Gregory Bodine
Libertarian | Alabama
Candidate Profile*
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Gregory Bodine
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
State Representative, Dist. 9
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, BS, 2001
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Multiple Masonic Lodges, Multiple leadership positions
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
ENDORSEMENTS*
LIBERAL (1)
*Alabama AFL-CIO
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
It is a woman's choice period.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Disagree
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Strongly Agree
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Disagree
Under what circumstances can government close churches?
When they are no longer fulfilling their role in the community or they have become a for profit business under the guise of a non profit (mega churches).
NATIONAL SECURITY
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of Islamic terrorism?
We should protect our borders but stop being the world's police force.
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.
Choose not to answer
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.
C. Also Medicare should not be mandatory once you have reached Social Security age. It should be a choice.
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
This is a good question that I don't have an answer for at this time.
ECONOMY
What changes, if any, should be made to the tax code?
The tax code should be simplified and aligned with the FairTax Plan. The FairTax proposal is a comprehensive plan to replace federal income and payroll taxes, including personal, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security/Medicare, self-employment, and corporate taxes. The FairTax proposal integrates such features as a progressive national retail sales tax, dollar-for-dollar revenue replacement, and a rebate to ensure that no American pays such federal taxes up to the poverty level. Included in the FairTax Plan is the repeal of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. The FairTax allows Americans to keep 100 percent of their paychecks (minus any state income taxes), ends corporate taxes and compliance costs hidden in the retail cost of goods and services, and fully funds the federal government while fulfilling the promise of Social Security and Medicare.
What government spending would you reduce in order to balance the budget?
We should not be giving foreign aid when we are spending in a deficit.
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Agree
Uncontrolled immigration is an issue that undermines our National Security.
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Anyone that is willing to be a citizen through a reasonable process and that will be a positive addition to society.
EDUCATION
I support school choice, including voucher programs, tax credits, charter schools, private schools, and home schools.
Agree
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Police officers should be personally immune from prosecution for conduct consistent with departmental policy (qualified immunity) while on duty.
Choose not to answer
I support redirecting funds from police departments to mental health and community programs.
Disagree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
There are enough gun laws on the books that are not being enforced as is. New gun laws will not keep guns out of the hands of the criminals. All new gun laws will do is make criminals out of law abiding citizens.
Victims of gun violence should be able to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers.
Strongly Disagree
This opens up a precedence that allows for too much litigation. A manufacture should not be sued for how person choices to use their product to harm someone. Does it make sense to sue a car manufacture if someone drives a vehicle through a crowd of people? I think not.
ABOUT YOU
What do you think is the general purpose of government?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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?
Moderate
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
N/A
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. I have not been charged or convicted of any crime.
What else would you like voters to know about you, including your legislative priorities?
Some of the issues that I would like to work on if elected to the House of Representatives in the state of Alabama is as follows (in no particular order of importance): 1. The state of Alabama needs a new constitution. Our current constitution is the most amended constitution in the world with almost 1000 amendments. With this new constitution our state government needs to be redefined to be more streamlined and each county should have home rule. 2. I would like to see the dealership industry deregulated to allow customers to deal directly with the manufacturer and allow other car companies into the state that don't use the dealership model. 3. The family court system needs to be overhauled. This system is no longer looking out for the best interest of the children but the interest of the system itself. 4. There should be a cap on personal injury lawsuits. 5. The public school systems need to be reviewed to potentially eliminate administrative overhead and increase the pay and job security of teachers. 6. The public service commission needs to do a better job of regulating the utilities in this state so that we will no longer be behind in renewable energy generation.
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
Agree
I agree however we should not try to legislate morality.
I support adding gender identity as a specially protected class in non-discrimination laws.
Choose not to answer
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition
Strongly Disagree
Marriage is a legally binding contract in a modern society.
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Disagree
Even though there is definite examples of institutional racism not every system has been designed to be fundamentally racist.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
The golden rule is a great way to live life.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
The right to vote is a fundamental right of every citizen and that citizenship should be proven at the time of exercising that right. However obtaining proper identification should not be a burden on the citizen and disenfranchise the individual.
What laws would you propose to change present voting practices?
Redistricting of election boundary lines should be done by independent committees not by the legislature that would benefit from gerrymandering.
EQUALITY
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
Yes it is a threat to domestic security. And I don't have a good answer for why.
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Reparations should not be given to people that are generations removed from the atrocities committed by the federal government.
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.
B is closer to my view. I don't like over regulation and "there should be a law against that" but time and time again industries have taken a mile when an inch has been given. Which is the sole reason the EPA was created in the first place.
I support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources.
Strongly Disagree
Multiple studies have shown where fracking has caused contamination of ground water sources. Fracking is causing a hidden environmental disaster.
