Neil Abercrombie
Steve Tataii

Biographical Information
In light of escalating home foreclosures, a credit crunch and a possible recession, what role, if any, should the federal government play in strengthening the nation's economy?
How do you see the role America plays in the middle east changing during the next two years? How do you see it changing further in the future?
What are your strategies to address the dual challenges of rising costs and decreasing access to quality healthcare?
How do you propose to keep Americans safe both at home and abroad?
Americans are concerned about rising energy prices, dependence on foreign energy and the potential damage of fossil fuels. How would you prioritize those concerns and what, if any, are your strategies to address them?
Is America's educational system working? If not, what should the federal government do to improve it?
Some economists say a growing national debt and massive looming financial commitments to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are leading us toward a fiscal crisis. Do you agree there is a crisis and, if so, what will you do to assure greater fiscal responsibility?
Do you believe the federal government has a role in protecting the environment? If so, what are your policy priorities?
How do you propose to reform our immigration policy in Washington?
Do you believe abortion should be limited? If so, to what degree?
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Age:
72
Education:
PhD, American Studies, University of Hawaii, 1974 MA, Sociology, University of Hawaii, 1964 BA, Sociology, Union College, 1959.
Experience:
Director, Construction Apprentice Program Co-Author, Blood of Patriots Custodian Special Assistant, Hawaii State Superintendent of Education Probation officer Professor Waiter. Political Experience: Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1986-1987, 1990-present Council member, Honolulu City Council, 1988-1990 Senator, Hawaii State Senate, 1979-1986 Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 1975-1979 Sought Democratic Nomination, United States Senate, 1970.
Steve Tataii:
In the light of years of abuse by many large financial institutions in overcharging our citizens in variety of ways such as interest rates' gimmicks, unreasonable service charges; I really believe federal government should at this time move to forgive one quarter of the total amount of mortgages appearing in their initial figure, which simply means; that if a homeowner has so far paid three fourth (75%) or more of his/her mortgage payments, he/she should now owe nothing, and receive the home owner title to own the home. This is a small favor our government should do to our hard working Americans in these hard times. By the way, I don't own any homes.
Steve Tataii:
Under President John McCain's honorable leadership I see; that we shall quickly secure the borders of the "defunct Iraq", and help to create an Independent Kurdistan for Kurds in the North, and an Independent Arabistan for Arabs in the South, the way they had lived for thousands of years prior to the 1923 Great Britain, and France's Unjust-Callous partition of Kurdistan into 4 instead of allowing Kurdish nation have her own Independence. I believe as John has said in his speeches; that wars are the most horrible, and destructive events, and that it should only be used as a last resort or to remove Tyrant dictators with our minimum military use of force. We ought not to support dictators regimes, who suppress their people, and take
away their fundamental freedom, and this goes for "all Dictator regimes across the board".
Steve Tataii:
We must create a strong Regulatory system overlooking all costs of healthcare from insurance companies to prices for medications, hospital expenses, and long care health for elderly. We must penalize those who overcharge patients, collect inflated medical bills, and order unnecessary medical exams (within reason).
We need a semi-Universal quality-health care system for all our citizens across the board.
Steve Tataii:
We must maintain our current visa status to our visitors, but also require them to report their addresses every so often, and register at the border, so that we know who is within our borders. Abroad, we must provide more, and adequate Embassy services to our citizens while abroad, and assist them without discrimination because of their race, color, religion, and other fundamental elements of Freedom they must enjoy.
Steve Tataii:
We, in America, must first ease the developments of battery operated vehicles first, which have actually been invented years ago, but not allowed to be popularized due to too much corruption in Washington's special interest group dominated pro-oil company corporations.
Second, we, in America, must increase, and promote manufacturing of Solar system energy producing cells, Wind power energy producing generators, Ocean power thermal energy, and finally a safe, and secure sets of nuclear power plants for those states, and locations we find suitable, and safe.
We, in America, must not allow the panic in oil prices continue to tear apart the fabrics of our lives, and must fight back to criminalize excessive, unreasonable price hikes by our own oil companies, as well as those abroad.
In the meantime; we must leave open any new drillings off the coast of Alaska, and other similar spots as a recovery measure only, and until our energy crisis ease a bit, while we develop, and increase our alternative energy resources mentioned above.
Steve Tataii:
Federal government should make certain subjects such as Mathematics, Science, and physical education mandatory first. Second, for Hawaii that I know, and have learned first hand; any racial discrimination against teachers/professors at the time of applying for teaching jobs should be considered as "Hate-Crime", and dealt with accordingly. We, in America, can not afford to exclude qualified, and able teachers from our educational system, and public schools. There have been too much of excessive unnecessary-qualification requirements demanded on members of minority groups' teachers, while keeping disqualified or less qualified teachers in their positions until their retirement. I am against any form of racial/religion/political affiliation/ and
other types of discriminations, which defy our principles of fundamental human rights values. Such discriminations ruin lives, push educated people into poverty, and leave our communities partially uneducated, and uninformed.
Such discriminations breed more racists right from the school levels, and weaken the fabrics our lives.
Steve Tataii:
I absolutely agree there is a crisis. In fact the crisis are so bad, and for so long overlooked; that our only solution is my reply to the third question above. We must create a self-detecting anti-corruption system in our healthcare, financial institutions in order to find, and eradicate all those responsible for abusing those systems.
Steve Tataii:
Definitely. Federal government must promote an easy-fun educational system of learning on how we should protect our environment, and create a more "Green America", increase the number of our endangered species, decrease the number of Gas Guzzler vehicles, Promote less driving, and more riding Bicycles, and so on.
Steve Tataii:
Through more common sense we can monitor our borders, issue visas to qualified visitors with no criminal records, which is becoming popular, and internal auditing, so that our officers are neither discriminating against immigrants nor using favoritism tactics to promote one group of people over the rest.
Steve Tataii:
I believe abortion should be allowed when mother's life is in danger, or in case of rape and incest only.
As we encounter a much rapid world population increase; we must create a universal law of nations; that each family be allowed to have only two kids, and use contraceptive methods to prevent more.
For this, and my answers to many other questions of concern please visit my website:
www.tataiiforcongress.com
Age:
60
Education:
Political Science degree from University of Hawaii.
BA in Mathematics from the University of Hawaii.
Linguist in 6 languages.
Heavy equipment engineer
Family:
Still Single, and no kids.
Experience:
Candidate for higher office since 1988, while have challenged election corruption in my state, representing myself in State, and U.S. Supreme courts, as well as U.S. Congress since 1988.