This is the full talk I gave at the Blackhawk Fundraiser event on 2/3/24.
At a recent event, I used this analogy of America to shock people awake. Some thought it was too dark. To me, it tells what stage of awake you are. Tell me in 3 months if it's too dark. In 6 months. I'm not running for US Congress because I want to be a politician. I am running to save our country.
Politicians have turned our government into a giant shop-vac, sucking every last dollar and cent it can from every last class and race of Americans. If elected to Congress, these are the 5 things I will support to break their reckless spending machine.
America has a birthrate of 1.7. We need a rate of 2.1 to prevent population collapse and economic stagnation similar to Japan. We can fill this gap with the best and brightest from around the world, but our legal immigration pathways are badly broken. I talk about how the legal immigration system is broken, and discuss 7 policies I will spearhead if elected to Congress to fix it.
This is the truth about the magnitude of the illegal immigration problem and the cost to US taxpayers. I discuss the 5 policies that I will push to close the border if elected to Congress.
Many politicians are not who they say they are. Here is official proof from the California Secretary of State that I'm a true independent. Find out if the people running for office in your district are frauds.
1. Get news from across the political spectrum.
2. Vote on a candidate-by-candidate basis
3. Research everyone running for office
4. Push content.
5. Donate to a campaign.
6. Volunteer for a campaign.
7. Volunteer in the election.
8. Write or call your representatives.
9. Attend public meetings.
10. Run for office.
JFK said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Your country is dying, and she needs your help. She has nothing left to give to you, because she’s already given you everything she has. You have freedom, family, friends, a place to live, education, opportunity, entertainment. What else do you expect her to give to you?
Independent candidate for Congress Joe Sweeney releases the first piece of his platform -- Anti-Corruption Laws for Members of Congress:
1. 12-year Term Limits for the House and Senate 2. No Insider Trading of Stocks While In Office 3. Disclosure of Meetings Between Lobbyists and Members of Congress 4. 4-year Prohibition on Becoming a Lobbyist After Leaving Congress 5. Disclosure of Dark Money in Super-PACs
Joe gives a motivating speech about about why our country is in decline, how The People have become complacent and consumed by social apps, television, sports, and day-to-day activities. How they have put their power on a shelf in the back of the closet and left it collecting dust for decades, while the ruling class in Washington has been busy at work passing bits of legislation that have destroyed our country. He calls on The People to wake up, dust off their power, and wield it in 2024.
Independent Joe Sweeney reveals that he is launching a revolutionary new podcast called The Independent Joe Show that will REDEFINE what it means be a REPRESENTATIVE in Congress.
The podcast will include:
• STREET INTERVIEWS
• SIT-DOWN INTERVIEWS
• ISSUES EPISODES
The podcast will:
• PUT THE PEOPLE AT THE CENTER
• TALK IN-DEPTH ABOUT THE ISSUES
• BUILD MORE COMMUNITY
Joe helps the people of his district get to know him. Growing up in a town of 156 people in northern Minnesota where he was Turtle Racing Champion of the World at Age 4, caught fish off the bridge by his house and in his little 14-foot fishing boat, became a Minnesota State Speech Champion, graduated college with degrees in Biochemistry and Mathe
Independent Joe Sweeney unveils his identity and officially launches his campaign for Congress exactly 365 days before the 2024 election. Throughout the day Joe records clips in 9 different locations throughout his district, making the most compelling explanation for why American has been in decline for the past 50 years -- the two-party political system.Joe explains why electing independent representatives to Congress is the only way we can turn our country around.
