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Jul 22 2008
04:41 pm
U.S. Senate Candidate Daniel Lewis opposes the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act
By: lewisdt

Nashville, Tennessee, July 22, 2008 – Daniel Lewis, the Libertarian Party of Tennessee’s candidate for United States Senate, recognizes the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act (H.R.4048), for what it is yet another boondoggle.
The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery Authority to administer a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project. According to The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project’s web site ((link...)) the civic work jobs will be in the areas of construction and the arts (e.g., plumbing, electrical, brick building, construction, air conditioning, as well as music, murals, theater and dance.) The project will provide paid apprenticeships for unskilled workers. Civic jobs will pay no less than $15/hour and workers will have the right to join unions. A Gulf Coast Authority, similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority will oversee the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project. The program will cost an estimated at $4 billion a year and, will come from federal, state, and private sources (e.g., insurance companies). Private sources will be asked to contribute $1 billion a year.
A much wiser move would be for the government to remove regulatory roadblocks and offer tax incentives for rebuilding along the gulf cost. The minimum wage of $15/hour set by the program will cause ramped unemployment among those who complete training. The strain on the already fragile Gulf Coast and national economy could be disastrous. The aftermath of passing this act could be worse than the damages caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. History shows that the Civic Works Projects of the New Deal, plagued with high costs and inefficiency, prolonged the Great Depression.
For additional information on Daniel Lewis Libertarian Candidacy for the United States Senate contact Daniel Lewis for United States Senate or visit (link...). The candidate authorizes images of the candidate found at (link...) to be used by the media in articles. - END -

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Repeal of all Federal Gun Lwas

Submitted by lewisdt on Mon, 2008/07/28 - 10:52am.

Nashville, Tennessee, July 28, 2008 – Daniel Lewis, the Libertarian Party of Tennessee’s candidate for United States Senate calls for a repeal of all Federal Gun Laws.
Tragically we live in a world where events such as Sunday’s (July 27, 2008) shooting at a Knoxville church do occur. Now is a time to reach out with compassion to the victims of this tragedy, their families and their community. Even more tragically opponents of gun rights always react to these events in the same way by calling for more gun laws. Federal gun laws are about 90 thousand words long (or 350 pages). One of these laws, the Gun Control Act of 1968 is very similar in wording to the 1938 Nazi Gun Control law. All tyrannies enact gun laws to leave the people defenseless against oppression and genocide. The American revolution started when the British tried to takes the colonists guns.
Gun statistics generally continue to follow the same trends. Crime is higher in areas where governments create strict gun bans and lower where gun ownership is unrestricted. This is just a logical conclusion criminals are more likely to try to commit a crime where they know they run a lower risk of facing an armed victim. After Washington D.C. passed a gun ban in 1976, its homicide rate rose 200%. Guns are used more often in defense against a crime then they are to be used in the commission of a crime. Tragedies such as the shooting in Knoxville could be prevented with less restrictive gun laws. Statistics tell us it is very likely the outcome would have been less tragic, and perhaps the criminal who committed this act of violence, would not even have considered committing this crime, if he would have been walking into a group of people that he knew might be armed. Only about 7% of carrier criminals obtain guns from a licensed gun shop. Only about 1% of crimes committed with handguns were committed by persons who legally had a right to even have the gun on them at the time. In conclusion it is time to repeal all Federal Gun laws. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
For additional information on Daniel Lewis Libertarian Candidacy for the United States Senate contact Daniel Lewis for United States Senate or visit (link...). The candidate authorizes images of the candidate found at (link...) to be used by the media in articles. - END -

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Leave the tragedy of

Submitted by bobaubin on Mon, 2008/07/28 - 12:29pm.

Leave the tragedy of yesterday morning out of it! Gun control or lack of gun control has nothing to do with this and both your and Lugo's arguments built on it are goulish.

On the rest of your comments - repealing all gun laws would be ridiculous, but certainly the D.C. gun ban was over the line and the SC was right to strike it down.

Also, I can't say I know enough about the Gulf Coast act to comment except to say that deregulation is not the way to help that region. They still need lots of help in NOLA and the region so the Congress should be doing something.

~ Bob Aubin
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