HIGHLANDS, NJ – Republican Anna Little, former Highlands Mayor and Monmouth
County Freeholder, is running again in 2012 to represent the people of New Jersey’s
6th Congressional District. Key issues for the candidate include job creation, the repeal
of Obamacare, energy independence, and federal tax reform. According to Little,
solutions to these problems should be based on the core principles of fiscal
responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets.
In a remarkable effort in the 2010 election against incumbent Democrat, Frank Pallone,
Little won 25 of the 40 towns in the solidly Democrat 6th District. In addition, she came
within only 100 votes of beating Pallone in ten of the 15 other towns in the district.
In 2010, Anna Little received over 65,000 votes compared to the incumbent's 82,000
votes, making it the closest election for Pallone since 1992, when he ran against Joe
Kyrillos. In fact, in every race between 2000 and 2008, Pallone beat his Republican
challenger by more than a 2 to 1 ratio.
This year, Little received the Middlesex County Republican Organization nomination for
the 6th Congressional District in an open convention. She will be running off the
Republican line in Monmouth County, where the Republican committee held a closed
nomination session.
As an advocate for We The People, Little wants to bring the voice of the people of New
Jersey to the House floor for discussion and for vote. The core conservative values that
drive Little are:
Fiscal responsibility – Just as a family needs to restrict its budget to the amount of
its income, the federal government must restrict its spending. Failure to do so
results in higher taxes and strangling debt, threatening our national sovereignty,
national security, and the personal and economic liberty of our future generations.
Constitutionally limited government – Our Founders intended the federal
government to be one of limited powers – one that is “of the people, by the people
and for the people.”
Free markets – To enhance a healthy economy, businesses should be as free as
possible from government intervention.
Little believes that the most important issue in this year’s election is jobs. She
understands the current recession and lack of jobs will not be cured by one magic
bullet, but will, instead, require a number of solutions. However, according to Little, the
most important keys to job growth and economic recovery are lower taxes and energy
costs, which will reduce the financial burdens on the private sector, especially small
businesses that drive the American economy. With these lower expenses, companies
will be able to create new jobs and put Americans back to work.
The higher business productivity and output resulting from an increase in jobs will make
American goods and services more affordable, allowing the U.S. to regain its
competitiveness in the global market place. This will further enhance our economic
growth, bringing prosperity to all Americans.
Little would vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),
popularly dubbed ObamaCare. (However, since her Democrat opponent proudly claims
to be a primary author of the entire legislation, she refers to it as PalloneCare.) In its
place, she proposes the following sensible health care reforms:
Establishing a patient choice directed free market health care system to make
health care affordable;
Enacting tort reform;
Allowing health care insurance providers to sell policies across state lines to
increase competition;
Encouraging HSAs – Health Savings Accounts, which would put people in direct
control of their health care, without any third party interference;
Removing antitrust protection for insurance companies.
Little believes that energy independence is a matter of national security. Accordingly,
Little advocates the need for a comprehensive energy policy that develops all of our
valuable energy sources in an environmentally responsible way, including domestic
production of oil, natural gas, and clean coal. This would not only enhance our national
security and lower gasoline and energy prices, but would also create millions of wellpaying
American jobs. Little opposes Cap and Trade and favors the free market
promotion of alternative energy.
Little backs sweeping tax reform, since the current federal tax system enormously
handicaps our economy. She supports the FairTax (HR 25), a comprehensive proposal
that would eliminate all federal income tax, capital gains tax, and death tax, as well as
dismantling the IRS, and would replace all these with a single national sales tax. The
FairTax proposal also includes a “prebate” which would ensure no one below the
poverty level would pay federal taxes on their spending. Alternatively, Little will give
strong consideration to a flat tax. By eliminating the corporate tax, or drastically lowering
it with a flat tax, such reforms would unleash the private economy. Companies from all
over the world would rush to relocate to the U.S., bringing back countless jobs to our
shores.
After 24 years in Congress, liberal Frank Pallone is out of touch with the average
American citizen. But Anna Little will fight for We the People, on issues that matter such
as job creation, the repeal of ObamaCare, energy independence, and federal tax
reform. We cannot change Washington, without changing the people we send there.
