Senate District 3 Special Election Debate

[PBrunsel]

All ready Ernest.

[PBrunsel]

Goodevening everyone. Goodevening PBrunsel. *shakes PBrunsel's hand*

*Shakes DemRepDan's hand.*

[PBrunsel]

As most would expect, I will say the man from West Branch, Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st U.S. President.

Herbert Hoover is an American sucess story. He said as a young boy, "My dream is that I will never have to rely on someone else for help." At age 10 both his parents were gone, so with two dimes sewed into his pockets he took off to Oregon. This scared little boy, with two dimes, would work very hard. He was a millioniare by age 30. He worked hard to save Belgium from starvation in 1917. He worked hard to make sure U.S. Soldiers got food when he was on the National Food Board from 1919-1920. He worked hard as Secretary of Commerce to build dams, roads, and make all tools have specific sizes. He workes hard as President, working 18-hour days, as he struggled to get America out of the Great Depression.

Hoover worked hard and was a great man. He saved 100 millkion Belgians, and after World War !! saved over 500 million Europeans on the Relief Board. OPn the Hoover Commision he revealed problems in the executiv4e branch that saved Americans billions of dollars. He came from a poor family to reac the pinnacle, the Presidency. At his funeral, the deacon said of Hoover, "He has believed, he has worked very hard, he has endured."

[PBrunsel]

In 1964 LBJ initiated his "War on Poverty," He said that it would, "Give a full stomach, and a fuller life." It hasn't given a fuller life at all. What has the Food Stamps program done, it has created a new kind of curency. Food Stamps can be used to purchase anything from bread to Twinkies. That was not what LBJ wanted Food Stamps to do, he wanted it to be inatiated so all could eat. i favor all eating, so I fabor the WIC Program. WIC gives out cupons that say that you can but milk, eggs, bread, cheese, and so on. It states that only the foods in the packet that the recipiant is given can be bought. The cupons can not be used to have your tax dollars buy Twinkies. I feel the Food Stamps Program has failed, and must be ended and replaced with a nation WIC Program.

[PBrunsel]

Regions were put together so the people of the forumcould presiden in one where they could work together in their region to help the forum as a whole. I do not oppose regions, for I feel regions are needed to keep the federal government from getting too big. I feel we should keep things the way they are. Almost every region has a Constitution, the regional Constitutions were created to not only govern the regions but to keep the regions free from the hand of the Federal Governemnt. I support keeping regiosn the same way as they are now, and not touching the what the National Constitution says on them.

[PBrunsel]

Iraq has taught us to always be prepared. I mean prepared millitarily and when it comes to intelegence. No WMD's have been found "in stockpiles" as George W. Bush had stated in March of 2003. Saddam Hussein had acted like he had WMD's, but it seems now to prove to the contrary. Although I feel intelligence reports led President Bush astray, I feel intervening in Iraq was a good thing.

It has also taught the nation we need a strong millitray to be free. To quote what American soliders say today half way accross the world, "Freedom is not free." A strong millitray is needed to take on threates from terrorists and rougue nations. Ronald Reagan said in 1980, "When the forces of freedom our strong our enemies are not antious, it is when they are weak that tyrant's are tempted." I feel Iraq has showed the nation that only a well funded millitary can keep the nation and the world free. Only a strong millitray can keep freedom alive upon the earth, To quote FDR, "WE must be the great arsenal of Democracy." We must remain to be that strong.

Iraq was ruled by a crazed mad man who oppenly threatended the world. He hung children before their mothers' eyes. His sons brutally raped women in mass Raping Rooms. Mass graves have been found in Iraq. Even the UN had to say that Hussein had doen wrong to Iraq when it came to human rights. We interveened in Iraq to spread freedom to a oppressed people and to topple a cruel dictatorship. If Iraq has taught the nation and the World anything, it has taught that freedom can blossom out of a tyranny, and freedom can prevail against all odds.

[PBrunsel]

President Gustaf has proven himself a brilliant man for assigning such good men who are so bright to the Cabinet. He was bale to break partisan lines and appoint members of the Democratic, Atlas Independence, and Republican Parties. His choices reflect good leadership and confirm my hope in him that he will make a fine president.

Nym90, being a former president, was the best choice anyone could make as Secretary of State. He has expierience working with foreign nations and with the State Department. He will be a grand Secretary of State, and I wish him luck in his new position.

Fritz as Secretary of Forum Affairs is yet another great choice. His work as Secretary of Labor will give him a connection with the working men and women of Atlasia, and that is what we need in a Secretary of Forum Affairs. Fritz is a hard worker who understanfds the regular man, the man on the make.

Mr. Fresh, of my own Republican Party, knows much of Forum Constitutional Procedure. He has a mind for law, and has the feel for enforcing justice. he will be a fine Attorney General.

John Ford is a man of charecter. He is a man who understands that we need a strong defense if we are to remain free. He understands that America needs to remain the millitary superpower it is. I say that he is a grand choice for Defense Secretary because he belives that freedom does not come free.

Ben, where can I begin? He is honest, trustworthy, has a head for numbers, knows how to ballance his own budgetm so he can ballance ours. Ben has shown to be a dedicated man who always tells it like it is, he is a great choice for Secretary of the Treasury.

[PBrunsel]

Secretary DemRepDan, if I remember right Mr Fresh was appointed Attorney general.

A Secretary of Labor is needed though. The Gustaf Administration may have already appointed one, but he or she has not accepted yet or is not informed on the decison.

[PBrunsel]

Attorney General DemRepDan,

The Atlas Forum Independence Party states in it's platform that, " A Balanced Budget should be one of our first priorities." Do you think we should have a Balanced Budget Amendment?

[PBrunsel]

Note, I addressed you as "Attorney General."

[PBrunsel]

I oppose universal healthcare. Universal healthcare, known in Europe as Socialized Medicine, will create a mess for doctors. As was sated in the 1992 Presidential Campaign, Universal Healthcare would lead to massive cuts in Medicaid and Medicare. it would cost 7,000 Americans who work in hospitals there jobs. In Canada this was tried, and it failed, so now they have no more Universal Healthcare. The government does not need to interfere with private doctor's offices. If Universal Healthcare was initiated, it would cost the government more than $2 billion to run, and this will lead to an unballanced budget. Universal Healthcare is a step towards socialism, and for that I oppose it.

[PBrunsel]

I wish to thank Ernest, Attorney General DemRepDan, all our viewers, and all the people of Atlasia for this debate.

My fellow Atlasians, the choice in this election is whether we are to be tied to the mistakes of the past or move forward into a brighter future. Durring my campaign I have been a critick of government spending and any form of large government. I oppose big government because a government that is huge can do but one thing, create a deficit that will haunt future generations. That is not the future we need for Atlasia. The future we need is one where people are free from government intrusion in their lives. We need to get back to an honest day's work, and an honest day's dollar. It's time to return to the hard work that has built this nation fom it's independence in 1776, to it's Constitution in 1787, to where it is today. Hard work is what I will give District 3. That is all I can promise to District 3.

The greatest honor history can bestow upon a man is calling him a hard worker. I will work hard for District 3. I will always be at work working for all the people of District 3 and all the people of Atlasia. It is the people who elect Senators, so Senators should work for the people.

I am running for Senate to bring hope back to those who have lost it. I am running for Senate to make sure the American Dream is still atainable. I am running for Senate to make sure that this nation keeps it's promise to it's people to work for them, and not against them. I am addressing this to those families watching this tonight, I am running for Senate because I want you to have the American Dream. I am running for Senate because I love this nation. I'm running because I love the Atlasian People, and I want to put them over politcs.