Lots of good candidates in the bunch. It will be interesting to see the numbers each of the candidates can pull from the state.
Mike Tagert signed the Taxpayer protect pledge which is put out by Americans for Tax Reform. Though I am not suggesting Tagert does not believe in what he has signed, I have seen too many examples of this "pledge" being nothing more then an election ploy. It should be naturally assumed that any congressmen elected at any time should have the needs of the people in mind and over taxation should be a given.
And there are others, like Greg Pirkle, Daniel Sparks, Chip Mills, and former Jackson City councilman Quentin Whitwell
- He (Whitwell) is running on a traditional conservative platform, emphasizing what he calls "traditional marriage" and "protecting the life of the unborn." Whitwell also wants to shrink the size of government and repeal Obamacare. In his newest campaign ad, posted May 4, Whitwell focuses on strengthening national security by invoking the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and images of the so-called Islamic State organization.[Jackson Free Press]
- Zinn is a 34-year-old native of Pontotoc, which also happens to be the hometown of both Mississippi's representatives in the upper chamber of Congress—U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. Zinn counts both his service to Jackson, as governmental-affairs director to former Mayors Lumumba and Harvey Johnson Jr., along with his growing up in blue-collar northeast Mississippi, as his chief qualifications. During his time in the Lumumba administration, Zinn helped the 1-percent sales tax referendum pass with 90 percent of the vote and says he helped manage major infrastructure crises in the state's most populous city.[Jackson Free Press]
The first step is to impose a widely targeted freeze on federal spending and keep the freeze in place as revenues grow. Dismantling unneeded federal department and agencies should follow, with real cuts in federal spending, not reductions in inflated future federal baselines. Lowering federal taxes rates will cause the economy to grow and tax revenues to increase, as Americans, enjoying more of their earnings, work and invest more.
Insurance reform is needed, but the approach should be far different. We need legislation that cuts insurance costs through tort reform, by allowing health insurance purchasing across state lines, insurance portability and competition, and rewarding healthy lifestyle choices. These and other common sense solutions do not require new taxes and spending.
We need Conservative fighters in Congress who will restore Biblical values and personal responsibility by preserving traditional marriage, reforming welfare to encourage marriage and the presence of fathers in beneficiaries’ homes, and protecting the unborn. We need bold leaders in the U.S. Congress, who aren’t merely concerned about their career and the next election, in order to change the course of our nation.
The evidence of our Christian heritage is irrefutable. We need conservative fighters in Congress who will join the battle to restore our religious freedoms and protect them from further assault. We need conservative fighters in Congress who aren’t afraid to have us once again honor God as a nation. We need conservative fighters in Congress who will hold U.S. Supreme Court Justices accountable when these Justices render decisions which clearly do not follow the Constitution as written or as discerned by the founders’ original intent.
Here at home, our borders must be secured immediately to eliminate the entry of ISIS or other terrorist groups into the United States. Visas allowing entry into the United States should be severely limited for those from countries or areas where terrorist activity is supported or for those whose profile suggest they may be suspected as terrorists or terrorist sympathizers.
Our nation’s founders understood that ownership of arms is fundamental to our freedom as American citizens. This is a right that cannot be surrendered. We need conservative fighters in Congress who will hold U.S. Supreme Court Justices accountable when these Justices render decisions which clearly do not follow the Constitution as written or as discerned by the founders’ original intent.
