Tom Neuenfeldt Independent for

Governor

Web Site http://www.ourmichigan2014.com/

HOW WE SCORED THE QUESTIONNAIRE

Each question was scored using 1-10 A score of 10 being the highest score.
A scoring of “I” was an incomplete or unanswered question.

A Scored 10 Answer equals; The most through, complete, thoughtful, specific

and responsive answer that demonstrated a strong level of understanding
and commitment to constitutional conservative ideas.

Answer(s) to Question 1 “What are your reasons for running AND and
Question 10, “What is your definition of limited government’ ARE THE
CANDIDATE’S OWN WORDS
Please refer to the M.A.P.S Candidate Questionnaire by clicking the
link http://www.scribd.com/doc/31010498/M-A-P-S-Candidate-
Questionnaire
for the reminder of the questions

Results of M.A.P.S Candidate Questionnaire

for Tom Neuenfeldt Independent for Governor

1. What are your reasons for running for office?

I have multiple reasons justifying my run for governor of

Michigan as an Independent in 2010. As a faithful and
accountable husband and parent, I see no candidates for
governor who I would want my children, or anyone’s children, to
aspire to be like except for myself. I am a lifelong volunteer; in
fact, I still run a bowling league for mentally-challenged
individuals here in Midland every year. As a small business
owner and former Fortune 500 company employee, I am
frustrated and angry by the arrogance and indifference of not
 only our legislators but also the bureaucrats we deal with every
day here in Michigan and in Washington. Third, I don’t claim to
know everything about every aspect of Michigan’s business and
government landscape, but I am humble enough and intelligent
enough to quickly learn the aspects of what hindrances and other
requirements are necessary to return Michigan to the hands of
the business sector and private sector in general. Finally, as I
hear the other candidates talk yet again about the same issues I
first voted with in 1984 (national security, health care, illegal
immigration, jobs, education, crime/security, etc), I know that the
overwhelming majority of Michiganders realize that legislators
and governors do nothing but talk and spend. My goal is to get
every dollar back into the pockets of our citizens and businesses
so that we can compete not only nationally but globally as well.
One more thing: as a county commissioner in Midland in
2005/06, I gave away my salary and took no other mileage/per
diem pay. I also presented a plan within 90 days of taking office
in which I proposed to reduce local, state and federal taxes by
offsets which would reduce our tax burdens by over 30%. I did
this after consulting Dow Chemical executives, Dow Corning
executives and Midland CoGeneration Venture (MCV) executives
as well as various small business owners. As a county
commissioner or as a state legislator, I am just one voice in a
large group of self-concerned politicians. As governor of
Michigan, immediately upon my election in November, we the
people and business leaders of Michigan will setup a business
plan, including taxation reforms and offsets, which will quickly
give consumers and businesses the confidence to reinvest in
Michigan.

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10. What is your definition of limited gov’t?

 My term of limited government is simple: the less government
we need, whether in day-to-day bureaucracy to elected officials,
is better for everyone in the long run. We private citizens and
businesses can spend our money better than any government
agency. We can still take care of the less fortunate; we can still
educate our society, fix our roads and secure our nation. Without
private tax dollars and hope for new jobs, we see how depressed
our state has become. By allowing us to take charge of this
growth of government power, we can quickly turnaround in
months what has taken decades to destroy. We haven’t seen
the best days of capitalism, free markets and competition for the
best use of our dollars. If I’m elected and allowed to work with
our citizens and business owners, you will see how limited
government needs to be. We shouldn’t have to beg legislators
and other government employees to let us have our money back.
Limited government should be the smallest amount of tax
expenditure necessary so that we the people can determine how
we want to spend our own money; we shouldn’t be held hostage
by an expensive and inefficient, unaccountable system. I believe
we need to have a well-trained and equipped military that
protects our borders and us citizens; after that, we business
people can set the budgets to as low a tax burden as possible so
that we can invest in new businesses, private investment groups
or spend our money as we wish. The current system is the
opposite of what our forefathers envisioned a limited
government to be.

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