Help support U.S. Senate Candidate Tony "G" Gentile of Louisiana

***Posted from his website at www.gentileforsenator.com ****

Where do I (Tony Gentile) stand on the issues? (a brief synopsis)

Insurance/Financial Bailouts - Let the free market work. Investments are commonly known to have a risk.

Its unfortunate people lost their hard earned money however the market will steady itself without governmental intrusion. I understand that people 50 years plus lost in excess of 5 billion this year. That's a kick in the teeth and I believe a full Senate hearing is justified. One more thing about this, we printed up a trillion dollars basically bankrupting our country to give money to businesses to prevent them from bankrupting. Am I missing something here?

Socialized medicine – We’ve got to be smarter than this, it fails everywhere it has been implemented. I for one do not want government trying to manage my health. Scrap the idea and don't waste the time.

HR3400 is a viable option, this will difinitely drive down premiums and make insurance available for many more Americans.

Military - There is no greater deterrent to war than a strong military. We must maintain our stature in the world as the strongest nation with no misunderstanding that we bow to no one. We should bring all our troops home from all foreign military entanglements. Our military should be all here. If we are attacked, the retribution should be swift, deadly and so out of proportion that no one would even think about attacking us ever again.

Taxes - The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.

The FairTax Act (HR 25, S 296) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities.

The FairTax taxes us only on what we choose to spend on new goods or services, not on what we earn. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.

The FairTax:

Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
Allows American products to compete fairly
Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
Abolishes the IRS

Government - Reduce the size immediately. Cut spending. Limit power within the boundaries of the Constitution. Cut spending again.

Energy - Stop subsidizing ethanol! Drilling here at home to lesson our dependence on foreign oil.

Let's quit making those who hate us rich! Let's work with energy companies to develop new technologies bearing in mind our economy here in Louisiana depends heavily on petroleum. We have to protect our jobs.

Border Security - One has to ask why is this even an issue? This is a must; we're at war. What kind of government allows their country's borders to be left wide open? Seal them now.

Second Amendment- I fully support the second amendment and will fight to keep it in it's current form.

H.R. 17: The Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 needs passed immediately. If this is still an issue in 2010 I will support this and fight for it's inception.

Repeal Cap and Trade- June 26, 2009 I watched Congress take the United States another step towards socialism. Now more than ever we need to change out Congress and the Senate. This mandate will break the backs of Americans while the rest of the world stands by and laughs. We can't afford to wait and see, when elected I will work to repeal or minimize this Bill. Louisiana is an energy state, we have the power.