: About Me

I AM A NATIVE TEXAN WHO GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN. I AM ALSO A CONCERNED HUSBAND, FATHER, AND GRANDFATHER WHO LOVES HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY. I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR BOTH MY FAMILY AND ALL TEXANS.

I AM A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE AND A SOCIAL PROGRESSIVE. I BELIEVE IN THE POTENTIAL OF A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ALL TEXANS IF WE ALL ACT TOGETHER TO MAKE IT THAT WAY. WE MUST BUILD BRIDGES TO OUR CHLIDREN'S FUTURE NOT BRIDGES TO NOWHERE.

AS A WORKING MAN, I UNDERSTAND THE STRESSES OF DAILY LIFE IN OUR SOCIETY. I KNOW ABOUT PAYING BILLS AND STAYING WITHIN A BUDGET. AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I WORRY ABOUT OUR GOVENRMENT'S LACK OF RESPONSIBLE ACTIONS TO HELP INSURE BOTH OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY

WE ARE AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE FACED SOME OF THE THREATS THAT SURROUND US TODAY.

OUR ECONOMY HAS NOT BEEN MANAGED RESPONSIBLY. OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS APPROACHING NINE TRILLION DOLLARS, AND RISING. OUR IMPORT AND EXPORT IMBALANCE IS OUT OF CONTROL. OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HAVE PLUNGED.

AMERICA WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE BEACON OF FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY, BUT NOW THAT BRIGHT FUTURE IS THREATENED BY IRRESPONSIBLE FOREIGN ADVENTURES AND MISGUIDED IDEOLOGIES.

THE SLOGAN "MADE IN AMERICA" IS BECOMING AS RARE AS "OWNED BY AMERICANS."

IN SHORT, WE HAVE BEEN WITNESSING THE WHOLESALE GIVE-AWAY OF OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE HALTED THIS PROGRESSION TOWARD ECONOMIC INSOLVENCY.

CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE HALTED THIS PROGRESSION, AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR CONGRESS TO PERFORM ITS CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE PEOPLE. EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY FOR THE MUTUAL WELFARE OF ALL, INSTEAD OF COWTOWING TO THE SPECIAL INTERESTS OF THE FEW.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I HAVE REAL EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH REAL LIFE PROBLEMS FACED BY ALL TEXANS.

AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND ECONOMY, AND HOW CAPITALISM CAN BE A TOOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE.

CAPITALISM CAN BE RESPONSIBLE, NOT PREDATORY. IN EUROPE THEY CALL IT DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM, BUT MAYBE RESPONSIBLE CAPITALISM WORKS BETTER.

FORMERLY, WHEN COMPANIES MADE PROFITS THEY REINVESTED BACK INTO THEIR COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES? WE KNOW THAT WORKERS, WHO EARN LIVING WAGES, HELP TO GENERATE OTHER JOBS IN THE COMMUNITIES AS THE WORKERS SHOP AND SPEND THEIR EARNINGS.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY HAS ALWAYS RELIED UPON THIS PRINCIPLE, AND IT HAS ALWAYS WORKED EFFECTIVELY.

WHEN COMPANIES ARE MORE CONCERNED IN GIGANTIC BONUSES FOR THE EXECUTIVES AND LARGER DIVIDENDS FOR THE STOCK HOLDERS, WORKERS SUFFER. I BELIEVE THAT HONEST LABOR DESERVES A FAIR COMPENSATION.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE DOWNSIDE OF PREDATORY CAPITALISM. MY GASOLINE BIILL IS GROWING FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE, AS IS MY ELECTRIC BILL. LACK OF REGULATION CAUSES ALL OF US TO HURT EVERYTIME WE FILL UP OUR CARS OR TRY TO AIR CONDITION OUR HOMES.

FINALLY, THERE IS THE RISING COST OF ALL HEALTH CARE. MEDICARE HAS SPIRALING COSTS AND IS PLUNGING INTO DEBT FROM WITH RUN AWAY PRESCRIPTION PRICES AND INSURANCE COMPANIES DICTATING TO DOCTORS OVER WHAT MEDICAL PROCEDURES ARE TO BE PERFORMED. WHO CAN AFFORD TO RISK RETIRING AND LOSING WHAT HEALTH CARE INSURANCE THEY MIGHT HAVE?

I UNDERSTAND FIRST HAND THESE REAL ISSUES, AND I WANT TO HELP TO MAKE A CHANGE.

EVERY WORKER NEEDS TO KNOW THAT A CRITICAL HEALTH ISSUE CAN AND WILL BE ADDRESSED IN SUCH A FASHION AS NOT TO DESTROY THE HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICALLY.

EVERY WORKER NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING OR EDUCATION TO CONFRONT NEW DEMANDS AS THE MARKET CHANGES.

EVERY WORKER NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO OWNING A HOME, BOTH FOR THE PERSONAL AND THE FINACIAL SECURITY THAT IT CAN OFFER.

THESE ARE FEDERALLY CONTROLLED ISSUES LARGELY THAT A RESPONSIBLE CONGRESS CAN INSURE FOR ALL AMERICANS, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT CONGRESS THAT RETURNS OUR COUNTRY BACK TO OUR FORMER SYSTEM OF RESPONSIBLE CAPITALISM.

EVERY WORKER NEEDS TO KNOW THAT A CRITICAL HEALTH ISSUE CAN AND WILL BE ADDRESSED IN SUCH A FASHION AS NOT TO DESTROY THE HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICALLY.

EVERY WORKER NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING OR EDUCATION TO CONFRONT NEW DEMANDS AS THE MARKET CHANGES.

EVERY WORKER NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO OWNING A HOME, BOTH FOR THE PERSONAL AND THE FINACIAL SECURITY THAT IT CAN OFFER.

THESE ARE FEDERALLY CONTROLLED ISSUES LARGELY THAT A RESPONSIBLE CONGRESS CAN INSURE FOR ALL AMERICANS, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT CONGRESS THAT RETURNS OUR COUNTRY BACK TO OUR FORMER SYSTEM OF RESPONSIBLE CAPITALISM.

WE NEED A RESPONSIBLE ENERGY POLICY. WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE ON OIL AND COAL.

OUR MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ALL NEW CARS SHOULD MEET OR EXCEED THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN EUROPE AND JAPAN, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT ALONE COULD CRITICALLY CURTAIL OUR NEED TO IMPORT ANY OIL.

WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

HYDROGEN MIGHT BE AN ANSWER TO HELP FUEL OUR PRIVATE CARS IN THE FUTURE.CERTAINLY, CARS RUNNING ON BATTERIES ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN FIND NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES.

SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT MAKING TOLL ROADS ALL ACROSS AMERICA IS AN ANSWER. MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS, USING VARIOUS COMPONENTS WOULD GO FARTHER THAN PUNITIVE CHARGES. UNFIED SYSTEMS OF BUSES AND PASSANGER TRAINS IS CERTAINLY ONE ANSWER TOWARD HELPING TO RELIEVE OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL IMPORTS.

FURTHERMORE, WHY SHOULD WE BE BUILDING COAL FIRED AND NUCLEAR ENERGY FACTORIES FOR OUR ELETRICITY? THIS IS TEXAS. LET'S REALLY BEGIN TO USE OUR SUN AND OUR WIND. THAT'S VASTLY LESS POLLUTING AND FAR SAFER.

BUT LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT SOMETHING, ENERGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY CERTAINLY DO CONVERGE.

IMPORT IMBALANCES PLACE US IN ECONOMIC DEBT TO FROEIGN POWERS. NUCLEAR FACILITIES OR MASSIVE POWER STATIONS COULD MAKE EASY TARGETS FOR TERRORISTS.

THESE SOLUTIONS WILL TAKE TIME. BUT IT IS OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE.

OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE WORDS, "WE THE PEOPLE."

A GOVENRMENT SHOULD RESPOND TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IT HAS BEEN ELECTED TO SERVE.

ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO PLACED THEM INTO OFFICE.

WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE TRUE GOVERNMENT OF THIS COUNTRY, NOT AN ELITE FEW WHO IRRESPONSIBLY FRITTER AWAY OUR FUTURE FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT.

MAKE NO MISTAKE THOUGH, OUR GOVERNMENT, LIKE OUR CONSTITUTION, IS A HUMAN CREATION. BOTH ARE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE ERRORS THAT HUMANS SEEM ABLE TO DEVISE.

VIGILENT PEOPLE, COUPLED WITH RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVES, CAN AND SHOULD RETURN OUR COUNTRY TO WHAT THE CREATORS OF THIS NATION ENVISIONED AND MILLIONS HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TO MAINTAIN. A TRUE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WWW.TomLoveforTexas.com

My passion is ...

Politics, I ran for US Congress & got 111,459 votes but lost

I know too much about ...

misguided ideology and partisan bickering

My parents always told me ...

love your country and follow your heart

My childhood ambition ...

become a member of the US Congress

My favorite memory ...

a happy family life

Why I write ...

I often awake compelled to write

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

biography channel

My first job ...

delivering newspapers

My best moment ...

my daughters birth

My inspiration ...

my grandchildren

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