Peter Konetchy will speak at Freedom 21 Meeting Oct. 15 in Midland

MIDLAND - Peter Konetchy, the man who will challenge Dave Camp in the 2014 Republican Primary, will speak to guests at the Freedom 21 Meeting in Midland on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Salvation Army in Midland, located at 330 Waldo Ave.
Konetchy, a Roscommon businessman, is running as a republican for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat in the 2012 election. Konetchy said his frustration with government left him no choice.
"I’m watching my country being destroyed in front of my eyes," said Konetchy. "I can no longer sit and wait for the ‘professional politicians’ to solve our problems. They just make them worse."
Konetchy has always felt that the federal government’s role is a limited role.
"My understanding of the U.S. Constitution reinforces that fact," he said.
He added that he believes the government was designed to establish us as a sovereign nation and to represent us in the world community.
"It has no authority to control the daily lives of the people," he said.
He also believes that many of the problems facing the country today are a direct result of the federal government overstepping its authority. Konetchy feels that federal "one-size-fits-all" programs produce many more unintended consequences than benefit.
"Economic development is critical to this nation’s survival," said Konetchy.
He added that government cannot produce jobs, but instead drain resources away from the private sector to support its own needs.
"I don’t think anyone can honestly think our government is not a bloated bureaucracy," he said.
Konetchy feels that the way to revitalize the U.S. economy.
"The federal government must be frugal with the taxpayer’s money," he said.
Energy Independence is high on Konetchy’s agenda.
"We have three times more oil reserves domestically in this country than all of the OPEC countries combined," Konetchy said. "It’s criminal that our federal government is prohibiting the domestic development of our own reserves. We should not only be energy independent, but we should be selling our oil to other industrialized nations and using the revenue to pay down our debt."
Konetchy’s focus will be to immediately balance the federal budget; eliminate deficit spending; and concentrate on eliminating wasteful, duplicative, and non-constitutionally authorized programs.
Konetchy and wife Zhanna have five children. He is a partner at Desktop Business Solutions which provides software to law firms throughout the nation. Konetchy filed his FEC papers in January and has been travelling the state introducing himself and explaining his positions.
For more on Peter, visit his website www.peterkonetchy .com or join him on Facebook.
To learn more about Freedom 21, go to https://sites.google.com/site/freedom21michigan.