April 17, 2018 Phone Interview with State Delegate Caroline Frei
Caroline did a phone interview with Tim and asked some great questions. I have sent an email to him asking a couple more questions but here is the information about Tim.
Here are some of Tim’s plans for a citizen led government.
1. Which Republican Senators do you trust and which ones do you not trust? Tim was the campaign coordinator for the Ted Cruz campaign for Tooele County. He likes Rand Paul except for that thing he did, backing Mitch McConnell. Big fan of Mike Lee and Ben Sass. He would like to see Mitch McConnell go.
2. Which area is having issues with wolves, which area is having problems with prairie dogs, and which area is having troubles with tortoises? He seemed to know his stuff. He grew up in Idaho and from what he told me they have been planting these wolves up there too. “The hippies in the town where all for it but the farmers, the loggers and the people who run cattle out there, it was a nightmare. They introduced an aggressive pack animal, unlike the ones here, that were solitary. They like eating cows, goats and sheep. You introduce a non-native species, you always have problems.” Prairie dogs are in Iron County. The tortoises, it’s the same thing in southern Utah [non-native species] (stupid tortoises). In the field he works in, he runs into more regulations surrounding eagles and burrowing owls.
3. The BLM is putting in campgrounds with wastewater facilities without consulting local authorities. What would you do to reign in the BLM so they will work with local government? “Aside from eliminating them, you can start working with them.” We talked a lot the Army Corps of Engineers, whom he works with a lot and they stop people and a lot of projects with all the regulation. He seems to want to make things more state controlled and less federally controlled.
4. Do you support the Bundys? “Yes, I support them, I’m just a little leery of some of the people who came out to support them.” For him it comes down to a lands rights issue and he is tired of the government bossing people around, especially when they have a contract to graze and run their cattle on that land. “A lot of people brought firearms, you had a few people who were pointing guns at Federal officers, that leaves an impression. If we’re ever going to try and win this debate with the east coast states, that’s something we have to be very mindful of, is how the East Coast sees firearms.”
5. What is your current job? Tim is an environmental engineer he likes to say “I work for industry, not against it”
6. What is your opinion on SAGE testing and common core? “I sign waivers every year so my children don’t have to take the SAGE test. I don’t agree with national standards. Parents should ultimately decide how their children are educated. The nationalized education system has placed too much emphasis on college and not enough on trades. We need machinists, welders, diesel mechanics and other skilled tradesmen. Highly educated bureaucrats do not see the value in trade school.”
7. Would you be for eliminating the BLM, Dept. of Education, the EPA, others? “Yes, a lot of other people have said they want to do that but you can’t just go and repeal something like that.” He explained to me his plan to walk back the regulations one at a time and turn those regulations over to the states. He feels this might create momentum to repeal more regulations. “We have to shrink the agency’s through attrition.”
8. What is the difference between an assault rifle and an AR-15? “So far I haven’t been able to figure out what an assault rifle is. AR stands for ArmaLite which is the company that invented the ArmaLite model 15 and other models in the 1950’s. Initially they invented it for civilian use, calling it a sporting rifle. Then military got wind of it and purchased, I believe in the mid 60’s under the name of M16, modified it throughout Vietnam and ended up with more modern M16’s”
9. Are you a member of the NRA? He let me know that he used to be but they just kept calling him all the time. He said he will probably join up again because he likes what they do.
10. What is your opinion of the GVRO the gun violence restraining order? He didn’t know what it was so I gave him a quick summary. He would like to see more specifics about it. He doesn’t like the idea of someone coming in and taking your guns but due to things that have happened in his family he could see it as a benefit for extreme situations. It has to go through the court system and he can see a place for it if it’s family making the call. “The only way we can limit those rights that are guaranteed to us in the Bill of Rights is to use the Bill of Rights itself. The 5th, 6th and 8th amendments in the Constitution leave a structure in there for the government to go through the court system” He does say it would have to be done just right.
11. What do you think of the no longer used Brady Bill? He does not support it. We had a conversation about a woman who is a victim of domestic violence and the waiting period could get her killed.
12. What is your opinion of teachers being armed? He likes the fact that teachers and parents in Utah already have that choice and he doesn’t think it’s a problem. (I agree)
13. What are your two cents on climate change? Tim as an environmental engineer studied a lot about microbiology and how the environment is impacted by chemicals, man made and naturally occuring. He told me about and experience he had with a professor studying Ice cores. The pattern that has always been found between CO2 and temperature is, temperature goes up THEN the CO2 levels rise. Climate research today he compared to a watermelon, “Green on the outside but red all the way through” the red being reference to communism. (I found this hysterical). Tim says that all man, at most, only contributes 4% to CO2 but that is minute compared to water vapor that is often left out of climate models.
14. Should we have a Convention of states? If we were to have a convention of states and it goes towards a runaway convention he would rather have Utah representatives there representing Utah. “I know it’s a contentious argument”
15. Are you for repealing the 17th Amendment? “Yes, and the 16th and reword the 14th. The 16th has to do with income tax and the 14th says if your born on US soil you are automatically a US citizen which has led to what we call anchor babies.
16. Should senators have term limits? “I’m taking a two-year pledge myself”. His first reason is because he likes his job. His second is he believes we should have a US Citizen run government. He does not like the idea of people going into politics so they have a cushy retirement. He told me all about how he loves the western United States “I moved to Utah 10 years ago, we bought our first, last and only home in Tooele and I’m not moving again.” He said he would be racking up those frequent flyer miles because if he can be home with his wife and kids he will be.
17. Who are your media influences? I knew his answer before he said it. He is a subscriber to The Blaze. He really likes Buck Sexton and Doc Thompson (my favorite!). Ben Shapiro, he can cut right to the point and do it gracefully and can kindly destroy someone. Louder with Crowder makes him laugh.
18. What are your feelings about medical marijuana? “If you read the Constitution, it says nowhere in there that the federal government has the right to regulate what you do with your body.” It does say you can’t do things to others. “All drug policy should be controlled at the state level” He is for taking it from a class 1 to a class 2 an if people want to use it for medical purposes, he’s fine with it. It needs to be a state issue or else you end up with the federal government overreaching in other areas like sugar, trans-fats, soda. “They’re going to use the same logic, it poses a health risk or a financial burden to others therefore, we [federal government] have the right to regulate it.”
19. Would you do anything to further dismantle Obamacare? We talked about the free markets they have in Europe, except England which is what democrats want. “Sweden you can actually pick your doctor, pick your facility, even negotiate prices.” Since we haven’t done a full repeal of Obamacare we have a pseudo free market. “If Republicans don’t get off their butts real quick and get this repealed, it will collapse, as it’s designed and we will not be able to have a single word in to fix it.” Because the mandate is gone, Democrats will blame us for it failing. “We won’t have a seat at the table to renegotiate free market system. We need to repeal it and we need to repeal it fast, I think we only have a few years.”
20. What are your views on abortion? “Killing babies is not a good idea.” We spoke of eugenics and the turn of the century in America. He has done his homework when it comes to Margaret Sanger and how she wanted to get rid of Jewish people, black people, the generationally poor and mentally feeble. Woodrow Wilson was pushing sterilizing thousands of mentally feeble women while he was governor. (worst president ever). Tim said, Hitler saw what we were doing here in America and felt he could take it to the next level and get away with it. “As you look at Europe, they’re trying to do the same stuff, It’s harder to get an abortion in Europe than it is in America with a few exceptions.” Iceland getting rid of down syndrome children, China getting rid of female children. Even New York aborting more black babies than are born alive. “My fears, we’re going to start looking at other diseases or situations. Autism, people that have Asperger’s or with mental and physical handicaps and start slaughtering whole generation or whole groups of people.”
21. How would you deal with social security? “I’m 40, I’m never going to get it, I’m going to pay into it my whole life but I’ll never get it.” When it comes to our seniors, we made that promise to them so we can’t cut it for them. For the next generation those in their 40’s and 50’s his solution is to move slowly to 70 or 75. He says it needs to be means tested and other entitlement needs should be returned to the states to take care of.
22. How would you fix the V.A.? “It should be eliminated. Turn it back over to a free-market system. We have had government trying to fix healthcare, in this country for veterans since the beginning, we’ve always treated them poorly.” He spoke of the plan Woodrow Wilson put in place and that we are working off of a 100 year old model that is insanely complicated.“ He doesn’t blame the doctors or the people that work there, he generally thinks there good but are just buried under layers and layers of bureaucracy. “I would love to be able to turn that money over to the veterans, give them a large amount of cash every year and tell them to go out you buy the insurance they need, find the medical procedures they need.” He has a plan to let veterans who are having a hard time finding work or being employed and have them become case workers of other veterans. Giving them a number of other veterans going through what they, themselves, went through. Their only job, to make sure that those veterans are taken care of. “Nobody knows better what they’re going through than other veterans.”
23. Are you a strong supporter of President Trump & would you be willing to stand up to him? “I was a Ted Cruz campaign coordinator, so I had differences with President Trump. I’m honest enough to say it, I’ve been impressed overall with Trump’s presidency. He’s done a lot of great things that I never thought he would do but when it comes to things like trying to pass a whole lot of tariffs, I’m going to stand against him. I’m going to fight if he doesn’t get rid of FISA courts or if he doesn’t stop civil asset forfeiture. If he moves on DACA or comprehensive immigration before we get enforcement, I’m going to fight against him or stand against him.”
24. What do we do with the DACA people? “After we have everything done and we have a secured border, after we’re enforcing existing laws, then, if we know who they are and have honest background checks on them, not stolen identities, then we move them to the back of the line of the legal immigration system.” He also said, “I wouldn’t mind moving them into that, only because the federal government is the reason they’re in the situation they’re in. We should have deported them as soon as their parents came here and brought them across the border, we should have deported them but we didn’t.” and “It’s not ultimately the American peoples fault, it’s the government’s fault for their incompetence and the parents fault mostly because, the parents are the ones that broke the law, if I broke the law they would separate me from my family, I would go to prison.”
25. Are you against illegals receiving welfare? “Oh, heck yeah”
26. What do you think about the migrant workers program? He told me about him and his wife growing up in Idaho and the agricultural areas there. “[My wife] worked with a lot of migrant workers and I can see a point when there’s a massive influx for harvest, there’s just not enough bodies around.” He’s not against migrant workers but after the work season is over they go back home not stay in the US and collect welfare.
27. Is e-verify too strict, just enough or does it need to go further? “It needs to be enforced, it’s not as efficient as it needs to be, some employers still have a problem with getting it to work properly but as a whole it’s the right idea” He doesn’t like the idea of personal information and the government aspect. “We need to enforce immigration laws and it’s still illegal to work in the US if you’re not a citizen. We need to have some way, some metrics, a method of checking on the applicants.”
28. Are you for the wall and how do we pay for it? “Yes, of course I am. I’m against comprehensive immigration in any instance because all you get is the amnesty without any of the enforcement.” We are in debt but when it comes to the wall it’s a drop in the bucket. “We spend millions and millions of dollars like, giving money to Planned Parenthood without even thinking twice about it but we can’t actually spend the money to secure our border? Which is actually one of the things our federal government is responsible for and it’s actually in the Constitution.” As far as funding for it: “There’s lots of areas to cut, we could go on forever about where we could cut.” His plan. “We’re going to put a road and a wall and a fence along the border, I think that’s the first thing we need to do. Then we just go to simply enforcing the laws. If your a felon you’re gone, if you’re stealing identities you’re gone, if you commit tax fraud you’re gone, if your a Visa overstay your gone. If we do all that I’m willing to have a DACA discussion only because our government didn’t enforce the law, but that does not happen until we get the security and funding for the wall. Nothing comprehensive it’s not a discussion at this point until we get all that.”
29. What are you going to do to ensure Congress pursues targeted budgeting bills rather than large Omnibus bills? [Targeted budgeting] “That’s the only way to do it.” He told me that he would not vote yes on an omnibus bill. We have to break down the budget and vote for each item. “We’re not supposed to just throw it in one big kit and kaboodle.”
30. Are you for limiting bills to one topic? Yes
31. What will you do to help America with our 21 trillion-dollar debt and estimated 833 billion dollar deficit without taxing us into poverty? “That’s the first thing that I’m running on” Since he is an environmental engineer he knows about all the resources we have in abundance, here and Utah and all over the country. “We’re importing uranium from Russia because we refuse to access the uranium sitting here in Utah.” Utah’s sitting on enough oil and natural gas we could be providing the world with energy. It would also be bringing a lot of revenue to help pay off our debt. It would also help Utah and the western states returning our land. It’s not just the lands issue, it’s a strategic step that could help a lot of our problems. Most of our debt comes from entitlements and until we reduce the cost of those we will not be able to make a dent in our debt.
32. What do you think is going on with tariffs? “I sure hope it’s a strategy to get China to the table and open up a dialogue and debate with trade policy” We spoke about how china is stealing our intellectual property. He has seen first hand how tariffs can hurt people by raising the price of steel and other goods. “I’m a fan of getting rid of corporate taxes all together because it’s punishing our businesses and it’s punishing us.”
33. With the recent chemical attack in Syria what would be America’s best response? “If we actually choose to be involved in that, Congress actually needs to declare it.” Senators Lee and Sanders are trying to pass an act that, if the president can’t justify within 90 days why we have to be somewhere, we need to go away or need to declare war. “I wish there was a humanitarian thing we could do to be involved until we declare war I don’t really want to get involved in Syria” also “ I think we’re already at war with Russia, I think Russia realizes were already at war and we don’t”
34. Do you support Israel? Yes! We need to get the embassy moved he’s afraid it might not happen if we don’t before another major election cycle. “Israel is the only stable country in the Middle East. The only country that allows Jews, Muslims, Christians, atheists, heterosexuals, homosexuals, anyone can go there and live my life and be left alone. I think that we need to support Israel”
35. What is your opinion of the United Nations? “I don’t like terrorists walking around in our country. The first thing I would do is move it over to the EU, where they can find a better, more happy home, a place that would be more accommodating for terrorist. I still think we need to be able to be a part of the debate at the national level but United States is 5% of the world’s population we should only be responsible for 5% of their budget” he also said “We should find out exactly where that money is going. They’re stealing American taxpayers money to fund themselves and dictators. I want to go to that place and figure out exactly where the money is going.” good idea. “As far as our troops, they will never be in charge of our troops. The US decides, If we need to have military action somewhere and we need to be involved, we are in charge of our troops.”
Anything else you would like me to add? Tim feels that most of DC elite’s are just that elites. He comes from a real family with real troubles like substance abuse, and family members that has been to jail. They don’t understand how to make good reform because it doesn’t actually touch their families. “I’m running because I don’t feel like I am represented, I don’t feel like my neighbors are represented, I am for a citizen led government.”
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