Citizens United did not expand free speech, it concentrated political power in the hands of billionaires and corporations. Turning our elections into auctions, enabling legalized bribery to purchase political power.

Any politician unwilling to support a constitutional amendment that ends Citizens United and bans the ultra-wealthy from buying our elections has no business in Washington.

I will help lead the charge to end this grave perversion of the law; ending the dark money influence, imposing strict limits on Super PACs, and implementing more strict real-time reporting on all money spent to influence elections.

For decades, weakened anti-trust laws have allowed monopolies to swallow local businesses, hollowing out Main Street and leaving working families with fewer jobs, higher prices, and less control over their economic futures. That isn’t free enterprise, it’s a rigged system that concentrates power at the top.

Restoring real competition means enforcing anti-trust laws as they were intended: stopping dangerous mergers before they kill competition, breaking up corporations that abuse market power, and banning business practices that lock out small businesses, farmers, and workers. Competition must be measured by opportunity, not just prices.

A competitive economy is a middle-class economy. When power is spread instead of hoarded: wages rise, innovation returns, local businesses grow, and communities regain the freedom to shape their own prosperity.

A strong economy is built from the ground up, and I will focus federal policy on strengthening local industry and small businesses so jobs, wages, and opportunity stay rooted in our communities.

That means protecting access to affordable credit and capital funding, as well as ensuring small businesses have a fair shot at federal contracts without being buried by bureaucracy.

These practical steps increase competition, create durable local jobs, and helps the middle-class grow without picking winners or promising more than government can deliver.

Opportunity starts with skills and access, that is why I will support workforce development programs that align job training with the real needs of local employers utilizing our strong community college system and professional paid apprenticeship pathways.

A fair economy also requires basic worker protections, and I will defend the right to organize, ensure safe working conditions, and support wage standards that reward work without placing unnecessary burdens on small businesses.

By pairing practical training with enforceable worker rights, we can build a labor market where people can advance through hard work, employers can find qualified workers, and communities grow stronger together.

Social Security is a life-line to Americans and played a key role in creating the middle-class. It has been under attack by politicians for years. The battle ends here.

It is not a bargaining chip and I will oppose any effort to cut benefits or raise the retirement age.

Securing the future of Social Security requires lifting the payroll tax cap, so high earners contribute at the same rate as everyone else.

We must also modernize how large corporations contribute by basing Social Security taxes on total profits rather than per-employee formulas, ensuring the system reflects today’s economy and remains solvent for generations to come.