More Questions for Presidential Candidates

More questions for the Presidential candidates:

• Will you support Congressional action to raise the debt ceiling or will you veto such legislation?
• Is unemployment a problem or is it a symptom of a much larger problem?  Explain.
• What are the effects of labor regulations with regard to unemployment?
• What is the difference between the economic systems of capitalism, corporatism, fascism, and Socialism?
• Do treaties signed with foreign nations trump the United States Constitution?
• Are you for limited, constitutional government? Define what limited, constitutional government is to you.
• Given that the Consumer Price Index excludes food and fuel prices, do you believe that it is an accurate measure of price inflation?
• Does the FDA fulfill a necessary role in the market? Explain.
• Does the EPA fulfill a necessary role in the market? Explain.
• What do you believe interstate commerce means?
• Should an amendment be passed to extend Letters of Marque and Reprisal to non-pirate groups?
• Before engaging in a military offensive, should the President require Congressional approval in the form of a formal declaration of war or a Letter of Marque and Reprisal?
• When is the President permitted to engage in aggressive military actions?
• What is the purpose of the ATF?
• There are over 10,000 laws on the Federal books.  Do you believe that this is too many, not enough, or just right?  Explain.
• Every day there are no-knock SWAT raids on Americans.  Do you find these raids to be constitutional?  Explain.
• Is the War on Drugs a Constitutional program?  Explain.
• Given that the Federal government has over 14 trillion in debt, is the Federal government bankrupt?
• What is your plan for reducing the national debt?
• Should the Federal Reserve keep interest rates low or raise them and why?
• Should private citizens be allowed to create a competing currency with the United States Dollar?
• Will you issue an executive order to undo President Nixon’s “temporary” abandonment of the Gold Standard?
• What will you do to get rid of the various redundant agencies within the Federal government?
• Do you believe that the United States Federal government is in dire need of austerity measures?
• Should all foreign aid be continued, some of it be continued, or all of it eliminated from the Federal budget?
• Should aid to non-profit groups such as Planned Parenthood be continued?
• Should the Federal government be in the business of playing favorites with corporations as they clearly do now?
• What is the best definition of the free-market you can give?
• Does God talk to you?

Well, that was fun.  Too bad none of these will ever get asked on a national debate.