Kevin Virgil

Healthcare I support a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, aka ‘Obamacare’. America must implement a system where patients pay cash for basic services, and carry insurance only for serious illnesses and accidents.We must enable more competition between health insurers and incentivize healthcare providers to offer transparent pricing. The pharmaceutical industry is completely out of control and must be reined in.I support a full ban on pharma advertising and removing the exemption from liability that vaccine manufacturers enjoy, even when their products harm thousands of people. Social Services Congress should also allow taxpayers to voluntarily opt out of federal payroll taxes in exchange for never receiving Social Security benefits. Social Services We must allow younger individuals to opt out of Social Security and use their tax savings to invest privately as they see fit. Economy I support a return to the gold standard.While I acknowledge the short-term economic difficulties that this policy change will incur, those challenges will pale in comparison to the ultimate reckoning that America will face if we continue on our current path to economic collapse. I also support a full audit of the Federal Reserve in order to bring transparency to the magnitude of America’s perilous fiscal situation. Government Reform I will work tirelessly to limit federal government powers and close down all bureaucracies that violate the Tenth, to include: Department of Education Department of Commerce Department of Health and Human Services Department of Housing and Urban Development National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities Drug Enforcement Administration Transportation Security Administration I support a permanent 50% reduction of federal employees across the board, as a first step. Government Reform Kevin strongly believes that reining in federal authority, bureaucracy and spending is now our highest national priority. Government Reform Left unchecked, the federal administrative state will bankrupt this country and irreversibly alter our national values. I support a permanent 50% reduction of federal employees across the board, as a first step. Taxes / Budget Individual income taxes currently provide 47% of federal revenue.I share Ron Paul’s belief that the individual income tax is unconstitutional and should be abolished.America can easily close this gap by reducing its federal bureaucracy by half. Taxes / Budget I will always vote to lower taxes at all levels, and I will never vote for tax increases. Guns I will never support any legislation that seeks to limit Americans’ right to bear arms. Immigration I support a complete closure of the southern border, zero tolerance for illegal immigration and deportation of all illegal aliens. I also recognize that America is a nation of immigrants and that American exceptionalism exists because the world’s best and brightest have always come here to seek a better life. I am a fervent supporter of legal immigration and believe that America needs to make it easier and not harder for exceptional people of all races, nationalities and ethnicities to live and work here. Finally, I support a repeal of the ‘citizenship by birthright’ policy that incentivizes millions of illegal aliens to move to America in order to have children. Abortion / Contraception I am strongly pro-life.Life begins at conception and the right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. Abortion should not be a federal matter. It is a violent act and all such acts must be dealt with at the state and local level. I oppose any use of government funds or resources to facilitate abortions, or to jeopardize the right of any woman to defend her own life and health. Defense / Veterans I do not support the neo-conservative ‘regime change’ agenda that wastes trillions of dollars and contributes to instability and suffering around the world. Defense / Veterans I will only support military action that includes a clear strategy for entrance and a defined endstate that clearly constitutes victory. Foreign Policy I will oppose any agreement or treaty that infringes on the sovereignty of the United States.The United Nations has far exceeded its original remit and now seeks to enforce radical agendas such as compulsory global vaccination and climate change, which I will never support. Foreign Policy I also support a withdrawal from NATO, an organization that lost its raison d’etre when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Foreign Policy I firmly believe in Israel’s right to exist, and that Israel has every right to defend itself against its foreign and domestic enemies.I also recognize that Israel is a wealthy country with a lower debt-to-GDP ratio than America, and that providing financial and economic aid to Israel does not put America first when our federal government is fiscally insolvent.