[HCRA] Ham from Revere, MA Running For Congress

[Frandy Johnson]

The guy is an obvious crackpot.

Frandy, N1FJ


On Jun 13, 2008, at 9:52 PM, Rick Lindquist wrote:

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> Thanks, Steve, but what is this guy, a Libertarian Party candidate?  
> To wit:
>
> If elected to Congress, I will work to:
>
> Get us out of Iraq now
> Stop our meddling in other countries, and keep us out of Iran
> Keep the military strong by keeping it at home
> Follow the Constitution
> Repeal the Patriot Act and restore the Bill of Rights
> End the "War on Drugs"
> End government intrusion into our private lives
> Reduce taxes and spending that burden our economy
> Repeal excessive regulations
> Return to sound money, backed by gold or silver
> Eliminate the federal income tax and the IRS
> Keep our promises to seniors and veterans
> Phase out Social Security
>
> I can agree with a LOT of this stuff, but a good chunk of my income  
> comes
> from my Social Security benefit. Furthermore, I believe we all need  
> to pay
> our fair share toward the common good (infrastructure, education,  
> social
> services, law enforcement, etc) in one fashion or another. No one  
> likes
> paying taxes, but an income tax is progressive (you pay according to  
> your
> ability to pay), as opposed to sales and excise taxes, which are  
> regressive
> (you pay a fixed percentage of the cost, whatever your income). Ask  
> anyone
> which one they'd like to see disappear, though, and they'd probably  
> say,
> "income tax."
>
> Besides, I'm not gonna vote for someone just because he's a radio  
> amateur.
> Didn't support Barry Goldwater in 1964 either. Anyway, this guy's  
> not even
> running against my Member of Congress, and I won't even be voting in
> Massachusetts this fall, so I'll shut up now.
>
> 73, Rick, WW3DE
>
>
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> Subject: [HCRA] Ham from Revere, MA Running For Congress
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> John Cunningham, W1AI from Revere, MA is running for Massachusetts 7th
> Congressional District against incumbent Ed Markey.
>
> Massachusetts 7th District includes the towns of Arlington, Belmont,
> Everett, Framingham, Lexington, Lincoln, Malden, Medford, Melrose,
> Natick, Stoneham, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Precinct 2, Weston,
> Winchester, Woburn, Revere, Winthrop.
>
> W1AI is the founder of hamtestonline.com
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> for more information:
> http://www.johncunninghamforcongress.com/
>
>
> 73 de Steve, KB1GHC
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