John Taylor

John Taylor earned a high school diploma from Weber High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Weber State University in 1997. His career experience includes working as an account executive. Taylor served in the U.S. Army from 1993 to 2004.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

John grew up in Ogden, Utah; oldest of 7. After serving a 2-year church mission in Spain, John went to Army Basic and Advanced Individual Training to be a combat medic and surgical technician. He served with the Utah 144th Combat Support Hospital. John went to Weber State University and earned a BA psychology. He also participated in ROTC and commissioned to be an Army Intelligence Officer. He was stationed on active duty at Ft Gordon, GA with the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade where he served as a Company Executive Officer, Battalion Maintenance Officer, and Headquarter Company Executive Officer. John deployed to Saudi Arabia in 1999 for Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTFSWA). He briefed the theater commander during flight operations and was the intel liaison to the French, British, and Saudi Arabia government officials. He also was the intel lead during combat search and rescue operations in Iraq. John joined the Utah Army Guard and was activated for the 2002 winter olympics and then later was deployed to Bosnia SFOR-12 rotation where he served as operations officer for 9 Human Intel teams. John left the military and finished an MBA in marketing. He worked in various industries and business ventures including National Federation for Independent Business, Novo Nordisk, and Myriad Genetics. John and his wife Carrie have been married for 31 years. They have 3 sons, 3 daughters and 2 grand daughters and have lived in Syracuse for 26 years.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Freedom is never free and we can never be complacent in our struggle to maintain our constitutional freedoms. I consider myself a constitutional conservative and want to empower the people in all aspects of legislation. Government must work for the will and needs of the people. Too often do we see politicians make decisions based on self interests. It's very bad at the federal level. Money and power corrupt people and citizens can discern it. Government needs to be open and transparent in all they do and citizens deserve the right to know and be included in the decision making process. I will run legislation - Truth in Private Public Partnerships - to require large scale projects like a Data Centers to hold public hearings.Government has a spending problem. Inflation and the cost of skyrocketing food, gas, housing, etc. can all be attributed to one core metric which is inflation. Inflation is triggered by run-away government spending. with 40 trillion dollars in debt, there are only really three ways to reverse course; extreme austerity which seems unlikely to happen. Defaulting on our debt which really isn't an option because the global economy would collapse, or the implement Quantitative Easing and print money which is what the clear game plan is. As government is issuing taxes, it will also printing money and devaluing your dollar. This is the silent theft and Americans are really starting to feel the pain. We have got to stop spend.Taxes and affordability are the greatest concern for American citizens. People cannot afford food, gas, housing, etc. The cost of living has skyrocketed and it's been a tremendous burden on citizens. Government must function like a business and cut wasteful spending and bloated programs. Americans and being taxed to death and government continues to ask for more money. A business, in periods of hardship, make the necessary adjustments to live within their means and survive because they are accountable to Shareholders. Government has an endless supply of money from the taxpayers so government never learns the skill set of cutting back. This must change. We must stop spending. We must find areas to scale back.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Voting laws need to be fair and executed flawlessly. We cannot have cheating in any degree. The Founding Fathers established our constitution via a representative government. We are a Republic. The fathers determined that the best and only way to transfer that power back to the people is via elections. They were very careful in how often we should hold elections, age requirements, citizenship requirements, etc. If we lose the integrity of our election process, we will head into civil war. we cannot compromise our election integrity. When one state cheats, all states and all citizens are injured. We have to get elections right.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

I'm really only had a handful of legislatures, mayors and citizens endorse my campaign. I do not cater to any special interests. I will not be bought with any amount of money. I only wish to do was is right is the eyes of our God. I will make decisions with integrity and with my best judgement. I will not pretend to have all the answers and will rely heavily of the feedback of the people. If I am to represent them, I must hear their concerns and learn from them.