Solving problems.
Not picking sides.
Nine in ten Americans can agree on a problem and Washington still cannot fix it. That is the real failure — and with common sense, we can repair it.
No donations. No memberships. Just an argument — and a hat.
Who Is Behind ThisStart Here
Who I am
A private citizen with a family and a regular job. Not a politician, not running for anything, not working for a party. Nobody paid for this and there is nothing here to buy.
What I want
Change the rules so politics rewards solving problems instead of prolonging fights. Not a party platform: three repairs, and eight public numbers to judge them by.
The short version
The whole argument at the length you'd tell a friend, every claim sourced. The 60-second version is right below.
Our politics rewards keeping a fight alive more than making acknowledged progress. Change the rules, and you change the behavior.
The whole idea in one line — argued, costed, and sourced in the longer documents.
First, fix the machine
Five rules that rebuild the machinery for closing deals.
- 1Politicians draw their own districts, so eight in ten House seats are safe before anyone votes.A public formula draws the maps from Census data alone; nothing political goes in.
- 2A small partisan primary decides those safe seats, so candidates answer to the narrow slice that punishes compromise.One open primary for every voter: mark every candidate you'd accept, and the top two advance.
- 3Members of Congress can hold stocks their votes affect, so a vote can serve a portfolio.Index funds and the like only — for members and their immediate families.
- 4Leaders can bury a bill most of the country supports, so no one ever has to go on the record.Broad bipartisan support forces a recorded vote.
- 5Congress can hold the budget hostage without consequence — you absorb the shutdown.Shutdowns end automatically — and a chamber that won't budget sends every member to immediate re-election.
Then prove it works
Settle the two fears most likely to sink the whole repair: an uncontrolled border and an unaffordable old age.
- 6Immigration stays unsolved because neither side believes the other will keep its end of a deal.One bargain, passed as one law: real border control, more legal immigration, and an earned path for long-established residents.
- 7A wealthy investor can pay a lower tax rate than someone working for a paycheck: capital gains get a discount, and loans against stock escape tax entirely.Tax the same income at the same rate — and outside real emergencies, stop the debt from growing faster than the economy.
- 8Most Americans own little of the capital that builds wealth, and Social Security — their retirement — runs short in 2032.Every child starts life with a funded investment account, and nobody's promised Social Security goes down.
One test for every rule above: would you still want it if the politician you trust least were the one holding the power?
50% red + 50% blue = this hat
Take Republican red and Democrat blue, mix them half and half, and you get purple. We the people, not we the parties. First run coming. No donations attached; it’s just a hat.
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