A1C, 5
AFFILIATIONS
Protestant Youth of the Chapel, President in high school, Boy Scouts
Senior Patrol Leader in high school, Future Scientists of America, VP in high school
Northwest Mining Association, member in the 1979s-80s, National Rifle Association
member since 1990s, Gemological Institute of America, alumni since 1980s
Special Olympics, member since 2007, Junior Achievement of Washington
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
WA ST Governor, 2004
WA ST Governor, 2008
Race
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Donald Trump
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
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.
No Answer
I am in favor of necessary infrastructure on our border that maximizes the ability to control 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 a relationship between one man and one woman.
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
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
Any teaching to children on sex education in public schools must include all contraceptive methods, and should not show preference to abstinence.
Strongly Agree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
Parents should have the right to opt their children out of classes as they see fit.
Strongly Agree
The state constitution should limit the growth of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Neutral
Congress should pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
Strongly Agree
Government should compel businesses and schools to allow access in all cases based on “gender identity.”
Strongly Disagree
I support sanctuary cities.
Strongly Disagree
I support the death penalty.
Strongly Agree
Commercial surrogacy should be legal.
Strongly Disagree
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Strongly Agree
Parents should be the primary authority in decisions affecting their minor children.
Strongly Agree
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
Strongly Agree
Individual rights come from government.
Strongly Disagree
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Personally, I don't believe that an abortion should be allowed for any circumstance. This is an ethically and moral issue between the mother and developing human being within her womb. If the mother's life is at risk and aborting can save her life and destroys a developing human being that cannot be saved through modern medicine due to the early stage of development, I would regrettably allow it until a time that modern medicine can. If the aborted developing human being has developed to a stage that modern medicine can provide its needs to full term development, then I want the aborted human being to be saved and provided with the proper care where it can develop to care for itself. There is no reason to destroy innocent life and to deny nurturing for full term development even when the pregnancy is unwanted. I believe the unborn have Constitutional and Civil Rights.
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
The US Constitution is a contract between our Government and the individual. It is not a living document that evolves in time. This is why the founders defined terms and dated documents knowing that definitions will change in time. They broke government into three branches that have separate and limited powers, so no one branch can control government. Populism is fickle for it comes and goes like the tide. This is why a contract is a better tool for enforcement.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am an Eagle Scout and have the God and Country Medal. I am a Southern Baptist in denomination and we don't believe that being baptized as a baby is the same as an adult who is washing their sins away by baptism and accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior. A baby or child does not have that concept yet in life to understand the meaning of baptism rite nor communion. The Bible is the word of God and much can be learned in ethics, values, and morality that is discussed in it. America was build by faith and is what binds us to have what we have now. The church is the voice of morality and reason. To shut that voice is not American and not a voice of freedom.
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.
Go to my campaign website at www.jwaiken.org and I will have my degrees, certification, licences, and photos to prove my claims. I am a Super Delegate for the RNC and a card carrying Life Member, which there are only 25,000 in our nation. I have supported the Republican party and its organization for many years. I am also a Benefactor Life Member of the National Rifle Association. I am also a member of many conservative organizations like the Heritage Society and Judicial Watch.
What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
There are many factors that cause unemployment. Often, it is believed that higher education is the answer to lower unemployment, which is a false premise for there only exist so many specialized employment. What there is a lack of is vocational and technical skills in the labor and business force that pays more than a college degree job. The number one employer in America is small businesses for there are millions of them over major corporation's labor force. What needs to be done is to provide conditions to enhance economic growth for small businesses to thrive and they in return will hire more people. There is also too much over regulation by government that stifles growth or even curtail it purposely at the detriment of the people they serve. Some community leaders don't want what they deem to be undesirable and will seek obstacles that takes years to do that discourages investments and development of their areas of economic blight.
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
I assume when you say "all" you are including non citizens and illegal aliens that have made residency in our country that impacts many legal citizen tax payer's services that they support like public schools, jails, food banks, etc that was meant for our own citizens. I believe that competition is the best way to bring the not affordably down. Thee is no solution to this problem just look at the Veterans Administration and Medicare, then tell me what they provide to veterans and senior citizens are adequate under the control of our government. What I would suggest would anger some, but I would consider outsourcing group homes and assisted living centers to countries who has cheaper labor forces that are similarly qualified and certified at the same level, as our expensive way of doing things due to our modern standard of living compared to these countries. During Victorian times, British subjects moved to India and China where they could get long termed care cheaper.
What role should government play in boosting the economy?
Government should provide the necessary conditions that promotes economic development instead of becoming a barrier that curtails it. Government should not be a competitor for this is unfair in a free trade society under capitalism where taxpayers subsidizes government that private enterprise cannot fairly compete.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
I have experience owning my own small businesses as a sole proprietor and under a general partnership. I have written and awarded grants from local government. I also have experience as a corporate director for several mining and processing companies. I have gone through the process of permits, satisfied environmental impact statements, and wrote company prospectus under the Securities and Exchange Act to issue shares of company stock. I have installed ponds, irrigation canals, and operated many types of farm and construction equipment. I can survey property with a transit and use a computers to do drafting, designing, and accounting. I can operate many scientific devices to analyze chemical and structural materials through X-ray, electron microprobe, inductive coupling plasma, and atomic absorption. I have been a City construction inspector for 30 years on many roads, bridges, utilities, and buildings projects. I also have traded in commodity futures for 30 years.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:
E-mail JWAiken1@msn.com Phone (509) 389-2000
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I keep hearing that we are a nation of immigrants and this is not true. My family came here with William Penn to colonized Pennsylvania and we were here a 100 years before the United States ever existed. St Augustine, Florida is the oldest city in our country founded in 1565. Our country is composed from the original 13 colonies that ratified into statehood under the US Constitution. My family served in the French & Indian War as British subjects and fought in the Continental Army and Navy during the Revolutionary War in Delaware. During the Civil War my family fought against the other from Ohio, New York, North and South Carolina. My family served in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. I was born on a military base and lived in many places as a military dependent in our country and overseas. My heart is with the military who serve to defend our freedoms at the risk of their own lives and well being. Nobody thinks about the family they leave behind.
