Ray Metcalfe in 2016 AK Senate race

On Homeland Security: F-35 fighter: the defense project too big to kill

A: If deployed, deploy it here. However I'm skeptical. Years behind schedule, it's the defense project too big to kill. Developer Lockheed Martin funnels business through 45 states creating 133,000 jobs. Several defense experts say it's already obsolete; likely to be overwhelmed by swarms of cheep drones and Russian antiaircraft missiles projecting 600 miles at three times F-35's top speed.

On Principles & Values: Don't use religion to justify discrimination

A: Called "The Do No Harm Act" introduced by two Democrats, if passed the Act would prohibit using the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act to justify discrimination in housing, employment, health care, children's welfare, and equal access to government services. I support this bill.

On Social Security: Eliminate the cap to pay for expanding program

A: Today there is a $118,500 cap on income taxed for Social Security. Billionaires pay the same as someone making $118,500 per year. As structured, Social Security places the largest burdens on the poorest among us. I agree with Bernie Sanders. Eliminate the cap. According to Sanders research, lifting the cap would not only fix the problem, it would enable expansions.

On War & Peace: Bush's Iraq invasion was catalyst that made ISIS possible

A: I protested President Bush's invasion of Iraq and was appalled at the number of Democratic Senators voting to support him. Bush's invasion was the catalyst that made ISIS possible, unleashing a monster that really threatens America's security. We should use air power, and logistics support until ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al-shabaab, Boko Haram, and the Al-Nusra Front, are destroyed.