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John Munter
John Munter is running for Congress in the DFL August 9 primary.
John is a graduate of Duluth East High School, UMD, and the University of Dubuque, Theological Seminary where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. He retired from Delta in Chisholm after 17 years with a union pension and lives on a hobby farm with his family in Warba.
Why is he running?
“I am really running against both party’s which I view as too extreme. Pete Stauber has voted against all infrastructure, baby formula, affordable insulin, and against unions in following only lockstep behind Kevin McCarthy and the Republican agenda which now wants to raise taxes on the bottom 60% of taxpayers and sunset Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Please see Rick Scott’s 11 Point Plan, points 5 and 6.
“I oppose Jen Schultz because she also is beholden to special interests. She also thinks copper nickel mining can be done ecologically. That is crazy. It can’t be. Copper, nickel, cobalt, and manganese can all be harvested off the Pacific Ocean floor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii. There are billions of tons of potato sized nodules that can be removed with robotic crab-like, sting-ray-like, or crawler machines.
“The American people think abortion should be legal in the first trimester but not in the last trimester. In fact, the FDA should legalize the abortion pill over the counter like in 100 other countries.
“Covid Vaccines have saved lives and serious illness but should not be given to children for whom there is no risk of death.
“Trans youth should be supported and affirmed but no chemical or surgical interventions should be legal for minors. There is a large de-transition community not being counted in the trans statistics. There are many confounding variables like youth experimentation and other psychological, social, and family issues involved so that the science is far behind the social movement.
“The next Congress member cannot do much, individually, about inflation or the price of gas being jacked up by Big Business interests and so should focus on the historical engine of middle-class wealth building which is housing—which will also bring down property tax valuations. No down payment mortgages can be obtained in our rural cities and towns such as in Grand Rapids with 11,000 people. Why can’t HUD do that for larger urban areas?
“I-35 in Duluth can be downsized by half to provide much more affordable housing by the Lake where folks can walk, bus, bike without need of a car.
“Modular homes should be promoted as Duluth is doing.
“Towns and cities should work together with agencies and non-profits to access Federal and State funding for affordable housing like the latest housing project in Grand Rapids which came together with funding from seven different agencies.
“I feel my platform is the adult and responsible platform.”
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