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NSA recording digital cell phone calls is turnkey tyranny

We now have documentation that our government was involved in the surveillance of our phone calls. Clandestine agencies have admitted to metadata gathering. You know, there are NSA whistleblowers who have suggested that in fact most digital cell phone calls are recorded. You've got all sorts of aggressive action taking place at the federal level which is really, I think, a violation of what the founders intended with the Fourth Amendment--unreasonable search and seizure.

And I agree with what some have said, that this is essentially turnkey tyranny. That you've got a government with now so much information that's gathered unconstitutionally, that it does pose a threat to freedom.

The expanse of the federal government in ways that the founders didn't intend--intruding on states' rights--another area that gives me great cause for concern.

Source: Salon.com CPAC interview on 2014 Alaska Senate race , Mar 10, 2014

Not economic to move capital from Juneau, but ok to do so

On the fate of Juneau, the candidates were asked if they would publicly state their opinion about moving the capital of Alaska out of Southeast.

"The state government supports it and therefore I do," Miller replied. "Even if you were to evaluate it on purely economic grounds, the studies at least that I've reviewed suggest it would not be economic to move the capital."

McAdams chose slightly stronger words in his response. "Let me be clear: over my dead body," he said.

Miller said he "absolutely" supports the building of a road out of Juneau, but then turned the argument towards regulatory burdens, indicating that the federal government was the main roadblock to the project.

McAdams said that improving transportation in Southeast is imperative, and that funding needs to be secured for any projects that arise. "I'm a big marine highway transportation guy," he said.

Source: Capital City Weekly coverage of 2010 Alaska Senate debate , Sep 22, 2010

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