Interior Alaska Voter Guides: Questions for Candidates 1

*What I have done in the past with this guide is not compensated and takes dozens of hours of research and interviews. While some time is spent transcribing much of my time is spent constantly trying to contact candidates to get answers to self-designed surveys with questions not typically asked. I did not have time to put that effort in this year so I apologize to any who were expecting that.

I was pleasantly surprised to discover people remembering this site even though I have not advertised it this year and all previous advertising was very limited.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Questions for Candidates 1

1. Can lawmakers enact legislation for any purpose “in the public interest,” or are they limited to those functions for which they’ve been delegated specific powers?

Can you name some areas where government could probably do some good, but where it has no delegated power to act?
If you can’t name any such areas, is it still accurate to say Americans have a “government of limited powers?” Does this matter?

Taken from: http://www.thesocialleader.com/2010/10/questions-political-candidates/