About Me
My name is Kaden Brown. I'm 16 years old and I live in Coquille, Oregon, a small rural town on Oregon's south coast. I care about Oregon's future: its businesses, its housing market, and the regulations that are making both worse. I believe in free markets, limited government, and the idea that cutting red tape is one of the most powerful things Oregon can do right now. I've had opinion pieces published in the Register-Guard, and I submit policy proposals directly to legislators and federal budget institutions. I'm not waiting until I'm old enough to vote to start making my voice heard.
Kaden A. Brown is a 16-year-old policy advocate from Coquille, Oregon.
My Goal
The focus of my work is on the mechanics of how a state actually thrives. It has become clear that the biggest threat to our future isn't a lack of ambition, but the unnecessary friction built into our own system. My goal is to move the conversation away from typical political talking points and toward the actual blueprints of competition. Whether it’s through guest columns in the Register-Guard or the fiscal proposals I send to Salem and D.C., I am looking at exactly how our current regulatory path is driving people and opportunities out of the state.
I believe our economy should be an environment where starting something new is the default, not an uphill battle. We are in a constant competition with states that are moving faster and making it easier for people to build, and right now, Oregon is falling behind because of its own bureaucracy. I spend my time digging into fiscal policy and administrative rules because the most effective way to protect our future is to stop making the present so difficult to navigate. I’m not interested in being a bystander while my generation looks elsewhere for opportunity. I’m doing this work now because the math of our economic survival is urgent, and the system needs to work for the people living in it today, regardless of who is pointing out the flaws.