Key Issues facing our nation

Throughout our history, America has welcomed migrants from all nations to its shores,

and Americans have welcomed migrants for their unique contributions to our society and their

cultural diversity. However, our immigration system is broken. We can no longer ensure

Americans are safe, and the lack of Federal enforcement has only made the situation in the

border states worse. Our laws must be enforced, and our border must be made secure.

The Covid-19 pandemic crushed the American economy when it was at its strongest.

Nationally, we had the lowest unemployment rate since 1969, including the lowest rate of

African American and Hispanic unemployment ever recorded. That all ended when forced

lockdowns led to layoffs and the closures of small businesses. The government had a

responsibility to assist Americans that were most affected by these lockdowns and layoffs but

instead chose to provide a safety net to big businesses so they could keep their doors open rather

than helping Americans keep their families fed and roofs over their heads. This did little but

provide short-term relief while increasing our federal deficit. Currently, our debt is greater than

our GDP, and if current policies remain in effect our debt will be double our GDP by 2050. We

must end deficit spending, reduce our national debt, and return to fiscally conservative policies if

we want our country to remain economically viable.

Critical Race Theory is by nature Marxist and discriminatory. Our nation has long

struggled with racial equality, and the struggle to end discriminatory practices and racist

legislation has been a difficult one, but the fight for true equality is not aided by advocates for

CRT who believe discrimination against white Americans in favor of policies that benefit

minorities. Discrimination in the name of equity against any American is not anti-racist, it is the very definition of racism and is outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While it is important

to learn from our nation’s past, we cannot build positive race relations through any

discriminatory practices in any form, at the local, state, or federal level.

Congress has, for too long, acted as a national legislature, exceeding its Constitutionally

defined powers to encroach on the powers reserved to the states and to the people. Examples

include voting laws, health care, and education. The balance of power has tipped so far in favor

of the federal government the various departments created by Congress allow the federal

government to dictate the curriculum we teach our children, determine a federal minimum wage

without regard for the differing cost of living standards, and limits the use of public lands within

state borders. Uncontrolled federal oversight is oppressive, inefficient, expensive, and can

become tyrannical. The federal government must move to return to its Constitutionally mandated

scope and return the balance of power to its original intent: a federalist system where states

partner with Washington D.C. to govern, not subjects to the federal government.