The United States was conceived in liberty and, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, dedicated to the extraordinary proposition that Almighty God has created all men and women equal. He has endowed each of us with rights that no government can take away.
Unfortunately, Congress no longer concerns itself with the principles upon which America was founded. A long decay in leadership has culminated in a big government that exists to feed its own lust for power and control at the expense of the very people it was intended to serve and protect.
Flowery rhetoric failed to bring about change we could believe in. Big government “solutions” have had no more success in restoring the integrity of our economy than a coat of whitewash would have in restoring the integrity of a rotting piece of wood.
Thomas Jefferson wrote that government was to be the servant of the people, not their master. Our founders built for us a nation based on individual initiative and unlimited opportunity.
I believe in the America Jefferson envisioned and Lincoln fought to sustain. I believe, as Ronald Reagan famously insisted, that our nation’s best days lie ahead. I am running for Congress to ensure that the future my children will inherit is one filled with opportunity. But it will take all of us, working together, creating and applying real solutions to our nation’s troubles.
“Together, with God’s help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us. And, after all, why shouldn’t we believe that? We are Americans.”
Ronald Reagan said that in his first inaugural address, and I believe it is still true today.
