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The libertarian Cato Institute slots Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal in the middle of the countrys governors in terms of holding down state spending and cutting taxes.

The group gave Deal a C grade on its fiscal scorecard, released Thursday. All of the A grades went to Republican governors. California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, received the lowest overall score.

Deal received the middling grade despite other reports showing Georgia has the lowest state taxes per capita in the country.

However, state spending has increased under Deal as Georgias economy has recovered and the governor and lawmakers were able to fill holes in the state budget. Deal is running for re-election touting a large increase in school spending this year, much of it designed to eliminate teacher furloughs and add school days that had been slashed during the recession.

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Robert Sarvis believes Middle Eastern countries should be handling the ISIS threat themselves, because they have more knowledge of the situation.

RICHMOND, Va. Libertarian senatorial candidate Robert Sarvis demands that President Barack Obama gets congressional approval before the U.S. expands its military involvement in Iraq and Syria. Sarvis, who is running against U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and his Republican challenger Ed Gillespie, wants the U.S. to play a smaller role in the region and asks Middle Eastern countries to deal with the terrorists threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) themselves.

The United States shouldnt get involved in a war without congressional authorization, Sarvis said. So the first thing that should happen is a congressional debate and vote.

Sarvis added that the military strikes so far have led to unintended consequences.

If you look at the beheadings that happened, and the beheadings are what galvanized American opinion to go get further involved. Those beheadings didnt happen until we started bombing them, and theyre a response to the fact that the United States was bombing them, he said.

Sarvis statement comes after recent U.S. airstrikes against ISIS. Both of his opponents are also asking for an authorization of military force by the U.S. Congress, but have indicated that they would be supporting military action. Sarvis, however, believes Middle Eastern countries should be handling the ISIS threat themselves, because they have more knowledge of the situation.

They have the incentive and the immediate danger from the threat, Sarvis said. So they should be the ones who are taking the lead and its not our role to make ourselves part of the bombing campaign.

Sarvis believes that U.S. public opinion was swayed by the recent beheadings of soldiers, an aid worker and two journalists. He said this is what caused more Americans to support further involvement. But Sarvis urged the U.S. to pay close attention to the consequences of entering another war in the Middle East.

They often get us embroiled far more deeply than we want to be, Sarvis said. It often just leads to blow back where were pushing more people into the arms of terrorists and people who hate America.

By Nicole Czaja, Brianna Graves, and John Hussar (Special to WTVR.com)

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Mike Fellows said hes running for the U.S. House for three reasons: to try to balance the federal budget, reduce the federal debt and protect Second Amendment gun rights.

The perennial Libertarian candidate from Missoula faces Democrat John Lewis and Republican Ryan Zinke in the Nov. 4 general election.

If you want smaller government, lower taxes and more liberty, were the only candidate in the race, Fellows said. Were the only fiscal conservative thats out there. Lewis is the liberal. Zinke has already said hes a moderate, and then youve got myself, whos a fiscal conservative.

Fellows, who said hes around 55, is self-employed in video preparations and odds and ends.

Hes coming off his best showing in a statewide race in 2012, polling 43 percent in a losing race against longtime Supreme Court Clerk Ed Smith, a Democrat. No Republican ran.

To balance the federal budget, Fellows called for elimination of the U.S. departments of education, commerce and energy.

He said the U.S. Education Department should just send its budget to the states, which would trigger innovation in education, halt its top-down, one-size-fits-all approach and eliminate the jobs of the federal agencys current employees.

It would be nice to scrap the tax code as well, but you and I know that is not going to happen, the Libertarian said. We need to reduce the rate of corporate and individual taxes.

As for the $17.7 trillion federal debt, Fellows said, We just have to control spending. Thats the only way were going to do it. We cant spend more than we take in.

Fellows said the country is slowly becoming more Libertarian, with candidates actually talking about reducing spending and getting our debts under control.

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