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ELECTION Guide 2012 Legislative Elections Candidates running for national office were asked the following questions: • The economy is obviously the focus for the majority of the nation. Job creation and responsible spending on the part of our national leaders are key. What do you see as the government's role in stimulating the economy in order to create new business and jobs? stop the meddling. • How do we balance the government's need to provide for the common good with cutting the budget? The economy is obviously the focus for the majority of the nation. Job creation and responsible spending on the part of our nation's leaders are key. The primary source of our current economic Brian Irving U.S. House of Representatives, District 2 problems is America's perpetual and universal state of war. These wars are driving us deeper and deeper into debt, devastating our economy, trampling our liberty, and most deplorably, destroying the lives of our most precious resource — our young men and women. To stimulate the economy we must stop the wars, stop the spending, stop the regulating, and VOTE Cumberland County Commissioner AS YOUR CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMIS- SIONER, I WILL • Continue to work to improve the educational opportunities for our children • Work with and support law enforcement offi cials to provide a safer community • Continue efforts to expand economic develop- ment • Support a decision making process that leads to sensible use of human and fi nancial resources • Study issues in search of innovative, non-partisan solutions • Use my experience, knowledge and energy to improve the quality of life for all citizens The our community needs Paid for by the committee to elect Kenneth Edge WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM is increasing every day. This debt will burden our children, our grandchildren, and our great- grandchildren. Forcing future generations to pay for our inability to live within our means is despicable and unconscionable. Democrats and Republicans lack the moral or intellectual courage to admit the truth. The national debt cannot be ended by cutting spending, freezing spending, or limiting spending; it can only be ended by stopping spending. America is $16 trillion in debt, and the debt that people die needlessly. One study estimated that the death toll from regulations that do more harm than good cost 60,000 American lives each year. The greatest "common good" government can Then we must end the excessive federal regulation that's stifl ing the economy, destroying jobs and increasing unemployment. Most federal regulation and spending is for programs and activities not authorized by the Constitution in the fi rst place. Every regulator fi red results in the creation of more than 150 new jobs, enough to hire the ex- regulator, the unemployed, and the able-bodied poor. In the 1980s, the number of federal regulators fell from about 122,000 to barely 100,000. The private sector added 3,500,000 jobs as a consequence. More government spending and regulating translates into more unemployment and less wealth creation. Less wealth creation means into fewer goods and services, less health care, and higher prices. The resulting lower standard of living means serve is to protect our individual and unalienable rights, including our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This was the purpose for which the Founder's wrote the Constitution. Once we understand this basic fact, it's easy to balance the common good with the absolute necessity of cutting — and stopping — out-of- control federal spending. Democrats and Republicans disingenuously claim "the common good" as a justifi cation and cover for what they actually do: divide the spoils of power and money to benefi t themselves, and the special interests groups that help elect them, usually the very same groups. This is the exact opposite of "the common good." The bank and auto company bailouts are a prime example of this corruption. These actions were not only unconstitutional, insane and immoral, they'll ultimately be bad for the taxpayer, for the economy, and for business. Bailouts are bad because they reward the mismanagement and incompetence of American corporations with a taxpayer-subsidized lifeline, and do nothing to encourage reform or fi x the problems that pushed the companies to the brink of failure in the fi rst place. CHISOLM A representative that parents and children can trust. BOARD OF EDUCATION Years of Supporting Children and Serving the Community • Mother of four children, educated in the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Schools • Past Volunteer, CC Teenage Parenting Program and Tutor for after school program • BS Degree and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Fayetteville State University • Retired as a Supervisory Military Personnel Technician VOTE • Worked for the Department of the Army for 23.5 years in the military personnel and pay fi elds ALICIA CHISOLM DISTRICT ONE SCHOOL BOARD PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT ALICIA CHISOLM. OCT. 31 - NOV. 6, 2012 UCW 21 RE-ELECT ALICIA S.