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Fahad Akhtar
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Education | Rutgers University - BA, Economics Dartmouth College - MBA, Management |
Political party | Independent |
Opponent | >Matthew Amitrano (Libertarian) >Scott Fegler (Republican) >Frank Pallone (Democratic) >Herb Tarbous (Green) |
Awards | Chancellor's Leadership Award |
Website | https://www.fahadnj.com/ |
Fahad Akhtar is a notable figure known for his achievements and contributions in various fields and a publisher to his book Akhtar, Fahad (March 14, 2022). America's Future Wars: Russia, China, & Iran. Independently published. ISBN 979-8432890399.{{cite book}}
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Early Life and Education
[edit]Fahad Akhtar was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and raised in central New Jersey. He is the son of an elementary school teacher and small business owner. Fahad's childhood was centered around martial arts, sports, and getting in trouble. He attended Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus, where he excelled academically and became involved in various student activities.[2]
Career
[edit]Fahad Akhtar has experience in national security, financial services, government, and investment consulting. After graduating from college, he joined BlackRock, where he worked in client businesses, portfolio construction, and product development. He rose to become the firm's youngest group manager before leaving to pursue an MBA at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.[3]
While at Dartmouth, Fahad served as a career advisor and began managing his own private equity and venture investment firm. He later worked as a national security innovation fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense, where he spearheaded a China-related battlefield hardware initiative.[1]
Fahad then became a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he defended the nation's critical infrastructure against intelligence and espionage threats from the People's Republic of China.[4]
Political Career and Platform
[edit]Fahad Akhtar is running for United States Congress in the Sixth District of New Jersey as a Common Sense Independent.[5]
He believes that lawmakers have left the intelligence community at a severe disadvantage against sophisticated adversaries, and he is committed to making a change:
Civil Liberties
- Freedom of Speech: Absolute right, with exceptions for speech that poses an immediate physical danger to others.
- Freedom of Religion: One of the nation's building blocks, with no preference for a single religion and no taxation of religious organizations.
Social Issues
- Homelessness: Allow homeless Americans to obtain low-cost, long-term leases of federal land to establish permanent homes.
- Gender Dysphoria: Address with common sense and historical context, without promoting it as a badge of honor.
- Family: Implement policies that promote and strengthen the nuclear family, with "old fashioned" values that have supported human societies for millennia.
Economic Issues
- International Trade: Prioritize American interests, preventing foreign powers from gaining a backdoor to critical infrastructure or destroying citizens' livelihoods.
- Taxes: Minimize taxes and federal government spending to promote liberty.
- Inflation: Reverse the trend of ceaseless price rises by ending endless deficit spending.
- Healthcare: Ensure every American has access to free preventative, maternity, and emergency healthcare.
- Student Loans: Forgive federal student loan debt to end modern debt peonage.
National Security
- Foreign Military Aid: Refrain from entangling ourselves in fights beyond our borders unless necessary to achieve narrowly defined interests.
- Defense Spending: Curtail defense spending to more sustainable levels.
- Law Enforcement Officers: Improve leadership, training, and respect for law enforcement officers.
Environmental Issues
- Climate Change: Address through strengthening domestic renewables production, changing our culture of wasteful consumption, and incentivizing innovation to increase the efficiency of conventional technologies.
Government Reform
- Corporations: Ban corporate money in politics, recognizing that corporations are not people.
- Private Prisons: Outlaw private prisons.
- Foreign Money in American Politics: Ban foreign money in politics, treating politicians who do the bidding of foreign nations as agents of a foreign power.
Personal Life
[edit]Fahad is a practicing Muslim and father of two. He is an avid outdoorsman and has visited nearly every National Park in the country with his wife. He is also a skilled martial artist and athlete, able to shoot a perfect bullseye, run a sub-6 minute mile, and benchpress and squat more than all of the other candidates combined.
Quotes
[edit]- "By refusing to participate in politics, you end up governed by your inferiors." - A wise man, quoted by Fahad Akhtar.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fahad for Congress". www.fahadnj.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "About Fahad". www.fahadnj.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "About Fahad". www.fahadnj.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "About Fahad". www.fahadnj.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Sixth District". www.fahadnj.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Fahad for Congress". www.fahad4congress.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.