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Lester Townsend for Congress

9th U.S. Congressional District in Michigan

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Less: (NO) RAIDING OF SOCIAL SECURITY!

Less: (NO) DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL!

Less: (NO) DEFICIT SPENDING!

Less: (NO) ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION!

Less: (NO) OBAMACARE!

Less: (NO) OUTSOURCING OF JOBS!

Less: (NO) SAME SEX MARRIAGE!

Less: (NO) SHARIA LAW!

Less: (NO) NANNY STATE LAWS!

Less: (NO) TWO PARTY CORRUPTION!

I am considering making another run for Congress in an effort to correct problems which currently beset our country. Social Security and Energy Independence are the first two items on the list above because they are the most important and they are related ( click on the link for details ). We can fix Social Security without raising taxes or cutting benefits. We can become self sufficient in the production of gas and oil. There are solutions to our problems and you ( the voter ) must elect individuals who will act to solve the problems. You must vote for individuals who are not members of the two parties that caused the problems.

My views on how to fix our problems are contained in the articles listed above ( follow the highlighted links to see videos or articles with more facts and opinions ). Most of our social and economic problems would not have occurred if our politicians had adhered to the Constitution, instead of following the dictates of the various special interest groups who fund their re-election coffers.

Unlike the politicians who say you should vote for them because they are not the other guy. I am putting my views on how to solve our problems in writing. Some of these views will be controversial. The current administration has adopted policies which will destroy our country. The problem with the Republicans is that the move to bigger and more intrusive government has still been occurring under their watch. The voters must start electing someone other than the galloping socialists ( Democrats ) or the creeping socialists ( Republicans ).

Our politicians have learned to run as stealth candidates who say what polls indicate a majority want to hear, or only mouth platitudes in order to avoid offending voters. You as a voter must reject such deception and vote for people who will honor the oath of office. Our country is in a deep financial hole and hard choices are going to have to be made. You must be willing to vote for people who will make the hard choices and work to fix the problems, instead of politicians who are bought and paid for by special interest groups.

Campaign finance information shown on the  Federal Election Commission web-site indicates the incumbent ( Sander Levin ) has raised two and a quarter million dollars for his re-election fund. A professional politician is going to represent the interests of the people who fund his campaign. When you receive push poll phone calls during the weeks before the election, you need to ask yourself who is paying for the calls? If the money is coming from special interest groups, the politician is not going to have your interest at the top of his agenda.

I will never win a beauty contest and, as an individual who retired from the most hated federal agency in the country ( the IRS ), you will not elect me because you think I am a nice guy. The reason you should vote for me is because I will do my best to honor the oath of office. My training in interpreting and applying the law came from the IRS. I read the Constitution the same way I was trained to read tax law. If the wording makes sense, it is to be applied as written. Any congress person who ignores the constitution, and any judge who tries to rewrite the Constitution is violating their oath of office and should be replaced. You, the voter, have the responsibility of replacing congress critters. Congress has the responsibility to fire civil officers ( judges and everyone appointed by the president ) who violates their oath of office. Please note that all of our presidents czars should have taken an oath to support the constitution. If they did not take this oath, they have already committed an impeachable offense.

If elected I will do my best to enforce the provisions in the Constitution. I ask for your votes. We need individuals elected to all levels of office who will make a commitment to honor their oath of office. If you the voter elect candidates who do not honor the oath of office, our problems will continue and we will suffer a complete financial collapse, our standard of living will continue to decline and this country will continue it's slide into Socialism.

I am doing my part by running for office, the rest is up to you.

The talking heads on Fox News and the liberal cable networks ( every network other than Fox ) are saying this this election is a referendum on the current administration. You as a voter can elect me to show a repudiation of both major parties.