Issue Position: Beating Back the Federal Government

Issue Position

We need a Governor who will stand up for Missouri.

As Governor, I will always stand up for Missouri and stand ready to beat back federal actions that conflict with the principles upon which this great nation was founded. Too often, the federal government is interfering with the way we educate our children, our freedom of religion and the way we run our farms and businesses. Our state government is often merely an echo chamber and enforcement agency for every regulatory initiative sent our way by the federal government. The Tenth Amendment reserves all powers not given to the federal government to the states and the people, and it is time we started reminding Washington D.C. of that.

Action Plan:
*Fight Common Core or any new attempt by the federal government to dictate to parents and educators how we should educate our children;

*Fight Obamacare and the federal takeover of our healthcare system;

*Fight against President Obama and the EPA's proposed Waters of United States (WOTUS) regulation that is so broad that it even covers 98% of dry land all over our state, making it impossible for farmers to farm without worrying about the possibility of an arbitrary EPA attack on their rights;

*Fight against President Obama and the EPA's attempt to implement the so-called Clean Power Plan, which would act as a tax on hardworking Missourians by dramatically increasing the cost of electricity that they pay to light their homes.

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