League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton, Warren County, OH November 6, 2012 Election
	Rich Stevenson Answers Questions Candidate for US Representative; District 1

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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 Word limit)

We need independent voices in government, altruistic legislators who represent their fellow citizens, not special interests. I am non-partisan, dedicated to providing conscientious, new leadership not influenced by the backroom agendas of the entrenched. I am a plain-talking, active, concerned American eager to devote full time to representing this constituency.

2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit)

I will lobby my fellow Congresspersons to sponsor the legislation I introduce. I will use the overwhelming 80% public support for the measures I introduce to force passage of those measures into law and to have them signed into law by the President. Overwhelming public support will be needed. The Constitutional amendment will give citizens "Equal Political Speech" to have a voice in all political campaigns. Glass-Steagall will separate commercial banks from financial banks to insure well-regulated financial stability for the next several generations. I will push hard until we have laws that protect the financial interests of the 99%.

3. What is the biggest issue facing the district you hope to represent? What will do you do in office to address it?

Financial stability and jobs: Do all I can to end the culture of corruption in Washington D.C. The re-enactment of the Glass-Steagall Act will be named "The Financial Stability Act of 2013." Work on "Trickle Up" strategies to increase income at the bottom to create a strong domestic economy. Increase income taxes on unlimited personal income above five to ten million dollars. Close tax loopholes that enable large corporations to pay no taxes, ever. End offshore loopholes that grant zero tax liabilities to legal entities that greatly benefit from our economy. Make "pay to play" apply to all legal entities.

4. What are your priorities with respect to our nation's energy policy? Should there be an emphasis on clean energy and reducing carbon emissions, and/or on reducing our dependence on foreign sources?

"Fracking" for natural gas is too dangerous to our water supply, and atomic fission produces too much radioactive waste to be considered long-term solutions to our energy needs. We should develop those sources as little as possible. We should retrofit all structures and facilities to be Green, to use less overall energy, as one strategy to solve our energy needs. We need to develop renewable energy sources to the greatest extent possible. Global warming is a real problem that makes reducing our carbon footprint mandatory. The best answer now is use of all available clean energy sources to reduce use of fossil fuels as much as possible. These energy activities would create enough jobs to establish a strong economy with close to full employment.

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