A modern proverb says, We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.  As with so many things, that proverb is only half right.  In this case it is not an either…or, it’s both…and.  The truth is that we borrow the earth from our children AND we inherit it from our ancestors.  The same is true of our country: We inherit the United States Of America from Americans before us AND we borrow our country from our children, grandchildren, great grandchildren (and generations beyond that we will probably neither see nor know). Each generation sifts and evaluates, and then accepts or changes what they have inherited.  Some of those changes just tinker around the edges.  Others are foundational.

The United States is a country and a nation, more than any other, that is based on a set of foundational ideas and values.  We don’t need to belong to any particular race, ethnicity or religion to embrace those ideas (although many of those ideals do depend on God), and to flourish in the rich soil that they provide.  As a country, we value fairness and compassion, freedom and security, equal opportunity and personal responsibility.

Now is the time, not just for a few better ideas here and there, but for a fundamental change of direction.  It is change that will recover many of those ideals and values that we’ve lost or seen perverted.  But they are well worth keeping, recovering.  They are worth being woven again into the fabric of our nation, our communities, in ways we’ve never even dreamed about.  To succeed, we must elect leaders who agree on what that change should be and who will fight for it.  I am one of those leaders.

One of the phrases that best describes me is Constitutional Entrepreneur.  This means I will support legislation that…

• Is in the long term interests of all American citizens in general, regardless of their race, ethnicity, sex, or economic circumstances.
• Gets the Federal Government out of the business of taking from one group of citizens to subsidize another or giving advantage to certain businesses and organizations over others.
• Reduces the functions of the Federal Government to those that are allowed by the Constitution. The states should be responsible for funding and executing other government functions in accordance with their priorities.
• Encourages all citizens to take an entrepreneurial approach to their lives, which includes taking primary responsibility for themselves and their families and minimizing their personal dependence on government.

We often don't recognize how much we share.   Do you think of yourself as a Constitutional Conservative?  Are you one of the Black Visionaries (like Kanye West) who know that Black families have ultimately been ravaged by welfare, not helped by it. Are you tired of Big Business using Big Government to steal from you, your children and grandchildren?  Are you among the 70% of Hispanic citizens who want merit-based immigration, because you know wages are driven down by bringing in huge numbers of unskilled, poorly educated immigrants to expand Democratic Party voter rolls?  Did you ever vote for someone who said that he would Make America Great Again (Bill Clinton or Donald Trump)?

If any of these things describe you.  We should talk.

Constitutional Entrepreneurs stand in stark contrast to both Democrats and Establishment, Corporate Welfare Republicans. If we are elected, it will be because of an extraordinary effort made by grass roots, hardworking, taxpaying citizens who love their country for the extraordinary opportunities our country gives us and our children to excel. We are the Davids in the contests with the parasitic Goliaths of both major parties, who use the Federal Government to extract special advantages and huge subsidies at the expense of current taxpayers and future generations.

Getting rid of oppressive, Big Government Democrats and Republicans will require that we make an aggressive, persuasive, detailed and unifying case to major groups of voters who have not previously been with us.  Our fellow Americans don't yet know enough about what Constitutional Entrepreneurs believe, let alone why they should join us.  We all need to make that case, clearly and convincingly.

The term Constitutional Entrepreneur is preferable because the primary alternative, Constitutional Conservative, is essentially redundant.  The term Constitutional Entrepreneur is simply more fully descriptive.  It also has the advantage of not having the negative connotations that the word "Conservative" has among some groups who should more readily be our natural allies than we often think.