Voter Guide: Barry Hinckley Profile (U.S. Senate)
Monday, November 05, 2012
Voter Guide: Barry Hinckley Profile (U.S. Senate)
Birth date : 4/18/66
Education : BA, History, University of Colorado
Quick bio : Businessman and father, Barry Hinckley grew up in a manufacturing family and watched first hand as big government politicians slowly strangled his family’s manufacturing business with taxes and regulations here in New England and America. In 1999, Hinckley co-founded Bullhorn, a software company that today employs over 175 people. A career job creator, Hinckley was named one of Boston’s 40 under 40 Businessmen, and in 2009, a finalist in Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year. Frustrated by the decline of Rhode Island and dwindling prospects for his children, Hinckley decided to run for U.S. Senate to help put an “Open for Business” sign back on Rhode Island.
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How can you create jobs in Rhode Island?
The government can only do two things when it comes to creating jobs: put hurdles in the way of job creators or take them away…I plan on taking them away. Politicians don’t create jobs, businesswomen, businessmen, and families do. I have personally signed over 15,000 paychecks, I know what goes into one, my opponent, Sheldon Whitehouse, only know what comes out of one and there is a very big difference. Sheldon Whitehouse, stands for the three things job creators fear the most, more taxes, more regulations, and more lawsuits. Nationally, I can fight for a new business friendly tax code and locally I can influence the debate on Smith Hill so Rhode Island begins to adopt a business friendly stance.
Social Security/Medicare :
These two very important programs are being run into insolvency by career politicians. We need new leaders, who are not bought and paid for by special interests, to introduce and adopt real plans, like the bi-partisan Simpson-Bowles plan to save these valuable programs.
Affordable Care Act :
Repeal and replace with meaningful market based reforms that tackle the important issues, one by one, rather than the 2,700 page behemoth known as Obamacare. This massive new entitlement program is unaffordable at a time when our government is already headed toward insolvency. But we must also keep what is good in the bill including: covering those with preexisting conditions, allowing young adults to stay on their parents health plan, and closing the doughnut hole.
Abortion :
Pro-choice
Education :
I will fight for an $11,000 per pupil, per year, Pell Grant, based on existing Federal, State and municipal funding formulas so parents can choose to send their children to any school, public or private. I believe parents know what education is best for their children, not career politicians.
Same Sex Marriage :
Support Marriage equality.
Afghanistan :
Leave ASAP.
Energy & the Environment :
All of the above strategy to make America energy independent in 7 years or less.
Illegal Immigration :
We need comprehensive immigration reform. We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws. First, we must secure our borders. Second, we need a national e-verify so employers do not take advantage of the illegal community. Third, we must be sensitive to those who were brought here when they were children and have a goal of making those undocumented children productive U.S. citizens.
DREAM Act :
Support the goal to make undocumented children productive members of society.
Do you support right-to-work ?
Yes.
Quick Hitters
What is the single most important issue you want to tackle in 2013 ?
A new tax code…fairer, simpler, flatter. More pro-family and pro-business. This will jump-start the economy.
Who is your favorite member of the opposite party ?
JFK
In one paragraph, why should voters support you ?
Because I can relate to the average Rhode Islander. Senator Whitehouse is an out of touch, career politician who has never walked a day in the average Rhode Islanders shoes. He’s never had to worry about paying his mortgage, putting food on the table, filling his gas tank, or making pay roll. I have… and I understand the struggles Rhode Islanders are going through. Since we sent Sheldon Whitehouse to Washington, our unemployment has doubled, our gas has doubled, the debt has doubled, and food prices are through the roof. Now he’s asking to go back to Washington for 36 years. If you were in the private sector, you would be fired. Meanwhile, our number one export is our children. I will go to Washington to make Rhode Island the most attractive state to do business, help get the 60,000 Rhode Islanders back to work, fight for Pell Grants, fight for affordable college tuition, fight for seniors who are having the Social Security raided by career politicians, and put the $716 billion back into Medicare that Sheldon Whitehouse cut. I will work across the aisle to find bipartisan, common sense solutions to get Rhode Island and America back to work. It’s not about the party, it’s about the person…no one party has a monopoly on good ideas. At the end of the day, I am running for my kids, so they will have an opportunity to stay in Rhode Island. I believe any parent would prefer a car ride, over a plane trip, when they want to see their children on Thanksgiving.
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