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2012-10-12 Administrator The Issues What I will focus on my first year as Governor of Indiana.    As a small business owner and youth advocate, I have experienced firsthand the effect governmental roadblocks placed in front of our struggling small business continue to have. Too often our elected leaders pass laws and regulations with no real world understanding of the negative impact these changes can have on the daily lives of Hoosiers. As the only candidate that has created private sector jobs and taught young men and women how to create jobs for themselves, I understand the consequences of misguided government policy. At the end of the day, I’m not a career politician I’m a small business owner. In my first year as Governor, I will focus on three areas for major reform; taxes, education and the criminal justice system.  We need to lower taxes and make the collection and disbursement of them transparent and accountable. Hoosiers cannot afford another $600 million “oops”. We must also make sure that everyone and every business is paying their share, regardless of who their friends are in the Statehouse.  Our children are lacking the skills they need to make it in higher education and in the workforce. This is not the fault of hardworking dedicated teachers or concerned parents. The majority of the blame rests with the importance placed on standardized testing and administrative costs over classroom development. We need to encourage innovation in education, not multiple choice test prep. Life is not multiple choice, it’s an essay. When someone breaks the law, they should be punished. But that punishment should not be without reason and compassion. We are locking up our young men and women, branding them with a lifelong felony and failing to provide them with the method and encouragement for them to get back on the right path. We can spend a little today to create a productive member of society or we can spend $50,000+ a year when they become a career criminal. Join me November 6th when Hoosiers from across the state will stand up and vote for the one candidate that will bring real change to Indiana. In Liberty, Rupert BonehamLibertarian Candidate for Governor It's Our Time!

Message from Rupert

A message From Rupert Boneham on what he will focus on his first year as Governor.   ...

2012-08-24 Administrator The Issues Rupert Boneham Sends Gov Daniels Response on Affordable Care Act    [Indianapolis, Indiana] Rupert Boneham, Libertarian candidate for Governor, sent his official five page Affordable Care Act response to Governor Mitch Daniels, as requested. On July 30th, Daniels sent a letter to each of the three candidates running for governor, seeking their input and positions on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.   In his letter, Boneham praised Daniels on his "tripartisan" leadership in seeking the opinions of all three gubernatorial candidates, including Democrat John Gregg and Republican Mike Pence.   Boneham stated that even with the months of research conducted by himself and his campaign team, he was concerned that too many questions have been left unanswered by Health and Human Services (HHS). "My team and I have been studying the information presented by Governor Daniels’ staff, the exchanges currently setup in Massachusetts and Utah, and the concept of Interstate Health Insurance Compacts. I can tell you that there are massive amounts of questions left unanswered by the federal agencies. Since we are required to make a partially blind decision… I would say that any plan for implementation of the Affordable Care Act must give Hoosiers the greatest amount of control and authority over regulation and plan management. The plan should also keep Indiana from being burdened with the unknown costs of managing the exchange."   Boneham informed Daniels that, at this point, he would prefer Indiana develop a Hybrid Health Insurance Exchange (HIX) run as a partnership between Indiana and federal agencies. "In a Hybrid exchange, Indiana would retain control over plan management and customer assistance.  We would also be able to set requirements and regulations, as needed, for consumer councilors and insurance brokers. The major financial burden in a state run exchange comes from the processing and reinsurance of Medicaid and CHIP. Under a hybrid exchange, some of those functions and costs can be deferred back to Health and Human Services."   Boneham's campaign manager, Evan McMahon was critical of the response recently released by Pence calling it the "do nothing plan." McMahon continued by saying, "We can’t just duck our heads in the sand and pretend this is going to go away. Hoosiers expect their elected officials to lead...not just hide behind party ideology and empty rhetoric."    A digital copy of the signed letter from Rupert Boneham to Governor Daniels is available at http://rupertforgovernor.com/ACAresponse.pdf   ###

Rupert's ACA Response to Gov Daniels

Rupert Sends Gov Daniels Response on Affordable Care Act    ...

2012-03-24 Administrator The Issues [Indianapolis, Indiana] Indiana Libertarains tday nominated Rupert Boneham as their gubernatorial candidate and Brad Klopfenstein as his running mate. The Libertarian Party of Indiana met today in their state convention and gave an overwhelming "yes" vote to Boneham. “I’m honored,” says Boneham. “We’ve travelled across the state, meeting with Libertarians, and today they gave their approval to my message of shrinking the government, creating empowerment programs out of entitlements, and leveling the playing field for small businesses.” Boneham, who was raised in Kokomo and now lives in Indianapolis, is best known for competing on the CBS television show Survivor. During his second season competing, he was awarded the “Fan Favorite” prize by receiving almost 80 percent of the 38 million votes cast by fans of the show. Boneham is also known in Indianapolis for his charity, Rupert's Kids, and his 20-plus years of work with at-risk youth. Although Boneham was the only declared candidate for governor on the Libertarian list, approval of his candidacy was not certain until delegates to the state convention cast their votes today. The Libertarian party always makes “none of the above” an option. The party uses the convention system, instead of taxpayer funded primary system to select their candidates for office. Boneham spent the past several months traveling the state, meeting with Libertarians, and explaining his plans for bringing the state government of Indiana into a Libertarian example of limited government, and maximum rights for Hoosiers. “Rupert was well received everywhere we visited,” says Evan McMahon, Boneham’s campaign manager. “Everyone knows Rupert the celebrity, and our party members have gotten to know Rupert the candidate.” Also selected at the convention, to serve as the Lieutenant Governor candidate was Brad Klopfenstein, who is a past executive director for the Libertarian Party of Indiana, small business owner, and founder of the Tavern League of Indiana. “Brad and Rupert balance each other well,” says Sam Goldstein, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Indiana. “Brad brings strong respect from his years lobbying in the statehouse on behalf of the Tavern League Indiana. He has been at the forefront of protecting business owners rights from our state government, such as the new smoking ban just enacted,” Goldstein explained. “Rupert and I make a strong team,” Klopfenstein explains. “We’re taking the message of smaller government and protecting the rights of Hoosiers to the people of our state this year. We’ve got the message that resonates with Hoosiers, and we’ll be driving the conversation in the political arena.” Boneham and Klopfenstein will face off against nominees from the other two parties in this fall’s election. Those nominees will be selected in the May primaries. “We will be traveling the state with Rupert and Brad over the next eight months,” McMahon adds. “Hoosiers are telling us now that they are tired of the same old political rhetoric and choices. We’re hearing that in 2012, it’s our time to take the message of liberty and small government to the voters of this state.”

Rupert Receives Libertarian Nomination

Rupert Receives Libertarian Nomination    ...

2012-02-28 Administrator The Issues Rupert Boneham, Libertarian candidate for Governor, announced that he stands with the 22 non-profit organizations that stand to lose their specialty license plates, and the fundraising dollars generated by the sale of those plates under the amended version of SB 327 currently making it ways through the Indiana General Assembly. "I've run my mentoring program, Rupert's Kids, for many years and understand how difficult fundraising can be," says Boneham. "This bill's amendment appears to wipe out the ability of the groups approved for plates in 2011." Groups, such as the Tony Stewart Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Indiana Youth Group, and the Patriot Guard, among others, who received approval for their specialty license plates in 2011 will lose their specialty plates, and have to re-apply. "This is an issue where politics doesn't need to meddle. The state already has a process in place for non-profit groups to apply for the ability to raise funds through sales of these specialty plates," adds Boneham. "We don't need to have the politicians in the legislature deciding which non-profit organizations are worthy of this consideration. We need to keep politics out of cases like these, and let the organizations who meet the criteria have the access. In addition to retroactively eliminating plates for groups who were approved in 2011, and forcing them to re-apply, the bill as amended would place in jeopardy the status of plates for groups such at the NRA, Special Olympics, the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and the American Diabetes Association. These groups and others like them, have surpassed the 500 plate benchmark currently in place, but may be in jeopardy if the bill goes through as amended and raises the benchmark to 1000 plates. "These groups have put in many hours proving their eligibility for these specialty plates. We don't need the legislature to retroactively change the five year contracts these groups have agreed to with the state," Boneham adds. Of concern to Boneham is the idea that this amendment is targeted at one specific group – The Indiana Youth Group. "Their organization does excellent work in advocating throughout the state for safe and secure learning environments for self-identified LGBTQ youth," says Boneham. There have been multiple failed attempts in the Indiana Legislature to attach amendments to bills aimed at taking away the specialty plate issued for the Indiana Youth Group. Boneham adds, "It's sad, that these groups, and the communities they serve are caught up in what appears to be an attack based on fear and hate. This is a good example of why the process for awarding these plates was placed in the hands of the BMV, and not given to the whims of politicians." Updated: on March 1, 2012 Boneham's campaign was pleased to hear that Rep. Ed Soliday, R- Valparaiso, had pulled SB 327, but remained cautious of the bill's intent. Evan McMahon, Boneham's campaign manager, said, "The entire process reeked of partisan politics and 'moral' superiority." Referring to the multiple failed amendments targeting the recently approved specialty plates for Indiana Youth Group (IYG). McMahon continued, "Had there been a real desire to reign in all the current specialty plates and limit future ones... there would have been a larger hearing, a study session or at least a public discussion with the BMV and currently approved non-profits groups." Boneham noted that he was encouraged to see the public response to the bill, "I am proud to see Hoosiers standing up and taking an active role in support of all 22 of these outstanding organizations."

Rupert Urges Indiana House to Block Attacks on Specialty License Plates

Rupert Urges Indiana House to Block Attacks on Specialty License Plates.    ...

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