Protecting the Good Life

Today, I had the opportunity to roll out the final plank of our Nebraska Growth and Fairness Plan - Protect the Good Life.

No matter what the DC partisan hacks try to tell you, at least here, in Nebraska, we aren’t a state of Democrats or Republicans. We are a state of neighbors looking out for one another so we can all grow together. The Good Life isn’t about growing shareholder value. It’s about helping a neighbor out because it’s the right thing to do.

Protecting the Good Life means protecting our healthcare. Ricketts and the rest of the DC establishment have allowed the big healthcare corporations to vertically integrate the entire healthcare system. From your first sniffle to when you pick up your prescription at the pharmacy, you are beholden to the healthcare monopolies and their rigged pricing. Healthcare providers across Nebraska are closing while these companies executives profit off of sick Americans. And they get away with it because they flood both sides of the aisle with money. I don’t take their money, and I’ll fight for a healthcare system that works for everyday people, not CEOs and shareholders.

Protecting the Good Life means standing up to big tech. We need to ensure the Ogalala Aquifer serves Nebraskans, not Silicon Valley’s data centers. I’ve been crisscrossing the state on my 93-county tour, and not once has anyone asked me when I’ll bring a Google, Amazon, or Facebook data center to their community. What they have been telling me is that they’re worried about these things - the water they use and the power they consume. AI might end up being a great technology, but I am not willing to sell out Nebraska’s water resources or raise our power bill so tech billionaires can impress their investors.

Protecting the Good Life means protecting your right to privacy. Corporations have access not only to your browsing history but your location, when you get paid, and your current phone battery. They use these details to find out how desperate you are for their products, and raise prices for you. And until we can put appropriate guardrails on how they are used, flock cameras have no place in our society.

Protecting the Good Life means a Nebraska First Foreign policy. It means a tariff policy that actually protects American jobs, including but not limited to our farms and factories, not one that alienates our biggest trade partners, Canada and Mexico. While American businesses were trying to navigate the chaos, we still somehow found 20 billion dollars for Argentina’s soy bean farmers. We’ve been dragged into a war with Iran that’s driving fuel prices and costing American lives with no end in sight. We’ve continued to supply Israel with weapons while they continue their aggression in Gaza and Lebanon. Nothing that says “Made in the USA” should be dropped on a hospital or school. That should be reserved for what’s stamped on our tools.

Our foreign policy should help grow American businesses and protect our workers. It should try to make the world safer and more predictable. We need to end the chaos.

Protecting the Good Life means accessible education and job training. A traditional 4-year bachelor’s degree can be a great tool for someone, but it shouldn’t be the only pathway to a secure middle class life. There are hundreds of thousands good-paying blue collar jobs that need filled in this country. Getting an MBA is great, but America desperately needs electricians. It needs plumbers and pipefitters. On a hot August day, we can all appreciate the need for HVAC technicians.

Protecting the Good Life means the 1% of Americans who sign on the dotted line for their country have VA services they can rely on. It means our first responders, the firefighters, EMTS, and police officers who are there for us in our worst moments, are taken care of. It means a rail system in Nebraska that Nebraskans can actually use.

See the entire Protect the Good Life plank and the rest of our now completed Nebraska Growth and Fairness Plan at Osbornforsenate.com.

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