Kasie Whitener

And we need a Senator who can bring resources to our state. That Senator must have leverage and as junior senators in the war between Republicans and Democrats, they won’t have that leverage.

It’s milking taxpayers and skimming the cream off the top of the bucket. In some cases, it’s taking big ladles and pouring the milk over special interests and corporate donors. We have to stop electing politicians funded by parties that turn corporate donations into government favors like some kind of demented Rumplestiltskin. This job should be about governing. Not spending. It should be about oversight. Not access. The answer is not to tax the billionaires more aggressively. The answer is to 1) spend less, and 2) stop letting those billionaires get rich off duopoly corruption.

Stop spending and you won’t have to tax more.

Thanks for reading, David. I plan to reduce government spending and hold people accountable for taking taxpayers for a ride. I think that will be pretty good work, representative of folks that are sick of being looted. Cheers! -KW

Kasie will be independent, accessible representation for South Carolina. She will take on the corrupt duopoly, making constituents, not party operatives, the priority. She will work for passing a balanced budget amendment and reducing the national debt. Kasie will bring real oversight, end protectionist policies and laws, and get government out of the way so people can prosper.

Big government tells us we can’t be trusted and that we can’t trust our neighbors. That is not true. I believe in small government. Those institutions, programs, and systems we collectively support should be accountable and transparent. I believe in consent, convergence, and cooperation in all things.

I want to talk about the national debt and the ballooning costs of Social Security and Medicare and how those programs MUST be reigned in, sooner rather than later.

This job should be about governing. Not spending. It should be about oversight. Not access.

Pass a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

• The current campaign homepage lists a balanced budget amendment as a central 2026 commitment.

Create an appointed commission to review Social Security and Medicare, separate the two programs for reform, simplify the tax code, reduce spending to eliminate the deficit, and adopt a debt brake mechanism.

• The essay presents these items together as a multi-part plan to stop adding to the national debt.

Reduce every federal agency by 5 percent each year until spending is under control and eliminate programs, systems, or institutions that fail measurable performance standards.

• Whitener calls for key performance indicators, specific goals, and congressional oversight of funded institutions.

Require federal contractors to disclose contributions to PACs and politically active 501(c) organizations.

Oppose increasing taxes on billionaires as the primary response to federal overspending and instead reduce government spending.

• The essay pairs this with a broader argument for reducing government intervention in markets.

End federal protectionist policies and laws, including policies she argues distort trade and markets.

• Her ECON 101 essay specifically criticizes tariffs and emphasizes congressional responsibility for fiscal and trade policy.

Decouple health insurance from employment, end employer health insurance mandates, move insurance toward catastrophic coverage, allow routine care to operate through direct market payment, and remove government from the health insurance business.

• Whitener argues that employers may offer insurance voluntarily but should not be required to do so.

Create a resident worker registration system and decentralize immigrant registration, with a system that rewards lawful tax-paying behavior and penalizes criminal conduct.

• The essay calls on Congress to rewrite immigration law rather than rely on executive enforcement alone.

Require due process and warrants in immigration enforcement and oppose federal incursions into cities and states that bypass local authority.

• Whitener says immigration enforcement should use warrants, judicial process, and ordinary law enforcement safeguards.

Oppose no-knock warrants and qualified immunity.

Reassert Congress's authority over war and require congressional authorization before presidents initiate acts of war.

• Whitener urges Congress to take back its constitutional authority and calls for transparency and debate before military action.

Oppose initiating U.S. military force against countries that have not attacked the United States and condemn unprovoked military action.

• Whitener grounds the position in the Libertarian non-aggression principle while also stating support for military readiness.

Oppose capital punishment.

• Whitener states this directly in a candidate-authored response on the campaign page.

Shift more education resources and discretion toward teachers, reduce administrative overhead and compliance, and fund classroom curiosity and innovation.

• Whitener describes teacher creativity and slimmer administration as the starting point for education reform.

End government-backed higher education loans, move financing toward institutions or private lenders with borrower-advantaged repayment without compound interest, expand scholarships and work-study, and encourage apprenticeships and other non-college pathways.

• The proposal also calls for investigations of buy-now-pay-later and for-profit education practices affecting young consumers.