About Ted, Michigan, and America

About Ted

I was born in Pontiac, Michigan and grew up in Highland, Michigan, where I currently reside. I attended Huron Valley Schools. In high school I worked with the local Meals on Wheels and was selected by school faculty, for my leadership ability, to work on a partnership program between General Motors and Huron Valley Schools to build a robot to compete on a national level against other students from around the country.
 
After high school I enlisted in the Army to serve this country, in the tradition of my father and grandfather. I served in the US Army in numerous peace-keeping and combat deployments in the Global War on Terror. I served a total of 8 years on active duty and in the reserves. I then began working in the private security sector. With my training and experience I am currently rated in the top 1% nationally in the Security Sector. I have been on the front lines of the War on Terror since it began.
 
I have a four year old daughter, who is the light of my life and the holder of my heart. I have always strived to serve this nation and have always upheld my obligations to make a difference in the community. To this end I intend to focus on the wars here at home; illegal immigration, the dismantling of our constitution, the out of control spending by the government, the outsourcing of our jobs, and the protection of our sovereignty. I intend to do this as an Independent candidate for the U.S. Congressional seat in Michigan's 11th District.
 
If you are looking for someone to represent the Republican Party, re-elect Thaddeus McCotter. If you are looking for someone to represent the Democratic Party, elect Tom Spencer. If you want someone to represent you and the citizens of this district, vote for Ted McAvoy, an Independent you can depend on.

About Michigan

The Citizens of Michigan are not being properly represented in Washington. We have been left behind by our current representatives. We are left to fend for our selves while the current Congress continues down the path of pacifying the nations of the world with corrupt foreign practices. We here in Michigan are losing our homes; our schools are closing; our unemployment rate has climbed to astronomical levels and we have not voted for any of this.
 
Our representatives in Congress should be there simply to represent the people of the district that elected them, not to represent special interests, or to represent policies that do not benefit the citizens of Michigan. If we had true representation in Washington the auto industry would not be where it is today. It would not have unfair trade policies that hinder its ability to be competitive and pay its workers decent wages and benefits. If the products that are imported are good quality products then people will pay fair prices for them. It is impossible for the American auto industry to compete against foreign nations that offer almost no benefits, low - if not slave - wages and do not have environmental standards to meet. This is what has forced the American auto industry to move its jobs overseas. The only way to compete is to use the same standards of labor.
 
The solution is simple; eliminate NAFTA as well as other trade policies that restrict our auto industry. NAFTA has been proven to only benefit other nations of the world, and not the United States.
 
Representatives of a people should represent the will of those people, and not his/her personal beliefs.

About America

Today we must realize, as Americans, that our current political climate is one that is not inline with our Constitution. We are forced to pay taxes that are unconstitutional, we live by laws that are unconstitutional, and we are forced to fight wars that are unconstitutional.
 
We can all now clearly see that the policy of the U.S. since the end of WW2 has been to continually engage in policing actions at the behest of the international community. We cannot allow our men and women of our armed forces to be killed in the name of security for any nation but America. The number of lives lost and the amount of money spent is never ending. These police actions result in never ending U.S. obligations. If you think it is not so, look at Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Kosovo, The First Gulf War, Afghanistan and now Iraq.
 
We only need to go to war when we are threatened, not when we are scared. We could make far more progress by thinking of ways to counter threats instead of destroying them. When we take action to destroy threats the innocent people caught in the middle pay the ultimate price. When we were caught in the cold war we did not go to war, we simply developed technology and intelligence to defeat what ever threat the Soviets had. Think about this just for a moment, when you want to kill a hornet’s nest do you use a hammer? The point I am trying to make is simple; all these issues that we are facing can simply be solved by not getting involved in the affairs of other nations. We need to have fair trade with the world so that all may have the opportunity to prosper.