I am a fiscal conservative and a social moderate: Liberty and justice for all in our democratic republic is my main issue and goal as a citizen. I will promote liberty and justice for all in any office of public trust I hold. Yes, I do believe in justice for every citizen.

I will work toward a balanced budget amendment to keep spending within revenues. Any actual surplus left, after Social Security and Medicare are made sustainable for our children, will be used to pay down the debt and not for middle or upper income tax relief.

Democracy was born in England, known as the "nation of shopkeepers," in the Middle Ages. The middle class produced by that society distributed wealth and power so evenly that the birth of democracy and representative government became inevitable there.

In contrast, I believe democracy and representative government cannot exist anywhere in a nation of rich and poor with little or no middle class. I believe we are drifting toward a society with a very weak middle class. I have come to believe we are in danger of losing the benefits of our constitution and the Declaration of Independence due in no small measure to the widening gap between the rich and the poor in our beloved country.

Public Policy Goals:

My central public policy goal will be to strengthen the middle class to safeguard our democratic republic.

To save our dear democratic republic we need to find ways to make the net worth of our citizens more nearly equal. We need to build the wealth of our shrinking middle class.