Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - California 4th Congressional District in 2024 California Primary Election.
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Get StartedI definitely do not support efforts to weaken the 2nd amendment. Attempts to reduce gun possession will most likely be ineffective, and even if successful, will simply move "gun violence" to other forms of lethal violence. People believe possession of guns is vital for immediate defense - e.g. women want tools to level the field when threatened with physical violence, and property owners need them for protection during a riot. Learn more
Rather than focus on medical cost, we have focussed on medical insurance. This results in an extra set of operators taking a cut of the money used for medical expenses. What we really need to do is make the benefits of existing medicine directly available to ordinary people. We need to loosen the prescription regime - making more drugs, particularly antibiotics, available over the counter. Narcotics are a different matter. In general, we need to confront the medical establishment, and weaken their monopoly over the dispensation of medical services. In particular, we need to fight the practice of suppressing cheap treatments to allow emergency authorizations of new (and expensive) alternatives. We also need to make it easier for doctors to feel safe to use their training and tailor treatment for the specific patient they are treating. Learn more
Right now, like many developed countries, we dont have enough children to even maintain our population. Immigrants help fill the economic gap. But if we are to preserve our culture, values, and personal vitality, our country needs more of our own babies, and whole families within which to nurture them. Immigrants bring new ideas and culture, often good, but also stuff they were actually trying to get away from. Society needs time to integrate the new with what is already good. Unrestrained immigration results in change that is so fast that you wind up with a lot of confused adults who dont know how to live life successfully, both amongst the new immigrants as well as in the continuing population. We need strong border control, and a serious discussion of how many and who comes through the legal gates. Learn more
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