The middle-class and small businesses shoulder our tax burden. That’s not right.
We can cut middle-class and small business tax rates, without increasing the deficit, by cutting wasteful spending and closing loopholes used by multi-nationals to avoid paying taxes.
As a mechanic, I believe this is a critically important issue. The right to repair is a basic freedom that has been whittled away.
Without a right to repair their own equipment, farmers and ranchers are effectively locked into costly lifetime contracts with manufacturers. Industry MOUs (like the John Deere agreement) fall far short of true right-to-repair.
The same is true of personal electronics. Multi-nationals have shut independent repair shops and consumers completely out of the repair market. This forces consumers to hugely overpay for repairs or to junk perfectly fixable electronics.
Finally: we can’t allow the independent auto shop to go extinct. “Proprietary” electronics in vehicles make repairs impossible for drivers and independent shops, driving up repair prices. The federal Department of Transportation has shut down state-level Right to Repair. Congress must act.
Right to Repair is a bipartisan issue with the support of 84% of Americans. Sadly, opposition from those cashing industry campaign checks has kept us from moving forward. As an independent, I can bring together a bipartisan coalition for Right to Repair.
As of October 10, 2023, more than 300,000 VA claims have been backlogged for more than 125 days. Our politicians claim to support veterans; clearly, it’s little more than lip service. I’ll fully fund the VA to clear out this backlog and ensure claims are processed in a timely manner.
I will also support comprehensive job placement and job training for veterans. Those who serve our country should not be left behind when they return home.
Sometimes it seems the military overpays for everything – except soldiers.
As a veteran of the Navy and the Nebraska National Guard, I saw firsthand the bureaucratic waste created by senior management and defense contractors. Contractors spend more than a hundred million dollars annually lobbying Washington; it’s no surprise that hundreds of billions of dollars are siphoned out of our military on overpays.
From forty dollar hammers that cost ten bucks at the hardware store, to $10,000 switches that cost a couple hundred dollars to manufacture, price gouging is draining our military of the resources to defend this country.
Meanwhile, military families struggle to put food on the table. We must pay servicemen and women a competitive wage. Military families are on food stamps, and we wonder why there’s a recruitment crisis.
The family farm underpins our economy, our national security, and our way of life.
That way of life is under threat. With inflation, with blunders in trade policy, with consolidation at every level of the industry, farmers face a “perfect storm”; and our federal government, instead of ensuring a level playing field, too often subsidizes and underwrites multi-national firms at the expense of family farmers.
We must:
Legal immigration helped build this country and is critical to Nebraska’s economy. Illegal immigration creates a pool of cheap labor with no rights and is detrimental to every American worker.
As a Senator, I won’t just talk about securing the border: as an independent, I’ll be uniquely positioned to bring together a majority to get it done.
Strong and well-funded public schools are the backbone of the American education system. Our schools are our pride. Those seeking to drive an ideological agenda through the schools are trying to divide us, through the institution that brings us together.
I support:
I strongly disagree with Senator Fischer’s deciding vote to confirm Betsy DeVos, and her support for voucher systems. Although sometimes well-intended, voucher systems weaken public schools and punish rural areas that lack private options.
There is no reason for the federal government to ban medical cannabis. We waste tens of millions of dollars enforcing the prohibition of a plant with medicinal properties. This benefits nobody but the pharmaceutical companies who would prefer one less competitor in the market for pain relief.
Our policy of cannabis prohibition has turned families and seniors seeking pain relief into criminals. It’s time to remove cannabis from Schedule I and stop wasting taxpayer dollars on putting people in prison for cannabis crimes.
Taxpayers have sent Moderna $10 billion in COVID subsidies. The CEO of Moderna made $398 million in 2022. Moderna just more than quadrupled the price of the COVID vaccine.
This is madness.
Stop handing huge subsidies to super-profitable pharmaceutical companies. In the heat of the pandemic, Congress handed over tens of billions of dollars to Big Pharma. Some of this turned into the vaccine. Much of it turned into CEO pay. As Senator, I will never support handing huge pharmaceuticals a blank check.
Overtime places serious burdens on workers and families. Adding insult to injury, workers receiving overtime pay find themselves bumped into a higher tax bracket. These workers are making significant sacrifices in their personal lives that are not fairly reflected by their tax treatment.
Overtime wages should not bump a taxpayer into a higher bracket. Additionally, for the purposes of calculating eligibility for any income-related benefits, overtime wages should not be included.
Americans are working longer hours than ever, at higher productivity than ever. But wages are stagnant, and the secure middle-class one-earner household is becoming a thing of the past.
As a Senator, I’ll support:
Blocked crossings, derailments, toxic chemicals spilling into our air and our waterways: Americans everywhere are seeing the impact of decades of cost-cutting and corner-cutting in the rail industry.
We must:
I oppose efforts to legislate how private citizens should conduct themselves. While I respect the deep moral convictions of my fellow Nebraskans, I oppose attempts to use government to enforce those convictions upon others.
It’s simple: two terms in the Senate, six terms in the House. The Founders never intended for the government to be dominated by career politicians.
Passing term limits requires a constitutional amendment. The threshold for passing such an amendment is high, but with 80% public support, there is truly no excuse.
The middle-class and small businesses shoulder our tax burden. That’s not right.
We can cut middle-class and small business tax rates, without increasing the deficit, by cutting wasteful spending and closing loopholes used by multi-nationals to avoid paying taxes.
As a mechanic, I believe this is a critically important issue. The right to repair is a basic freedom that has been whittled away.
Without a right to repair their own equipment, farmers and ranchers are effectively locked into costly lifetime contracts with manufacturers. Industry MOUs (like the John Deere agreement) fall far short of true right-to-repair.
The same is true of personal electronics. Multi-nationals have shut independent repair shops and consumers completely out of the repair market. This forces consumers to hugely overpay for repairs or to junk perfectly fixable electronics.
Finally: we can’t allow the independent auto shop to go extinct. “Proprietary” electronics in vehicles make repairs impossible for drivers and independent shops, driving up repair prices. The federal Department of Transportation has shut down state-level Right to Repair. Congress must act.
Right to Repair is a bipartisan issue with the support of 84% of Americans. Sadly, opposition from those cashing industry campaign checks has kept us from moving forward. As an independent, I can bring together a bipartisan coalition for Right to Repair.
As of October 10, 2023, more than 300,000 VA claims have been backlogged for more than 125 days. Our politicians claim to support veterans; clearly, it’s little more than lip service. I’ll fully fund the VA to clear out this backlog and ensure claims are processed in a timely manner.
I will also support comprehensive job placement and job training for veterans. Those who serve our country should not be left behind when they return home.
Sometimes it seems the military overpays for everything – except soldiers.
As a veteran of the Navy and the Nebraska National Guard, I saw firsthand the bureaucratic waste created by senior management and defense contractors. Contractors spend more than a hundred million dollars annually lobbying Washington; it’s no surprise that hundreds of billions of dollars are siphoned out of our military on overpays.
From forty dollar hammers that cost ten bucks at the hardware store, to $10,000 switches that cost a couple hundred dollars to manufacture, price gouging is draining our military of the resources to defend this country.
Meanwhile, military families struggle to put food on the table. We must pay servicemen and women a competitive wage. Military families are on food stamps, and we wonder why there’s a recruitment crisis.
The family farm underpins our economy, our national security, and our way of life.
That way of life is under threat. With inflation, with blunders in trade policy, with consolidation at every level of the industry, farmers face a “perfect storm”; and our federal government, instead of ensuring a level playing field, too often subsidizes and underwrites multi-national firms at the expense of family farmers.
We must:
Legal immigration helped build this country and is critical to Nebraska’s economy. Illegal immigration creates a pool of cheap labor with no rights and is detrimental to every American worker.
As a Senator, I won’t just talk about securing the border: as an independent, I’ll be uniquely positioned to bring together a majority to get it done.
Strong and well-funded public schools are the backbone of the American education system. Our schools are our pride. Those seeking to drive an ideological agenda through the schools are trying to divide us, through the institution that brings us together.
I support:
I strongly disagree with Senator Fischer’s deciding vote to confirm Betsy DeVos, and her support for voucher systems. Although sometimes well-intended, voucher systems weaken public schools and punish rural areas that lack private options.
There is no reason for the federal government to ban medical cannabis. We waste tens of millions of dollars enforcing the prohibition of a plant with medicinal properties. This benefits nobody but the pharmaceutical companies who would prefer one less competitor in the market for pain relief.
Our policy of cannabis prohibition has turned families and seniors seeking pain relief into criminals. It’s time to remove cannabis from Schedule I and stop wasting taxpayer dollars on putting people in prison for cannabis crimes.
Taxpayers have sent Moderna $10 billion in COVID subsidies. The CEO of Moderna made $398 million in 2022. Moderna just more than quadrupled the price of the COVID vaccine.
This is madness.
Stop handing huge subsidies to super-profitable pharmaceutical companies. In the heat of the pandemic, Congress handed over tens of billions of dollars to Big Pharma. Some of this turned into the vaccine. Much of it turned into CEO pay. As Senator, I will never support handing huge pharmaceuticals a blank check.
Overtime places serious burdens on workers and families. Adding insult to injury, workers receiving overtime pay find themselves bumped into a higher tax bracket. These workers are making significant sacrifices in their personal lives that are not fairly reflected by their tax treatment.
Overtime wages should not bump a taxpayer into a higher bracket. Additionally, for the purposes of calculating eligibility for any income-related benefits, overtime wages should not be included.
Americans are working longer hours than ever, at higher productivity than ever. But wages are stagnant, and the secure middle-class one-earner household is becoming a thing of the past.
As a Senator, I’ll support:
Blocked crossings, derailments, toxic chemicals spilling into our air and our waterways: Americans everywhere are seeing the impact of decades of cost-cutting and corner-cutting in the rail industry.
We must:
I oppose efforts to legislate how private citizens should conduct themselves. While I respect the deep moral convictions of my fellow Nebraskans, I oppose attempts to use government to enforce those convictions upon others.
It’s simple: two terms in the Senate, six terms in the House. The Founders never intended for the government to be dominated by career politicians.
Passing term limits requires a constitutional amendment. The threshold for passing such an amendment is high, but with 80% public support, there is truly no excuse.