Dan Belforti for Congress

Belforti In The News: The Wire and Boston Globe

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third voice, different choice
Dan Belforti, founder and owner of Belforti Investments in Portsmouth, is running for Congress to expand the political discourse. As a candidate for the Libertarian Party, Belforti hopes to provide voters with a third option in November.

“I’m clearly not a politician,” he says. “I don’t tell people what they want to hear. I’m trying to change the whole paradigm somewhat. What we political activists are trying to do is get the word out about our research. It’s about science, reason, understanding human nature and building a system around it that benefits all of us.”

Libertarians believe that government works best when it works least. As a candidate for Congress, Belforti’s platform includes a reduction in taxes; reforming national education by giving parents more freedom in choosing where their children will go to school, using a system of vouchers or tax credits to make private school options more affordable; an end to the “war on drugs,” including pardons to nonviolent drug offenders; and a reduction in government regulation of health care, increasing competition and leading to increased quality and reduced costs. Detailed positions are also outlined on numerous other issues at http://belforti.org/issues.php

“Our guiding principle is respect for the individual,” Belforti says of the Libertarian Party. “All of our positions are based on that.”

It is difficult to run as a third party candidate; Belforti must submit to the Secretary of State a petition of 1,500 signatures supporting his candidacy by Aug. 7 in order for his name to appear on the ballot.

“In a way, you can’t blame the Democrats and Republicans for closing out third parties; it’s in their best interest,” Belforti says. “They have made it so difficult for third parties to get involved in the debate. Consequently, the scope of the debate has been narrowed. The first step is to get third parties involved as much as we can so that politicians can’t just take the safe road. A two-party system is not working, obviously. We should have a proportional representation in Congress of minority parties, because we’re really the only ones standing up for principles.”

Belforti sees his candidacy as an extension if his political activism, which includes hosting a weekly radio show, Left, Right and Correct (http://www.leftrightandcorrect.com) on WSCA (Belforti has suspended his broadcasts for the duration of his candidacy to avoid a possible conflict of interest). He is realistic about his chances at election.

“It’s just another avenue for us (the Libertarian Party) to get the word out, more than necessarily positioning it to win,” he says of his candidacy. More info and detailed positions at http://www.belforti.org

The entire article can be read at The Wire Online (wirenh.com)….

In Tuesday’s Boston Globe, the Associated Press published these answers on Homeland Security from all 1st district candidates on Tuesday.

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