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Contents. Political career Badnarik's political philosophy emphasizes individual liberty, personal responsibility, and strict adherence to an interpretation of the.
All of his positions arise from this foundation. In economics, Badnarik believes in, a system in which the only function of the government is the protection of individual rights from the initiation of force and fraud. He therefore opposes institutions such as welfare and business regulation. Badnarik first ran for public office in 2000 as a Libertarian, earning 15,221 votes (16.88%) in a race for the district 47. In 2002 he ran for the district 48 seat receiving 1,084 votes, or 2.24%. Badnarik is a member of the libertarian. Presidential campaign.
Badnarik with a supporter at a in on June 27, 2004. In February 2003, Badnarik announced his candidacy for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination, and spent the following 18 months traveling the country, teaching a course on the United States Constitution to dozens of libertarian groups. He has written a book, Good To Be King: The Foundation of our Constitutional Freedom ( ) on the subject of; the book was first self-published by Badnarik, but was released in hardcover in October 2004. Badnarik was viewed as unlikely to win the Libertarian presidential nomination, facing challenges from talk-show host and producer. At the, Badnarik gained substantial support following the candidates' debate (broadcast live on ).
In the closest presidential nomination race in the Libertarian Party's 32-year history, all three candidates polled within 12 votes of each other on the first ballot (Russo 258, Badnarik 256, Nolan 246). When the second ballot placed the candidates in the same order, Gary Nolan was eliminated and threw his support to Badnarik; Badnarik won the nomination on the third ballot 417 to 348, with receiving six votes.
Of, was elected separately by convention delegates as his vice-presidential nominee. Not all libertarians were happy with Badnarik's nomination. Some felt Badnarik would be unable to draw media attention that many had felt Russo would have. Libertarian blogger called Badnarik 'embarrassing.'
Badnarik's capture of the nomination was widely regarded as a surprise by many within the party; both Nolan and Russo had outpaced him in both fundraising and poll results prior to the convention. Badnarik commented following his success at the national convention, 'If I can win the nomination, there's no reason I can't win this election.' Badnarik and candidate were arrested in, on October 8, 2004, for an act of. Badnarik and Cobb were protesting their exclusion from the of the. They were arrested after crossing a police barricade in an attempt to serve an to the. By the end of the election cycle, Badnarik's presidential campaign had raised just over one million dollars (US), obtained ballot access in 48 states plus the (the Libertarian Party failed to obtain ballot access in Oklahoma and New Hampshire, although Badnarik was a qualified write-in candidate in New Hampshire), and placed nationwide political advertisements on and, in addition to local advertising buys in the important swing states of Wisconsin, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona. No national polls including Badnarik had put him above 1.5%, though one poll put him at 5% in New Mexico and another at three percent in Nevada.
A on October 26, 2004 put Badnarik at 3% in Arizona. Badnarik received 397,265 votes nationwide in the November 2, 2004 election, taking 0.32 percent of the and placing fourth, 68,385 votes behind but 12,834 vote better than the party's results. Badnarik spent most of early 2005 touring the nation and giving speeches. He also taught a class on the, using his experiences on the campaign trail to develop his lesson plan. Badnarik, wearing a 'Badnarik for Congress' jacket 2006 U.S. Congressional campaign In August 2005, Badnarik announced that he would run for the in the. He ran for the of Texas, which is currently represented.
He raised nearly $450,000 for his campaign and received the nomination for its 10th district Congressional candidate. He received 7,603 votes, or four percent, in the November election, losing to Republican incumbent Michael T. McCaul, who received 55 percent of the vote, and Ted Ankrum, who got 40 percent. A December 2006 letter from his campaign manager, Alan Hacker, states that Badnarik has 'retired from political candidacy' and is now working as an account representative for a political and novelty bumper sticker mail-order business.
Recent events Badnarik delivered a keynote speech at the 2007, where he announced his endorsement for, U.S. Congressman from, in the. In April 2007, he began hosting a talk radio program, Lighting the Fires of Liberty, on the We the People radio network. His final program aired on October 3, 2008. In October 2008, he began hosting a talk radio program, by the same title, on the Genesis Communications Network.
His final program aired on March 20, 2009. In November 2009, Badnarik was elected as one of three delegates from the State of Texas to attend the 2009 Continental Congress sponsored by the We The People Foundation, and subsequently elected parliamentary president of that body. Badnarik suffered a on the morning of December 21, 2009, while in attending a hearing regarding a case. After the hearing he boarded a car to go to lunch with friends, then slumped over. His friends attempted and contacted the paramedics. They attempted CPR to revive him three times with no success. Upon the fourth attempt his heart was revived yet with erratic behavior.
He was taken by helicopter to Gunderson Lutheran Hospital CCU in. Sunday afternoon, January 10, 2010, Badnarik posted a message to his friends and supporters stating that he was improving rapidly and would soon be released from the hospital. Issue positions. Abortion: Badnarik personally opposes abortion, but believes that decisions regarding abortion rights should be made at the state and not the federal level. He recognizes that there is significant controversy surrounding when life begins, and argues that therefore the state should not legislate against abortion, since a fetus is arguably not a human life in and of its own. Broadcast regulation: Badnarik opposes government regulation of.
'I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Individual people should decide what is or is not obscene and they will make that decision by watching or not watching reality TV.' .: Badnarik supports eliminating public matching funds and contribution limits for political campaigns. Civil rights: Badnarik supports all of the unequivocally, a position which he claims contrasts with most political candidates.
Badnarik says government does not grant rights but rather acknowledges them, that they exist independently of government as part of who and what we are, and that, as noted in the, the only legitimate function of government is to secure them. Economic policy: Badnarik would eliminate the federal income tax and drastically reduce government spending. He advocates the elimination of the and the restoration of a commodity-based currency. Education: Badnarik supports the elimination of the federal, claiming that it is both unconstitutional and ineffective. Badnarik has called for the of education, which he believes would result in both more effective and affordable alternatives due to competition. Energy: Badnarik opposes government regulation of the energy industry, instead arguing that the free market is more effective in controlling prices and maintaining stability.: Badnarik would withdraw the U.S.
From the (NAFTA) and (GATT). 'NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty,' he has said. 'We need to get the government out of regulating trade, so that American workers can do what they do best and that is to create wealth.' .
and: Badnarik believes that marriage, as a contract between two individuals, should not be a government concern and supports the right of individuals to associate in whatever ways they see fit.: Badnarik opposes restrictions on gun ownership as restrictions on an individual's right to self-defense. Badnarik is an enthusiastic gun owner, and strongly supports the. Health care: Badnarik opposes government involvement in health care and regulation, as he contends that the current drug approval process raises costs for consumers.
Illegal drugs: Badnarik supports the of and other illegal drugs. Immigration: Badnarik believes that, 'Peaceful immigrants should be allowed to enter the US at conveniently located Customs and Immigration stations, subject only to brief vetting to ensure that they are not terrorists or criminals, and reasonable consideration of the nation's ability to assimilate them.' .: Badnarik supports the reduction and eventual elimination of government-funded programs. His platform also calls for withdrawal from the and the eviction of the UN from the United States.
and: Badnarik supports a rapid withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraq, while providing for repair to Iraqi infrastructure damaged by U.S.
He also supports ending foreign intervention.: Badnarik opposes any reinstatement of a military draft.: Badnarik has signed the calling for new investigations of the, including the failure of US intelligence to act on warnings of upcoming attacks, the breakdown of military air defense, and the nature of the investigations. The Statement has also been signed by the other 2004 Presidential candidates and. Badnarik has also mentioned that he would fight if he was elected president.
Arguments for limited government Badnarik believes that the federal government has exceeded its Constitutional bounds and should be scaled back in favor of a society. His political views are influenced by the writings of both and. Views on taxes Badnarik believes that the U.S.
Constitution does not provide for a federal income tax and has posed the that the was. Badnarik has also posed the argument that the of 1986, as 'non-positive law,' applies to only certain groups, and argues that the only types of income susceptible to taxation are 'the domestic income of foreigners, certain foreign income of Americans, income of certain possessions corporations, and income of international and foreign sales corporations' He has also cited the decision, in which the Court indicated that the Sixteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution did not give Congress any power that it did not have already.
He also argues that the Sixteenth Amendment was not properly ratified, citing the two-volume work, co-authored by William J. One of his key statements on income tax is that the United States grew to be the most powerful nation in the Universe without requiring such a tax, and that it began to falter when the government began to intervene in the economy and individuals' lives. In the past, he has stated that refusing to file a tax return is justifiable until the (IRS) provides a legal reason for doing so (see ). However, in his book Good to Be King he writes, 'I do not know if Americans are liable to pay income taxes.' In an August 2004 interview with the journal Liberty, Badnarik stated that he had not filed tax returns for approximately the previous three years as he was unemployed. However, he said he had contacted the IRS to find out his tax liability and to settle up on any taxes he owed. This was an effort to make his then-campaign to be the go more smoothly.
Positions on personal identification When he moved to Texas, he did not obtain a driver's license, due to that state's requirement that an applicant provide a Social Security Number and fingerprint. Identification is supplied by carrying a. 2004 Ohio recount After the 2004 election, Badnarik, working with candidate, sought a recount of the Ohio vote. This caused a great deal of controversy within the Libertarian Party, as second place candidate had not contested the vote in Ohio, and a recount would cost the state an estimated $1.5 million of tax-payer money.
Some party members were concerned that a recount would damage the public perception of the Libertarian party. Badnarik said that he decided to push for a recount after receiving 'about two dozen passionate requests to do so from Libertarians in various states.' Good to Be King In his book Good to Be King Badnarik suggests that it is unnecessary to have a driver's license to drive, that the IRS has no Constitutional authority to collect taxes, and that common law marriages are valid in all 50 states. See also Wikiquote has quotations related to:.
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