Newbaum Turk, Guest Contributor OSU Sentinel
"How Bob Wagner will better Ohio's 15th congressional district"
Ohio's 15th congressional district, which includes The Ohio State University, is up for grabs now that Deborah Pryce has decided not to run. After several high-profile candidates turned down the offer to run, Steve Stivers, the GOP endorsed candidate, is facing a primary challenge from Robert Wagner, an economist and part-time lecturer at The Ohio State University. The winner of the primary will likely face Mary Jo Kilroy in November.
After looking over his website (RobertWagner08.com), I had an opportunity to ask him a few questions:
Sentinel: You describe yourself as a conservative Republican, yet as I look over your issue statements, many of your economic platforms seem downright Libertarian. Is this a fair assessment?
Wagner: I am a portfolio manager and an economist, I believe in free market solutions, and trust the individual to make better choices than the government. If that makes me a Libertarian, then I am a Libertarian. [But] I describe myself as a Ronald Reagan constitutional conservative and a free-market Republican. I believe in smaller more effective government, defense of the Constitution, lower taxes, a strong national defense, secure borders and an immigration policy that strengthens America. I am pro-school choice, pro-government pension choice, pro-healthcare choice, pro-consumer choice and pro-individual.
Sentinel: Although the 15th district encompasses The Ohio State University, many students in this community may not realize that they are eligible to vote for you. What aspects of your platform or policy statements would appeal to college-aged individuals?
Wagner: Most important to the college students is my position on government pension choice. My policy was actually crafted by OSU students in the economics courses that I taught. Each quarter I assign the project of how to address the $40 to 70 trillion liability my and my parent's generation has left their generation. In each and every quarter the students prefer a privatized social security program.
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