Drastically lower restrictions for third parties to participate, there are far too many barriers to entry.
I also support and would implement Ranked Choice Voting.
At the very least, halt all tax increases. State sales tax in Ohio was originally a temporary measure, and it was 3%. It is now 5.75% not including county sales tax. Income tax was originated in the same way, as a temporary measure.
Lowering taxes doesn't solve the root cause though, the root cause of requiring high taxes are all of the inefficiencies that come with government programs, along with excessive meddling with the "free" market. Everything the government meddles in, invariably causes those sectors to be more expensive, healthcare, insurance, home ownership, education, transportation, etc etc.
It is self evident that the #1 cause of inflation is the federal government's unrestricted spending habits. National debt per US citizen is ~$113,000, per US Taxpaying citizen it is over $200,000. That is unsustainable and causing the US dollar to continuously lose value. We must reign in spending to reign in the rising cost of living.
Since the inception of the Department of Education, not one metric has improved. We must bring curriculum's back to a more local level, a state level, where the citizens can hold more accountability. This one size fits all does not work for education. We truly have not allowed the public schools to innovate; think about it, the classroom looks exactly the same as it did 100 years ago. In addition to bringing education control back to the state level, I am fully supportive of school choice and open enrollment. The parents must have more control over their children's education. School choice allows parents to more easily support the schools that they believe are better, more efficient, schools that actually care about every student.
Libertarians in general bring a voice of reason to the table, a voice of focus back to why we are here. Being a politician is not about the individual politician, it's not about party affiliation, it's definitely not about re-election, it's about the constituents and doing right by them. I'm not sure I alone can bring back respectful discourse about the issues, but I can try by pointing out all of the opportunities to help being overlooked by those too busy quibbling about insignificant, superficial issues.
