Zuhdi Jasser

Economy

Second, we need to bring manufacturing home, and prioritize getting American manufacturers out of China. We’ve lost almost 4 million jobs to China over the last 20 years, and three-quarters of those jobs are in manufacturing. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is an enemy to American interests and we need those jobs here at home. Learn more

First, I will support a 15% flat tax and a simplified tax code. Americans will get to keep and spend more of their money and we will limit the IRS. You don’t need 87,000 more agents when your tax return is on a postcard. Learn more

Finally, we need transparency around the sales of property to foreign interests. When an American has been waiting and saving three decades to buy a home, they shouldn’t be beat out by a foreign interest with cash because the paperwork is easier. I support incentives for property owners to sell to citizens and residents rather than foreign interests. Learn more

Third, it’s time to address our biggest spending areas and get smart. We’re spending over 300 billion a year on drug treatment and 200 million on obesity care. America is unhealthy, and we saw a boom in obesity, drug use, and mental health problems after the pandemic. As a physician, I want to work with the private sector to address the root causes, much as we did with tobacco and drunk driving. We need to stop subsidizing our ailments and start solving them. Learn more

Education

Finally, diversity of thought in our colleges and universities is long overdue. If you were to ask most universities whether they believe in diversity, they would talk about the percentages of racial, sexual, and gender minorities enrolled and on their faculty. But that’s identity diversity, not ideological diversity. The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down affirmative action affirmed that. America is a melting pot of diversity. We all come from elsewhere somewhere in our lineage and have the freedom to adhere to varying beliefs and identities. It’s the diversity of our viewpoints and our freedom to distinguish those that is the true hallmark of our greatness. We cannot allow that to be forever lost in our institutions of higher learning. Learn more

School Choice has become a necessary and welcome safety valve for families fed up with the system, and I wholeheartedly encourage and support the movement for education options. Parents know their children’s needs and are best equipped to decide where they go, assuming they have the freedom and resources to make that choice. Competition is healthy. School choice will provide competition and encourage reform of the public school system as parents vote with their feet and hold their local schools to a higher standard. Learn more

Foreign Policy

China and its threats must be our first priority. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is an enemy of the United States and they wish for our destruction. The open door policy with China was a profound miscalculation, pushed first by President Nixon and later by President Clinton. Our engagement with China has changed us more than it has changed them. Their role in globalization and its horrific corruption and lack of transparency exemplified at the World Health Organization (WHO) are a deep threat to our national sovereignty. We need to reclaim the moral authority of capitalism and sever our economic dependence and unequal trade relationship with the CCP. We need to stand clearly by our ally Taiwan and counter the information operations of the CCP against our citizenry and interests. Learn more

Finally, the best anti-nuclear program is the people of Iran. They want America’s maximum pressure campaign back. They want American strength to reign in the worst impulses of their leaders. We need to support the latest anti-Islamist revolution now led by Iran’s free-thinking women. It’s the best hope for an internal defeat of the mullocracy and thus an Iranian government that is an ally rather than an enemy. Learn more

We must put maximum pressure on Iran, restore economic sanctions, support Israel, keep the IRGC’s designation as a terror group, and push back on the economic opening of Tehran – a mistake that would be similar to the one we made in China. Learn more

Government Reform

Protecting the integrity of our elections must be a responsibility we take seriously, and one we hold our elected officials to account for. Demanding transparency is critical. While most election reforms are the responsibility of our state and local government, the Federal Government has tried its hand at interference and loosening the protections around voting (think the radical “For the People Act”). As your next representative in Congress, you can rest assured that I will oppose all radical attempts to weaken our election security. I will ensure to the best of my ability that the federal government does not interfere in the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of localities and states to govern their own elections. Learn more

Immigration

First and foremost, the border must be sealed. It’s the simple principle that people should knock on your door before they come in. As the son of immigrants who came here for asylum, I know that your identity and relationship with your country begins on a more equal footing when you knock first and follow the rules. Learn more

After we’ve sealed the border and beefed up vetting, then we can discuss what to do with those who are already here. In medical terms, we have to stop the bleeding before we can begin the operation. Learn more

Second, we must beef up our vetting process so we know who is coming here. We did this during the Cold War. The international threats we face today are equally if not more serious. I’ve testified before Congress on how rigorous the vetting process must be for immigrants of every background. It can’t be too much to ask that immigrants coming here first and foremost understand and embrace the national social contract of our founding principles and its Americanism. Learn more