Candidate statement of John Cox

The past 20 years have seen only Bushes and Clintons as President. During that span, our government has added trillions of debt, failed to reform a broken tax system, failed to fix Social Security and Medicare, failed to deal with illegal immigration, watched health care costs explode, done nothing for education but spend money with few results. We have turned over control of government to the corrupt who make money from public service while selling out our principles and piling more debt on our children.

If you are tired of these failures, I suggest you support my candidacy for President. I am a successful businessman who built a $100 million business in Chicago, Illinois. I have been a political activist and civic leader for over 25 years. I am not a career politician but someone who addresses problems and produces results, something sorely lacking in today's political culture.

I am a CPA who will replace the IRS with a consumption tax; I will arrest employers who employ illegal aliens; I will introduce competition and increased supply into health care and education to increase quality and reduce costs. I will win the war in Iraq by getting the Iraqis to pump their oil and pay for their own protection. The U.S. should work to spread prosperity and opportunity; not at the point of a gun but with our leadership and integrity. Let's end government for sale, corruption and waste - we can do this by working together.

Respectfully submitted,

John Cox