Issue Position: Restore a Sense of Community

Issue Position

Who knows the needs of the community better than the community themselves? Civic groups and churches are more capable of fulfilling the needs of the community than the Federal Government. Government that is closest to the people, governs best. Local governments are typically more accessible to the people, making them more effective in meeting the needs of a particular community. State governments likewise are closer to the people and are more easily able to identify and meet their needs. When we start legislating, on a federal level, to meet the needs of individuals, we have lost our republic and have become a democracy. Democracies have never worked and usually end up as tyrannies.

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