The Issues!


Dr. Eric Schansberg is:

1) The only fiscal conservative in the campaign

Given their voting records, my opponents can only offer empty promises of fiscal restraint or a more credible promise to increase taxes or to continue to finance their spending with increasing government debt (and thus, future taxes).

2) The most effective candidate in dealing with Gas Prices/Energy Independence

What to do?

Two big ideas: Allow more drilling (off the Gulf Coast and in ANWR) and strengthen the dollar through fiscal conservatism (about 40% of the problem).

One smaller idea: Reduce the volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Bad ideas but useful for political pandering: Having a windfall profits tax on the oil industry. Increasing regulation on gas stations (so-called price gouging) and investors (speculators).

Other bad ideas: Baron avoiding a debate on gas prices when he repeatedly demanded one from Sodrel in May 2006. Existing subsidies to oil companies. Existing and proposed subsidies to alternative energy companies. Congress should never take your money to give to a company!

 

3) The only candidate who is opposed to our on-going efforts in Iraq.

4) Pro-life, Pro-adoption, and no taxpayer money for Planned Parenthood

5) The strongest defender of the poor and those in the middle class

    Republican politicians exhibit little interest in the poor. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians pay lip service to these two groups while advocating policies that work against their interests—from womb to tomb: in government's monopoly provision of education; the immense burden of payroll taxes on poor and middle class wage-earners; and the pathetic rates of return to Social Security as an investment..

6) Other Issues

Both of the major political parties claim to work for “the people”. Instead, they’re busy using the power of government to benefit and pander to special interest groups—and to ignore key issues while trying to score cheap political points against their opponents.

Most politicians like to make empty campaign promises—“I’ll fight to lower gas prices” or “He’s getting things done for us” or “I’ll work hard to bring good jobs to Indiana”—while advocating policies that work against these goals or encouraging us to think that government can solve all of our problems.

©2008 Schansberg For Congress