Micah Tinkler
Republican | Mississippi
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Micah Tinkler
Party
Republican
Election Year
2023
Election
Primary
Race
State House, Dist. 122
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, Environmental Science, 1998
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, Marine Biology, 1998
WORK & MILITARY
Naval Oceanographic Office, GS12, 1998-2015
Ashman-Mollere Realty, Associate Broker, 2015-2020
Double Win Realty, Broker, 2020-present
AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Mayor of Waveland, MS, 2022
Race
OTHER INFORMATION
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QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
In the event of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is endangered. As society will never agree on this position, a system the majority of women find acceptable should be the most credible system.
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Strongly Agree
As the best societal system, while there is life, there is hope. On an individual level, we can all imagine exceptions where we would choose to go out on our own terms and skip the unnecessary suffering.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants and Medicaid funding).
Neutral
Everything has exceptions. Our failure to imagine an exception does not preclude its existence.
ECONOMY
What changes, if any, should be made to the tax code?
Ideally, the full elimination of ALL income tax with the repeal of the 16th amendment and the replacement with a consumption tax (i.e. The FairTax) On a local level, the property tax could be a 1 time event at purchase or a partial to full exemption from property tax should be made for families with 1 or more children under the age of 16.
What government spending would you reduce in order to balance the budget?
On the Federal Level, the ATF, the Department of Education and any and all Affirmative Action Enforcement departments. These are unnecessary drags. On the State Level, the funding mechanism for Law Enforcement is broken and backwards. It acts as reverse welfare and taxes the meager savings of the poor and needy while imprisoning those lacking the money to escape it. Most government systems date back to World War 2 and are stagnant, exploitative and in desperate need of re-imagining.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Disagree
The right of association remains intact.
Under what circumstances should government close churches?
Everything has exceptions. Our failure to imagine an exception does not preclude its existence.
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 options (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 the government should reform healthcare to maximize private health insurance options; D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
E) There is a failure of imagination in healthcare policy. Instead of incentivizing coverage, we should incentivize transparency in pricing & health.
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
Everything has exceptions. Our failure to imagine an exception does not preclude its existence. There are currently 5 common childhood vaccinations. diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DPT); Polio, MMR, HepB, and Smallpox. That allows for 5^4 combinations or 625 potential testable combinations with a 5 year waiting period. And those tests were all done, right? No. Society accepted the risk and the reward was substantial. If Robert F Kennedy Jr is accurate and kids today are receiving 72 vaccinations, that would be 72 ^71 potential combinations to test. And of course all those tests were completed with a five year waiting period after each test to see the result... right? No. For an increasing number of Americans, the results have been severe. Reversing the vaccination trend and promoting health over prevention & vaccinations feels reasonable. It is better to be strong than to be safe.
NATIONAL SECURITY
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of Islamic terrorism?
Accelerate the free flow of information between the Islamic World and the USA and incentivize cost-effective (preferably nuclear) fossil fuel developments in the Middle East and other undeveloped areas. Human flourishing comes from reliable, cost-effective energy. Religious extremism is dampened by access to information and opportunity. A low earth orbit or high altitude balloon system for 0 cost access to the Internet is key to thwarting the abuses & manipulations of exploitative, information gate-keepers.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Agree
The USA has every right to determine who may and who may not, enter the United States.
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
According to the needs & discretion of the United States. The USA is largely unpopulated. Mississippi is 5x the size of Massachusetts and has 1/2 the population. As our population ages, we lack the replacement birth rate to support them and our economy. We may soon find ourselves competing with the world to attract working age adults. Exercising discretion on how many and who comes into the nation, is the key to national security and prosperity.
EDUCATION
The state should prioritize education funding by allowing dollars to follow the child instead of focusing on programs and administrators.
Agree
A system that exempts parents from paying income, property, sales and/or grocery taxes up to a certain $$ amount or percentage based upon the family size would be a better system. Instead of collecting the money, creating & growing a state bureaucracy to manage/enforce the funds, it would be preferable to leave the money under the control of the parents.
If you support giving parents more educational options, please list all of the following options that apply and in priority order: A) A universal Education Savings Account (ESA) program; B) An ESA program for low-income children only; C) Expanding tax credits for businesses to give to private schools; D) Expanding public charter schools; E) Allowing homeschoolers to take classes at the local public school.
All of these options should be tested small as well as the development of high-quality free online education available to every citizen in Mississippi. (Consider a State supported competition and X-Prize for the top 3 submissions on any educational topic)
What most closely matches your view on pornography? A) I agree with the American Library Association that any person of any age should have access to any book; B) Library collections, displays and events should be curated using age-appropriate guidelines, similar to what we do for movies (G, PG, R, etc.); C) Mississippi libraries should follow state laws that prevent pornography from being accessible to minors.
Children's brains are undeveloped and an exception. A ratings system could be tested or access controls based upon the MS Mobile ID implemented. Test it small. Keep what works.
VALUES
What most closely matches your view on marriage? A) Anything goes; B) Marriage between one man and one woman should be promoted and encouraged; C) A divorce should be hard to get; D) Marriage is important, but no-fault divorce should be allowed.
Marriage is a dying institution and until the laws are changed, men should avoid marriage. A "post" marriage world is emerging and wishing won't put that genie back in the bottle.
Judeo-Christian values establish a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Agree
Yes; however, do we have a limited government? A resurgence of State Authority & Power under the 10th Amendment is required to rein in our exploitative Federal Government and contest the broad (and dubious) authority of the US Congress to regulate State internal affairs under the authority of the Commerce Clause to the US Constitution.
I support adding gender identity as a specially protected class in non-discrimination laws.
Neutral
Everything has exceptions.
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
That may have been true in the past; however, it has no relation to the observable facts of modern marriage.
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Neutral
It's possible; however it's not something I have an interest to study. All systems and all people discriminate and race is one of those metrics. An ability to discriminate kept us alive. Whether the institutions are or are not is irrelevant to fixing the problems of today. It's a useful distraction to keep the poor and middle class fighting while the rich make off with all the money.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I have tried most mainstream Christian religions and remain unpersuaded. The simulation hypothesis (notable from Scott Adams, Elon Musk & Richard Dawkins) seems to plausibly fit the observable universe with Reciprocity being the Primary Operating System.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
Credibility of the vote should outweigh access.
What most closely matches your view on ballot measures? A) Ballot measures should be able to amend the constitution with few, if any, restrictions; B) Ballot measures should only be able to propose changes to laws when signatures are collected from people all across the state; C) The current process of allowing the Legislature to propose constitutional amendments will result in the best outcomes.
A with caveats. Citizen Circumvention is necessary when the Legislature is stagnant.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Disagree
Reparations is an unworkable system. Do we owe reparations to women for pre-1920 voting discrimination? How about the Chinese and Irish who built the railroads?
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
Yes. A system that discriminates against one race in favor of another will be exploited for advantage. Force/Violence is the timeless response to exploitation. The current widespread racial discrimination against mid/low-class Caucasian men BY high class & virtue signaling Caucasians is causing mental illness, depression and escalating violence. Affirmative action is now worse than the reasons for its passage.
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.
Everything has exceptions. Environmental laws & regulations were good ideas that have gone too far. A balance towards human flourishing is required. By all means, let's protect the Gulf Sturgeon; however, not at the expense of shielding our coastline from Hurricane flooding. Now that 4th Gen nuclear (safe, zero-carbon, proven, can use own waste for fuel) has solved the drawbacks of the old systems, we should lean hard on transitioning to cost-effective nuclear power.
ABOUT YOU
What do you think is the general purpose of government?
To design, implement and promote systems that encourage human flourishing with the least unnecessary suffering and to protect those systems, results and territory from aggressors AND exploitation.
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?
Conservative
It is wise to understand the underlying reasons behind a system before attempting to change or replace it. (Chesterton's Fence) The clear and safe course leads down to stagnation.
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
In the modern media age, what makes you believe that interviews or media reports would be accurate? I would recommend googling Gell-Mann Amnesia. A podcast I did last year: https://another-perspective.castos.com/episodes/interview-with-micah-tinkler-part-1 https://another-perspective.castos.com/episodes/interview-with-micah-tinkler-part-2
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
What else would you like voters to know about you, including your legislative priorities?
Why is the State of Mississippi engaging in reckless behavior with the homes on the MS Gulf Coast? The MS Gulf Coast generates 16% of the state's revenue ($591M from sales tax and $1B a year from casinos); however in the 2023 $6.3B budget... there is nothing to reduce flooding. Louisiana has taken steps to re-engineer their levees, build the $1B Great Wall of Chalmette, harden their barrier islands, and approve the Lake Pontchartrain Flood Barrier to protect their citizens' homes. It was 36 years between Hurricanes Camille and Katrina. It's been 18 years since Katrina. We're halfway there. In the next 18 years, what will Mississippi do?
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Police officers should be personally immune from prosecution for conduct consistent with departmental policy (qualified immunity) while on duty.
Agree
Everything has Exceptions.
I support redirecting funds from police departments to mental health and community programs.
Neutral
Everything has Exceptions. Can it be tested small to see if it works?
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
The 2nd Amendment is the greatest anti-tyranny system yet discovered by humanity. That system has costs. Some of those costs are high AND tragic. As a system, I am opposed to gun ownership restrictions; however, everything has exceptions.
Victims of gun violence should be able to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers.
Strongly Disagree
No. The consequences of permitting lawsuits against firearms dealers/manufacturers is the inevitable exploitation, enslavement and murder of the population by the State.
