I was once asked why I wanted to be involved in politics.
I paused—because the real answer wasn’t something you rehearse.

I’ve lived inside systems that didn’t work. Systems that punished, ignored, or discarded people instead of fixing what was broken. When you live that long enough, you stop being afraid of dysfunction—you learn how to recognize it.

So the question became: where can disruption actually do good?
Where can you challenge power, expose failure, and force reform—without destroying yourself or the people around you?

For me, the answer was politics.

Not chaos. Accountability.
Not tearing things down—but refusing to pretend broken systems are fine because they’re familiar.

BETTR exists for the people who know the difference.
The ones who’ve lived with consequences, learned from them, and still believe things can be fixed—if we’re finally honest enough to try.

I’m not here to perform politics.
I’m here to do the work polite conversations keep avoiding.

— Jason S. Arnold
Founder, BETTR
Independent Candidate for Governor of New York (2026)