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Stoltz, Steven (Libertarian)
Phone: (520) 825-0498
Email: ssms999@aol.com
Address: 38991 S Furlong Ct Tucson, AZ 85739
Age: 45 (born:01/16/65, Rochester, NY)
Arizona since: 2006
Occupation: Senior engineer, Raytheon Missile Systems, since 2006.
Marital: Married (Brenda)
Religious preference: Self Realization Fellowship
Education: Ph.D., solid state physics, SUNY Buffalo, 1998; B.S., physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1987.
Political experience: Actively involved in Pima County Libertarian Party since 2006.
Membership has included: Physics honor society; officer, U.S. Navy, 1987-1991.
Interests: Volleyball, Aiki Judo, gardening, meditation, politics, computers.
Issues:
Political influence: David Nolan, founder of the U.S. Libertarian party.
Top priority: There are a number of issues that are important to me, but all of them revolve around the concept of restoring individual freedom of choice. My top priority would be to restore freedom of choice to health care. I believe in the concept of “quality affordable health care for everyone” but not in “guaranteed premiums from insurance companies for every American.” Government regulations will inevitably lower medical doctor’s salaries to cut down insurance premiums, and this will cause doctors to leave their profession. Rather than give a profitable monopoly to insurance companies for the fruits of doctor’s efforts, it would be much better to offer doctors up to 100% income tax immunity proportional to the number of pro-bono clients they take on; and strictly forbid non-paying customers from suing doctors.
Respected opponent: John F. Kennedy has earned my respect because on June 4, 1963 – shortly before his assassination – he had had the courage to sign executive order 11110, which allowed the U.S. treasury to issue interest free silver certificates. This had the effect of circumventing the power of the private Federal Reserve’s ability to loan money with interest.
Wall Street bailout: It disgusts me. The government should not play favorites, reward bad behavior, or give banking institutions a monopoly on lending credit. If the banks needed money, the government could have given taxpayers special deals to purchase interest bearing bonds to cover that loan, so that they can have part ownership of the credit opportunity. “Too big to fail” should not be regarded as “too big to have more diverse ownership.”
Stimulus Act: I am against it. Whenever the government increases spending, it either must raise taxes, increase its indebtedness to foreign countries, or cause inflation by making the Federal Reserve print more money. Raising taxes reduces the amount of money people have to spend, which is a detriment to the economy; and inflation hurts those on fixed incomes – like senior citizens.
Health care overhaul: I am against it – see answer to #2 above.