William B. Redpath

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My core philosophy: people should be able to live their own lives as they choose, without interference, as long as they do not harm other people or their property. To that end, my campaign calls for reduced government spending, lower taxes and real respect for civil liberties.

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I support a policy of unilateral free trade. The United States should end all tariffs on imported goods and services, regardless of the policies of other nations. US tariffs are mostly paid by the American people. They are a tax on all Americans and make us poorer. Unilateral free trade is a pro-consumer trade policy, and we are all consumers. This is the policy that is fairest overall and will generate the greatest prosperity for the American people, and it will help the cause of international peace.

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Aside from badly needed changes to entitlement programs, I call for the elimination of the Departments of Education and Housing & Urban Development, as well as an end to all corporate welfare and farm subsidies. I favor an immediate end to such welfare and subsidies, but at the very least, they should be phased out over no more than ten years.

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While I certainly would like to see a non-theocratic/autocratic democracy in Iran, the United States participation in the war against Iran is clearly unconstitutional, as well as horrible policy for the US and the world. By not seeking Congressional approval for his actions, Donald Trump should be impeached by the US House of Representatives and removed from office by the US Senate.

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Nobody knows when, but how is situation not going to end badly? Yet, Congress and the President refuse to anything to stop this runaway spending train. And, it is a too much spending, not too little taxing, problem.

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I support the use of Ranked Choice Voting for single winner elections, but for the US House of Representatives, I support the adoption of the Fair Representation Act, which would mandate multi-member Congressional districts, where possible, which would make feasible candidates from other than the Democratic and Republican parties winning seats in the US House of Representatives.

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I agree with the following statement by Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute: “All immigration should be allowed except for a handful of people who fall into the categories of criminals, terrorists, the seriously ill, or others who would harm the life, liberty, and property of people here. As in all areas, the burden should be on the government to prove that somebody’s rights should be restricted. The burden should not be on immigrants or Americans to prove that they can exercise their inherent rights. “Libertarian and classical liberal values, American Enlightenment values, our support of free market capitalism, and support for meritocracy all compel us to support free immigration.” Open immigration would be the greatest anti-poverty program the world has ever known. Economist Michael Clemens has estimated that free immigration would increase the amount of global economic production, Gross World Product, by 50-150 percent – that’s $50-$150 trillion of extra production a year. The United States has greatly benefited from immigration throughout its history and will continue to do so, if the right policies are in place.

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The US tax system has been a time consuming and expensive monstrosity for many decades. I favor scrapping the entire Internal Revenue Code and replacing it with the Tax Foundation’s Growth and Opportunity Tax Reform Plan. The highlights of this system include: A Flat Tax of 20 percent on individual income combined with a generous family allowance to protect low-income households. All other major credits, deductions, and preferences would be eliminated except the current-law Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a more stable Child Tax Credit (CTC), and tax-preferred savings accounts. A distributed profits tax of 20 percent in lieu of our current overly complex regime for taxing domestic and foreign profits earned by corporations and pass-through businesses. Elimination of taxes at death and simplified treatment of capital gains to remove the burden of unnecessary compliance and administrative costs.

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The United States should treat the Middle East with benign neglect. The United States’ “special relationship” with Israel should end. We should treat Israel like any other allied nation.

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While I think nationwide Ranked Choice Voting would be best to elect the President, I also support the National Popular Vote Act, an interstate compact that would insure that the national winner of the popular vote for President of the United States would actually be elected.

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Repeal all Federal laws regarding consensual crimes. As with the end of alcohol prohibition, the Federal government should end its drug prohibition and allow the states to address this issue. Also, the Federal government should repeal its prohibition of online gambling and allow Americans the freedom to gamble, if they so choose, from the privacy of their own homes.

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Medicare should be reformed with payments going to Medicare enrollees as cash payment, instead of continuing payments to medical providers, with higher payments going to recipients with lower lifetime incomes and worse health, in a budget neutral manner. Regarding Medicaid, Congress should turn this program over to the states to fully manage by phasing out Federal subsidies over a ten year period. States would then be fully free to implement changes to this program to see what set of policies work best for recipients and taxpayers.