League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
State of California (Butte, Shasta, Nevada, Tehama, Siskiyou, Placer, Lassen, Plumas, Modoc, Sierra, Glenn Counties) June 5, 2012 Election
	Pete Stiglich Answers Questions Candidate for United States Representative; District 1

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Questions & Answers

1. In this time of high unemployment, what are the most important steps that should be taken to improve our nation’s economy?

We must take aggressive and immediate action to reduce our ever-growing debt by cutting spending, cutting government bureaucracy and creating an environment that encourages saving, investment and job creation.

2. How should the federal budget deficit be addressed, now and into the future? How should budget priorities for defense and domestic programs be adjusted?

Our elected leaders in Washington must set aside political, personal and special interest agendas and pursue a strategy that begins "Putting America First". A debt war must be waged on a series of fronts. First and foremost, politicians must stop the insane spending. I favor serious and real cuts across the entire federal budget. A war on waste and fruad must also be waged.

3. What are your priorities with respect to our nation’s energy policy? Should there be an emphasis on clean energy and reducing carbon emissions, and/or on reducing our dependence on foreign sources?

Every effort to achieve American energy independence should be pursued in order to reduce US reliance on foreign sources of supply and cut off the funding pipeline to unfriendly nations only intent on our demise as a world power. To achieve this energy independence, America must aggressively pursue all available sources of supply, including coal, oil, nuclear, solar, wind, bio-mass, etc.

4. What, if any, changes should be made to federal health care policies or programs?

First and foremost, Obamacare needs to be repealed and replaced with patient-centered, free market reforms. These reforms would include interstate competition, tort reform, medical savings accounts, medical coops, Medicaid block grant funding to states, incentives for healthy lifestyles, and a war on the massive amount of waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

5. What, if any, changes should be made to federal rules on campaign financing?

Recent Supreme Court decisions have resulted in rulings that protect campaign financing under the 1st Amendment of free speech. Therefore, given these rulings, limiting campaign financing is difficult. As a non-politicians, it is extremely difficult to compete on a 'level' playing field with incumbents and entrenched party politicians. Access to the media and the ability to achieve name recognition is difficult at best. I would support mandatory term limits be imposed to ensure highly funded career-minded politicians become a thing of the past.

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