Collins Bailey (Candidate)
301-274-4116
5200 Christmas Place
Waldorf, MD 20601
5200 Christmas Place
Waldorf, MD 20601
Biography
BAILEY, Collins; self-employed for over 30 years; served four consecutive four year terms on the Charles County Board of Education. No further information about this candidate is available at this time. If you have information that we can add, please email us at contact@SEforA.org.
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
Compare Innovation & the Elections 2008 responses for MD-5.
SEA and eighteen other science organizations have come together to ask the 2008 congressional candidates seven questions on science and technology policy. See what Collins Bailey has said:
Innovation
Science and technology have been responsible for half of the growth of the American economy since World War II. But several recent reports question America’s continued leadership in these vital areas. What policies would you support to ensure that America remains the world leader in innovation?
America's Scientific, technological and productive edge in the past made possible a standard of living that was unheard of in human history. Our success as a nation was set in motion by our founders. In our Constitution is the first ever protection of intellectual property rights (Article I. Section 8.). They also gave us a limited federal government, balanced budgets, a small federal debt, a tax code that was pro American business and pro individual; minimum regulation, sound money and a business friendly environment that rewarded the creation of wealth rather than focusing on the creation of activity and/or the redistribution of wealth as is the case today.
Over regulation, excessive red tape, bureaucracy, devaluing of the dollar caused by deficit spending and our current tax code are all reflections of the federal government's policies that have driven business, science and technology from our shores in a world economy.
I will cut wasteful spending, balance the federal budget, reduce regulation, streamline federal applications, eliminate the backlog for patents, expedite federal approval processes, reform federal litigation, simplify the tax code and reduce the federal burden on individuals and industry.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Over regulation, excessive red tape, bureaucracy, devaluing of the dollar caused by deficit spending and our current tax code are all reflections of the federal government's policies that have driven business, science and technology from our shores in a world economy.
I will cut wasteful spending, balance the federal budget, reduce regulation, streamline federal applications, eliminate the backlog for patents, expedite federal approval processes, reform federal litigation, simplify the tax code and reduce the federal burden on individuals and industry.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Climate Change
The Earth’s climate is changing and there is concern about the potentially adverse effects of these changes on life on the planet. What is your position on the following measures that have been proposed to address global climate change—a cap-and-trade system, a carbon tax, increased fuel-economy standards, and research? Are there other policies you would support?
See also my answers on energy.
Congress' policies must respect American independence, national sovereignty and our Constitution which give Congress the power to tax, not some unelected world organization.
The federal government has proven itself untrustworthy with environmental policy by facilitating polluters, subsidizing logging in the National Forests, and instituting one-size-fits-all approaches that too often discriminate against those they are intended to help.
The key to sound environmental policy is respect for private property rights. The strict enforcement of property rights corrects environmental wrongs while increasing the cost of polluting.
In a free market, no one is allowed to pollute his neighbor's land, air, or water. If your property is being damaged, you have every right to sue the polluter, and government should protect that right. After paying damages, the polluter's production and sale costs rise, making it unprofitable to continue doing business the same way. Currently, preemptive regulations and pay-to-pollute schemes favor those wealthy enough to perform the regulatory tap dance, while those who own the polluted land rarely receive a quick or just resolution to their problems.
As a Congressman I would support the Congressional Green Scissors Coalition, a bipartisan caucus devoted to ending taxpayer subsidies of projects that harm the environment for the benefit of special interests.
There is a large amount of conflicting information being produced at the present time. For example:
The Keeling curve shows an increase in CO2 form 315 parts per million in 1958 to 385 parts per million today.
The UN IPCC of 2,500 scientists made some projections about global warming.
So far about 100 of those scientists have changes their findings.
On May 20th, a list of the names of over 31,000 scientists who refute global warming was released.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Congress' policies must respect American independence, national sovereignty and our Constitution which give Congress the power to tax, not some unelected world organization.
The federal government has proven itself untrustworthy with environmental policy by facilitating polluters, subsidizing logging in the National Forests, and instituting one-size-fits-all approaches that too often discriminate against those they are intended to help.
The key to sound environmental policy is respect for private property rights. The strict enforcement of property rights corrects environmental wrongs while increasing the cost of polluting.
In a free market, no one is allowed to pollute his neighbor's land, air, or water. If your property is being damaged, you have every right to sue the polluter, and government should protect that right. After paying damages, the polluter's production and sale costs rise, making it unprofitable to continue doing business the same way. Currently, preemptive regulations and pay-to-pollute schemes favor those wealthy enough to perform the regulatory tap dance, while those who own the polluted land rarely receive a quick or just resolution to their problems.
As a Congressman I would support the Congressional Green Scissors Coalition, a bipartisan caucus devoted to ending taxpayer subsidies of projects that harm the environment for the benefit of special interests.
There is a large amount of conflicting information being produced at the present time. For example:
The Keeling curve shows an increase in CO2 form 315 parts per million in 1958 to 385 parts per million today.
The UN IPCC of 2,500 scientists made some projections about global warming.
So far about 100 of those scientists have changes their findings.
On May 20th, a list of the names of over 31,000 scientists who refute global warming was released.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Energy
Many scientists and policymakers say energy security and sustainability are major problems facing the United States this century. What policies would you support to meet the demand for energy while ensuring an economically and environmentally sustainable future?
We need to produce America's energy needs on American soil. For our security and economic well being we need to be energy independent. We are now paying the price at the gas pump for the ban Congress has had in place on drilling and exploration for the last 30 years. As your Congressman I will lift the ban on exploration and drilling.
America needs an energy policy that includes every American. A policy based on the free market and individual choice. What we don't need is another huge bureaucracy and more taxes paid by the American people. The federal subsidies given to the oil industry and foreign oil producers should be stopped. Energy independence is important to our national security and our national sovereignty. We can achieve energy independence by the power of the purse of all Americans. This can be done by taxes and tariffs being placed on hostile oil producing nations and rebating 100% of those taxes and tariffs to the American people.
Congress recently passed legislation that will raise cost for every American. The anti-American business regulations passed by Congress that foreign companies don't have to comply with are hurting Americans. More government bureaucracy applied to a problem that government caused in the first place is not much of an answer. The government purchasing office should only purchase high mileage vehicles. We need leadership by example.
To find out more about CAFE standards, please visit my web site and click the link.
C A F E Overview
You can also find the video The Energy Non-Crisis on my web site. It is quite long, but has some information that should be analyzed as part of any energy overview.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
America needs an energy policy that includes every American. A policy based on the free market and individual choice. What we don't need is another huge bureaucracy and more taxes paid by the American people. The federal subsidies given to the oil industry and foreign oil producers should be stopped. Energy independence is important to our national security and our national sovereignty. We can achieve energy independence by the power of the purse of all Americans. This can be done by taxes and tariffs being placed on hostile oil producing nations and rebating 100% of those taxes and tariffs to the American people.
Congress recently passed legislation that will raise cost for every American. The anti-American business regulations passed by Congress that foreign companies don't have to comply with are hurting Americans. More government bureaucracy applied to a problem that government caused in the first place is not much of an answer. The government purchasing office should only purchase high mileage vehicles. We need leadership by example.
To find out more about CAFE standards, please visit my web site and click the link.
C A F E Overview
You can also find the video The Energy Non-Crisis on my web site. It is quite long, but has some information that should be analyzed as part of any energy overview.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Education
A comparison of 15-year-olds in 30 wealthy nations found that average science scores among U.S. students ranked 17th, while average U.S. math scores ranked 24th. What role do you think the federal government should play in preparing K-12 students for the science and technology driven 21st Century?
I am currently serving my fourth four year term on The Charles County Board of Education. That position pays $4,000.00 a year and consumes a lot of time. I am a strong advocate for accountability and high standards. But federally mandated reports that isolate the parents, teachers and local education authorities from the operations and control of our schools are not the answer.
Education should be controlled locally. The federal government should not be preempting the parent's authority over their own child. Local educational authorities working with the parents and the teachers are all that is needed to make our schools better.
There is a direct parallel between federal control, central planning, federal involvement in education and the lower test scores of the United States. To see what maximum federal involvement does for a school system, just look at Washington D.C. schools.
The budget for the Department of Education is over $1,500.00 per student. (The 2009 proposed federal budget for the Department of Education is $98 billion). Almost none of that money gets back to the classroom. Instead, the Department of Education creates a huge volume of paperwork of little or no value. NCLB (No Child Left Behind) has driven up the cost of public education. It has increased the bureaucracy. It has further isolated parents from the education of their children.
I would return to the parents, where it belongs, the primary responsibility concerning the education of their child (with the help of local education authorities). The money being spent by the Department of Education can be more effectively used and managed at the local level.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Education should be controlled locally. The federal government should not be preempting the parent's authority over their own child. Local educational authorities working with the parents and the teachers are all that is needed to make our schools better.
There is a direct parallel between federal control, central planning, federal involvement in education and the lower test scores of the United States. To see what maximum federal involvement does for a school system, just look at Washington D.C. schools.
The budget for the Department of Education is over $1,500.00 per student. (The 2009 proposed federal budget for the Department of Education is $98 billion). Almost none of that money gets back to the classroom. Instead, the Department of Education creates a huge volume of paperwork of little or no value. NCLB (No Child Left Behind) has driven up the cost of public education. It has increased the bureaucracy. It has further isolated parents from the education of their children.
I would return to the parents, where it belongs, the primary responsibility concerning the education of their child (with the help of local education authorities). The money being spent by the Department of Education can be more effectively used and managed at the local level.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Water
Thirty-nine states expect some level of water shortage over the next decade, and scientific studies suggest that a majority of our water resources are at risk. What policies would you support to meet demand for water resources?
This is mostly a state and local issue. Part of the challenge we are facing as a nation is the federal involvement in state and local issues. This approach increases the cost and many times produces lower results.
I believe the proper, Constitutional, role of the federal government is to provide only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations and/or state and local government. And that government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
I believe the most effective, responsible, and responsive government is government closest to the people.
I believe free enterprise and individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth, and prosperity.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
I believe the proper, Constitutional, role of the federal government is to provide only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations and/or state and local government. And that government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
I believe the most effective, responsible, and responsive government is government closest to the people.
I believe free enterprise and individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth, and prosperity.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Research
For many years, Congress has recognized the importance of science and engineering research to realizing our national goals. Given that the next Congress will likely face spending constraints, what priority would you give to investment in basic research in upcoming budgets?
The amount of research done by private industry and individuals is huge and very important. This is especially evident in the area of technology. Congress' policies are a hindrance to research because of over regulation, a backlog in patent approval and unnecessary bureaucracy.
I will reduce regulation, streamline federal applications, eliminate the backlog for patents, expedite federal approval processes, reform federal litigation and make the tax code more conducive to research.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
I will reduce regulation, streamline federal applications, eliminate the backlog for patents, expedite federal approval processes, reform federal litigation and make the tax code more conducive to research.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Health
Americans are increasingly concerned with the cost, quality, and availability of health care. How do you see science, research, and technology contributing to improved health and quality of life?
There is no government system that can make choices for an individual as well as the individual can make their own choices. Some of the current ideas being suggested by candidates will make our health care system worse. We need to move away from the trend toward socialized medicine and instead increase consumer driven health care options.
Health care must be addressed on multiple levels at the same time. All analysis must take into account quality, cost and availability. And all decisions must successfully cover those three components.
Artificially imposed government obstructions to individual consumer choices have made health care more expensive while indirectly rationing its availability.
The G-8 nations of France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Italy and England have an average per person cost of health care of $2775.00 per year. The average per person cost in this nation is $6,079.00. There is much that can be done to bring down the cost of health care. Increasing the free market and expediting the approval process of the FDA would be a great start.
As a Congressman I will co-sponsor the "Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act", bill number H.R. 3343 as one measure to bring down the cost of health care.
Please visit my web site to view Free Market Cure - A Short Course in Brain Surgery.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
Health care must be addressed on multiple levels at the same time. All analysis must take into account quality, cost and availability. And all decisions must successfully cover those three components.
Artificially imposed government obstructions to individual consumer choices have made health care more expensive while indirectly rationing its availability.
The G-8 nations of France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Italy and England have an average per person cost of health care of $2775.00 per year. The average per person cost in this nation is $6,079.00. There is much that can be done to bring down the cost of health care. Increasing the free market and expediting the approval process of the FDA would be a great start.
As a Congressman I will co-sponsor the "Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act", bill number H.R. 3343 as one measure to bring down the cost of health care.
Please visit my web site to view Free Market Cure - A Short Course in Brain Surgery.
Please visit my web site: BaileyforUSCongress.com
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