Tom Del Beccaro in 2016 CA Senate race
On Abortion:
Criticized raids earlier against anti-abortion activists
Del Beccaro used his highest profile opportunity to date to take a few shots at Harris in an effort to present himself as a credible alternative. He criticized her Department of Justice for raids earlier this
month against an anti-abortion activist who made undercover videos at Planned Parenthood clinics. Harris later said the raid was justified and she is doing her job as the state's top law enforcement officer.
Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 2016 California Senate debate
Apr 25, 2016
On Social Security:
Eliminate cap on the payroll tax
Tom Del Beccaro, the only candidate in the race to have taken the No New Tax Pledge, and the only Senate candidate in America to offer a flat tax plan, has proposed the following
[as part of his] flat tax system: The payroll tax should be retained but its cap eliminated.
Source: Send2press.com press release on 2016 California Senate race
Oct 6, 2015
On Tax Reform:
Personal & corporate flat tax: 15.5% federal and 6% state
Del Beccaro is following the model of Gov. Jerry Brown, who ran for president in 1992 on a pledge to create a 13% tax across the board. A statement from the Del Beccaro campaign explained his plan in further detail:- Replace the current corporate
tax system with a 15.5% net business income tax with immediate expensing for business purchases and deductibility of wages.
- Replace the current personal income tax with a flat 15.5% rate on wages, capital gains, dividends, interest and inheritance.
- The payroll tax should be retained but its cap should be eliminated.
- The elimination of the estate tax, Affordable Care Act tax and all tariffs.
Del Beccaro's state proposal includes:- A 6% flat tax imposed on all federal income subject to tax.
- The elimination of the thousands of pages of state tax code. Californians would be able to fill out a simple post card for their tax returns.
Source: Breitbart.com weblog on 2016 California Senate race
Oct 2, 2015
On War & Peace:
Nuke deal solidifies Iran conventional military gains
Most of the attention related to the deal with Iran has focused on the nuclear restrictions. That focus, however, ignores an important aspect of the deal for Iran. The Obama-Iran deal allows Iran to solidify its conventional military gains in the Middle
East--a victory for which they are willing to delay their nuclear ambitions.A decade ago, while the borders of the Middle East were relatively secure, Iran's ambition to be the dominant power in the Middle East was perhaps best served by obtaining a
nuclear weapon. Today, Iran has troops in Iraq, its long-time foe. It has sent troops and aid to support rebels in Yemen allied with Iran.
That's why the deal is great for Iran--and a bad deal for everyone else. An ascendant Iran on the ground in the
Middle East threatens all of its neighbors in ways well beyond the threat of a nuclear weapon. Each country will now have to enter a conventional arms race in addition to considering acquiring nuclear weapons.
Source: Washington Times column for 2016 California Senate race
Aug 4, 2015
On War & Peace:
Mideast was more stable with U.S. troops in Iraq
A decade ago, the Middle East was far more stable than it is today. The United States had a major presence in the region. As a result, the borders of the countries of the Middle East were quite stable.Today, there is quite a different story.
Iraq is a war zone with fungible borders. The same can be said of Yemen and Syria.
All three countries may still appear on the map, but full control within their historic borders does not belong to their governments.
Of course, we cannot forget that the Islamic State, or ISIS, has militarily created its own state within the region at the expense of some of those other states--and the ISIS state borders also are ill-defined and changing.
Source: Washington Times column for 2016 California Senate race
Aug 4, 2015
On Immigration:
Expose crime and danger at the US-Mexico border
Del Beccaro is urging congressional Republicans to convene a Southwestern summit to "expose the real crime and danger" at the U.S.-Mexico border and work with allies and adversaries on an immigration deal.
And he said he disagrees with a recent comments by [his Democratic opponent Kamala] Harris that "an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal."
"If you break the law, that means you've broken the law," Del Beccaro said, taking issue with the question about Harris.
"My focus is more about how to bring people to the table,"
he added. "I am not running so I can say, `Some people are wrong and some people are right.' I am going to be very specific in this campaign about solutions as opposed to just politics and yelling back and forth."
Source: Sacramento Bee on 2016 California Senate race
Apr 16, 2015
On Environment:
Farmers bear the brunt of a plethora of regulations
Year after year, government policies have been aimed squarely at California farmers as if they are the bad guy. One of the greatest advancements in the history of mankind occurred when one region of the world was able to produce such a surplus of
food that it was able to send it to less fortunate regions. In doing so, they helped to alleviate food shortages and starvation. For more than 100 years, California farmers have played a key role in that effort. You would think that such a valuable
economic resource would be cherished, promoted and helped at every turn. Incredibly, that is not the case in California. Instead, the California farmer bears the brunt of many a legislative or regulatory bulldozer.California Air Resources Board
standards on sprinkler pumps; restrictions on insecticides, fungicides and fumigants; and a plethora of government agencies capped by one of the highest income tax rates in the nation--all combine to put us at an economic disadvantage.
Source: Forbes Magazine OpEd on 2016 California Senate race
Jan 14, 2015
On Homeland Security:
Terrorists believe in terrorism; we can't persuade them
Americans also need to recognize that it is human nature to try to explain--and hope to correct--others' actions through our own experiences and values. [But] Genghis Kahn ravaged a continent, not thinking he was "bad"--just being the person his culture
trained him to be. Attila the Hun, Mao, and Stalin believed in their goals. No amount of civility or American values would have persuaded them to be decent or lay down their arms. If history tells us anything, amongst its lessons is the fact that
there are people who are evil and will do anything for power. If we understand all of those lessons, we can also understand that when someone tells you who they are, why they are doing something violent, you should take them at face value--
especially if what they do is a common occurrence. In other words, we need to stop disbelieving the terrorists who fervently believe in their means.
Source: Washington Times OpEd on 2016 California Senate race
Jan 14, 2015
On Jobs:
$15 mandated wages results in lower employment
California Democrats passed a statewide minimum wage increase. Next up, a bill mandating increased overtime pay for workers.Perhaps a minimum wage of $15 won't terribly affect San Francisco. But in a place where unemployment already is so high, like
Mendota, or Huron or other Central Valley towns like them where unemployment is above 20%, higher mandated wages will directly result in even lower employment. You see, the more something costs, the less of it is acquired.
That basic law of economics applies to cars and jobs alike.
The same day they voted to raise the minimum wage, five Democratic lawmakers received big campaign checks from the SEIU, the group that pressured lawmakers for the wage bill.
Why would the government union do that? That's easy--the minimum wage boost will result in $3.6 billion a year in increased wages for the public employee union workers--none of whom will lose their jobs because they are immune from market forces.
Source: Forbes Magazine OpEd on 2016 California Senate race
Jan 14, 2015
On Environment:
Increase water supplies rather than fining citizens
California is in the midst of one of its many droughts. To combat the current drought, the otherwise do-nothings of the California Water Resources Board are proposing to fine citizens they call "water hogs" $500 per day. Instead of fining helpless
consumers, California's government should do its job for once and seriously increase water supplies. The California governments have done very little to significantly increase water supplies in over 40 years, even though its population has doubled during
that period of time.California has been subject to considerable droughts over the centuries, lasting up to 20 years in a row. The President and others are selling the canard that the current drought is the result of global warming or climate change.
The fact that we had decades- long droughts years before industrialization doesn't matter to them as they bloviate over a drought of several years.
Source: Forbes magazine on 2016 California Senate race
Jun 7, 2014
On Civil Rights:
Keep Proposition 8; but open to debate on gay marriage
[Repeal of Proposition 8: Supporters of same-sex marriage rights in California launched a petition drive in 2011 to qualify a repeal measure for the state's 2012 ballot.] As the legal debate over Proposition 8 comes to a head in the nation's high court,
Del Beccaro predicted that gay marriage will continue to be a `difficult issue for a lot of Republicans` for years to come.Dozens of prominent Republicans recently signed a brief urging the US Supreme Court to declare Proposition 8 unconstitutional.
Del Beccaro, who supports Proposition 8, acknowledged that public opinion on gay marriage is shifting--with support in California inching over 60%--but said he expects GOP candidates to continue to hold different views on the issue. He said,
however, he doesn't `think that issue alone defines the party by any stretch.` He concluded, `I think you're going to find that the Republican Party is going to have members on all sides of this issue; it's going to be debated for years to come.`
Source: Sacramento Bee on 2016 California Senate race
Mar 2, 2013
On Health Care:
More taxes & regulations loom with ObamaCare
We are arguably headed for difficult economic times given ObamaCare's looming implementation, proposed tax increases, and ever more in the way of regulations. Congressional Republicans should pick out significant government programs that are not working.
Obviously, that will be incredibly easy. Then they should lay out specific cost savings from those failed programs. For the next two years, the Republicans should hold a monthly press conference on the Capitol steps wherein they explain:
- The original purpose of the Non-working Program
- Who was originally supposed to have benefited from the Non-working Program
- The GOP's Reformed Program
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Why the Reformed Program is better for the Nation
- How much the Reformed Program will save taxpayers
Source: Forbes Magazine column for 2016 California Senate race
Nov 28, 2012
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