Six Congressional District
Washington STATE
INDEPENDENT - Write-In Candidate
ROBERT SAYRE
This is the official site for Robert Sayre, an INDEPENDENT and Write-In candidate for Washington State's Six Congressional District, currently held by Democratic Representative Derek Kilmer. Disenfranchised by the Duopoly's stranglehold over our political system, I refuse to vote for congressional candidates of either party and therefore cast my vote as a write-in.
Voting for Duopoly candidates is not a vote for individuals, but party members socially obligated to advance their party's agenda, regardless of how radical it is. Moreover, because the Duopoly has become so extreme in its ideological preferences, partisan bickering and an unwillingness to set aside petty differences has become a serious security risk for the well-being of our beloved nation. It is not about making America Great Again, but more importantly, Keeping America Strong and Safe from all enemies foreign and domestic -Republicans/Democrats alike are failing miserably.
This is not the type of Democracy I believe is best for our country and continuing to reelect Duopoly candidates is not going to solve the issue. As a write-in candidate, I offer my friends and fellow neighbors of the Six Congressional District an option to not only send a message of no confidence to the Duopoly, but to be a beacon for the rest of the country that we do not have to accept the status quo, nor the election paradigm created by and for the Duopoly's success. Electing true Independents into office lays the foundation for effective governance, denying either party the all-important 51% Majority necessary to pass partisan bills or to block good bipartisan legislation. And don't forget, when either party passes partisan legislation, the preferences in that bill only represent the interests of 32-33% of American voters - that is not a Democracy. If like me you are tired of the status quo, consider writing in Robert Sayre as a suitable alternative to the Duopoly's programed choices.
A few biographical points about me. I'm a retired U.S. Army Officer and I currently operate a small consulting firm with my wife. Our firm has two distinct lines of effort: small-scale defense contracting and the wholesale distributor of the G3 Infinity Knee (prosthetic). A recent arrival to the beautiful state of Washington, prior to which, I was in South Korea serving as member of the Combined Forces Command, defending U.S. interests within the Asia-Pacific region. Most of my adult life has been committed to the service of our great nation on assignments in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Central America, and Africa. Having served two tours during OIF, including the 2003 ground invasion and one tour to OEF in 2013, I have cultivated a wealth of knowledge and experience in the foreign policy arena and understand the importance of America's Role in a highly competitive global system As for education, I have an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University.
POLICY CONCERNS
- Securing the Southern Border. With over 2.4 million enforcement encounters along America's Southwest land border, illegal immigration has become an unnecessary crisis created by the Duopoly prioritizing identity narratives to appease its core base. Instead of solving the problem together, Democrats and Republicans alike choose no action blaming each other for the Government's ineptness and like always, it's the voting public that suffers the consequences. There is a whole of government solution, but only if we elect responsible citizens to office who prioritize what's best for the country as a whole versus what's best for the political party.
- Protecting the Right to Privacy. Personal Liberty is an essential and fundamental right to the American way of life. Whilst not explicitly mentioned in the constitution, the current law of the land is that every American Citizen is protected by a "zone of privacy" under the penumbras of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Landmark cases like Griswold v. Connecticut, (1965) and Roe v Wade (1973) have been critical to this protection for the better part of five decades. This precious liberty is under assault by political extremists and the only protection we have is electing centrist candidates who have the personal courage to prioritize majority preferences over minority party interests.
- Securing Social Security. Social Security remaining on the brink of insolvency is an unconscionable failure by the Duopoly. Surprisingly there is a relatively simple fix. Replacing the Social Security Act of 1935 with a new law that funds the Social Security Trust Fund like Medicare Parts B and D. Remove the direct connection to employment taxes, fund the requirements as another budgetary line item. Social Security will then be forever solvent and the only thing the Government must manage is inflationary effects. Remember, Social Security is a social obligation/contract we the people have made with ourselves, it is not some estranged Government entitlement.
- Military Pension Tax Relief. Pensions are not earned income; they are protected entitlements for the men and women who dedicated many years of their working adult life in the service of the United States. As I discuss in KAS blog post, the Federal Government does not need the taxes collected from retirement pensions to fund Government spending. This money would be better spent in the hands of retirees making their own choice of where it should be leveraged to support the national economy.
- Congressional Term & Age Limits. Mandatory retirement for Congressional Representatives after twenty (20) years of service regardless of whether the time served is all in the Senate, Congress, or any combination thereof. Furthermore, no person can enter office if they will reach the age of seventy (70) while in office.
- Reducing Gun Violence. Universal background checks for all firearm sales, including Peer-to-Peer transactions, and repealing the law that prevents the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from maintaining a digital and searchable database of all firearms sold in the United States. We register our automobiles yearly in a searchable database, why should firearms be treated differently. These two policy changes would in no way impede the second amendment rights of law-abiding citizens to own and possess a firearm but could go a long way in empowering law enforcement's capabilities to "Protect and Serve." It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the significant harm to society America's current laws enable.
- Strengthen Anti-Trust Laws. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 99.9% of all business are small businesses yet they only account for 44% of total GDP. The current labyrinth of business laws and regulations inevitably favor big business and need to be rebalanced to better support sustainable growth in the small business sector.
- Increase Affordable Housing. This is a complicated issue with several competing factors, but some things the Congress could do: passing legislation that limits capital investment firms from owning several properties, levying taxes that disincentivize home ownership of three or more properties in markets with critical housing shortages and/or incentivizing states to pass laws that increase unit density.
- Foreign Relations. It is time for American to abandon its failed post-Cold War foreign policy agenda of liberal hegemony whereby for the last thirty years the United States has attempted to be the global architect for spreading individual freedom, democratic governance, and market-based economics. The world is less stable, China and Russia have reemerged as aggressive competitors to the Western system of international order, and the spread of democracy has faltered. Iraq and Afghanistan stand as testaments regarding the limits and ultimate failure of liberal hegemony as a foreign policy strategy. The simplicity of the Cold War era is now the long past, and America must recalibrate its foreign policy agenda to remain competitive in a digitally enhanced multi-polar world where all societies are vulnerable to attack no matter the size of the state's nuclear arsenal.
- Inflation. Don't be fooled by the false promises coming from the Harris or Trump campaigns, there is basically nothing the President nor Congress can do to reverse the market price of retail food (i.e. food at home) for low and middle-income families. Thankfully we do not live in a Communist, Socialist, nor Authoritarian state therefore the Government cannot force private sector food producers and grocers to arbitrarily lower prices. Subsidies for lower income families can be increased, but for the rest of us, pre-pandemic prices for many goods like food items, automobiles, and homes are likely gone for good. Moreover, many factors influence the food supply chain affecting retail food prices, such as global trade issues, pandemics, animal and plant disease outbreaks, and war. From 2013-2021, the average rate of inflation for retail food was 2.27%. Over the past year (July 2023-July 2024), the Consumer Price Index for retail food increased by 1.1% and forecasts for 2024 and 2025 reveal a continuing trend of retail food price increases holding steady at 1.2%.
The policy concerns listed above are in no way the extent of all my policy priorities nor are they fully fleshed out. They are designed to be insights over a broad range of topics indicating how I would approach my legislative responsibilities if elected by the citizens of Washington's Six Congressional District.
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