Robert Thomas

Strongly Agree

Taxpayers should not be made to contribute to the death of infants in the womb.

Neutral

Life of the mother, rape, incest

Strongly Disagree

Disincentivizing citizens from trying to achieve their best lives weakens the nation.

Agree

It depends on whether or not the nation is in dire need, such as funds to avoid extinction (by war)

The tax code should be changed so that moving businesses out of the U.S. is not subsidized in any way.

Strongly Agree

Freedom of religion is freedom of thought. Without freedom of thought, freedom itself is impossible.

Strongly Disagree

This dovetails with religious freedom. You cannot allow someone to have freedom of religion and then force them to act in opposition to that belief.

The Constitution is clear. There shall be no establishment of religion. This was included to make sure there was no State preferred religion as existed in the institution of the Church of England. Many of the colonists came to the New World to get out from under the thumb of being persecuted by state sponsored churches in Europe. Otherwise, I believe the concept of 'Separation of Church and State' has been misapplied to the Constitution and needs to be re-assessed.

None. If we don't have freedom to decide what we put in our bodies, that could subject us to all sorts of harm. For instance, there are no long-term studies on the effects of Covid19 vaccinations on children. There hasn't been time. If it turns out that it damages their hearts, it would be tragic for a generation.

C) Those who are aged and in the government health care system would have no way of providing for their health care if it was taken from them. It is unfortunately the case that we cannot relieve the world of human misery, and it is folly to try. But just because we can't do everything doesn't mean we can't do something.

B) We should intervene when and as we can when our national security is threatened. We cannot fight all battles, but we should be able to preserve the ideal of freedom in the world as something that can be striven for.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

The Chinese have told us that they plan to replace us the pre-eminent global superpower. Since they are by definition a fascist government (check any dictionary for a definition of fascism), that is very dangerous. They have infiltrated every critical sector of our nation and taken what they want from it. So, I think we need to take the threat they pose VERY seriously.

Identify terrorism hot spots. Terrorism does not pervade the entire Middle East. There are places that generate more terrorists than other places. We should strive to know what's going on in those locations.

Strongly Agree

There is no getting around it, we are being invaded as I write this. This invasion is being enabled by the Biden administration. In not protecting the southern border, not only is there the chance that terrorists could slip in, the cartels are using illegals to distract from incidents of drug running and human trafficking. It is tragic that the Left, which blames America for the heinous treatment of slaves back in the day, turns a blind eye to modern slavery. Unacceptable then and now!

Strongly Agree

You cannot have two captains of a ship, because, if they disagree, the ship will go nowhere. The federal government has jurisdiction over immigration law, and these laws should be respected and enforced.

It's not a question of who can come, but who can't. There is no type of person who should be excluded. The answer lies in what immigrants can bring to the country, as well as our capacity to absorb them. There most be a limiting principle, else the poor of the world will simply walk across our border, and access our social safety net. We can't afford that. So there must be numerical limits, as well as resources, human and/or material that immigrants can contribute.

Strongly Agree

People are who they are. I remember when I was in grade school that some of the boys were a little different, and they ended up in later life being gay. They didn't choose being gay, they were gay. You can't penalize someone for being born a certain way -- they had no choice in the matter. Extend that across other classes, and you understand why they should be protected.

Strongly Disagree

CRT is a divisive ideology that cherry picks certain pieces of our past to obtain a political advantage today. There are some terrible things in our past, and they should be taught in schools. But it should all go in, not just some of it. That includes the parts where people united to get rid of slavery, Jim Crow, and plain old official discrimination. It should ALL go in, the good and the bad. Only when we have a true picture of what happened can we get a sense of the progress we've made.

I was raised Baptist, and was a fundamentalist in the Church of Christ when I was in college. As I saw more of life, I acquired doubts. I no longer believe in the whole Bible because there are parts of it that claim homosexuality is a sin. As I wrote above, my life experience has taught me that it is not a choice, so I don't see how it can be a sin. I believe this though I am not gay myself. I hope there is a God in Heaven whose son is Jesus, and that I will see my parents in Heaven when I die.

Strongly Disagree

The most important thing we do is choose our leaders, because in choosing them, we choose how we are to be led. It does not seem unreasonable to me, and if the polls are to be believed, to the vast majority of Americans, to have as secure safeguards on voting as there are on entering a federal building or boarding an airplane.

No mail in ballots, unless they are requested by persons with a valid excuse for not voting in person. The potential for fraud in mail in ballots is too high to risk. I believe that I speak for all loyal Americans when I say that we will respect the will of the voters in any election, so long as it actually the will of the voters that elects the candidate to office, and not some underhanded vote manipulation.

Strongly Disagree

Where would it stop? No one alive today either was a slave or had slaves. I believe strongly in the equality of the races. Bob Woodson of the Woodson Center, and the four Black High Schools in Washington, DC back in the late 1910's and early 1920's have proved that mentally we are equal. And anyone who thinks Blacks are inferior physically is obviously mis-informed. My point is that Blacks don't need me to do anything for them except get the government out of their way. They'll do the rest.

The 'trumpeting' of racism is a problem. I don't see racism in my life. They tell me it exists, and it may somewhere. I take people as I find them, and I either like them or don't like them on their own merit. Race is never a factor in my relationships. I think most people are like me. But there are those who try to use past discrimination for political advantage now. And they teach a version of it in schools (CRT). We need to stop people dividing us along racial lines for political gain.

Strongly Agree

We now know that Russia and China infiltrated the global environmental movement with the aim of sabotaging at that level our hydraulic fracking extraction industry. They did this to undercut our economy and make us less able to support our allies in times of need. We need to completely reassess where we are in energy production because of this knowledge.

A) Given the recent revelation that the environmental movement was infiltrated by some agents of state actors who want to derail us, we have to re-assess our energy production. Russia and China have used the environmental movement to prevent us from optimizing our energy resources. Energy is the life blood of any economy and we have to have enough for ourselves and to supply some for our allies. There are ways to get to this with minimal impact on the environment, and we need to pursue them.

Conservative

I believe strongly in individual responsibility. Using a sports analogy, I want to be a member of a winning team. Every team is only as good as what each team member brings to it. America is a team, and we need can do people to make and keep the team strong. That means we need good educations, and the freedom to do what we think is best with our lives. This is my guiding star. But, as I said above, I am Christian leaning without condemning homosexuality. So I don't think I am Very Conservative.

To tell you the truth, I didn't get much chance to speak publicly in the last election cycle because of Covid19, that was the first time I ran. I haven't been very active this time until just recently. I expect to start doing radio interviews very shortly, and should be able to post some of these soon.

No.

I have an immense breadth of job experience, having worked in a factory, been in management of a large corporation, been an attorney practicing several kinds of law, and been a residential real estate appraiser for over a quarter of a century. I have also been on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Professional Appraisers Coalition. Because of my experience I can relate to almost anyone. I am also a student of history and science. I will be focusing on energy legislation, among others.

Strongly Agree

The police are what protects civilization from anarchy. There is a reason we have the words 'crime' and 'criminal'. When we subject them to unfair scrutiny we endanger the entire profession. Who will do this essential job for the money they make where they could lose their life on any given day if they are not protected from being bankrupted by unreasonable prosecution? They deserve our gratitude, not disapproval.

Strongly Disagree

If we need more resources for mental health and community programs, we need to get it from somewhere else than police departments. I never saw a police department where the police made too much money.

If someone has mental problems (demonstrated by documentation), or if they are felons, they shouldn't be allowed to have firearms. Otherwise, the right to keep and bear arms is enshrined in the Second Amendment to the Constitution. As such, it is an absolute right.

Strongly Disagree

Would we allow someone who was struck with a car the right to sue automobile manufacturers? Or a stabbing victim to sue a knife manufacturer. That doesn't make any sense. Guns, like knives, and screwdrivers are tools.