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Our country is in deep trouble and our politicians are making things worse. It's time for bold new leadership to fix America.

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ABORTION
I believe that abortion is a truly terrible outcome, but I don't believe life begins at the instant of inception. Consequently, the adjudication of abortion rights involves Solomonic judgments. Our Supreme Court justices have struggled for years. I feel their judgements have been sound and should be supported.

Indefinite Detention

The fifth Amendment to the Constitution states: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, ..., nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; ..." The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed by Congress and signed by the President, contains a sweeping worldwide indefinite detention provision.

Money In Politics

Money has been a very corrupting influence in our country's politics. And thanks to the Supreme Court's "Citizen's United" case, the situation has gotten far worse. Super Pacs financed by huge corporations or extremely wealthy individuals are now free to spend enormous sums to influence election outcomes. And they are doing it. Some of the ads are honest. But many are either dishonest or badly distort candidates' positions.

Israel and the Palestinians

Israel is one of our closest allies. We must assure her ability to defend herself militarily and assist her and the Palestinians to achieve a just and lasting two-state solution to their long-standing grievances.

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Why Kotlikoff in 2012?

Our country's problems are severe and getting worse. No candidate has all the answers. But the problems we face are primarily economic ones and may be better addressed by someone who has spent his life focused on our economic problems and their solutions. No economist has, to my knowledge, ever run for President. In recent years, we've had a nuclear engineer, an actor, two businessmen, and two lawyers. In their hands, the economy has done very poorly on a number of critical dimensions. In particular, none has come to grips with the country's long-term fiscal insolvency.

We've also been very badly served by the two parties' primary concern -- obtaining and maintaining power. This may work for them, but it's certainly not working for us. It's time to elect someone with fresh, bold ideas that will appeal to all segments of society -- someone with the courage to both articulate and implement what's really needed to fix America.