Smaller. Leaner. Out of your way.
Government should do a few jobs really well and leave the rest of your life to you. Accountable, not oversized.
How you'll know: every agency gets reviewed in public. Keep it, fix it or cut it.
What RISE will actually do
No promises. Only receipt.
Promises are cheap. Here's the plan in plain English, and how you'll know we did it.
Keep more of what you earn.
Fair, lower taxes. Stop wasting your hard-earned money and respect every dollar.
Your tax dollars, your say: no spending on programs the people never voted on.
How you'll know: a full public accounting of where the money goes. A spending tracker anyone can search.
You're the boss. Government works for you.
Citizens get heard and included before closed-door decisions in Congress become law. Not after.
- Bills posted publicly before every vote
- A public comment period on new laws
- No secret backroom deals
How you'll know: if you can't read it online before the vote, it doesn't get our vote.
Safe streets. Safe families. Safe nation.
Communities where families can thrive and kids can ride their bikes. A secure nation that protects its people.
How you'll know: you feel it on your own block. That's the only scoreboard that counts.
Not red vs. blue. Red, white and blue.
Americans are tired of Democrat versus Republican. RISE brings people together around what we share: love of country.
How you'll know: we judge an idea by whether it works, not by which side said it first.
Only citizens vote. That's just common sense.
You show ID to board a plane, open a bank account or pick up a prescription. Voting deserves the same care.
Every time someone says asking for ID is too much, ask them why. You need a license just to drive a car, and you show ID to buy a beer, cash a check, check into a hotel, rent an apartment, start a job, pick up a package, see a doctor, buy a hunting license, or apply for food stamps. If we show ID for all of that, why is it a fight to show one for the most important thing this country has: our elections? Secure elections are how we stay a free, independent nation. If you’ve got nothing to hide, show your card.
- Prove citizenship when you register
- Scan your ID when you vote
- A free state ID for anyone who needs one, so no eligible voter is left out
- Results you can trust: count every legal ballot before calling a race
- Every count open to public observers
How you'll know: open counts. Anyone can watch.
Front door open. Back door locked.
RISE supports true, legal immigration 100%. People who come here the right way contribute to the true cost of freedom and make America stronger. Secure the border, enforce the law, and treat people humanely: no more busing people around to score points or leaving families out in the cold. Put tax dollars toward a real plan, not crisis spending.
When Chicago ran out of room, people were bused to towns like Dixon, Sterling and Rock Falls with no warning and no vote. Local hospitals, schools and taxpayers are left carrying the cost. RISE says the communities that pay the bill get a say first.
- Welcome legal immigrants
- Secure the border
- Humane, orderly process
How you'll know: towns get a say before big decisions land on them.
They work for you. Pay them like it.
- Term limits: two terms, then the next person in line steps up. Same idea as the president.
- Cut congressional pay way down, to what working Americans make. No raises. Ever. Pay is set the day they take office and never changes for their whole time there. Two House terms is four years at the same paycheck.
- Spend it like it's ours, because it is. Every dollar Congress spends is the people's money.
- No stock trading while in office. No special perks, no lifetime benefits. Same rules as everyone else.
Congress was never meant to be a full-time career. RISE wants it part-time again: serve your neighbors, then go home and live under the laws you made.
If minimum wage is good enough for millions of Americans, it's a fine place for Congress to start.
Ever wonder how folks walk into Congress with a regular paycheck and walk out rich? So do we. RISE officials post their finances every year, in plain sight.
How you'll know: RISE officials take the pay cut themselves on Day 1 and post their pay, trades and finances publicly.
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