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Carl Whitaker On The Issues

Jobs for Tennessee

One of my top priorities as Governor will be to ensure both the creation of new jobs as well as protecting the jobs of those who live in this great state. I pledge to make sure that no outside contracts will be awarded to parties outside the state before the citizens of Tennessee are given first offers to any jobs on state-run bids and industry. We need to promote new industry coming to Tennessee and help make it easier for small businesses to receive funding which will in turn produce more jobs for our state. In addition, I pledge to campaign vigorously throughout my term as Governor to encourage and promote the purchasing of products made here in Tennessee, thus protecting the jobs of those workers who reside here. We have tremendous resources that are not being used at the present time to create jobs in Tennessee. As Governor I promise to maximize my efforts to optimize those resources at all costs to ensure our state's job market remains productive, robust and active during these tough economic times.

Immigration

As having first hand experience dealing with immigration issues, including the handling of illegal aliens not only in Tennessee, but across the United States, Carl is committed to the enforcement of the laws of the State of Tennessee and the U.S. Constitution. Anyone here illegally must be dealt with according to the law, deported and those who employ illegal's punished to the fullest extent of the law. Carl does not believe the state should issue driver's license and state medical insurance to illegal aliens. Carl has great compassion for the families affected by this problem on both sides of the issue but feels the law must be upheld first before any conversation takes place regarding an individual receiving benefits from the state of Tennessee who is actually not even a citizen of either the state of Tennessee or the nation.

Ethics

These past few years of Tennessee Politics has shown us a great deal of dirty deals. From the Tennessee Waltz sting to the Corrupt State-Trooper deal the common thing to expect from politicians in Nashville is bribes and deals, unlawful use of office for personal gain.
Carl will not take bribes and will push to have the Ethics Committee into Capitol Hill to weed out the wrongdoers and to see honor and dignity restored to the office of the Governor.

National Animal Identification System (N.A.I.S.)

We believe this program would be very detrimental to the health of small farming operations throughout the state of Tennessee; as Governor I plan to oppose any efforts to implement it's operation.

TENN-Care Reform

The Bredesen administration has made a further a mess of the already corrupt TENN-Care state healthcare system. Reform was necessary, but kicking people off who truly need it and continuing some of those who do not is an unjust and simply wrong way of trying to “Fix” the problem, Carl seeks to work to remove the corruption from TENN-Care and re-instate those who truly need it.

Education

It is a fact that the public schools in the cities where there is a higher population and thus a seemingly greater need of improvement, have for unjustified purposes, been granted more funding disproportionate to those schools in the rural areas and small towns. This is unfair and the monies intended for schools should be evenly divided across the state, proportional to their needs and population, not to favor a potential voting block. Carl believes that state lottery funds should be disbursed not just to colleges but to K-12 schools; Carl feels that education on the lower levels sets the standard of learning for the college level meaning if one does not get a proper education in grammar, middle and high school then their level of learning will be insufficient in college.

Gun Rights

The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is such an integral part of our ways of American freedom that they cannot be forgotten and should always be supported.

Marriage

Marriage is simply stated as: the union of one man and one woman, anything else is not marriage. Every person has a right to live the way they see fit, but no minority should force the majority to change an age-old institution, such as marriage.

Environment

As it is Carl’s belief that we are caretakers of God’s creation, he has a commitment, as we all do, to take care of the environment. There are obvious abuses that can easily occur on both sides of this matter, but there is a healthy medium and it is in this that Carl is committed to preserving the environment for us to enjoy and our children to continue to preserve.

Agra-Tourism

This is a must. Carl will give his full support to the farmers across Tennessee. Carl believes that there should be more farm programs for youth to increase awareness at an early age of farming and its related methods and benefit to our state's economy and future. Being raised on a farm as a child, Carl understands the need of our farmers and believes he unlike other candidates will have the farmer's interest at heart knowing what they are up against economically in facing a tough market of competition and pricing for their goods. Agra -Tourism will be greatly encouraged and supported in a Carl Whitaker governorship.

Veteran's Needs

Carl will create a panel to help our Veterans here in Tennessee where they may receive help. There should never be a veteran or anyone left homeless out on the street here in Tennessee. We owe them that much and as governor Carl pledges to do all he can to ensure there are no veterans left out in the cold.

Food Sales Tax

Tennessee has the highest level on food than any state in the nation; Carl pledges to seek ways to lower those taxes to ensure more affordable for the people of Tennessee and keep a bit more change in their pockets. Lower taxes are never bad for the citizens and Carl will look at all areas of the tax system in the state to see where taxes can be lowered without affecting state revenues.

Children's Services

Child protective services in Tennessee at the present time needs a tremendous restructuring and overhaul of its present policies and personnel. Many untrained and unskilled counselors are in charge of protecting Tennessee's most valuable treasures- our children. Many abuse complaints are going unchecked or complaints that are frivolous are being investigated instead of resources being placed on those complaints that are genuine and real. As Governor I will seek to optimize all our Children's Services departments and seek to end this practice to ensure the safety and protection of our young people in the state. I will require all counselors to go through a training check up every six months to make sure each one is doing their job and the department is running at full optimization. This is a serious issue in Tennessee at the present time and one that is not being addressed or dealt with by the current administration. We need to move quickly and as Governor I promise to make this one of the first priorities when elected to office.

The Rule of Law Concerning Tennessee's Right To Govern Itself Outside Undue Federal Powers

Our campaign is dedicated and committed to upholding the laws of Tennessee as they apply to our state Constitution. We are strongly committed to protecting the citizens of the state of Tennessee against any unwarranted and unnecessary operations of the federal government that may infringe on the security, privacy and lifestyle of anyone living in our state. As governor, Carl is committed to upholding the state's right to govern itself as stated in the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

The Tenth Amendment clearly states:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Simply put, We plan to do all diligence to ensure Tennessee retains its sovereignty as a state and not allow federal powers to run amuck over our citizens' privacy or lifestyles.