Tom Schmitz

“The best way to deliver healthcare services to the most people in the most efficient way possible is through the power of the free market. Unfortunately, we have nothing resembling a free market healthcare system in the United States. Our healthcare system is dominated by government control. We have the “Affordable Care Act”, Medicare, Medicaid, USMLE and licensing requirements for all healthcare professionals and facilities, the FDA, an extensive IP racket, and draconian control over health insurance companies and the health insurance market. On top of all this we then have a financial system of compulsory taxation, fiat currency, money printing, and garden-variety uniparty special interest corruption and cartelism. This government stifling of the free market has done a great disservice to our rural communities. The best way to maximize healthcare access for individuals in rural areas is to remove this illegitimate and destructive government interference in the free market entirely. I advocate for complete and total separation of healthcare and state. The free market will drive down healthcare prices more than anyone can imagine and will improve healthcare quality and access for all people including those in our rural communities. The uniparty’s endless expanding control of our healthcare industry has been a disaster. The only way to address this is to totally change course and to embrace a new direction focused on individual freedom.”

“We should embrace the free market in our agriculture industry. The government doesn’t have any place prohibiting farmers from engaging in free market activity. Farmers should be allowed to use their land for any purpose they see fit. Farmers should be allowed to sell their crops and product to whoever they want for whatever price they decide without interference from the government. Our farmers are an essential and crucial part of the American economy and the best thing government can do is stay out of their way, to not interfere with their operations, and to maximize their operational and economic freedom.”

“One of the concerns people have about data centers is that the data center’s considerable energy consumption will lead to increased energy costs for them and their communities. This is especially concerning due to our monolithic power systems of either public utilities or state-sanctioned private monopolies where consumers largely have no choice. The only effective way to address this issue is to transition to a de-centralized system where the free market is allowed to operate without government interference, where companies can compete with each other, and where consumers have a substantive choice. The only way to effectively drive down energy costs is to transition away from our current system of public utilities and state-sanctioned private monopolies. Another legitimate concern people have about data centers is their environmental impact. The most important thing here is that the uniparty has stifled the construction of new nuclear power plants in the United States for decades. Nuclear power would not only drive down the price of energy, this power source also has virtually zero carbon emissions, which is the best way to address global climate change with the technology we have in front of us at this time. I believe we need to embrace AI and lean into this new technology, especially to be competitive in the evolving global economy.”

“In my training as an attorney, I believe that any time we have a complicated scientific subject that we want to understand in the courtroom, when individuals’ lives are often on the line, we want to bring in expert witnesses, often scientists, to explain the subject, to give their opinion and to help us understand the complicated scientific subject. I would refer to scientists often when deciding how to vote on policy. I believe scientists are essential to consult with on issues of environmental protections, criminal justice, and many aspects of military technology and national security. The input and advice of scientists would be invaluable to me in making policy decisions.”

“Government schools are failing children in our community in a wide variety of metrics and this includes science literacy. This is unacceptable and cannot continue. We need to transition to a privatized education system and allow our students to be lifted up by competing teachers and schools. Students and families should have freedom of choice in selecting their school which includes the right to eschew schools that are not meeting student needs. Free market incentives, innovations, and competition, particularly in our new digital age, would transform our education system and make the United States the global leader in science education.”