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George Keane
Keane, George (Libertarian)
Phone: (480) 628-6867
Email: keaneforcongress@gmail.com
Address: 4710 W Calle Don Manuel Tucson, AZ 85757
Age: 31 (08/14/78, Fort Myers, FL)
Arizona since: 1997
Occupation: Did not respond.
Marital: Married
Children: 2
Religious preference: Christian
Education: B.I.S., interdisciplinary studies, ASU, 2008.
Politicial experience: None.
Memberships have included: None.
Interests: Classic cars, hunting, fishing.
Issues:
Political influence: Ron Paul. Before his presidential campaign in 08, I was fed up with politics. No one on either side seemed to follow the Constitution and most voters didn’t care. Seeing the surge in his popularity and people’s willingness to learn what the Constitution is and represents has given me hope for our future.
Top priority: Cutting taxes and fixing Social Security.
Respected opponent: Ron Paul, for his willingness to stick with what he believes in, even if it’s not popular with many in his own party.
Wall Street bailout: I was totally against it. By bailing out banks that made bad business decisions, they have prolonged the down turn in our economy. We have rewarded bad behavior, and it will be only a matter of time before something similar will happen again. If we would simply allow the free market to work, we would all be better off.
Stimulus Act: I was against it. We were told if we didn’t act that unemployment would rise to 9%. Well here we are over a year later with unemployment well over 9% and few jobs created by the so-called stimulus. A better option would have been to cut taxes across the board, and then business would have more capital to expand and hire more labor. The stimulus has just turned out to be political payback in the form of pork barrel projects in largely Democrat held districts.
Health care overhaul: I am against it. Government care means less care. Less regulations and making markets freer is the only way that cost will come down in health care. Look at an industry that has operated in the free market for a number of years now: Lasik. Most insurance won’t pay for Lasik and as a result Lasik surgeons have to compete for your business, the prices have dropped from a few thousand dollars just a few years ago to just a few hundred dollars today, and the technology has improved leaps and bounds. A free market approach is the only thing that will keep the quality high and the cost low.