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* AIRPORT SECURITY:
“You deserve the right to privacy. You deserve the right to be
left alone.” Cobb said sweeping new security measures in place at
airports are too restrictive. However, Cobb said he supports arming
airline pilots as a way to deter terrorists. Cobb also supports
eliminating other laws that limit gun ownership.
* WAR ON IRAQ:
“I don’t see the imminent threat to the United States. Containment
is a policy that worked against the Soviet Union. It would work
against Iraq.” Cobb said he would oppose the use of military force
against Saddam Hussein’s regime.
EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION:
Cobb supports the Navy’s decision to auction off the El Toro
Marine base to the highest bidder. “That’s what the Navy should have
done in the first place. Now you have a major pitched political
battle.”
* ELIMINATING INCOME TAX:
“A huge element of government spying on people would disappear. We
have a huge open door for a police state if it wants to come and sit
on us.” Cobb said he opposed Social Security cards, because they
allow the federal government to track an employee’s earnings.
* LEGALIZING DRUGS:
Cobb said the government’s ban on narcotics and marijuana has
caused American society to “cheer on the police state.” He believes
drug abuse is a social problem that has been made worse by the many
crimes committed during the sale and use of them. Legalizing
marijuana and other drugs, Cobb said, would eliminate the killings
and robberies that go along with drug use.
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