John Christian Bambenek

Bambenek received his B.A. in Physics and Astronomy with a minor in Math from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and did graduate study at the University of Illinois in Law, Economics and Philosophy. As of 2012, he was studying for an M.A. in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Babmenek's professional experience includes being a small business owner and information security expert specializing in electronic fraud prevention and response. He has been a member of the Board of Springfield Infragard Members Alliance and a Policy Advisor with For the Good of Illinois and Vice-Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Illinois.[1]

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Bambenek stated that two of the main issues of his campaign are to "Reform the business climate of Illinois to attract jobs and new investment," and "Reform the budget to bring spending within sustainable levels and reduce the overall tax burden."[1]

Bambenek's campaign website listed the following issues:[6]

Business Climate

Excerpt: "We need a simplified corporate tax code that is free of tax giveaways and breaks for connected businesses. We need to simplify our regulatory systems and reduce duplication and remove obsolete rules. We need to dramatically reduce the number of professions that require licensure and supervision."

Budget and Tax Reform

Excerpt: "I will only vote for budgets that are balanced and fight to ensure that any surplus is used to pay down our past due bills and then pay down our massive and crippling debt. I will scour the budget, line-item by line-item to ensure your tax dollar is spent efficiency and remove any waste, fraud, abuse and duplicative spending I find."

Pension Reform

Excerpt: "Depending on how you calculate the numbers, Illinois’ unfunded pension liability is anywhere between $100 and $200 Billion dollars and the number only continues to grow. We can no longer afford to ignore the problem or kick the can down the road. Our children and grandchildren will be faced with crippling debt if we don’t take serious steps to curb this debt."

Government Reform

Excerpt: "We need to clean up government from those elements still left over from corrupt administrations and enact real reforms to ensure that the looting of the public treasury can never happen again. We need term limits for all elected and appointed officials to end career politicians ruling without any regard for the public. We need true transparency so the public can see how their money is spent."

Conservative Values

Excerpt: "Government is involved in too many things and is interfering in too many ways in our private lives. Government should be limited to only what must be done by government and then at the lowest level of government possible. I am pro-life, pro-gun rights and pro-family."

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