Elections: The Money Talks, Votes Walk System

        1.        Step 1: Spend billions campaigning, mostly raised from a handful of wealthy donors and corporations who have no interest in your actual well-being.

        2.        Step 2: Convince voters that the candidate with the biggest war chest is somehow the most relatable.

        3.        Step 3: Use propaganda and soundbites to make sure no one asks real questions about policy.

        4.        Step 4: Secure a job that pays $174,000 a year while voters struggle with bills. Bonus points for not understanding their struggle.

Solution? Vote America Act – Take the money out of campaigns and give voters a shot at choosing leaders, not fundraisers.

Representation: Gerrymandering for Dummies

        1.        Step 1: Draw electoral districts like Picasso on a bad day to ensure one party wins forever.

        2.        Step 2: Pretend this is democracy while entire communities are disenfranchised.

        3.        Step 3: Ignore those same communities until you need votes again.

Solution? Fair Representation Act – Balanced districts, fair voting systems, and real representation.

Gun Safety: The Thoughts and Prayers Playbook

        1.        Step 1: Ignore 90% of Americans who want common-sense gun reform.

        2.        Step 2: Blame mental health, video games, or anything else that keeps lobbyists happy.

        3.        Step 3: Offer thoughts, prayers, and another year of inaction.

Solution? Second Amendment Freedom and Safety Act – Protect rights and lives with safety measures that make sense.

Economic Fairness: The CEO’s Golden Throne

        1.        Step 1: Pay CEOs 400 times what their employees make because “they deserve it.”

        2.        Step 2: Use loopholes to pay less in taxes than your secretary.

        3.        Step 3: Complain that fair wages would “ruin the economy.”

Solution? Equity Equation Project – Tie wages to productivity, close loopholes, and let workers share in the wealth they create.

Education: The Debt-For-Diploma Scam

        1.        Step 1: Tell every kid they need a degree to succeed.

        2.        Step 2: Charge them so much for that degree they’ll be paying it off until retirement.

        3.        Step 3: Let predatory lenders rake in billions while public education crumbles.

Solution? Future Tuition Fund – Affordable education funded by smarter investments, not student debt.

Civic Knowledge: The Blind Leading the Blind

        1.        Step 1: Make civics education optional so people have no idea how their government works.

        2.        Step 2: Use that ignorance to manipulate voters with fear and misinformation.

        3.        Step 3: Profit from the chaos.

Solution? Civic Knowledge Act – Nonpartisan civics education for all, so voters know what’s real and what’s not.

Energy: The Never-Ending Tug-of-War

        1.        Step 1: Pit oil and renewable energy companies against each other like rival gangs.

        2.        Step 2: Ignore the fact that both are needed to meet energy demands.

        3.        Step 3: Let the environment and consumers take the hit.

Solution? American Energy Renaissance Act – Unite energy sectors for collaboration and sustainability.

Immigration: The Red Tape Circus

        1.        Step 1: Make the legal immigration process so slow and expensive that no one can actually do it.

        2.        Step 2: Blame immigrants for all of America’s problems while exploiting their labor.

        3.        Step 3: Ignore every opportunity for humane reform.

Solution? American Dream Preservation Act – Fair, humane immigration policies that actually work.

Accountability in Government: The No-Experience Necessary Rulebook

        1.        Step 1: Appoint unqualified friends and donors to run major agencies.

        2.        Step 2: Wonder why nothing works.

        3.        Step 3: Keep taxpayers footing the bill.

Solution? Standards for Public Trust Act – Minimum qualifications for government roles, because common sense shouldn’t be optional.

Free Speech: The Wild, Wild West

        1.        Step 1: Let lies and conspiracies spread unchecked because “it’s free speech.”

        2.        Step 2: Watch society crumble under the weight of misinformation.

        3.        Step 3: Shrug and say, “Well, it’s the price of freedom.”

Solution? First Amendment Integrity Initiative – Balance free speech with accountability.

Term Limits: The Career Politician’s Playground

        1.        Step 1: Let politicians serve for decades, becoming more loyal to donors than voters.

        2.        Step 2: Complain about gridlock while re-electing the same people.

        3.        Step 3: Repeat until nothing changes.

Solution? Citizen Representation Amendment – Confidence votes and term limits tailored to the people’s will.

Foreign Policy: The Chessboard of Chaos

        1.        Step 1: Treat diplomacy like a game of Risk.

        2.        Step 2: Prioritize short-term gains over long-term stability.

        3.        Step 3: Wonder why allies don’t trust us and enemies don’t fear us.

Solution? Foreign Policy Initiative – Pragmatic, clear, and forward-thinking international strategies.

Make It Make Sense

The government’s flaws aren’t hard to spot—but fixing them requires real solutions. These policies don’t just patch the cracks; they rebuild the foundation.