My approach to the issues is simple. The people of Michigan’s 15th District deserve a Representative who has their issues at heart, not the issues of D.C., special interests or the needs of career politicians. I intend to represent the people. This approach scares the D.C. elite, but it is not radical. This is what our founders intended. Feel free to contact me with any specific concerns, but this is the heart of my campaign from which I will represent the 15th District.
Rob's Stance on Social Security: Get the Facts
Spending: Spending is out of control at the federal level. We cannot afford it today, and our children and grandchildren certainly cannot afford it tomorrow. I’m ready to help Congress make the difficult choices needed to preserve prosperity for future generations.
Accountability: Members of Congress must live under the laws they pass. The government is not required to abide by all the laws that apply to any normal business, most importantly accounting practices.
Transparency: Congress must read the bills they are passing. The bills need to be shorter and they need to be posted publicly a week before voting. A single cover page should be required outlining how any funds would be spent and where they are coming from.
Taxes: The tax system must be flatter, fairer and simpler for the taxpayer at a level that does not punish success. We cannot allow special interests and lobbyists to have their own line in the tax code.
Security: The American people are unable to exercise their rights to Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness without the government ensuring the security of its citizens.
Liberty: The Declaration of Independence begins: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. I will work to ensure these individual rights are respected in Washington D.C. I am a lifelong NRA member and have been endorsed by MI-RTL.
Healthcare: Consumer choice and responsibility, price transparency, equal tax treatment of the employed and self employed, in combination with Health Savings Accounts, are more cost effective for the patient and providers. Many of these principles have kept the health care costs in my own business flat for the past 5 years. Medicare is already broken, with high levels of fraud, claim denial, and decreasing provider base. Taxpayers simply cannot afford another massive, inefficient, government-run program.
