 Greetings. Here I am again. I was slated to be your Independent candidate for NM US House seat 1 against Heather Wilson and Patsy Madrid in 2006, but got ‘bumped’ on a State Democratic Party of New Mexico signature challenge and failed to get back on the ballot in time.
That won’t happen again in 2012.
I’m West Point ’61, former Vietnam era Airborne, Ranger and Special Forces qualified infantry officer who served on both the front line in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Division, at Ft. Bragg with the 7th Special Forces Group and at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, on an Army level staff. I have more academic credits between engineering, education, social studies and theology than most ‘ABDs,’ or All But Dissertation PhD candidates.
I’m ‘chronologically enhanced.’ But I’m also physically and mentally young and tough, and in excellent medical condition. And I’ve been around. I’ve worked multiple jobs in multiple environments, inclusive of both here in the States, South Korea and the Middle East.
I was 'Excellence in Debate' at West Point, and am, in general, 'An Organizer, Analyzer, Synthesizer and Communicator, Social and Technical, Written and Oral.' I’m what Congress needs now to help get it, and our wonderful country, straightened out. I’m good for at least another 20 years of solid, strong action. Maybe more.
Actually, I don’t plan to check out of this world before 2039 or 2040 or so. That’ll be sometime after my 100th birthday.
Check me out.
Issues:
- The US Deficits. Our current extension of the National Debt began under Ronald Reagan, between 1980-88, and expanded during that period from under $1T USD to close to $3T. George W Bush inherited them after 'Bush the Elder' and Bill Clinton at $5.7T. Hence, after 9/11 and the subsequent horrible lies by 'W' that got us into Iraq II, our current president, Barack Obama, inherited them at over $9T, and that figure, complicated by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the housing and Wall Street collapses, then subsequent stimulus spending to save our car industries and other, have placed the current total at over $15T.
- Western European Deficits, and the EU Embrogio. As its turned out, Europe hasn't done much better, in fact, with budgetary defaults in Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland, its done worse. And with Italy now at the brink of financial collapse, and having an economy that's too huge for the European Union to bail out, the Euro is in danger of collapse. If the Euro collapses, there will be inordinate pressure on the USD to collapse, as well. Since the USD is the World Reserve Currency, its collapse would place unbelievable pressure on China, Japan and other nations upholding ours and other country's debts, with a possible resultant total world economic collapse.
- Obama Care. While so-called Obama Care has been a largely good step forward toward national healthcare coverage, its possible that some aspects could have been better formulated, and may need remedial work, that is, assuming the US Supreme Court doesn't overturn it shortly. If the latter happens, I'm strongly for a Single Payer system, once and if that can be gotten through Congress. But 'ramming through' Obama Care in the light of the huge US deficits might not have been the wisest thing for the President to have done, as opposed to having worked strongly toward getting the US deficits under control first. As is, its possible that Obama Care will be helpful to a large number of people over the 'short term,' but then end up over the longer term strongly instrumental in a collapse of our financial system.
- Global Warming. Its coming like gang busters, and we don’t begin to have programs together that can counter it. With ice chunks melting and the sea levels and temperatures rising, your grandchildren will no longer be able to live in numerous places around the world where you and I might have. Solution? Relate properly with our world neighbors, so we can effect the kind of leadership that will breed better and better cooperation, most importantly between the US, China, Russia and India, to cut coal fired plants and other high sources of carbon emissions, replacing them with natural gas as much as possible as we continue the development of renewable fuels so we begin to reverse it, hopefully before its too late. With the now growing financial and budgetary crises here at home and in Europe, there just may not be the overall will and/or financial capabilities to beat this menace in time. It would be tragic to lose the battle against Global Warming because it took us so many financial resources world-wide to 'beat' that (financial) crisis. Please note that I said nothing about 'nuclear,' to which I'm open, but only under the most stringent and careful conditions, see my Op Ed on Fukushima on March 26, 2011.
- Social Security and Medicare. Again, these are two of the biggest entitlements which, along with Obamacare, can take the country over its financial precipice, and in no lengthy time. Retirement ages need to be extended, as well as Social Security and Medicare entitlements reduced for those making substantial incomes, and for whom retirement funding is not an issue.
- Individual (General and Capital Gains) and Corporate Tax Structures. All three of these tax structures need to be simplified and enlarged. I've proposed a Five-Tiered Flat Tax Structure informally endorsed by Warren Buffet, I believe Capital Gains should be taken from 15 to 30%, and that corporate tax structures should have a 'real' level, after all allowable deductions have been made, of 20%.
- Bring the Business Profits- and to the degree possible, the businesses!- home. We should also do our best to provide incentives that will facilitate US businesses operating overseas to bring their profits back to the States. We should also gradually be working to get the businesses themselves back here as soon as economically feasible or possible, as well. Admittedly not an easy task, allowing for the world-wide spread of technology and lower wages available around the world.
- Work to encourage innovation and technology development and protection of those technologies and associated intellectual properties. 'New developments' and intellectual property here in the States are our 'forte,' and we need to work to develop and protect same to the highest level possible, also encouraging protection of same world-wide, working with whatever applicable nations and world bodies to do so.
- New Mexico’s coming. ‘Here comes New Mexico,’ and not a moment too soon. With Sandia and Los Alamos labs changing, and these and many other sources of high education and ingenuity around the state, New Mexico is destined to be one of the country’s great leaders in ingenuity and new technology. We must do our best to maximize these opportunities so as to not only provide our children the best futures possible, but also contribute our utmost to the future of our beloved country.
Once elected, I will do my level best to work all designated committee assignments, but in addition to which, AS A STRONG INDEPENDENT, I'll work 'both sides of the aisle’ with Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike, to apply my life-long and enormously faceted experience toward helping get the “BS” out of our government, as well as to make rational some of our nonsensical partisanship, and begin to get our country back on track toward fiscal responsibility, social awareness and world-wide cooperation and leadership.
I sincerely hope you'll help me get to the US Senate as an Independent this year so we can begin working to save our country from financial disaster and international ostracization.
Be…..VOTE!!!!….Independent…..for a CHANGE!!!
Bob Liebman for US Senate, PO Box 854, Edgewood, NM 87015, (505) 281-2308 Campaign Headquarters, (505) 550-9081 (cell), (505) 281-3129 (FAX)
P.S. Personal contributions in any amount up to $5,000 are welcome, which can be made as personal checks made out to Bob Liebman for US Senate, in cash, or via the Paypal link on the Contact Us page, for which I or a staff member will always give, e-mail or 'mail mail' you a receipt, and for which strict accounting open to the public will be made, inclusive of the mandatory FEC reporting. Corporate contributions can be made in any amount pursuant to the Supreme Court decision sometime back regarding same, and with wihch I don't agree, but if you're a company or corporation and wish to contribute, please contact me or a staffer and we'll discuss this, as well as the amount you want to contribute. In general, I'm for public financing of campaigns.
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