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Engineer seeks role for his profession in Congress
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December 10, 2009

By LYNNE STIEFEL lstiefel@pioneerlocal.com

Paul Hamann is surely the only candidate to boast he's read the National Electrical Code, the nearly 1,000-page manual that sets the U. S. standard for safely installing electrical wiring and equipment.

"It basically took me about an hour a page because I meticulously went through and underlined and highlighted the important things," he said. "To me, the code is very similar to legislation. The code is written in a very general format. You basically write legislation that is in the format of generalizations."

Paul Hamann is one of six candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the 10th Congressional District Feb. 2.
Comparing the code to legislation is a logical correlation for Hamann, a licensed electrical engineer. He's one of six candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the 10th Congressional District Feb. 2.

To Hamann, Congress has too many lawyers and not enough problem solvers.

"The engineer basically looks at the limited resources that they have and comes up with the options," he said. "There is only one licensed engineer in Congress: Joe Barton of Texas, a Republican. I want to be the second one."

Hamann acknowledges it will be an uphill climb. He plans to tap his own fortune for funding up to the $350,000 federal self-financing limit, but intends to do no advertising or campaigning other than forum appearances and door-to-door campaigning.

"It's all about message," he said. "If a person doesn't have a message, they've got to spend the money.

"To me, it's either you want my message or you don't. It's not going to be because I'm going to send you 10 pieces of literature in the last week and you go, 'OK, I remember that name.'"

Hamann's ideas, admittedly not mainstream, are drawn from a 30-year career as an electrical engineering designer.

He retired in February after 17 years as Walgreens' energy efficiency director involved in drug store construction. But it was not always a pleasant experience.

"I saw where a lot of people twisted the numbers to make it so that we would do the project. I basically got fed up with it," he said. "I believe the honesty of the data is important. I fought for 17 years for honest data and I'll fight for the honest data in Washington."

He started trading commodities as a day trader in 1980, specializing in the metal markets.

"That differentiates me from a normal business owner," he said. "You have to look at worldwide forces."

Hamann believes he'll get votes from "people who want somebody to be a serious thinker, to analyze the issues."

47 % of households pay no Federal Taxes

In 2009, roughly 47 percent of the households, or 71,000,000 households will not owe any federal income tax, according to the Tax Policy Center.

If your not paying any Federal taxes then I can see why so many people want free health care.

Afghanistan and Iraq Wars

I believe that I am the only Republican candidate, in the 10th Congressional District, in Illinois, who is campaigning for the United States Congress, advocating the immediate departure, of the United States military, from Afghanistan and Iraq.

The possible benefits do not exceed the costs of continuing the current mission. Do not forget that 15 of the 19 hijackers, on September 11, 2009, were from Saudi Arabia. They could train anywhere in the world, including Libya or Somalia. In fact, the hijackers were actually trained in the United States. Afghanistan does not have any flight schools.

I do not want to spend another trillion dollars on the Afghanistan war and Iraq war. I will always support the 30,000 wounded veterans from the Afghanistan war and the Iraq war.

I am fiscally conservative and believe that the ending of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is an excellent start at reducing the growth of the 12 trillion dollar national debt.

Show your support for ending the wars!

If you would like to display a yard sign,

"HAMANN for U.S. CONGRESS"

then please call the Headquarters office at 847-234-3053

from 8am to 8pm.

10th Congressional District

HAMANN

for

U.S. CONGRESS

10^TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT in ILLINOIS

HISTORY:

· Licensed Electrical Engineer in Illinois

· Registered Energy Professional in Chicago

· Purdue Engineering Graduate, BSEE 1979

· Life Time Resident of Lake Forest, Illinois

· 30 Years of Electrical Engineering Design

· 30 Years of Experience in the Private Sector

· 30 Years of Futures Trading Experience

I BELIEVE:

· Cost Benefit Analysis is an important factor,

with limited resources, in legislative decisions

· National Science Foundation Funding is important,

for investing in the future of the United States

· Infrastructure Funding is important, for creating jobs

· we should work on Constructive Ideas and Not Destructive Ideas

· in working for Positive Long Term Results

· Actions Speak Louder than Words

· in Leading by Example

· Empowered People Make Good Decisions

· there is No Free Lunch - Public Funding for Campaigns

I AM:

· a Problem Solver.

· a Fiscally Conservative Republican.

· Honest, with Solid Business Judgment,

using Hard Numbers.

· an Environmentalist.

· a Thoughtful Leader and who is a Consensus Builder.

Paul Hamann for US Congress

PAUL HAMANN
for
U.S. CONGRESS

10 TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
in
ILLINOIS

LICENSED ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
in
ILLINOIS

GOAL TO BE SECOND LICENSED ENGINEER

IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS

REGISTERED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL
IN
CHICAGO

PURDUE ENGINEERING GRADUATE

LIFE TIME RESIDENT OF LAKE FOREST

30 YEARS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

PROBLEM SOLVER

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DECISIONS

HONESTY IS MY TOP PRIORITY

FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE

WITH SOLID BUSINESS JUDGEMENT

AN ENVIRONMENTALIST

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

FUNDING IS IMPORTANT

INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING IS IMPORTANT

WORK ON CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS

AND NOT DESTRUCTIVE IDEAS

CONSENSUS BUILDER

THOUGHTFUL

POSITIVE LONG TERM RESULTS

SET BY EXAMPLE

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

EMPOWERED PEOPLE

MAKE GOOD DECISIONS

THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH
PUBLIC FUNDING FOR CAMPAIGNS

Paul.Hamann.PE@gmail.com