David Wiley
Libertarian | Washington
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
David Wiley
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2022
Election
Primary & Secretary of State Special
Race
State Rep., Dist. 38 - Pos. 2
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Seattle Pacific Univeristy, Seattle, B.S. Biology, 2000
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 1999
Boise State University, Boise, 2004
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
Libertarian Party of Washington, Legislative Committe member, Libertarian Party of Washington
Judicial Committee member, Snohomish County Libertarian Party, Chair
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Libertarian Party of Washington
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
This is a sensitive issue with many people having good and bad faith opinions on both sides. A Woman has the right to her body, but that does not give the right to end another human being's life. Rather than continuing the old debate which has been stuck in its trenches for decades, I prefer to point out that the revolution of artificial wombs will soon make the old arguments irrelevant. Soon technology will allow a Woman to end a pregnancy without ending the life of a fetus and the question will be one of financial responsibility for this technology.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Strongly Disagree
Anyone can kill themself, but they do not have the right to drag someone else into that decision. Furthermore it muddies the legal boundaries between suicide and homicide.
ECONOMY
What changes, if any, should be made to the tax code?
Ideally repealing the 16th amendment. Practically we should end all productions taxes and begin a shift to consumption taxes and services fees.
What government spending would you reduce in order to balance the budget?
First the government should prioritize its constitutional responsibilities and attempt to fully fund everything through voluntary service fees. Everything that people value they will pay for voluntarily.
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
Under what circumstances can government close churches?
None, and I will act defensively to protect the free and voluntary exercise of religious organizations
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D)Tax-payer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be de-funded.
D). While government healthcare insurance is acceptable if voluntarily funded, private healthcare systems, charities, and health cooperatives will always outperform them in my opinion. Regardless in a free market people will be able to make the best choice for themself instead of trapped in bad systems by government force.
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
The government should never make health decisions for citizens. The role of government is to protect us from each other, not from ourselves. A school can require vaccinations as a voluntary obligation of enrollment. Compulsory education should not exist. The employer may require it as an agreed condition of employment or in an at-will employment relationship. The key principle is if the relationship is voluntary on both parties. The initiation of force makes an interaction illegitimate. "The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit." - Noble Prize winning economist Milton Friedman
NATIONAL SECURITY
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of Islamic terrorism?
Issue letters of Marque and Reprisal against terrorists and terrorist organizations. Just as the founding fathers dealt with the Barbary Pirates during the Barbary wars.
I support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories, remove the separation barrier in the West Bank, allow full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees.
Disagree
People are individually free to boycott or divest themselves of anything they want in a free market but I do not personally support it.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Choose not to answer
This is not an issue related to a state legislator. Please vote appropriately for a federal representative.
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
This is not an issue related to a state legislator. Please vote appropriately for a federal representative.
EDUCATION
I support school choice, including voucher programs, tax credits, charter schools, private schools, and home schools.
Agree
I do not support voucher programs as they are an inefficient system of accounting for state tax funds. I support unlocking public school districts for enrollment to out of district students where capacity exists and I support backpack funding where state education funding follows the student to the school they attend.
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
Neutral
"Securing freedom and property to all men, and above all things, the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience;" - Thomas Paine, Common Sense
I support adding gender identity as a specially protected class in non-discrimination laws.
Disagree
The government has no business even tracking our gender. Unnecessary record keeping and tracking by the government should be abolished.
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition
Choose not to answer
My personal beliefs are irrelevant. Under the constitution the government has no right to interfere in a religious practice (marriage) nor consensual human relationships. The great mistake was "casting your pearls before swine" with the Christian Socialist movement of 1927 to create the Uniform Marriage Act, requiring people to get a marriage license. I support our U.S. constitution which says in article 1, section 10: "No state shall... pass any Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts...."
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Choose not to answer
I agree with CRT legal theory (Jim Crow institutions are racist even when the racism is not explicit), but disagree with the CRT historical theory which creates a racist conspiracy theory to historical activity.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I politely decline to politicize my spiritual beliefs except that I agree with our founders that all people are created with equal moral value and have certain inalienable natural rights. I am not running for office to be your spiritual advisor, I am running for office to protect your rights. Chiefly to maximize everyone's free will and to minimize state compulsion in our lives. I will not legislate my moral values onto others. To develop moral wisdom all of society must be free to make moral choices. Except that one person's rights to do what they want ends where another person's rights begin.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
Washington state is a mail in ballot state and photo identification is of little relevance.
What laws would you propose to change present voting practices?
STV or Score voting methods. Registered voter rolls should be public and auditable by anyone as well as who returned ballots. Abolish winner-take-all electoral college delegate assignment and return to proportional assignment under STV method. Uncounted ballots should have clear chain of custody evidence standards. Better public audits of vote counting. Prohibit organizations which receive public funding from donating funds to politicians or political organizations. Election recalls should not require approval by Judges, the people should be able to remove their public servants with a full election at their whim and maintain accountability to the public. In general the system should operate with the maximum transparency possible while still protecting the secrecy of what votes were cast. "Sunlight is the best disinfectant"
EQUALITY
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
It's not White vs. Black, Straight vs. Gay, Rich vs. Poor or Man vs. Woman. Its the State versus You and if you're don't realize that then they're beating you. The people who benefit the most from a divided citizenry, promote the division because a society that works together for the common good does has no need of masters to control us.
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Neither vice nor virtue are inherited. We are all individuals morally responsible for our own actions.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Which comes closest to your view? A) Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy. B) Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost.
C) Property rights. You are free to "pollute" your own environment but you are responsible for any pollution which causes harm to others by leaving your property.
I support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources.
Agree
ABOUT YOU
What do you think is the general purpose of government?
Washington State Constitution Article 1, Section 1: All political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights.
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Choose not to answer
Very Libertarian
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
If you have any doubts about me being a Libertarian, ask the Libertarian Party of Washington who endorsed me. lpwa.org
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No, but I have been falsely accused and had my accuser admit the accusations were false under sworn testimony.
What else would you like voters to know about you, including your legislative priorities?
My legislative priorities are restoring liberty and justice for all Washingtonians with Justice Reform, free market reforms to lift the economy, and ending the housing crisis local governments have created. Beyond that I will defend all your rights, all the time.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Police officers should be personally immune from prosecution for conduct consistent with departmental policy (qualified immunity) while on duty.
Strongly Disagree
Nobody should enjoy legal protection for knowingly violating your rights. If a Police Officer believes a policy is violating someone's civil rights, they have a moral obligation to disobey an illegal order.
I support redirecting funds from police departments to mental health and community programs.
Strongly Agree
Police officers are not mental health professionals and unfortunately get called to deal with mentally unstable people everyday. These encounters often have tragic endings. We need to treat mental health as seriously as we treat physical health and free up police resources to focus on keeping the peace by dealing with criminals. We don't expect police officers to be paramedics, so why do we expect them to be psychiatrists? I look at Portugal as a model of success in this regard.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Treat all guns as if they are loaded, never point it at anything you are not willing to destroy, keep your finger off the trigger until you decide to shoot, be sure of your target and what is beyond it. Guns are not violent, people are and attempts to control guns are an unwillingness to admit that our American justice system has failed to keep the public safe. A person who is too dangerous for a gun is too dangerous to be loose in society.
Victims of gun violence should be able to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers.
Disagree
Only if that dealers/manufacturer was negligent and had reason to know the tool would be misused. and "gun" violence? If guns commit violence then pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk and spoons make people fat. Its People. People do those things.
