Reform Candidate Kansas 4th Congressional District  Susan Ducey

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Susan Ducey's Stances on the Issues Servant Leadership Abortion Education Defense Illegal Aliens Balanced Budget

Abortion I am a Pro-Life candidate and believe that each individual is made in the image of God and, therefore, is given the right to life regardless of the circumstances of conception. A child conceived by incest or the violence of rape should be given an opportunity to thrive in the world. If it is too painful for the mother to keep the child, counseling and support should be tried and if there is still a problem, there is always adoption. The excuse of poverty or deformity will not sway my thoughts toward the "quality of life" issue because poverty is not a static state, but even if it was it is still better than death. As far as handicaps are concerned, I know many people who are disabled and none of them have told me they wished they had been aborted. Should someone who does not yet know them be allowed to determine their existence or kill them once born? Just as the quality of my life should not be determined by someone other than myself, no one should determine the quality of life of the unborn child. We can not let our society become so obsessed with death that we are quick to think of abortion or euthanasia; instead we must think of the importance of each person's value to the world. If the mother's life is in danger then treatment should be given to save her life even if it may be harmful to the fetus. If this fails and the mother has been given all alternatives, removal of the fetus should be done with the proper medical attention given to preserve the life of the child if possible, in which case, the term should be to "deliver" not abort.  I have heard people say that if their daughter was raped and became pregnant they would not want her to go through the trauma of delivering a baby; but what these same parents do not understand is that there is much more trauma to a girl or woman who realizes that she has stopped the life of her own child and received no protective support from her family, friends or spiritual leaders. Relationships are often damaged for years and in some cases are never healed. We need to speak out about the dangers of abortion both mentally and physically.  If my mother had told me that she had an abortion I wouldn't have had mine.  I was a lonely child and longed for a brother or sister and to find out I could have had one still hurts me today.  Yes, as with so many women, she felt desperate at the time. She was going through a divorce and alreay had an infant to care for.  It took her 34 years to tell me. I want to say to any of you out there contemplating an abortion, "Please don't.  You will regret it for the rest of your life." Abortion steals a part of the very being of womanhood, and goes against our strong desire to bear and nurture children. Because of the emotional trauma of abortion a large number of women have a baby in a year or two anyway, so they might as well bear this child.  Life is precious, let's protect it.

Servant Leadership There are many who believe there is an elite born to lead and the rest of us must follow. I say, we are all leaders, therefore, to be an effective leader one must be a servant, willing to sacrifice for those who follow. Servant leadership is knowing that others could do the leading but are willing to let me lead instead, trusting that their best interests are my primary thought. For too long we have had an almost "Royalty" exerting power over those below them, lying to be reelected and so the oppression continues. But no more! We have become wise and realize there is something we can do. The "Ordinary American" is the back bone of this country.  WE pay the taxes, WE fight the wars and WE build a strong economy.  It is time for the President, the congress, and the judges to realize that they are the ones on the bottom, not us. Instead of a pyramid with one at the top ruling downward, we should turn it upside down with the many above. "We the people..." are at the top!  Those in the State house and the White House are there to do what we want. We send legislators to represent us, not to get there and use their power to lord it over us, thereby, making us "peasants." Is the system working right when Americans resent those in politics or when we suffer instead of prosper because there is too much social engineering and not enough support of the entrepreneur? There are those in government who hate success and when we prosper the motto is "You are successful; you must be punished. Negative behavior is encouraged and the behavior we hope and pray our children will have is discouraged. If we want to see America great again, we must take back the power the Founders intended us to have. We need to pay attention to what our officials are really doing and stop voting for them just because we know their names. Hold them accountable for their votes and recall them if they consistently vote against our will.  We must support candidates who will find honor in being chosen to serve, not those who find their egos and personal power growing ever larger. We can alleviate much of the problem by voting and supporting those we want. We must not be afraid the one we don't want will get elected it we don't vote for the "lessor of two evils". Our one voice does matter if we will only join together and take action. It is time to stop being invisible citizens and know that we can overcome the tradition of only having the rich and famous or career politicians run for office. We can work together as "Oridinary Americans" to see our country brought back to the Consititution's original intent of liberty and freedom. Take courage and have hope for a renewed America!

Education We have the ability to have the best educational system in the world but, unfortunately, we have given up being the best for being the most "socially conscious". I am all for the concept of public and private educational institutions but can not accept what has happened to them. Outcome based education (OBE) and sex education are just two of the things I find most objectionable and, in part, because of these two things, had my children removed from school and home schooled them instead.  I would have liked to have kept them in the public school system, of which I am a graduate, but the quality of the education is wanting. So often children are being taught to have "feelings" about facts, such as history, and are not getting the truth. Instead they are being taught to be politically correct. Teaching children history by changing history to fit the desires of the National Education Association and not the history of fact does no service to our children. Grading on how students feel about history is a hard concept to believe, but it happens in many schools across the nation. To not be able to pass to the next grade or graduate from high school without first passing a politically correct test that has nothing to do with facts or intellect is more like tyranny than education and is unsupported by knowledgeable Americans. These tests are very difficult for parents to obtain for review because those in charge do not want what they are doing to be exposed. Statistically, we see that teaching kids how to have "protected" or "safe" sex has not decreased the incidence of pregnancy or STDs but has, instead, increased the numbers causing undo pain and suffering and a great financial cost to our society. However, the government bureaucrats continue to teach sexual activity by showing pornographic films and books, and distributing condoms to the students without parental consent. The entire sex-ed program has been a failure and should be completely removed from the educational system.  It is up to the parents to decide whether or not to teach their children about sex, not the government. It is hard to continue one's education with a baby or illness. Government is supposed to protect the people not endorse dangerous behaviors. Parents are the best ones to decide the educational needs of their children and the government has no right to usurp that authority. As a parent I feel we need to teach the children how to read, write, speak well, do math, understand the use of computers, learn historical facts, and be accountable for their behavior. Only then will we truly be competitive in a world market. One way to help achieve this goal is school choice for any school, making our educational institutions more competitive, increasing quality while, at the same time, decreasing the unnecessary and propagandized instruction that many of our schools utilize now. As a mother who home schooled, I would have liked to have been able to keep some of my tax money to educate my kids at home. I fully support the idea of public education, but there must be some drastic changes made to the system to bring it back to the quality it once had. Then and only then can we once again be at the top of the list instead of close to the bottom in the education of our children.

Defense (Update in Progress)

Illegal Aliens We can not continue to let the flood of illegal immigrants to threaten the American way of life. It is hard for us to turn away people who want to live here and have a better life, but to let them come is to change America forever. Our compassion for those less fortunate tells us to embrace all who wish to come here. That is just part of our culture, but if we do not change this way of thinking we will not be able to give ourselves a better life, let alone those of all the countries of the world. Americans are a generous people and we give large sums of money to those in need. We could give even more if our jobs paid more and were not being given to those who should not be here. We are a country of laws and if we continue to make allowances for law breakers who sneak into America how can we tell our children they must follow the law? Should we then pick and choose the laws we follow simply because we may not agree with them? It would lead to chaos. America took about 400 years to reach 300 million people; if the amnesty advocates have their way in just 20 years we could absorb another 100 million. Can we do it? I do not believe we can if we hope to maintain our standard of living. The illegal population is causing American wages to fall, unemployment to rise, and is creating suspicion of all those who speak with a foreign accent. The illegal aliens also send vast sums of money out of the country taking it out of our economy. The illegal aliens do not come here to be Americans as seen by the recent protests where they were flying the Mexican flag above the American flag. It is not only the open border to our south that has put us in danger but the north as well; although the south may be the more pressing. The many people who come here and overstay their visas also put us at risk. Terrorists and spies are sneaking in among the illegals. Deporting illegal aliens immediately upon capture would be a discouragement to many and would encourage them to just stay in their own country. An illegal knows he is at risk of deportation and/or prison, hence, if he chooses to start a family, there is the possibility of separation. The news casts often show the sadness of losing a family member to deportation. It is hard, but it is the same for any person sentenced for a crime and taken away. Illegal aliens are not otherwise law abiding, either, because they lie to get the jobs Americans should get, they often have stolen or fake I.D. and are a drain to hospitals, schools and the general economy due to decreased revenues and money leaving the country. The constitution gives citizenship to those under the juristiction of the United States. Foriegn countries are not under this juristiction so women crossing our border just to give birth does not give automatic citizenship to the baby. The 14th amendment was added to give citizenship to former slaves and give them the rights of citizens. It was not put there to give the children of illegal aliens the rights given to Americans. Many in our government say we need to fix the problem by adding guest worker programs but we already have guest worker visas for those who can fill jobs there are no Americans to do. I worked with many foreign nurses who filled vacant positions. We could fill many of the other positions the President says Americans won't do if we stopped paying people to not work. Welfare recipients could clean houses and pick fruit. These are honorable jobs which I did myself at one time; and if we did our own work the wages for these types of jobs would go up instead of down. Some solutions to illegal immigration would consist of tighter control of the borders which means a fence on the Mexican side, increased number of agents and surveillance cameras. Forbidding citizens from some countries to enter at all and be more vigilant of those staying on visas could help increase our security. Immediate deportation, fining employers and property owners who knowingly hire and rent to them, and putting an established amount of time required to apply for citizenship in the future, if ever, are also workable solutions. The safety and security of our country are more important than any economic gain we perceive to be of benefit. We can no longer allow anyone to sneak into our country, whether they want economic benefits or whether they are planning terrorist attacks. America is for Americans and our guests; no one else.

Balanced Budget Amendment Does it feel as if Congress is not listening to us? Are you tired of waking up in the morning to find another unconstitutional spending spree up for a vote? Here is one solution to the huge over spending, unlawful, government intruding lawmaking in America. It is time for Congress to submit to the states for ratification, a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the Constitution without further delay. Congress has no trouble amending the Constitution when it has to do with their wallets but they refuse to do so when it has to do with our wallets. States have balanced budget amendments and so should the federal government. The Congress and the President can not stop spending our children and grandchildren into poverty and bondage so; as their employers, we must demand it of them with the BBA. We can not continue to beg foreign governments to buy our debt, cause high inflation by printing more money or taxing the “rich” just togive our government more far reaching authority to control our lives. We have called them, telling them to stop the wasteful, unconstitutional spending and in their arrogance they ignored our wishes and continue to break the Supreme Law of the Land. If the Democrats won’t present the BBA to the states then we know they have no intention of stopping the legalized theft of the American people.  If the Republicans use the excuse of being a helpless minority and don’t fight for the amendment, then we know they want to continue with the excessive spending as well. After all, they were recently in the majority party and did not even try to balance the budget.  As it is now, those in Congress feel they can do whatever they want and still get reelected.   Unfortunately, they seem to be right in that assumption. We should, we must demand our Congressmen present to the states for ratification to the Constitution the Balanced Budget Amendment today. If they refuse, tell them you will NOT vote for them again in any political capacity.  If they have any ambitions to change their job description to another office, they must do as we say or we will not give them our vote. Take courage and have no fear about their replacements. We have a 50/50 chance we’ll get some one better. It seems improbable we could do any worse.

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