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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | John Wolfe Jr. |
| Address | 3815 Forrest Highlands Rd
Chattanooga, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
April 21, 1954
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| Died | September 04, 2023
(69 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Sep 20, 2023 10:09pm |
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| Info | John M. Wolfe Jr. was born on April 21, 1954. He attended the University of Tennessee and graduated in 1978 with a degree in Political Science. He then went on to attend the University of Memphis and graduated in 1982 with a law degree. Wolfe has been a self-employed attorney for 28 years, and specializes in civil cases. Wolfe has also made attempts to run for Congress in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010.
Decision to Run:
Wolfe decided to run for president when he realized Obama was his only option. His friends and family were not surprised about his decision to run for president, “they were well aware of [my] stance against the Obama Administration.”
Wolfe’s campaign has received some media coverage. He has done some campaigning in West Virginia and Missouri, and intends to campaign in New Hampshire soon. His goal is to get on the ballots for both Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Policies:
Wolfe’s policies are, in his own words, "very progressive." He would like to increase income taxes towards the wealthiest 1% of the country. He believes they should be paying 40-45% of taxes, and he would increase the capital gains tax to 20%. He is also against outsourcing. Wolfe believes that this country “has been in a continuing economic downwards spiral since the Eisenhower Administration,” and it is time to bring the jobs back to America, because the large corporations are the only ones benefitting from the current economy. Wolfe would also discontinue the bailouts that Bush and Obama have given to banks. He states that the banks are taking 45 percent more than they can afford to give back. Along with this goes the idea that there should be increased government regulation of businesses.
Wolfe would also like to decrease military spending. He believes that this is the area where the most money is spent unnecessarily. When it comes to this, Wolfe is greatly opposed to President Obama’s expanding warfare in Afghanistan and continued involvement in Iraq. He is against the sending in of “military contractors and mercenaries who do not abide by Iraqi law and work for their own agendas.” Wolfe wants to cut military spending and hold these contractors and mercenaries accountable by pulling them out of Iraq.
By cutting military spending, Wolfe hopes to redirect these funds to Medicare, Social Security, and education. He believes that these areas are the ones that need the most attention. “Individual people should not have to face austerity for the mistakes [made] on the corporate level.”
Expert Opinion:
John Hughes, a political science professor at Saint Michael’s College, is skeptical of Wolfe's overall campaign. “He is bound to remain a ‘minor’ candidate, campaigning for president costs a breath-taking bundle of money,” Hughes claims. “To mount a major challenge; you need to raise big donations from wealthy “fat cats” or corporate-affiliated PACs.” Hughes believes that if Wolfe wanted to run a well-funded campaign, he would have to accept donations from lobbyists and PACs, or else he would not have a chance at winning, in the long run.
However, Hughes believes that it would not just be corporate lobbyists that Wolfe would have a hard time winning over, referring to military lobbyists who are (more than likely) retired military generals. “They become lobbyists for defense contractors, who work hard to convince their old friends at the Pentagon and their allies in Congress that their chosen defense system is absolutely essential to our very survival.” Hughes explained that when Congress is faced with a bill that would cut defensive spending, they will most likely reject it for fear that it would create immense job loss in their districts. “Job loss is not good for incumbents, so they protect the contracts in their states or districts. We continue to buy military hardware meant to fight the Soviet Union—defunct now for over 20 years,” Hughes says.
The professor does, however, praise Wolfe for his stance on social security and Medicare, “These are politically popular programs except on the extreme right, where they are viewed as excessive government, if not communism. At least he will have the AARP on his side.”
Being that his campaign is just getting started, Wolfe still has some more time to address some of these discrepancies with his candidacy. His main focus, however, if he became president would be to uphold the mantra of the Democratic Party: Pursue Peace and Prosperity for all Americans!
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