[Thunder90]

Welcome to FReerepublic!

I wish you the best of luck. Democrats are vulnerable this year. Keep your wits and you will win.

[TheWriterTX]

Dear Patricia:

You posted this perfectly.

I'll check out your website!

[Jo Nuvark]

FYI KANSAS FREEPER BOARD.

Welcome Patricia Lightner to Free Republic.

[Islander7]

Welcome to FReerepublic. Best of luck!

[smokingfrog]

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[Jo Nuvark]

Hi Patricia...

I just pinged the Kansas board so they can take a look
at your website.

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Welcome aboard... Jo

[douginthearmy]

Good luck. We need as many as we can get. Just don’t forget where you came from once you get there.

[Nateman]

Thanks for fighting the good fight!

[Falconspeed]

Thanks Patricia. I support you.

Every American who loves Christianity, capitalism and the Declaration of Independence needs the bravery to defend the country. The enemy is a leftist (Marxist) who loves Critical Theory, Herbert Marcus and Karl Marx. Thus, the enemy wants to destroy Christianity, capitalism and the Declaration of Independence. How does an American defeat the enemy? Know the enemy's weakness for censorship and tyranny.

Here's a platform for every American: I demand freedom of speech and fair elections.

[Clump]

Welcome! Thank you and God bless you.
Don’t forget the right to bear arms. A+ from Gun Owners of America would be nice from Kansas. Keep us posted.

[Oceander]

Welcome to the fight! As the other poster said, first and foremost, keep your wits about you, and do not take anything the democrats have to say at face value - there is always an ulterior Alinsky-based motive for everything they say and do. In particular, do not let them define the terms of debate - you cannot win if you try to beat them at their own game. Instead, always challenge their definitions of the terms of debate, and offer up your own in lieu of theirs.

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[fieldmarshaldj]

Good luck in your race.

[Kellis91789]

Patricia,

I wish you luck in your campaign as you are undoubtedly better for the country than any Democrat would be. If that sounds like faint praise, that’s because it is. I think you should strive for more. For example, from your website’s “Issues” page:

*TAX REFORM
I am a strong supporter of fundamental tax reform at the federal level. I am a supporter of the FairTax, provided that the income tax is repealed as are other forms of taxation. I am also open to other proposals such as a flat tax and other ways that will simply make our tax system fairer, flatter, and simpler. I believe anyone elected to Congress should keep an open mind as to the various proposals for tax reform. *

This sounds rather indefinite to me. “Fairer”, “flatter” and “simpler” signal a position relative to the existing system and could mean leaving progressivity and tax-system social engineering on the table. The FairTax proudly proclaims itself “progressive” which all Republicans should consider a dirty word meaning “punishing success while rewarding failure”.

Why not point out that some people have to pay a 40% income tax rate so others can escape paying the 10% flat rate (either income or sales tax) that would otherwise return the same revenue as the convoluted, progressive income tax we currently have ?

How about explaining that it is mathematically impossible for a business to pay any taxes at all without that money really coming out of the pockets of its employees, customers, or shareholders ? That any business tax at all is simply a disingenuous attempt to hoodwink the voters into thinking someone else will somehow pay it.

How about suggesting that a 10% flat rate — on an individual’s income only or on all retail sales and no indirect taxing via business taxes — be the upper limit to fund a balanced budget and then spending must be prioritized until it fits within the tax revenue available from that 10% level ?

[MSSC6644]

What are the most important lessons you learned while serving in the Kansas legislature?

[peggybac]

Welcome to FR, Patricia, from a fellow conservative in Prairie Village!