The United States of America has faced decades of increasing budgetary deficits and mismanagement. Our national debt today is $38 trillion. Unfortunately neither party has been serious about the deficit.
My plan is to grow Silicon Valley’s innovation economy. We cannot fall behind with emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. Silicon Valley must lead the world in technological innovation! We have to seed Silicon Valley's innovation success to other parts of California and America, so that our working-class families share in the economic prosperity. I will invest in education and mentoring of our youth, and launching Entrepreneurship Incubation Centers to nurture start-ups.
Since 2001, the U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers $10 trillion. It’s time to reevaluate our American policy and push for education and economic empowerment all over the globe.
Our country currently has free trade agreements with countries around the world, and many of these leave us economically disadvantaged. These deals must be re-examined and potentially re-negotiated.
Streamlining government operations to reduce waste and targeting fraud can make government spending more efficient. Fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding. We need technological checks and balances to prevent cases likeTransDigm Group Inc., a leading global designer and producer of engineered aerospace components, who exorbitantly overcharged taxpayers with spare part markups as high as 4,451%.
