Platform | Vote4vic

Vic Kaplan Supports:

civil liberties & constitutional rights

Vic will defend your natural rights to life, liberty, and property - the inalienable rights you are born with. The purpose of the State government is to protect these rights.
Vic supports the intervention of the State government to protect natural rights on a state and local level, including covenant communities, if a State/local government or a covenant community were to violate your natural rights.
Vic will defend your right to free speech under the 1st amendment, including your right to criticize any level of government, within or beyond our borders.
Vic supports ending all State discrimination based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
Vic opposes "loyalty oaths" to any foreign government on a state level. Vic actually opposes any "loyalty oath" to any government entity or official.
Vic will enforce the US Constitution on New Jersey soil by making the presence of ICE null and void (Article I, Section VIII of the US Constitution only mentions "naturalization" (citizenship) as a federal power). Due process rights for all people on New Jersey soil have to be protected.
Vic will nullify any future attacks against private companies that choose to hire workers that include such categories as race, gender, and sexual orientation.

criminal justice & law enforcement

Vic believes that no individual should be above the law and is a proponent of ending Qualified Immunity for State Police.
Vic is determined to eliminate racial profiling in law enforcement.
Vic will end no-knock searches, preventive detention, and asset freezing of the accused.
Vic will also end asset forfeiture, where private property is seized without due process.
Vic will issue pardons for anyone convicted at the state level of a nonviolent, victimless crime.
Vic believes that Jury Duty should be voluntary.
Vic supports Jury nullification - your right as a juror to vote your conscience if you believe the law is unjust.

taxation & fiscal policy

Vic's flagship aims to end the State Income Tax (in existence since 1976) within 4 years, joining 8 other states that do not currently have an Income Tax (to be replaced with user fees).
Vic offers opportunities to local governments to reduce property taxes, since tax dollars would not be going to school districts throughout the state, to spend the money locally, or both.
Vic will also move to end the State Sales Tax (in existence since 1966) within 4 years, joining 5 other states without a state sales tax.
Vic will eliminate all Corporate Welfare and tax credits for corporations.
Vic will require that all mandates include resources to adequately fund them.

healthcare

Vic will work tirelessly to make healthcare more affordable, with actions such as ending certificate of need (CON) laws that raise medical costs.
Vic believes in a woman's right to seek an abortion in New Jersey, but opposes use of taxpayers to fund the procedure.

education & family

Vic is an advocate for Parental Choice in applying for public schools across municipal lines, charter schools, private schools, and homeschooling.
Marriage licenses were used to ban interracial marriage. Vic believes marriage licenses should be replaced with basic contracts between consenting adults. The State should stay out of them making decisions regarding their personal lives.

housing & development

Vic wants to make housing more affordable by ending impact fees (taxes on new housing) and legalize all small & tiny homes, as well as RVs.
Vic supports the idea of using the abandoned residential and commercial buildings to provide housing for the homeless. Affordable housing will lead to less homelessness.
Vic supports overturning the Mount Laurel decision of the Supreme Court, so that more affordable housing in densely populated areas could be built and more commercial and recreational facilities could be built, as well.

environment

Vic will protect the environment by enforcing the "polluter pays principle" and property rights to control pollution.
Vic will include air and water into the legal system of property rights for the purposes of litigation against polluters.

agriculture & property rights

Vic stands with farmers, supporting their unencumbered right to grow, sell, and buy the products of their choice.
Vic will end the practice of transferring private property under eminent domain, without the consent of the owner.

labor & workers' rights

Vic wants to end government back-to-work orders for striking workers.
Vic supports the right of workers and employers to organize secondary boycotts.
Vic defends the right of workers to form cooperatives.

government reform

Vic will transfer control of the Wharton State Forest from the State to County governments.
Vic supports a long-term plan to transfer the State Pension System into protected retirement accounts.
Vic aims to turn the job of a Governor into a part-time job after accomplishing these goals.

2nd amendment/gun rights

Vic stands with your right to Self-Defense.

immigration

VIC'S STATEMENT ON FEDERAL POLICIES:

Opposition to higher tariffs:

Vic has always opposed higher tariffs, as they cause the prices on foreign and American goods to go up, causing pain for the American people, especially the Working Poor. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 made the Great Depression worse & led to the choking off of trade and the downturn of the stock market. Vic will never celebrate the destruction of individual savings and standard of living with higher inflation and the destruction of job growth in the private sector. Vic calls for renegotiating trade deals by the State government to alleviate the harm and cruelty to the people of New Jersey.

SUPPORT FOR THE SAFETY NET:

Vic has and always will oppose the destruction of the safety net of the people of New Jersey. When choosing between cutting Medicaid and offensive war spending, a decision has been made to cut Medicaid. Vic always speak out against this heartless behavior of public officials, who lack empathy for the people of New Jersey and the nation.

REJECTION OF GLOBAL OUTREACH:

Vic supports a non-interventionist foreign policy with a complete end to taxpayer-funded weapons sales to foreign governments, as well as stationing of over 160,000 US troops in over 178 countries, both of which fall outside of the powers of the federal government under Article I, Section VIII of the US Constitution. Under the same article, the warmaking powers fall within Congress - not the President - which has the power declare war but has not done so since 1950.

CRITICISM OF DOGE:

Vic believes the DOGE is nothing more than a scam to convince the people that "billions of tax dollars are being saved" (with regulators, investigators, competitors, and political opponents being targeted), while adding $4 trillion more to the national debt, while hurting the people of New Jersey with rising inflation and an economic downturn. Vic outright opposes this and other forms of crony capitalism.

REJECTION OF "TRICKLE-DOWN" ECONOMICS:

Vic does not support the flawed concept of "trickle-down economics" at any level of government. Cutting taxes just for the wealthiest people does not "trickle-down" to the Middle Class or the Working Poor. Central planning does not work, so the assumption on how the wealthiest Americans will spend their money is an uncorroborated exercise in wishful thinking. With less revenue coming in, these policies create holes in the budget, which are then "made up" with tax increases on the Middle Class, more debt (lower economic growth), and higher inflation, which especially hurts the Working Poor.

Vic opposes the collectivism of bigotry that comes from the targeting and scapegoating of undocumented migrants.
Vic also rejects all federal policies that are leading to a mess in the immigration system. Unlike 120 years ago, federal immigration restrictions make it nearly impossible to legally come to the US. 93% of the people arrested by ICE had no violent convictions, and 65% had no convictions. Let the local police deal with law enforcement, if anyone does commit violent or property crime. Let employers fund the travel and training of immigrant employees, with private groups offering financial assistance. Individuals who will pass the background checks in the State of New Jersey, have a right to come to New Jersey on their own or with their families to seek work.