Mike Stahly for Michigan’s 7^th U.S. Congressional District

We need people, not politicians!

Welcome to the webpage of your citizen candidate. Contained within are the common sense solutions for which I will work and lead. Politicians aren’t willing to apply these simple fixes because it holds them accountable to “We the people”.

Washington D.C. needs to be sent a message that the days of the same retreads who vote the way a political party tells them to vote is over! More politicians are not the answer. I am proud to tell you I am NOT a politician. Like you, I’m an ordinary hardworking, decent, neighborly, family oriented American who is fed-up with what’s being pushed upon us by our politicians.

Why do I seek to be your Michigan 7^th U.S. Congressional Representative? Simply and plainly stated, as your Representative I will put principle above party by doing the following:

• Only vote for bills that are Constitutional
• Do the right thing because it is the right thing to do (as opposed to the “politically expedient” thing to do)
• Restore confidence in our Constitutional Republic by fighting governmental corruption in all of its forms by any politician, political party or governmental agency.

My responsibility and priorities as your Michigan 7^th U.S. Congressional Representative will be to all the peoples of our district and not to special interest groups, lobbyists, PAC’s, etc. My door will always be open to you, the constituents.

As your Representative I will immediately lead by proposing and tirelessly working toward the following:

• CREATING JOBS: Getting the District and the Nation back to work is priority one. How can the Federal government do this? It can’t, but it can get out of the private sector’s way by eliminating the payroll tax provided employers use these same dollars to hire new people ONLY. Then, we must drill our own oil. These two simple measures will create over 30,000,000 new jobs. Yes, 30 Million! History proves planning for, not against competition the country as well as the people will prosper in ways that we can only imagine. And this leads to not only more economic security, but to more individual liberty.
• FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS: You and I must always live within our means, why can’t the Feds? To secure yours, mine and future generation’s liberty and economic opportunities, we must immediately balance the unbelievably bloated Federal budget which is $3,700,000,000,000 ($3.7 Trillion). This can be simply accomplished by:
• A Balanced Budget Amendment. The Federal Government really can’t cover all Federal expenditures and pay-off our national debt with $2,000,000,000,000 (that’s $2 Trillion) of revenues annually? They’re kidding us, right? That is (annually) approximately 40 individuals with Warren Buffet’s lifetime accumulation of wealth! Since the politicians refuse to do it, we the people must demand a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. I will lead this fight for us.
• Zero Base Line Budgeting. We must switch from the currently used “Base Line Budgeting” which guarantees 8% growth per year (twice the rate of inflation regardless of circumstances) to “Zero Base Line Budgeting” which makes all departments justify their annual budget and how it is spent. This allows for proper adjustments up or down. 
• AN EQUITABLE TAX SYSTEM: I believe in a very low FLAT TAX. The proper and fair rate to the individual and government will be established by utilizing the Laffer Curve. I believe this amount is between 5% and 7 ½%. In my opinion, the FLAT TAX is the only tax that represents our constitutional right to “equal protection under the law” by ensuring that everyone pays their fair share.

These three simple measures will result in controlling Federal waste/fraud, keep congress busy with its real job and create a treasury surplus which must then be applied to national debt elimination, NOT more spending as our politicians have done in the past! If we plan our work and work our plan, we can and must pay-off our crushing $16,000,000,000,000 (that’s $16 TRILLION!) national debt. To do otherwise is to stay on the Road to Serfdom and eventually become slaves to a totalitarian regime. We must never again allow our politicians to create a deficit.

There is one thing our politicians have done a great job at, and that’s “dividing and conquering” us by providing false choices. We must not let the politicians polarize us anymore.  I seek to unite all Americans regardless of race, gender, religion, party of affiliation, economic standing etc. by uniting us in solutions and sound constitutional measures.

There is much, much more but these are the most pressing issues that immediately face us as a district and nation. Please feel free to contact me at my email address stahly1@stahlyforcongress.org or even call me at 517-505-1735 and speak with me personally.

And for the declarations I make here, with firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, I pledge my Life, my Fortune and my sacred Honor: 

"I do solemly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.  So help me God."

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