“I am the only candidate that actually has proven results.”
Spartz
That is what 5th District Congressional Candidate Victoria Spartz told The Reporter when asked why voters should choose her to represent them at the national level.
“I have proven results in business, in professional life, in legislative work, and being on the ground in grassroots movements. Some people just come to run for office and have never been on the ground and never will be.”
Spartz, who has worked as a CPA, told The Reporter she has also helped organize and implement “some of the most complex business restructurings in the country in a variety of businesses. After Dodd-Frank [the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010] I was one of the people who helped with implementation of those rules that were affecting AIG, Citibank, Goldman Sachs. I have audited pharmaceutical companies, PMBs [Pharmacy Benefits Managers], diagnostic companies, insurance companies, some of the largest banking and financial institutions, mutual funds and companies involved in consumer finance. I have a broad experience in a lot of industries. I did quality control inspections and training for some of the largest public accounting firms in the country.”
She said she has spent 20 years since moving to this district working “not just for myself, but for a lot of good causes and for other people. None of the other candidates did that. Some of them don’t even live here. Some of those who do live here – you never see them around … ever.”
Spartz sees herself as something different than the typical politician and she says that is why she has not been campaigning for the 5th District as long as some other candidates.
“I feel my job as a Sate Senator is a job I had to do well,” Spartz said. “I had to represent people well, so I had to accomplish good legislation, and we did that. There are some major reforms that were started, and I was a key player in each of them. We had some major legislation on healthcare and education as well as pro-business reforms.”
Spartz says many people do not understand how challenging it can be to accomplish anything substantial in the legislative branch of government. She believes her legislative experience makes her well-suited for Congress.
“It is important to understand what states can and cannot do, what the federal government should and should not be doing, how to incentivize states correctly and how to give states some flexibility in what they need to be concentrating on,” Spartz said. “Healthcare reform is number one. Indiana has some of the highest prices in the country. If we don’t deal with that, we will eventually have socialistic healthcare and a socialistic country.”
According to Spartz, we have been doing too much politics and our country is in crisis with a ballooning debt, 70 percent of which she says is healthcare.
“As someone who grew up is a socialistic and government-controlled system I can say that government should be limited to only do core functions: Protect life, liberty and property, and then to stay the hell out of the way,” Spartz said. “Socialism is terrible. It not sustainable and it runs out of money, which is only a matter of time. We have a lot of it now and we need to stop it.”
When asked why she is running for Congress instead of continuing her work as State Senator, Spartz said, “If we don’t fix the biggest problems, we will become a socialistic country, but it has to be done at the federal level. We just can’t do it at the state level. Almost all of the powers were subrogated to the federal government.”
Subrogation is a legal doctrine where one entity (in this case the federal government) is entitled to enforce the rights of another (the individual states) for its own benefit.
“Look at healthcare insurance,” Spartz said. “State have about 10 percent control of that market. 90 percent is at the federal level. We can write a lot of laws here in Indiana, but it is not going to make a difference until the federal government starts making laws instead of legislating through executive orders, which is wrong. We might like our president today, but we do not know if we will like our future presidents. It is important for the legislative branch to do their job and write the laws. But all of the powers right now have been subrogated by the states to the federal government. The federal government needs to write laws to put areas like education and healthcare back to the control of the states. The federal government should then deal with the issues they are supposed to deal with like immigration, military and national defense, foreign policy, a better legal framework for interstate commerce and protecting our constitutional rights.”
When asked what Governor Holcomb’s decision to delay the Indiana Primary Election until June 2 will mean for her campaign, Spartz told The Reporter, “The delay and the whole situation with the virus is bringing additional challenges and uncertainties to all political campaigns, but I believe it was an important and necessary step to make sure that all citizens have an opportunity to express their opinion in this very important election.”
Like all candidates, Spartz is adjusting her strategy while making sure she available to voters.
“We are planning more communication through social media, email and more virtual events,” Spartz said. “We will have to get more campaign information out through TV and mailers. Because no one can have large meetings we are adjusting to do more remotely and over the phone.”
You can read about Spartz’s campaign and find more contact information online at spartzforcongress.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/spartzforcongress. You can also reach Victoria Spartz’s campaign staff through email at cm@spartzforcongress.com.