I’m Mark Sanford. I’m a dad. I’m a soon-to-be grandfather. I’m a businessman who got involved in politics years ago and became both Governor of South Carolina and Congressman for the Lowcountry. I’m running for Congress because I believe our nation is at a financial tipping point. We can’t continue to spend money we don’t have and expect good things to happen, and yet we’ll add about a trillion dollars to the National Debt over the next 100 days alone. At a minimum deficits like these will destroy the American dream for my boys, and many other young people like them, because deficits are simply deferred taxes that stand so contrary to our Founding Fathers belief that there should be no taxation without representation. If left unaddressed, our federal debt will crush our economy, wipe out our savings, and potentially even destroy our Republic. That’s a reality no one seems to want to talk about in Washington, but the numbers dictate that we can wait no longer.

There were a lot of reasons not to make this run, but I simply can’t stand by and watch our sons’ futures drown under waves of deficit spending. Those waves bring with them inflation, rising interest rates, and ultimately a falling dollar and the upending of an attainable, much less affordable, American Dream.

We are at a critical moment in the life of our country and in our ability to sustain the American Dream. Accordingly I would ask that you join us in this campaign to build a movement. 

The time is now, please join us in this fight.