Murray Sabrin in Survey of 2014 Senate campaign websites

On Crime: No death penalty; deport murderers to ends of the Earth

As far as the proper punishment for these alleged murderers, I no longer believe in capital punishment. The proper punishment for individuals who commit capital crimes such as murder, armed robbery, armed carjacking, brutal assaults, rape and other heinous crimes is deportation to the farthest ends of the Earth. There would be no need for prisons costing taxpayers $20-$40,000 per year per prisoner to keep them fed, housed and clothed. Taxpayers, especially victims of crime, should not be punished once or twice for the egregious acts of violent criminals. It is time to reconsider the proper punishment for the sociopaths among us.

On Gun Control: Support concealed carry: We are defenseless outside home

This is not to say that everyone should or must carry a firearm to protect himself and his loved ones in public. But responsible firearm owners should have that choice in a society where some sociopaths show no value for human life. Why legislators and their allies in the so-called gun control community have such disregard for human life is astonishing. There ethic boils down to one proposition: it apparently is better for innocents to be targets then have the ability to protect themselves from these marauding murderers.

On Drugs: Abolish the nation's drug laws, lock, stock, and barrel

The nation's drug laws have been a colossal failure. Drug abuse is a serious health issue, not a criminal issue. This is an issue that has to be addressed by families, by communities--but not by government.

The more we believe that government can solve our problems, the more and deeper we will get into debt. We need to end the drug laws, lock, stock, and barrel, and by doing so we will create a freer America.

On Corporations: Manufacturing hubs are crony capitalism

Obama: "So tonight, I'm announcing the launch of three more of these manufacturing hubs, where businesses will partner with the Departments of Defense and Energy to turn regions left behind by globalization into global centers of high-tech jobs. And I ask this Congress to help create a network of 15 of these hubs and guarantee that the next revolution in manufacturing is made right here in America. We can get that done."

Ay yes, crony capitalism. Obama believes entrepreneurs left alone cannot create wealth and jobs and therefore enlightened government officials have the insight and knowledge to micromanage the economy. One of the enduring myths of leftists and economists like Paul Krugman.

On Technology: Government is the worst manager of infrastructure

Obama: "So, tonight, I propose a 'Fix-It-First' program to put people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs, like the nearly 70,000 structurally deficient bridges across the country."

With all the money government collects from the gasoline tax and other taxes, they still cannot maintain the infrastructure. Government is the worst manager of resources. The monopoly post office is hemorrhaging money and prices still go up. No enterprise could stay afloat with that business model.

On Free Trade: Gold standard and free trade mean a check on government

Compare [Krugman's] conclusion that gold is an artifact of barbarians with Ludwig von Mises's insights about how gold money leads to a check on government spending running amuck: "In the eyes of the free traders [the gold standard's] main eminence was precisely the fact that it was an international standard as required by international trade. The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation."

Inflating the money supply creates winners and losers. That is the reality of the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing policy, another benign-sounding program that reduces most Americans' standard of living at the expense of the financial elites who are cheerleaders of easy money

On Health Care: ObamaCare is unconstitutional use of Commerce Clause

An accurate historical reading of the Commerce Clause turns this interpretation on its head. The Founders wanted to make commerce "regular" in the fledgling republic by removing trade restrictions; the Commerce Clause was not intended to give the federal government open-ended power to interfere with business activity.

If all the Supreme Court justices who heard the challenge to ObamaCare this past week were faithful to their oaths to uphold the constitution, they would have castigated the President and the Congress for creating a law that was an affront to the Constitution--and an assault on the American people's liberties.

On Civil Rights: Gay-bashing is insensitive, but free speech; not hate crime

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Ravi set up a webcam on his computer to "spy" on his roommate who was having an intimate encounter with another man. Clearly, Ravi violated Tyler's privacy. But the charge that Ravi engaged in "bias intimidation" because he made fun of his gay roommate [means it] rose to the level of a "hate crime.".

The conviction of Ravi raises a far more troubling issue, the assault on free speech. The American people's free speech rights are unequivocal, the government--federal-state and local--should not be able to prosecute us for engaging in unpopular, controversial or for that matter "insensitive" remarks.

On Foreign Policy: Failed policy of invade, occupy and rule other nations

In a speech at the Citadel in South Carolina, Romney called for more military spending, increasing the size of the armed forces and making sure the United States is "supreme" in the world. Romney asserted, "When America is strong, the world is safer."

America will be "strong' when the federal government's fiscal house is in order, the federal government's spending is restrained, the tax burden is lowered substantially, the Federal Reserve stops debasing the dollar, Congress repeals unnecessary regulations, and the federal government does not try to rule every region overseas. In short, our foreign policy should be about "America first."

On Homeland Security: Don't police world at behest of military-industrial complex

The federal government is a financial basket case and Romney wants to increase military spending by another $100 billion when the federal deficit was $1.3 trillion last year. So savvy, successful executive Mitt Romney wants to increase the deficit or will raise taxes to keep American troops all over the world and build more weapons of mass destruction while the unemployment rate is still above 9% and the unofficial rate according to some estimates is more than 20%.

On Homeland Security: Americans are all terrorist suspects, according to DHS & TSA

Inasmuch as we are all suspected terrorists now, the federal government is making sure that a "shoe bomber" or an "underwear bomber" does not board any commercial flight. Thus, a so-called porno scanner must examine all airline passengers, and those who refuse to be bombarded with dangerous X-rays will have to be pat-downed by rubber gloved TSA agents who may be transmitting diseases to airline passengers. However, high-level government officials and other exempt individuals will not have to be X-rayed or "fondled" TSA agents. In other words, big-shot Americans will get a pass at the airport because they are big shots.

On Social Security: Social Security is a Ponzi scheme: Bernie Madoff on steroids

While Bernie Madoff is in effect serving a life sentence for conducting a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Social Security's Ponzi scheme is worshiped by politicians across the political spectrum as a federal program that "works."

Social Security "works" because the federal government has the power to force workers to pay into a system that is unsustainable. Social Security is unsustainable because it is not invested in real assets--stocks, corporate bonds, real estate, etc. Social Security has invested its surpluses in U. Treasury securities: in other words, Social Security is another way the federal government finances its budget deficits.