Jeffery "Jeff" Scott

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I agree with the Supreme Court when it says that women should be free to choose prior to viability and that States are within their rights to restrict abortion after viability. I also believe exceptions need to be in place for cases of rape, incest, or if the life of the mother is endangered. I support the Casey decision (in Planned Parenthood vs Casey). I strongly object to Republicans who charge other parties of supporting "infanticide". They stoop low to rally their sensitive voters who don't have time to research the facts. In reality, no one supports "infanticide", the killing of a live, healthy, breathing baby. I object strongly to the exploitation of this issue as a "get out the vote" tactic. The bullying candidates of the far right alone are responsible. Campaigns should not descend into shameless fear-mongering and incivility. Third party candidates are your best option.

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In Congress, I would oppose all stimulus spending. I will work for fairness in business competition and against the Federal government's insider game of picking winners and losers. Further, I would require that all emergency measures taken for the sake of stimulating the economy or protecting national security track the benefits to insiders. Further, I oppose hidden taxpayer liabilities that sneak into bills and increase our long-term debt burden. I support low corporate taxes across the board and leaving private savings to the private sector to promote economic growth. Our national security state is also picking winners and losers in worldwide economic competition. We will be net exporter of oil in 2020. There is no reason for further oil wars. I oppose the use of war sanctions in peacetime. I support limiting the military's adverse effects on the world economy. I want to stop its destruction of lives, property and the environment. War should be bad for business, not good for business

Many libertarians believe that taxation is theft. The income tax is worse than theft, since it is a tool of political power that targets individuals and movements. Financial surveillance on this scale has no place in a free society. I support abolition of the income tax. I view other taxes as fees charged for services. People should object to taxes and fees when the service is poor and the cost is high. Businesses that rip people off like that would not survive. To reduce spending and the size of government, we have to return many government services to private hands. There is no better means of cost control than for consumers to demand better services from private managers, not public administrators. Most government enterprises can't match the competitive private sector for quality. My written proposals for privatizing Veterans health care and the student lending system is the best way to reform those two poor-performing agencies.

I oppose direct interference in the job market by the Federal government. Republicans complained that the Obama administration spent nearly a million dollars for every $50,000 annual salary job he created or preserved. Who knows how much Trump is spending per job to boost his employment numbers? Republicans won't say, but it's probably higher than what Obama spent. The Feds cannot pick winners and losers in business or labor. Favoring one group of job holders hurts another. Private capital builds job markets. I will fight to end manipulation of savings rates to very low levels, enabling the government to borrow more that it ever could if it faced real market rates. A low or negative interest rate policy will destroy private savings. We should increase, not decrease, incentives for savers to accumulate real savings for their businesses and retirement. We cannot burden future generations with unmanageable debt. I strongly support automatic fiscal constraints when budgets are not balanced

Social Security has been so poorly managed by Congress that it won't be financially viable by the time our youngest workers are ready for retirement. Our options are limited to raising contributions from taxpayers, borrowing money, or lowering benefits. I oppose higher taxes, further indebtedness and undue burdens on young workers. As a financial professional, I have a duty to protect the elderly who have already paid into the system. The benefit formula must reflect the reality that we are living and working longer. We can improve our prospects by allowing more immigration and getting life-extending treatments to market faster. With more young people, longer work lives, good economic growth, adjustments to the benefit formula and market-based interest rates, we can have a sustainable system. If Congress doesn't improve its own ability to cooperate, the program will ultimately fail.

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I support repealing ACA. Third-party payer systems that 'cover all medical needs' are flawed since they mix spending on routine, predictable events with unpredictable, emergency costs. Buyers of medical care under ACA are trapped. If they stop paying high premiums they risk medical and financial catastrophe. As consumers, plan or no plan, they are threatened with absurd and opaque prices. Medical costs will continue to spiral out of control until customers pry out and drive down the prices of services. The problem of fake, inflated prices that appear on medical bills will not be solved under the flawed Medicare4All either. Further, I support competition in professional labor. We should break the medical cartel that keeps service costs high because Americans should be able to choose the doctors they want and the care they need. I also favor doing away with the patent system for drugs, an unnecessary government-granted monopoly that abuses people in need of care and fattens Big Pharma.

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To eradicate the threat, the US should end its war. The job of our military is to protect American lives. When we use destructive force, with no clear reason, we kill innocent civilians. American interventionism abroad leads to blowback. Real conservatives know that America can't search for monsters abroad and maintain tranquility at home. I support reductions in military spending and foreign aid to warring nations. I support limits on NATO expansion and reducing its role in regime change. I oppose war on Iran, a country that does not threaten us. Our relation with Russia, a nuclear power, is at an all time low. I encourage the president to remove aggressive American financial sanctions on both Iran and Russia. We must restore international civility and diplomacy. Americans polled now say 2-to-1 that we should NOT have gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are war weary. Time to let third parties take their peace platforms to D.C.

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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Party power has subverted our republic. The people are frustrated with the domineering, tribal parties that don't represent the original American values or even basic decency. In every election, the big parties expect voters to take one for the team, remain loyal, and suck up their complaints about abuse of power. Meanwhile, the lobbyist-approved candidates don't discuss anything of major importance, such as issues of war and peace.

This request is too personal. In public settings, I am always willing to talk person to person, not candidate to voter, about how to live a good life. As a father, I have had to show my children how I have tried to create lasting happiness. I will share my successes and failures with people who make my acquaintance. I will not discuss intimacies about my spiritual values in a public political questionnaire.

2010 General Election, 2012 General Election, 2012 Republican Primary, 2014 General Election, 2016 General Election

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As a Libertarian I don't fit into this right-left, one-dimensional scale. I'm neither left nor right. On fiscal matters, I agree with many conservatives who don't want high taxes or to burden our children with increasing national debt. On social matters, I agree with many traditional liberals who don't want to be told how to live their lives. Both the Democratic and Republican Parties have shown time and again that they are incapable of resisting the temptation to use government power to force others to do as they wish. They enjoy putting the boot of power on the neck of the people, especially in the name of national security. They invade privacy, stamp out free speech, hassle peaceful cannabis users, inflate the fear of foreigners, restrict trade. You can read more third party solutions at JeffScottForCongress.com

I have been in the job market for 45 years. After mowing lawns and working at gas stations, I got a late start in college. I graduated with distinction, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, with two degrees. I moved into banking as an economist, and then moved further professionally into high technology and finance. I am a family man, with 2 children, and my wife was a distinguished public artist whose large, collaborative works adorn Charlotte and other cities. I have a stake in ensuring our country and state continues to be a prosperous one. My no-nonsense practical approach to public service will serve the people of North Carolina well in Congress. As an independent thinker I'm not afraid to agree with Trump or Pelosi if their policies on a particular issue are the right ones. When they do the right thing, I'll support them. When they don't, the people of North Carolina can count on me to call them out.

jeff.scott@mecklenburg.LPNC.org, 510.928.2879

The two major party candidates have both failed in this special election cycle to sit before an adversarial audience and take questions. Both take big money from out of state donors who expect favors in return. My campaign receives small individual donations and we have no corporate sponsors. The bitter partisan fighting we hear everyday drowns out calm consideration of the issues. We can't let bullying political parties bury the truth about what everyday Americans need from their lawmakers. As a Libertarian, I will stand outside the swamp to bring professionalism and sanity the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of the people of North Carolina. You have a rare opportunity support a moderate, independent, even-tempered candidate for this office. I ask for your vote on September 10.

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