Hi. I'm a software engineer running for Congress in your district here on the Peninsula. I work at Yahoo in Sunnyvale, and I live in San Carlos with my wife and two daughters.

Why are you running for Congress?  I'm running so voters in our district can stand up for the intelligent alternative to discredited liberalism and obsolete conservatism. That alternative is Libertarianism, which is neither Left nor Right, but combines social tolerance with market-smart solutions in health care, retirement security, education and the environment.

You'll pay me $5?  I'm so confident in these Libertarian solutions that I challenge any voter in my district: if you read enough of my website to pass a short quiz on my positions, and you can still say you won't vote for me, then I'll mail you $5 cash.  (Payouts capped at $5000, and you must send a stamped self-addressed envelope.)

Why waste my vote? Rep. Eshoo has won her last four elections by a 2­-to-1 margin. She outspent this year's Republican opponent 10-to-1 when she crushed him in 1998, and this year is just a repeat. Don't waste your vote ratifying Eshoo's predetermined victory. Like the 98% of Congress that wins re-election, she buys your votes with debt and promises that today's children will have to pay for. They can't vote, but we can.

What do you stand for?  I'm a fiscal conservative and social liberal. I stand up against corporate welfare and selfish special interests. I'd vigorously protect the environment by legally recognizing its economic value. I'd put education dollars directly in the hands of parents and make schools compete to satisfy them, because education is too important to be a government monopoly.  To fully compare me and my Libertarian colleagues to our opponents, visit the League of Women Voters' smartvoter.org.

Brian Holtz
Libertarian candidate for Congress
CA-14 (Saratoga/Sunnyvale to Belmont, Scotts Valley to Half Moon Bay)
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