Elect Kendell Kroeker - 912 Contract

1. America is Good
We are blessed to live in the greatest country on earth. America has
always been a place of unlimited opportunity where everyone has the
opportunity to achieve anything they can set their minds to do. America
doesn’t need to apologize to the rest of the world. America has done more
good and helped more people around the globe than any country on earth.

2. I believe in God and He is the center of my life.
My faith is the most important thing in my life and I am blessed to live
in a country that provides me the freedom to practice my religion. This
religious freedom is essential to our country and the government must be
kept from limiting our ability to express or practice our religion. The
constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

People cannot truly separate their daily lives from their true beliefs,
nor should they try. If we want honest government officials, we should
encourage those who live by faith in God and morality.

3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
Public respect and esteem toward public officials has fallen to a shameful level.
A cause of this national state of disgrace is the deterioration of personal
character among government leaders, exacerbated by the lack of public outcry
against immoral conduct by public office holders. If they cannot be trusted in
private life, neither can they be trusted in public life. I believe corruption
in government should not be tolerated and that criminal punishment should be
pursued when necessary. When there is corruption within members of a political
party, the party should lead the charge to get rid of them. If a party cannot keep
its own house clean, how can they be trusted to govern?

I also believe that all citizens should live honest and honorable lives. We should
treat others better than ourselves. If necessary, we should be willing to sacrifice
our time, power, position, wealth, and easy lives for our families, friends, and
our country. This is why I decided to run for office instead of continuing living
my private daily life which I love.
4.     The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government. Our founders limited the powers of the federal government for a very important reason.
The 9^th amendment states: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights,
shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”. Parents
have the right and responsibility to make all decisions relating to their children
including, but not limited to: education, discipline, religion, etc. The government
does not have the constitutional right, nor the responsibility, to raise us or our
children.

5.  If you break the law, you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
The declaration of independence states that “all men are created equal”. This means no
one gets special treatment, regardless of wealth, position, race, or any other condition.
Compromising this principle leads to tyranny.

Penalties should be based on actions and results, not thought. Only God can read minds,
and we should not pretend to be omniscient.

6. I have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but there
is no guarantee of equal results.
One of the greatest things about America is that we have the freedom to fail. Freedom to
achieve or fail has made America the most innovative and prosperous nation in history. No
one can truly succeed or be free if they do not risk failure. When we fail and then try
again we grow in strength and wisdom. Without the freedom to pursue our dreams, we lose
the motivation to work hard and innovate, leading to stagnation. Everyone is hurt in the
process.

Because our Constitution protects our property and the fruits of our labors, it encourages
everyone to work harder and innovate. Over the history of our country, this innovation and
success of some of our citizens has raised the lifestyle of all of our citizens and most of
the world. This does not mean that all citizens have or should have the same level of success.

7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government
cannot force me to be charitable.
Americans are the most generous, charitable people on earth. When the government takes on the
role of forcing charity, people then rely on the government to do everything for them. Government
forced programs therefore have a negative impact on both those who give and those who receive charity.

8.      It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal
opinion.
The first amendment guarantees us the freedom of speech. This is a sacred right that very few
citizens throughout history have enjoyed. Our free speech must be protected at all costs.

The government might start limiting only speech that almost everyone considers offensive, but
if we allow this, it will then continue to spread leading to limiting the speech of any who
disagree with the government. Then we lose our most precious right.

9.      The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
We are a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. A government that demands
the people answer to them does not govern a free people.

It is important that all citizens educate themselves about the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution, and the history of our great country. We must also do research on the political
candidates. Our vote is precious. An informed electorate will remain free. An uneducated and
uninvolved electorate will lose all of their freedoms.