Well said Bruce! I'm disappointed with your campaign contributions......You need mo' money!
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > D.C. Libertarian takes on 11-term Democratic incumbent > > By C. Michael Pickens > > Bruce Majors aims to seize an opportunity for the LP in his run for > Congress in the District of > Columbia. He’s running against entrenched Democratic Delegate Eleanor > Holmes Norton. If he > wins more than 7,500 votes this election, the Libertarian Party will be > granted permanent ballot > status in D.C., saving the party tens of thousands of dollars in future > elections. > > Because there is no Republican in the race, his chances are good. Michael > Monroe, the > Republican who challenged Norton during the 2004 presidential election, > won over 18,000 votes. > Majors stands a good chance of grabbing enough of those votes to secure > party status. > > Bruce Majors is addressing issues that Eleanor Holmes Norton won’t touch > and that appeal to > fiscal conservatives as well as to civil libertarians. He calls for both > slashing federal government > spending and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. > > “DOMA is a discriminatory piece of legislation that implies that marriage > is only between a > man and a woman. It denies same-sex couples over 1,000 legal rights and > privileges that straight > couples receive,” he said. > > On D.C.’s regulatory burden, Majors says that it drives up the cost of > D.C. housing and makes it > impossible for working class people to start a business - from hair > braiding, to delivering mail, to > providing day care. “Less regulatory burden means more opportunity for the > people of D.C.,” he > said. > > Bruce Majors calls for ending the Drug Prohibition, noting, “The current > ‘War on Drugs’ takes > the wrong approach. Not only is it costing us more in taxes but it deters > people from seeking out > treatment for fear of punishment.” > > Because D.C. is a territory of the United States similar to Puerto Rico > and Guam and not a > recognized state, the Delegate for D.C. is a non-voting member of the > House of Representatives > who can influence government policy only if assigned to a congressional > committee. D.C. has no > representation in the U.S. Senate. > > Yet D.C. it is the only territory required to pay federal income tax. > Majors objects to this taxation > without representation and says, “I will work to end federal taxation in > D.C.” > > Bruce Majors has been a well-known and well-liked political activist in > D.C. since 1990. He > has helped with six local campaigns and attends community events on a > regular basis. His > campaign has raised over $12,000 so far and collected over 5,000 > signatures to secure a spot on > the November ballot. > > The Majors campaign plans to send mailings to registered Republicans and > likely voters in > precincts that are sympathetic to his views as well as to advertise in > hyperlocal newspapers and > blogs. > > Campaign website: www.BruceMajorsDC.com > > > > > -- > Please Note: If you hit "*REPLY*", your message will be sent to *everyone*on > this mailing list ( > [email protected]) > This message was sent by bruce ([email protected]) from Washington > D.C. 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