Ten issues Susan Ducey
would support:
1. Welfare reform - Too many people
on welfare have other resources which are not being used, but
instead are dependent on anonymous government checks, reducing
their accountability and disguising the impact on the lives of
others who are over taxed to support them. Many people who could
be resources, who could help, do not because they feel they are
already giving enough through the tax system. However, if less
in taxes were paid, more money could be donated to those in real
need requiring some accountability.
2. Protection of the unborn - Every human being has the right to live regardless
of the circumstances of conception or whether or not the parents
want the child. If the life of the mother is at risk, due to
health reasons, then treatments should be tried for the protection
of her health as well as the unborn child's. Thus leaving the
child in the womb, if possible, until the age of viability, then
delivering the child instead of aborting him, seeking his survival
instead of letting him die. Changing the vocabulary from abort
to deliver would allow for the protection of both mother and
child. This is the best choice, not abortion.
3. Strong national defense - A strong America means a safer world. It
is a basic purpose of the federal government, stated in the constitution,
to provide a national defense. We must continue to build better
military equipment that will save the lives of our troops and
prevent weaker nations from challenging us or our allies in acts
of war. We must also see that our borders are secure and illegal
aliens are caught and deported, not given amnesty.
4. Parental rights - The government has assumed too large a control
over the lives of the American family and as congressional member,
I would support the "Parental Rights and Responsibilities
Act" which would give control of raising children back to
the parents.
5. States rights - The federal government has taken responsibility
for what is clearly the right of the individual states, according
to the Constitution, and should not be allowed to continue taxing
citizens at the federal level only to return money to the states
if they follow federal regulations. We need to close down many
federal agencies, lower taxes and keep the money in the individual
states and therefore cut the bureaucratic costs. States can do
a better job of determining the legitimate needs of its residents.
6. Tax reform
- We need to repeal the 16th Amendment, Federal Income Tax, and
return to the Constitutional method of collecting taxes and/or
perhaps trying a national sales tax on end products at time of
purchase. We need to get rid of the invasiveness of the IRS into
the private lives of Americans.
7. Freedom from government interference
in education of children
- The federal government should not be in control of how our
children are educated but should, instead, leave that important
matter to the parents and local school boards. I would vote to
stop the federal infringement of education upon the States.
8. National sovereignty - We have given over our rights to world organizations
such as the World Trade Organization, GATT, NAFTA, and the United
Nations, which prevent Americans from making decisions that are
best for America. I would like to revert all of the above decisions
as the House of Representitives had no Constitutional authority
to vote on treaties.
9. Encourage the two parent family structure - Our tax structure and welfare system discourages
the stable, married, two parent family by excessively taxing
families with children and by forcing the father out of the house
to give a single mom welfare benefits based on the number of
children. Welfare reform and the forced responsibility of caring
for ones own family will increase the importance of the family,
and eliminate much of the welfare payments.
10. Interpret
the Constitution in its original intent
- In the last fifty years the Supreme Court and the lower courts
have ignored precedents established by the courts in the previous
one hundred and fifty years. It should not be the purpose of
the Supreme Court to make law but to determine if the laws made
are Constitutional. However, courts now are ignoring the decisions
made by the men who knew the original intent of the Constitution
in favor of social engineering and political correctness, which
is clearly not the prerogative of the courts. Congress has the
authority to prohibit the courts from hearing certain cases and
should do so immediately.
Position Papers
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Susan Ducey 
