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Get StartedTariffs not only constrain trade but, as can be seen with the US soybean export market, often disrupt trading relationships that have taken years to develop. Learn more
No university should receive federally guaranteed student loans unless its students, without outside assistance, can fully repay student debt within 10 years using no more than 25% of an average graduate’s after-tax income. Learn more
Despite considerable spending on elementary and secondary education, (only Luxembourg, Norway, Austria and South Korea spend more), we rank 9th in reading, 13th in science and 28th in math among our other OECD countries. School choice through charter schools should continue to be implemented and techniques that have help states such as Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama improve should be implemented. Learn more
To take on China both economically and geopolitically, we cannot go it alone. China will succeed only if it manages to divide the West. The combined power of the US, Europe, Japan and Australia far exceeds the economic and military power of China both now and for the foreseeable future. We can preserve the Western way of life but only through unity against our common adversary. Learn more
Since coming to power in the late 1990s, Putin’s Russia has become increasingly a malignant force in the world culminating in the invasion of Ukraine and the bombing of civilians and the kidnapping and forced relocation of Ukrainian children. It is naïve to think that America will not be impacted should the Ukrainian conflict spread to Poland, the Baltics and beyond. The time is now to increase military assistance and tighten economic sanctions. Learn more
Since WWII, NATO has significantly enhanced the security of Europe and the world. Therefore, I strongly support our continued support and membership in NATO. Learn more
Changes in food consumption from ultra-processed food to real food will give rise to improved health and decreased healthcare costs in a matter of years and not decades thereby reducing the cost of Medicaid. While the impact of Medicare will take longer given the demographics of this group, improved metabolic health will also help reduce the cost of this program. Learn more
Our dietary recommendations and food packaging requirements need to be made by experts that have not been compromised as a result of funding from the food industry. Furthermore, no federal food or nutrition research grants should be awarded to any scientist who has received funding from the food industry in the prior 20 years. Learn more
I would favor the immediate repeal of Section 230. Such a repeal would not eliminate podcasts, online forums and the like; however, it would make them subject to the same rules that have applied to other media companies. I would favor an exception for peer-to-peer communication over a social media site where one could share information with up to a limited number of “friends”. Learn more
I would propose an “oligopoly tax” that would double corporate income tax rates for corporations with a market capitalization in excess of 500 billion that have achieved a market concentration in at least one area of 40% or more. Learn more
There is plenty of waste in the federal government, but hiring college graduates with little or no life experience is not the way to identify and eliminate significant governmental waste. A better approach would be to retain private sector consultants who would be paid a modest “success fee” – a percentage of any cost savings they are able to identify and obtain bi-partisan support to eliminate. A similar program could be enacted to reward federal employees who facilitate waste reduction. Learn more
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