Candidate Profile Paper On Alan Keyes

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policy for the Reagan Administration and “served at the United Nations as an Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council” (1). Keyes was also the “Assistant Secretary of State, overseeing our participation in the whole UN and international organizations system, and was also briefly part of the National Security Council staff” (1). During this time, he met his wife while posting in India in the Foreign Service. Together, they have three children, two boys and a girl.
Keyes has continued to maintain a traditionally conservative stance on many issues in his campaign. He bases these viewpoints on what he calls his “Core Belief Based on Unalienable Rights”. Citing the Declaration of Independence, he supports his stances with evidence from our country’s heritage. Keyes believes that this historical document is “a statement of the principles of justice that define the moral identity of the American people. It presents a certain concept of our human nature and draws out the ...

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our own tax burden by controlling the amount and pattern of our consumption” (5). This means that people would have their money taxed after they decide what to do with it. Keyes proposes that we “repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution and thus return to the original Constitution of this country…. We should fund the federal government through tariffs, duties, and excise taxes (i.e. sales taxes) as the Founders intended” (5). This gives people the freedom to decide where their money goes. If they decide to buy a product, they are consenting to pay tax on that item. Or, if they choose to invest, they will not be forced to pay a tax. “Also, if the excise tax rate on any good ...

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