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
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 Bill Schuttee Attorney General Candidate
1. What are your reasons for running for office?
Two years ago, I completed my term on the Michigan Court of
Appeals. After serving as a Judge, I went to work in the private sector for one of Michigan’s most respected law firms, Warner Norcross & Judd.
As a judge, I witnessed the Lansing political establishment raise
taxes – the MBT – and release dangerous prisoners early. Raising taxes hurt families and our economy. Releasing dangerous criminals puts public safety at risk. Bad policy and bad leadership caused me to run for Attorney General.
I was born and raised in Michigan. This is the state in which I
married my wife 19 years ago, and it is where Cynthia and I have raised our two children. I remember how Michigan was once a national powerhouse. Today, we are a punch line for late-night talk show hosts. I was not going to watch that slide continue. I was not going to sit on the sidelines.
That’s why I am running -- To be part of a new team that turns our
state around, puts Michigan back on the right track, and provides bold leadership and solutions to the challenges facing our state.
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10. What is your definition of limited gov’t?
I believe that Article I of the Michigan Constitution, the “Declaration
of Rights,” sets this out very clearly. “All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their equal benefit, security and protection.”
America’s founding documents make clear that we the people are
empowered by our Creator, not by government. As President Lincoln would later say, we are a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” We are not a people for the government.
Moreover, America’s founding, our separation from Great Britain,
came about because of taxation without representation – an encroachment of power by the central government in London over the rights of the colonists, who had no say in how they would be taxed.
This is why governments need to have fixed powers, with clearly
defined limits. History demonstrates that power tends to corrupt, and that governments naturally tend to enlarge over time.
Both the 10th Amendment and Article 4, Section 4 of the U.S.
Constitution make clear that power flows from the people, to the federal government, and to the respective state governments. Not the other way around.
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