Issue Position: Restore the American Dream

Issue Position

We need to restore the American Dream. Anyone who wants it and is willing to work hard should be able to achieve it. My family went from poverty to prosperity in one generation. For those who want to work for it, there needs to be opportunity to achieve the American Dream.

Today, however, our American Dream is endangered. In these turbulent times, Americans' economic anxieties are mounting. Career politicians and their special interest contributors have imperiled the American dream by imposing onerous and punitive tax policies; bloated federal spending; unnecessary and costly regulations; unfair trade agreements; and other ills upon our economy.

Despite the past three and half years of significant progress eliminating these ills-- our economy boomed and families' financial anxiety eased-- the destruction brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic sent Americans' economic anxieties rushing back.

Now, more than ever, we must free Americans' innovative capabilities in the core areas of ideation, capitalization, production, distribution, and consumption.
Now, more than ever, we must strive to build an innovation-driven economy that will revitalize economic liberty and restore prosperity for all Americans.
And now, more than ever, we must restore our American Dream.

I am the walking result of the American Dream. My father, John A. James was born in 1941 in Starksville, Mississippi, across the street from Mississippi State University where, as a black man, he wasn't allowed to attend. But my father refused to be a victim and went to Detroit for opportunity where he took one truck and a dream and grew it into a business that became the family business that thrived. My father chose to believe in the idea of America and American capitalism, even though he had ample reason not to. And that idea is that anyone can accomplish anything in a country that provides opportunity and freedom.

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