Josh Mandel in Survey of 2012 Senate campaign websites
On Government Reform:
Tougher penalties for politicians breaking ethics laws
In the Marines, integrity is not just talk. It's a code of conduct and a way of life.
During his years of service to our country and our community, Josh has always set high standards and worked to hold accountable those who betray the public trust.
One of Josh's first legislative efforts was to help reform the oversight of the investment fund for the scandal-ridden Bureau of Workers Compensation.
Josh helped pass tougher penalties for politicians convicted of breaking ethics laws, including theft
in office and obstruction of justice.
Josh supported legislation to create a deputy inspector general's office for the Bureau of Workers Compensation to help investigate fraud and wrongdoing.
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, www.joshmandel.com
Apr 28, 2012
On Health Care:
ObamaCare is unconstitutional and economically damaging
Josh Mandel believes that the federal government takeover of our healthcare will damage our economy as no other piece of legislation has done in recent years. It is an unprecedented and unconstitutional intrusion into the private decision-making
processes of American families. It burdens employers and healthcare industry firms with new costs. Government-run healthcare should be repealed in whole immediately. We should then adopt common-sense reforms to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, www.joshmandel.com
Apr 28, 2012
On Education:
Allow parents to choose their children's schools
During his four years in the Legislature, Treasurer Mandel devoted a significant amount of energy toward the issues of restoring fiscal discipline, expanding school choice, improving the state's business
climate through free market principles, and protecting family values and The Constitution.
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website joshmandel.com "About"
Apr 8, 2012
On Homeland Security:
American intelligence must be ahead of the game
Josh is an American war veteran who served two tours of duty with the Marines in Iraq. Homeland Security is a top priority for Josh and an issue he takes very seriously. American military and intelligence must be ahead of the game when it
comes to keeping America safe. Josh supports our soldiers and the freedoms that they fight for. Our great nation must continue to protect itself from those who threaten our freedoms and our allies.
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website electmandel.org "About"
Apr 8, 2012
On Budget & Economy:
Balanced budget without raising taxes
While global financial markets are marred by uncertainty, Ohioans' hard-earned tax dollars are being prudently invested and safeguarded.In [the Ohio Treasurer's] office, we ended the fiscal year with a $400,000 surplus, and are reducing general
revenue fund operating expenses by $1.2 million over the next two years. We will also save $100,000 annually by automating check processing and ending the unsecure daily practice of physically driving checks across the state to the depository bank.
If families and small businesses are tightening their belts, then government should do the same.
In Ohio we have embraced our balanced budget requirement, and raised our fiscal outlook in the process. We accomplished this without raising taxes.
By charting a conservative fiscal course we are achieving positive results for taxpayers, even amidst global economic uncertainty.
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, joshmandel.com,"Issues"
Jan 18, 2012
On Homeland Security:
First in Marine Corps class; two tours in Iraq
Inspired by a strong sense of duty to country, Treasurer Mandel enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 2000, where he graduated first in his class from Marine Corps Boot Camp and first in his class from Marine Corps Intelligence School.
His Marine Corps career spanned eight years, including two tours in Anbar Province, Iraq as an Intelligence Specialist. During both tours he was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal for "superior performance of his duties."
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, joshmandel.com,"Issues"
Jan 18, 2012
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