Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Illinois 4th Congressional District in 2020 Illinois General Election.
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Get StartedWe will push for America First policies that will make the economy work for every man and woman on Main Street. Here is how we’re going to do it: Implement an immigration policy based on societal merit – not cheap labor for corporations. Adopt trade policies that discourage neo mercantilism – or the practice by foreign nations to cheat their own citizens in order to undersell into the US market. Propose a $1T stimulus package to rebuild US infrastructure. Provide federal assistance to reshore from China critical production of medical supplies, anti-biotics, pharmaceutical active ingredients, and rare earth materials. Provide a path to skilled professions in STEM, medicine, and law via apprenticeships. Reduce the cost of health care by rebalancing supply and demand mismatch. Eliminate the Corporate Income Tax - replace with tariffs on manufactured imports. The tax code perversely incentivizes corporations into short term strategies to reward shareholders with inflated share price rather than long term strategies to pay steady dividends from profits. Eliminate the Individual Income, Dividends, and Capital Gains Tax – replace with VATs. Learn more
hese should be the principal focus of 21st Century conservationists, and are central to our environmental proposals. Increased R&D funding for advanced nuclear fission & fusion technology. Reform patent law to incentivize long term private industrial R&D in energy technology. Exert diplomatic pressure on the EU to end the disastrous Palm Oil biofuel mandates to help preserve Indonesian rainforests and orangutan habitat. Exert diplomatic pressure on nations to terminate all harvesting dolphins and whales. Provide greater assistance to African nations struggling to contain illegal poaching – including the use of drone technology and AI to track offenders and alert local authorities. Protect global fisheries by expanding marine protected areas, and a ban on fishing with trawl nets in International waters. Explore alternative habitat options for endangered species in wealthy, politically stable nations. Learn more
We propose a policy of ‘Reciprocal Trade’ that encourages access to the variety of a global marketplace while balancing the trade deficit: 1. Suppress Unfree Trade, 2. Enhance US Competitiveness, 3. Normalize US Monetary Policy. Learn more
In order for Quality Health Care to be Affordable, the balance of Supply & Demand must be restored. Expand the Supply of health care professionals by ending regulatory bottlenecks & implementing innovative apprenticeship programs. Reduce the Demand for services by offering every American access to no frills insurance plans, streamlining prescription refills, adopting sufficient copay for doctor visits paid for by Medicare or Medicaid, and eliminating unnecessary distribution channels driven by regulation. Update the tax code to facilitate individual policies. Ensure that persons w/ pre-existing conditions can obtain coverage while economic balance is restored to the system. Learn more
Terminate all foreign work Visa programs not authorized by Congress. Terminate all visa programs structured as temporary to prevent labor arbitrage by employers. Deploy a mandatory E-verify system to ensure employers are hiring American. Adopt an immigration plan based on societal merit – not to supply corporations with cheap labor. Provide a path for high skilled immigration from ALL fields. These exceptional individuals will be awarded immediate permanent residency independent on employment status. Immigration for political refugees and foreign spouses of American citizens to remain unchanged. Learn more
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