One Nation
Under God

Lindsey Wilharm believes that government should be limited and reduced in order to reduce corruption and increase efficiency. Government exists solely to protect our God given individual freedoms and serve the people in their righteous pursuits. Lindsey believes adhering to the original principles of the U.S. Constitution is essential to maintaining our individual freedoms. The rule of law is how society is able to preserve life, liberty, property, and carry out justice. It is the job of the government to assure the rule of law is practiced fairly and consistently. Additional checks and balances, as well as audits and investigations, should be carried out to ensure this is the case. The United States maintains peace through strength, and this is achieved through a well trained and equipped military. One of the biggest challenges America currently faces is blatant fiscal irresponsibility. Tax payers should not have to watch as their hard earned money is sent overseas and carelessly spent, while our own infrastructure crumbles, and the national debt increases astronomically. The fiscal deficit puts our nation's security at risk. Income tax was meant to be a temporary aid for our military, but it has become a global slush fund, often aiding the militaries and societies of potential adversaries. Our intelligence agencies need increased judicial oversight, financial audits, and asset transparency, as the scope of their corruption has become increasingly clear to the American people. It is critical that the United States creates secure and anonymous whistleblower channels in order to more easily weed out corruption in our government. Lindsey believes all taxes should be spent only on our citizens and military. It would be in our best interest to reconsider our involvement in NATO in order to regain our national sovereignty. This organization was created under drastically different social and economic conditions than we face today. As a global military superpower, the United States should have no legal obligation to engage in the conflicts of other countries. Agreements and intelligence sharing could be made on a case by case basis. The United States is a beacon of freedom and peace across the world, a position we are failing to uphold when being forced to engage in other nations conflicts. The United States is not the policemen or welfare lenders of the world. The government has increasingly restricted the free markets, creating unnecessary obstacles that prevent economic expansion. Free markets thrive when oversight is limited and hard work and self-sacrifice are rewarded. Hard work should always be highlighted as the path out of poverty. Welfare programs have become a breeding ground of corruption, becoming recklessly unregulated and all encompassing under the guise of empathy. We need to ensure the assistance is going only to the people who are truly desperately in need. Qualifications necessary to receive welfare should be reevaluated. The government should create other programs or incentives so people are more willing to help themselves. If we do not reverse the course of corruption within our government, the foundation of our constitutional republic will further crumble.