Kaleb Sims

• Healthcare: Government intervention in healthcare always results in increased regulation and higher costs.

Obamacare costs too many people the insurance that worked for them, and replaced it with more expensive plans that do not. Premiums are more expensive and deductibles are now unaffordable for most families. Supply is diminishing as small practice doctors are leaving the market. The misnamed Affordable Care Act needs to be repealed in full.

• Energy: While innovations in the oil and gas industry have made energy cheaper, and clean coal technology has made coal burning more environmentally friendly, our energy supply still faces threats. Steps need to be taken to further secure our energy distribution, such as the electrical grids, reserve depots, and ports.

• Federal Debt: Federal debt should be an emergency measure in times of war and severe economic depression. Using federal debt as a means of funding daily operations is irresponsible and self-destructive.

• Role of Government: The role of government is well articulated in the Preamble of the Constitution: establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity. The government’s overreach into our lives has resulted in Texas ranchers having their land confiscated by the BLM, Obamacare has left people with unaffordable health insurance, and erroneous regulations have crippled businesses – especially many small businesses.

• 2nd Amendment: The federal government has no authority to regulate ownership and possession of arms; the 2nd Amendment is unambiguous on this matter. Some betray liberty seeking to undermine, erode, and otherwise put asunder this fundamental right of the people. It is essential that we be vigilant in guarding this imperative of the Bill of Rights.

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