State spending and taxes:

Jeff Daiell will work with the Legislature to reduce State spending by putting teeth into the Texas Sunset Act. He favors having all State agencies reviewed every six years instead of the current 12, and requiring a 2/3 vote of each House of the Legislature for an agency to be renewed. Click "read more" for an explanation.

This change in the Sunset Act will allow the transfer to the private sector of well-meant programs that have not proven themselves and the elimination of those, such as the Railroad Commission, designed to favor special interests. Pruning State agencies that don't work well will enable us to lower State taxes while still ensuring that the basic needs of all Texans are met, thus giving the Texas economy -- and your personal economy -- a healthy boost. To alter an old saying, bureaucracy is not healthy for children and other living things.

Crime:

We need to make two major changes in crimefighting: it needs to be locally-centered, because our city and county officials know local situations better than State officials do; and it needs to be focused against crimes of violence and theft. Switching back and forth between Democrats and Republicans has moved us further away from both. Because we are Texans, let's switch instead to a candidate who will take the steps we need to make Texans safe, in their homes, in their streets, and in their schools.

Jeff Daiell will consistently support a Texan's Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and our right to self-defense. He will work with legislators to protect our rights against the actions of local governments.

Education:

No amount of tinkering with political control of education will significantly improve it.

Electing Jeff Daiell as our governor, and electing Libertarian nominees for the Legislature, is the only way to do what has to be done: put the welfare of our children ahead of the self-serving agendas of the educational bureaucracy by taking the politics out of education and taking education out of politics.

This will be resisted every step of the way by the educational bureaucracy, and will not happen immediately. Some changes will require voter approval. But because we are Texans, we must take steps to save our children from a failing public educational system.

Civil liberties:

Texans fought a Revolution to protect our precious freedoms. Because we are Texans, let's not surrender to the politicians what we would not concede to Santa Anna. Jeff Daiell will work to expand our Freedom to choose among peaceful, honest activities and ways of life.

Although State judgeships in Texas are elective, vacancies are frequent. As your Governor, Jeff Daiell will fill such vacancies with judges who will respect due process, including the rights of jurors.

Texas and Immigration:

Foreign nationals entering Texas in accordance with Federal policy to live honest and peaceful lives should be welcomed. The incentives for those who would move here for other purposes should be eliminated (e.g., by privatizing health and welfare services and education).

Foreign nationals with convictions for violence, theft, or fraud who enter Texas in violation of Federal policy should be detained and transferred to Federal authorities.