{"id":10671,"date":"2010-03-03T16:10:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T16:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/floridas-free-marketeer-lt-gov-jeff-kottkamp-neutral-in-crist-v-rubio-senate-primary\/"},"modified":"2010-03-03T16:10:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T16:10:41","slug":"floridas-free-marketeer-lt-gov-jeff-kottkamp-neutral-in-crist-v-rubio-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/floridas-free-marketeer-lt-gov-jeff-kottkamp-neutral-in-crist-v-rubio-senate-primary.php","title":{"rendered":"Florida&#8217;s free marketeer Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp neutral in Crist v. Rubio Senate primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Zm6JXvXXze4\/S4x6ygqFx8I\/AAAAAAAAKI8\/KJY3KdTlp40\/s1600-h\/JeffKottkamp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cdb69_JeffKottkamp.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>As a state legislator Jeff Kottkamp had warm relations with Florida's free market community, including the libertarian-oriented James Madison Institute, and various tax fighting groups on the Space Coast.  The Palm Beach Post even labeled Kottkamp a \"libertarian free marketeer.\" In 2004 he was tapped to be Charlie Crist's running mate on the Republican ticket.  <\/p><p>Now, a rather surprising move on his part.  <\/p><p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/newsmax.com\/Politics\/kottkamp-florida-obama-taxes\/2010\/02\/28\/id\/351178\">NewsMax<\/a>:<\/p><blockquote><p>He wouldn&rsquo;t indicate who he supports in the Republican primary for Senate between Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio.<\/p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re two very dynamic people. It will be a very fun race to watch,&rdquo; Kottkamp said. &ldquo;They both have strengths and weaknesses.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Kottkamp is currently seeking the Attorney General's office.  <\/p><p>In the same interview he reiterated his support for Constitionalist principles:<\/p><blockquote><p>\"[Obama] continues to look for government solutions when we all know &hellip; that private sector free mark solutions are what&rsquo;s going to work.\"<\/p><p>As for healthcare, Kottkamp agrees with current Attorney General Bill McCollum&rsquo;s plan to sue if the Democrats&rsquo; reform plan passes.<\/p><p>\"It&rsquo;s clearly a violation of the 10th amendment,\" Kottkamp said. \"If the federal government can force you to buy healthcare, they can force you to do anything.\"<\/p><\/blockquote><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cdb69_7828681836623105417-612209995470516064?l=libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a state legislator Jeff Kottkamp had warm relations with Florida's free market community, including the libertarian-oriented James Madison Institute, and various tax fighting groups on the Space Coast. The Palm Beach Post even labeled Kottkamp a \"libertarian free marketeer.\" &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/floridas-free-marketeer-lt-gov-jeff-kottkamp-neutral-in-crist-v-rubio-senate-primary.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarian"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}