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Debunking the Myth:
Why Electricity Is Nothing Like Water
By Michael Pazoga

Electricity Is Not Water —
Let’s Stop Pretending It Is
They have virtually nothing in common, and any analogy
comparing the two, only creates confusion.

Warning!
The Potentially Deadly Myth Regarding ESD Wrist Straps:
Grounding Your Body Is NOT Shock Protection

A dangerous misconceptions in the electronics DIY community, often heard on YouTube, forums, and blogs is the idea that wearing an ESD wrist strap protects you from electric shock.

This isn’t just incorrect, it’s a potentially deadly misunderstanding.

Analogy: Of A Fatal Misconception:

Using a grounded ESD wrist strap as an electrical safety device while working on live circuits is akin to using a metal umbrella with a plastic handle in a lightning storm as an electrical safety device, believing that the plastic handle component of the umbrella will protect you in the event of a lightning strike.

In both cases, you’ve done the worst possible thing: you’ve made yourself part of the circuit, a human electrical conductor to ground, and placed your trust in devices and components that were never intended for electrical safety.

The umbrella handle was only designed to be a handle. The resistor in an ESD strap was only designed to bleed off static electricity. Neither was engineered to protect you from electric shock or electrocution.

Unfortunately, misconceptions like these often spread online, with well-meaning individuals unknowingly promoting unsafe practices. It’s critical to remember that an ESD wrist strap is designed solely for static discharge, not electrical protection. True electrical safety requires appropriate insulation, circuit isolation, and correct protective equipment designed for live work.

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Introducing The American Flag Soldering Kit

Possibly the First LED American Flag Designed by a
U.S. Electrical Engineer

What Makes This Flag Different

Designed by a U.S. engineer
37 independently testable circuit zones, learn and verify as you go
Clean topside, no exposed traces for a polished, display-worthy finish
Powered safely with external 24VDC power supply.
Comes with a complete digital learning pack: schematic, BOM, theory, assembly, and troubleshooting

This isn’t just a flag—it’s a hands-on electronics lab, a showcase of practical design, and a rewarding learning experience for students, hobbyists, and educators alike.

Not mass-produced. Not generic. Purpose-built for education, exploration, and skill-building.

Build knowledge. Build confidence. Build something you’ll be proud to display.

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From Classroom to Crisis:
America’s Talent Shortage Starts in School

In the United States, millions of high-paying jobs in technology and advanced industries remain unfilled, not because the jobs don’t exist, but because we lack qualified workers to fill them. The real issue isn’t a shortage of manufacturing jobs, it’s a shortage of skilled candidates in science, technology, engineering, and advanced manufacturing.

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Foreign Workers Filling U.S. STEM Jobs in the Millions
Amid an Ever-Growing Domestic Shortage of Qualified Workers

Graduating Without Proficiency:
A National Emergency by the Numbers

12th Grade High School Graduates Test Scores

The Breakdown of Our Educational System:

A Manufacturing Engineer’s Perspective

Introduction

As a manufacturing engineer, if the data we’re seeing in education reflected assemblies or components, I would immediately shut down the entire production line. In manufacturing, we use the term yield rate to describe how many units meet quality standards. But these aren’t components. These are students. People. The future of our nation.

The Illusion of Success

Instead of acknowledging the severity of the problem, our educational system has chosen a different path: if we can’t deliver strong academic outcomes, we simply lower the bar. Standards are eliminated, and diplomas are handed out to everyone. Teachers feel good because 100% of their students graduate. Students are thrilled to move on. Parents celebrate the milestone. On paper, everything looks fine. But beneath the surface, the system is failing miserably. We’ve traded genuine achievement for the illusion of success.

A System Designed to Fail

This isn’t a new production line that just needs a few tweaks. The U.S. educational system has been shaped over decades by a revolving cast of leaders and administrators- different faces, perhaps, but the same entrenched dysfunction. And despite all the turnover, the system hasn’t improved; if anything, it’s gotten worse.

The current state didn’t happen by accident, it’s the result of dysfunction, failure, and disregard, deliberately embedded into the system over decades by misguided, incompetent leadership. Imagine a factory where two-thirds of the products are defective. Now imagine that same factory being run by the same career bureaucrats year after year, while the results keep getting worse. The conclusion is hard to avoid: the problem isn’t just the system; it’s the people who designed it and continue to run it. We cannot reasonably expect a broken system to fix itself under the same leadership that designed and are currently operating it.

School Vouchers

I’m not entirely opposed to school vouchers, but I’m mostly not in favor of them- for the simple reason is that they don't fix anything, as they do nothing to address the actual problems in our national education system.

School vouchers are just another example of what we do as a nation: when we can’t fix something- which is always-we slap on a patch and call it a solution. The only way we could possibly make our education system even worse is if some genius came up with the bright idea and decided to fragment it entirely- replacing our national system for one with 50 independently operated state systems. And, of course, that’s exactly what we did.

We’ve become a nation held together by so many patches, we should seriously consider changing our name from the United States- to "Patches", because let’s be honest, the name fits us much better, as our fragmented states are anything but united. The name United States really does not reflect who we are as nation. If we’re being accurate, “Patches” fits far better, as who we really are as a nation, as it captures much better the fragmentation, the dysfunction, and the endless stream of mistakes that we call solutions.

The truth is that our national education system isn’t just broken- it’s a self-made disaster. Handing out vouchers might offer a lifeline to a few, but it won’t make any meaningful difference in the educational outcomes for the vast majority of our children.

As an engineer, I see school vouchers as nothing more than a Hail Mary pass from a losing team down 35 to zero. Are we serious? Providing vouchers is like running a production line where 65% of the output fails quality standards- and instead of addressing and fixing the core process, we keep it running, still funneling the vast majority of students through the same broken system. Meanwhile, we launch smaller, fragmented production lines hoping for better yield rates. But we’ve done nothing to repair the main line. We've abandoned the idea that it's even fixable and placed our bets on side experiments, also with unsure and unequal outcomes, while the bulk of our children remain stuck in failure know as our public educational system.

The problem is poor leadership in this nation- plain and simple. Our leaders are deeply entrenched in their beliefs and overflowing with ideas, but few of those ideas are any good. They offer no real solutions, only the continuation and expansion of the problems they helped create. They can’t fix anything- but they excel at making things far worse.

Our Politicians Solution to Our Primary Education Problem:

Our inept, incompetent politicians always approach problems the same way: they start with their beliefs, then move to their ideas, followed by the implementation of those ideas- and finally, the inevitable big mess.

You can’t fix anything with preconceived ideas- what we often call beliefs. And you certainly can’t solve real problems with ideas rooted in those beliefs. It simply doesn’t work. Any attempt to implement lasting, effective solutions based on rigid ideology is doomed to fail, unless, of course, your goal was to create a great big mess from the start.

Ideas are what people have when they lack real knowledge or workable solutions. They’re often abstract, untested, and rooted more in belief than in evidence. Without grounding in reality, ideas alone don’t fix anything, instead they just float around, sounding clever until they collide with the reality of the complexity of the real world.

A Manufacturing Engineers Solution to Our Primary Education Systems Problem:

As a manufacturing engineer, I’ve spent my career solving complex systems problems- where quality, consistency, and outcomes matter. When I look at the U.S. education system, I don’t see a mystery. I see a broken production line.

If 65% of the output in any factory failed to meet basic quality standards, we wouldn’t call that a challenge- we’d call it a disaster. And we’d shut down the line, diagnose the failure points, and rebuild it until it worked. But in education, we do the opposite. We keep the broken line running, year after year, while launching small side experiments- charter schools, voucher programs, boutique reforms- hoping something will magically fix the yield. It won’t.

Step 1: Evaluate the Entire Operational System

Engineers don’t start with ideology. We start with data. We map the entire process- from early childhood education through high school graduation and identify where the system breaks down. Inputs (students, teachers, curriculum, funding), outputs (literacy, graduation rates, workforce readiness), and yield (how many students meet standards) must all be measured. If the majority of students are failing, the system, not the students, is broken.

Step 2: Root Cause Analysis

We don’t blame the product. We analyze the process. Using tools like Pareto analysis and fishbone diagrams, we isolate the real causes: outdated curriculum, poor teacher support, bloated administration, lack of accountability, and misaligned incentives. We separate symptoms from root causes.

Step 3: Identify What Works- and Copy Exactly

In manufacturing, when we find a process that works, we don’t reinvent it—we copy exactly. If a school, district, or program consistently delivers high-quality outcomes, we document it, validate it, and replicate it. Not partially. Not selectively. We copy the curriculum, the teacher training, the administrative structure, the feedback loops- everything.

This is how world-class factories operate. And it’s how world-class education systems should operate too.

Step 4: Continuous Process Improvement

Once the best model is copied across the system, we don’t stop there. We build in feedback loops. As improvements are discovered- through data, innovation, or frontline feedback- we update the master model. And every school using the “copy exactly” system gets updated too. This ensures consistency, scalability, and continuous improvement.

Step 5: Stop Betting on Side Lines

Handing out school vouchers while leaving the main system broken is like building side production lines while the core one keeps failing. It’s not scalable. It’s not sustainable. And it doesn’t fix the problem. We must repair the main line first—then optimize alternatives.

We don’t need more ideology. We need engineering. We need systems thinking, root-cause analysis, and a relentless focus on outcomes. The education of our children is too important to leave to political guesswork. It’s time to treat it like the mission-critical system it is- and rebuild it like engineers.

You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See

High school test scores are like final inspections in manufacturing—they show the outcome, not the cause. To fix a system, you need visibility throughout the process. Imagine being hired to troubleshoot a failing production line, but you’re not allowed to observe the process. It’s a black box. Inputs go in, defective outputs come out, and no one can explain why. In any real-world environment, that would be unacceptable. Transparency is non-negotiable.

The Case for Cameras in Classrooms

Parents should demand real-time cameras in every classroom—recorded and accessible for review. Professional sports teams record every game to analyze performance. Doggie daycares offer live feeds so owners can check on their pets. Don’t our children deserve at least the same level of care and scrutiny? Classroom cameras would allow teachers, administrators, and parents to see what’s really happening. It’s the only viable way to diagnose why two-thirds of students fail to meet basic academic standards.

Beyond Reform: Safety and Accountability

Beyond educational reform, classroom cameras could serve a second urgent purpose: real-time threat detection. In an era of school shootings, live feeds could help law enforcement respond immediately and save lives. Yes, there will be resistance—privacy concerns, union pushback, and cultural discomfort. But without transparency, we cannot improve outcomes or ensure safety. This isn’t about surveillance. It’s about accountability, insight, and the courage to confront uncomfortable truths.

A View from the Outside

We’re not just looking at statistics—we’re looking at the future of our nation. If students can’t meet minimal academic requirements, they’re not prepared for college or the workforce. They lack the tools to build a stable life or contribute meaningfully to society. This isn’t a technical failure. It’s a national one. And the consequences echo far beyond the classroom.

Made Elsewhere-
A Statistical Portrait of America's Decline

Global Manufacturing Share
United States vs. China
(1950-2025)

Capitalism Run Amok
The Price of Greed & Power

Over the past 75 years, China has undergone a staggering industrial transformation. In 1950, it was a marginal player, producing just 2% of the world’s goods. Since then, China has followed a steep and sustained upward trajectory to become the undisputed global manufacturing leader, now responsible for over 40% of total output. Yet despite this meteoric rise, China continues to classify itself as a developing nation.

Meanwhile, the United States, once arguably the world’s predominant superpower, has experienced a sharp decline. In 1950, the U.S. produced over 40% of the world’s manufactured goods; today, that share has fallen to nearly 10%. Despite this dramatic erosion of industrial dominance, the U.S. still claims the mantle of the world’s premier superpower.

Capitalism
The System Isn’t Broken—It's Working Exactly as Designed

U.S. Economic & Industrial Policy

Deindustrialization by Design: Shift from a production-based economy to a service-based one, hollowing out middle-class jobs and regional economies.
Financialization of Industry: Prioritizing personal wealth, shareholder value and quarterly profits over long-term national resilience and workforce development.
Trade Agreements Favoring Outsourcing: Policies like NAFTA and WTO accession for China accelerated the offshoring of manufacturing and weakened domestic labor protections.

Educational System

Dilution of Academic Standards: Lowering graduation requirements to inflate success metrics while failing to equip students with even minimal real-world skills.
Focus on Compliance Over Competence: Emphasis on standardized testing and bureaucratic benchmarks, and compliance rather than critical thinking, open expression of ideas, creativity, STEM & vocational training.
Disconnect from Industry Needs: Schools producing graduates unprepared for modern technical or skilled labor roles, while industries import foreign talent, and cheap labor.

Social & Labor Policy

Mass Immigration Without Integration: Importing low-cost labor without investing in assimilation, driving up the cost of housing, medical, general cost living & taxes, with a reduction of services, while simultaneously driving down wages, and fragmenting communities.
Erosion of Civic Unity: Policies and cultural shifts that undermine shared identity, national pride, and social cohesion.
Expansion of Dependency Systems: Growth of welfare and entitlement programs that discourage self-reliance and incentivize government dependency.

Cultural & Political Consequences

Normalization of Dysfunction: Treating systemic failure as inevitable or acceptable, rather than solvable.
Distrust in Institutions: Public confidence in government, media, and education erodes as outcomes worsen and accountability disappears.
Rise of Anarchy & Alienation: A generation growing up disconnected from opportunity, identity, and purpose—fueling despair, addiction, and violence.

Top 10 Percent

U.S. Stock Market Ownership (Q3 2023)

Group Share of Stock Market Wealth

Top 10% own 93% of all stocks

Middle 40% own 6%

Bottom 50% own 1%

The Wealth Transfer:
How Wealth Concentration Mirrors National Debt

National Debt -
Poor & Middleclass
Money

Rightsizing America:

From Post-War Glory to Present Reality

WWII

America’s Post-War Apex: A Historical Anomaly?

After WWII, the U.S. emerged as:

The only major industrial power untouched by war.
A nation with massive infrastructure, natural resources, and a unified workforce.
The global supplier of everything—from steel and cars to consumer goods and food.

Europe and Asia were in ruins. The U.S. didn’t just win the war; it inherited the world’s demand. That era of dominance, roughly 1945 to 1975, was extraordinary, but arguably unsustainable.

Rightsizing- Back to Pre-War Reality

Before WWII:

The U.S. was deeply unequal, with widespread poverty and labor unrest.
The Great Depression had shattered confidence in capitalism.
Manufacturing was strong, but not dominant globally.
Infrastructure and education were uneven, and social safety nets were minimal.

The post-war boom was a historical blip, not a baseline. And now, with globalization, automation, and geopolitical shifts, the United States is returning to a more competitive, fragmented, and vulnerable position, closer to where it stood before its mid-20th-century apex.

Why This Matters for STEM and Vocational Education

If we’re “rightsizing,” then the question becomes: How do we rebuild, to stabilize, empower, and thrive?

STEM and vocational education are key because:

They equip people with the necessary skills to adapt to a quickly changing world.
They rebuild domestic capability in manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure.
They restore dignity to work that’s practical, essential, and best suited to meet challenges, and opportunities of today and tomorrow.

We may not return to post-war dominance, but we can build a resilient, skilled, prosperous society.

Education Level Estimated Annual Earnings

Less than High School~$38,600

High School Diploma~$49,700

Vocational Training / associate degree~$57,000

Bachelor’s Degree~$91,200

Master’s Degree~$109,200

Doctoral Degree (PhD)~$114,400–$124,800

Aristocrat

Someone whose wealth doesn't come from anything they personally did, earned or created. They didn’t work for it, they didn’t build it, their fortune is entirely inherited. Their status is rooted not in merit, but in inheritance.

Oligarch

A person whose wealth and power are derived entirely from exploitation of their political power. These people enter politics with no significant accomplishment on their resume that would qualify them for their position. Their entire career is rooted in political influence, and their fortune grows through access, deals, and control.
Oligarchs are not creators, the don't invent or create anything, they don't build anything, they make their wealth solely from their position of power.
Oligarchs exist for one purpose: to build wealth and power for themselves, not for the public good, but at the public’s expense. Their actions serve a single goal: self-enrichment. What they contribute isn’t service- it’s strategy and schemes designed to expand their influence and secure their dominance.
Oligarchs don’t contribute anything beneficial to society—they only extract from it. Their influence drains public resources, distorts democracy, and deepens inequality. What they leave behind isn’t progress, but misery.
Power Base: Position and political connections.

When Flying First-Class is Far Beneath You

No matter what you believe about climate change, we can probably agree on this: an increase in emissions, especially fine particulate matter and combustion byproducts from jet engines —
isn’t good for anyone’s health.

“Missy, please tell me my speech is ready. We’re just swinging by Miami so Raul can touch up my hair color — it’s been looking a little brassy since Cabo.

Then it’s straight to New York for the Climate Justice dinner tonight. $2,500 a plate — but the chef’s French, so I guess I’m not just fighting for climate justice; by demanding that we ban all those gas, wood, and coal pizza ovens, I’m also helping to fund the arts.

We’re only staying through the weekend, though — Barbara and I have to be in Maui by Monday for their annual Coo-Coo Festival. Everyone who’s anyone in Hollywood is going to be there.”

VIP Private Jet

One cross-country private jet trip emits as much CO₂ as

~2.3 years of daily charcoal pizza oven use, or
~2.7 years of daily wood-fired pizza oven use.
In other words, one private jet flight ≈ 900–1,000 days of running a pizza oven nonstop.

One midsize private jet flight across the U.S. and back emits as much CO₂ as:

~200,000 charcoal-baked pizzas, or
~250,000 wood-fired pizzas.
That’s roughly 2–3 years of pizza-making at a busy NYC shop.

One private jet trip across the U.S. and back emits as much CO₂ as running a professional charcoal-fired pizza oven every day for about two years.

The Top 1% of Wealthiest Americans Are Responsible for ≈20% of all U.S. Fossil Fuel Pollution, Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Study

This refers to a 2023 study from researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which found that the top 1% of income earners in the U.S. are responsible for up to one-fifth of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.

I conducted my own research using publicly available data and straightforward calculations and reached the same conclusion: the top 1% of wealthy Americans are responsible for approximately 20% of the country’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.

However, I believe that figure would be significantly higher if we also accounted for the energy required to manufacture their luxury goods — including homes, private jets, yachts, and other high-impact items.

Why This Matters:

These emissions stem largely from luxury consumption: private jets, oversized homes, yachts, and high-end travel.
Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of Americans contribute less than 10% of emissions, despite being more vulnerable to climate impacts.

Statistical Example:

Even though private jets are used by a tiny fraction of Americans, their climate impact is massive compared to everyday car travel

Annual Travel Comparison:

Private jets fly ~15 billion miles per year
All U.S. cars combined drive ~2.9 trillion miles per year

Emissions Comparison:

1 jet mile ≈ 35 car miles in CO₂ emissions per passenger
So: 15 billion jet miles × 35=525 billion car-mile equivalents

Relative Impact:

Compared to 2.9 trillion total car miles, private jet travel is equivalent to: 525 billion miles ≈18% of total pollution.

Conclusion: Private jets, used almost exclusively by the ultra-wealthy, produce emissions equivalent to 18% of all U.S. car travel, despite flying less than 1% of the total miles.

Can We Engineer a Better America?

The Truth, Based on Facts, Rather Than Convenient Lies

Rethinking Our Foundations in a Time of Decline

Every 70 to 80 years, America seems to hit a wall. The Civil War. The Great Depression. And now, a fractured society marked by economic instability, political dysfunction, and cultural decay. These aren’t random events; they’re symptoms of a deeper design flaw.

We’re told that our Constitution is the greatest ever written, and that capitalism is the engine of prosperity. But if that were true, why do we keep crashing into disaster? Why does a system built 250 years ago, one that allowed slavery, enshrined the right to bear arms, and designed for a small agrarian elite-still dictate how we live in a global, digital, industrial world?

Our Founding Fathers were not poor, enslaved farmers rising up against tyranny- they were, for the most part, British social elites: wealthy landowners, many of whom owned slaves. Their fight was not for basic freedoms they lacked, but for the freedom to maximize profit without interference. What they truly opposed was having to pay taxes and being constrained by the British monarchy. The American Revolution was not about liberty for all; it was solely about securing power, economic autonomy for the privileged few.

The American Revolution was driven by opportunity for personal enrichment and the Fear of British Reform: Britain’s growing abolitionist sentiment-especially after the Somerset Case (1772), which ruled slavery unsupported by English law- alarmed American elites. They feared that continued British rule could threaten their slave-based economy.

Preservation of Power: The Founding Fathers saw the Revolution as an opportunity to break away from a monarchy that was gradually evolving in its ethical stance. Through revolution, they were able to establish a new system that preserved their elite control, one that, at its core, continued to uphold institutions like slavery.

Britain’s Ethical Shift vs. America’s Entrenchment

Britain was moving toward abolition, driven by religious, moral, and economic arguments.
Britain's Abolition of Slave Trade (1807): Britain banned the transatlantic slave trade.
Britian's Slavery Abolition Act (1833): Officially ended slavery across the British Empire.
The American Founders, by contrast, enshrined slavery in their new republic, prioritizing unity among states and elite interests over human rights.

The Constitution: A Shield for Power, Not the People

The U.S. Constitution was not crafted to make all men equal or to protect individual rights. It was designed to safeguard the interests of its authors, their property, their profits, and their vision of power.

Documented Legally Sanctioned Slavery: The original Constitution included provisions that accommodated and protected slavery, such as the Three-Fifths Compromise and the Fugitive Slave Clause.

You might think that the Founders of the American Revolution, who claimed they went to war against a monarchy to secure freedom and equality for all, would have crafted a Constitution that allowed all people to participate in elections. But you’d be wrong. The original Constitution largely mirrored the British system, reserving voting rights solely for the wealthy elite. Far from a radical break, it was a continuation of a structure that prioritized property and privilege over universal representation and equality.

What exactly do so many historians find so bold or unique about copying the same voter rights from the British system, the very system that the founders committed treason against, launched an insurrection over, and fought a war to escape? How can a revolution be hailed as visionary when its new democracy exactly mirrors the political exclusions of the old regime?

Who Could Vote Under the Original Constitution?

Only White male property owners were allowed to vote in national elections about 6 percent of the total population.
Voting rights varied by state, but most required:
- Land ownership
- Or payment of taxes

The Myth vs. The Reality

The Myth: The U.S. was founded to protect religious liberty for all.
The Reality: The Revolution was driven by economic interests, political autonomy, and elite power struggles.
Religious freedom was not a central issue in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution.

What the Founders Actually Did

The First Amendment (1791) did guarantee freedom of religion, but only after the Constitution was ratified, and largely to prevent government interference, not to promote universal tolerance.
Many Founders were deists or secularists, skeptical of organized religion. They wanted to keep religion out of government, not necessarily protect it.
Meanwhile, religious minorities- such as Catholics, Jews, and other non-Protestants, faced discrimination for many decades. One could argue that intolerance never truly disappeared, it simply changed form. Today, we’re seeing a renewed wave of persecution and disdain for religious beliefs, woven into the fabric of our politics, institutions, and public discourse.

The Second Amendment wasn’t written to defend citizens against tyranny; it was embedded to ensure that Founders could bear arms against anyone who dared challenge the architects’ vision of how government should be structured and controlled.

From the beginning, the Constitution served as a tool of appeasement, something to pacify the population and rally support for a new regime. But all of its promises were hollow. “All men are created equal” was a slogan, to rally the people, not a belief.

The founders never lived by it, never governed by it, and never intended it to apply universally. It sounded noble, but it was never real. When they declared that “all men are created equal,” they weren’t speaking about the common citizen. They were referring to themselves- the political elite. The phrase, so often quoted as a universal ideal, was originally meant to affirm the rights of wealthy, land-owning men, not the broader population.

In addition to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Founding Fathers produced a series of documents designed to legitimize their new government and shape public perception. The Declaration of Independence, while poetic in its promise of liberty, served more as a rallying cry than a binding commitment to equality.

The Articles of Confederation, their first attempt at governance, collapsed under its own weakness, prompting a shift toward stronger centralized control. The Federalist Papers were crafted to sell the Constitution to a skeptical public, not to question its flaws. Even the Northwest Ordinance, which laid the groundwork for expansion, was steeped in calculated power dynamics. These texts weren’t written to empower the masses, they were written to secure control, manage dissent, and build a system that protected the interests of the few.

They didn’t dismantle monarchy to empower the people, they replaced a king with oligarchs, themselves. The throne may have vanished, but the exploitation remained. Capitalism became their instrument of greed, and slavery their foundation.

The people didn’t escape oppression; they simply traded a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system for a newly formed government of elite rule and exploitation. The promise of freedom was hollow replaced by a new system that solely served the powerful, while leaving the people with nothing more than empty promises and a bleak future, far worse than if they had never committed treason by turning on their own country and countrymen.

Contrary to what many historical scholars believe, there is nothing noble about treason, especially when, like our Founding Fathers, where their motive was not liberty for all, but the continuation of slavery, commandeering the national wealth of the British people for personal gain, power, and privilege. That’s not's not being heroic, or noble, it’s being totally morally bankrupt. The exact opposite of nobility.

Nobility, heroism is when you start a peaceful protest movement, for the betterment of your people and nation, like Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, while being persecuted, with a resolve and determination, that even far supersedes your own life, safety, and well-being, if you can make a positive change for the people of your nation. There’s nothing noble in rebellion born of selfish ambition. Real nobility lies in self-sacrifice, choosing principle over power, and people over personal gain.

In steep contrast to the new American tyrants, the British King during this same period was relinquishing his power to a new system of government for the betterment of his people and nation. Through a series of reforms, Britain was actively moving toward the abolition of slavery, no matter the financial cost.

In Steep Contrast to the American Tyrants

When Britain abolished slavery in its empire through the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, the government followed with the Slave Compensation Act of 1837- paying out £20 million, a staggering 40% of the national budget at the time.

Completely opposite to the newly formed U.S. government and states, the British didn’t fight a civil war over the profits of slavery- rather, they were willing to pay a very steep financial price to end it.

The American people's opening volley, written below, in our never-ending pursuit to rid ourselves from the rein of terror, that was born and conceived in the creation of our new nation.
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And the very beginning of our long march to dismantle the evil forces that are forged in its very foundation that still remain to this day.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

As a young boy growing up, I was completely clueless about what our Founding Fathers thought the American flag stood for.

But whenever I rode in the front seat of my father's car with him—my father talked about what it was like when he was growing-up and that he wanted a better life for me and my sister. He wanted us to get a good education, so we wouldn't have to work two jobs like him. He told me about what the Great Depression was like, how he had to drop-out of school in 10th grade to help support his family, and he had to sleep with potatoes in his bed with him to keep them from freezing, and how at 18, he had to go off to fight in World War II Pacific campaign, landing on Iwo Jima and later going on to Japan, while his four brothers, my uncle Stanley, Tony, John, Henry fought in the European campaign—

My uncle John was sort of the hero in the family. He was badly wounded in the war, and the medics thought he was dead—so they placed him in a room with corpses. But he woke up. Although he lost a large part of his arm and was permanently disabled, he managed to get a good government job collecting money at the toll booths.

When the Vietnam War came around, his son—my cousin Johnny, who’s about eight years older than me—enlisted and was sent off to Vietnam. My father was not happy about that at all, not in the least. From what I could tell, I think my father was mostly very upset that my cousin Johnny enlisted—before he even saw whether or not he’d be drafted into the war.

But when my cousin Steven, who was also much older than me, got drafted, he was suffering from mental issues and got a note from his psychiatrist that excused him from military service. I never heard my father ever say a single word about that, good or bad.

While riding in the car with my father, I learned everything about what my father believed that our American flag stood for, as we saluted everyone single one, no matter how many we saw.

“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow.”
~ Abraham Lincoln

Today, nearly 30% of Americans rely on government assistance. That’s not far off from the breadlines of the Great Depression, just better disguised by bureaucracy and digital infrastructure. We have more safety nets, yes, but we also have more systemic dependency. The illusion of stability masks deep inherent structural defects, a system design to ultimately fail in disaster.

We need to ask ourselves, why does this keep happening?

The post-war boom was a historical blip, not a baseline. With globalization, automation, and geopolitical shifts, the United States is returning to a more competitive, fragmented, and vulnerable position, closer to where it stood before its mid-20th-century apex.

And just like in the 1920s, wealth is once again dangerously concentrated.

Wealth Concentration: Then and Now

In 1929, the top 0.1% of Americans owned as much wealth as the bottom 42%.
The top 10% controlled over 80% of the stock market.
Speculation, debt, and inequality created a fragile economy that collapsed into the Great Depression.

Fast forward to 2025:

The top 1% now hold nearly 30% of all U.S. household wealth.
The top 10% control over 67% of the nation’s total wealth, 93% of all stocks.
The bottom 50% own just 2.5%—a level of disparity that rivals the 1920s.

We’ve added safety nets since the Great Depression, but the underlying imbalance persists. Our systems are designed to manage poverty, not eliminate it. Meanwhile, the pursuit of profit and personal power has taken precedence over the greater good- again eclipsing the interests of the nation and its people.

As a retired engineer, I see this not just as a political or economic crisis, but as a design problem. An old and very flawed and corrupt system from the onset. And when the foundation is flawed, patching the roof won’t save the house.

That’s why I believe STEM and vocational education are more than just career pathways, they’re tools for national renewal. We need a generation that understands how systems work, how to build resilient infrastructure, how to solve real-world problems, and how to think critically about the world they’re inheriting.

We may not return to post-war dominance. But we can build a society that’s stable, skilled, prosperous, and self-reliant. That starts with education, not just in science and technology, but in history, civics, and ethics. It starts with questioning the blueprint, not just following it.

America’s First and Highest Authority:
The Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—-That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Our Constitution’s Real Purpose:
Shielding Wealth Through the Creation of States

How Our Constitution Was Flawed from Its Conception-
Solely Engineered to Protect Power

The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, to rally public support: It helped convince undecided colonists that independence was not only necessary but morally justified, and marked the formal announcement of the colonies’ intent to separate from Britain.

Among the Founders’ writings, the Declaration of Independence stands alone in articulating the ideals of a democratic and free society.

This document- intended by the Founders to apply solely to themselves, not to all people- was nonetheless a radical assertion of human rights and democratic principle. It proclaimed that “all men are created equal” and that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed. Most importantly, it affirmed that when a government becomes destructive to those ends, the people have the right to alter or abolish it and establish a new one that better secures their liberty and happiness.

When it came time to create that new government, the result was not a unified nation, it was a compromise designed to protect entrenched power in different regions of the nation. In no way what-so-ever was our constitution engineered to protect the rights, or the best interest of the people of our nation, it was crafted solely to protect the wealthy.

The U.S. Constitution, drafted in 1787—11 years after the Declaration of Independence, was not delayed by logistics or thoughtful deliberation over how best to serve the people. A Constitution for the people could have been accomplished in a few short weeks. The delay stemmed from deep conflict among the wealthy and powerful, who were consumed with how to divide authority among themselves.

These were not men fighting for freedom from poverty or oppression. They were not victims of tyranny, they were privileged British elites, many of whom profited from slavery, trade monopolies, and land speculation. Their revolution was not driven by moral outrage, but by a calculated desire to seize power from the British crown and redistribute it among themselves. With the help of the common people, they believed they could win, and they did. But they didn’t build a new system for the people. They built one for themselves.

There was no Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, or Nelson Mandela among Founders. No visionary committed to justice or equality. The Constitution was shaped solely by the demands of regional elites who refused to surrender control to a strong central government. Instead, they insisted on retaining local power, and the only way to secure their participation in a national union was to engineer a system of states, each with its own laws, autonomy, and ability to shield elite interests from federal oversight.

This was not unity- it was fragmentation. And it laid the groundwork for one of the most inept and corrupt nations ever conceived: a country throughout its entire history locked in perpetual turmoil, where power is endlessly contested by elites, a fractured union of states remain in constant never-ending conflict for power until this day.

Contrary to popular belief- often held by historians too entrenched in their own convictions to see the obvious, our Founding Fathers did not create anything revolutionary when drafting our Constitution. Instead of establishing a unified national authority, they prioritized individual state powers, resulting in a fragmented and fragile framework. What they built was not a bold new vision, but a recycled structure, one that Western history has repeatedly attempted and repeatedly seen fail. Like its predecessors, this system of fragmented power has consistently bred instability, conflict, and, ultimately, collapse.

We need only look back at Western history to see the consequences of fragmented power. The Greek city-states, fractured 3,000 years ago, spent centuries locked in rivalry, conflict, and war. The Roman Empire, which flourished under centralized rule, ultimately collapsed into chaos once it splintered into competing factions. Time and again, fragmentation has bred instability, division, and decline.

With fragmented power, in the hands of the wealthy, Rome became a fragmented nation with competing interest, Rome turned against itself, citizen against citizen, and the empire crumbled. Great Britain tried a similar model, and again, it led to endless competition and perpetual warfare. Fragmentation always results in a struggle for dominance among elites and inevitably descends into civil war and internal collapse.

If you were trying to design a model of efficiency, a well-thought-out, smoothly functioning system of government, this would be the textbook example of what not to do.

50 States, 50 State Governments, 50 State Judicial Systems, One Federal Government, A Senate, A Congress, and to Top It All Off- the Supreme Court to oversee this mess…
One Gigantic Cluster-Duck

A tangled web of overlapping jurisdictions, conflicting ideologies, and relentless power struggles. We’re told this is a system of checks and balances, but in reality, it’s a chaotic battlefield of competing interests. Red states versus blue states. Governors defying federal mandates. Courts contradicting other courts. All of it wrapped in the polished veneer of democracy, while ordinary citizens are left to navigate the confusion, division, and dysfunction.

If you think our system of checks and balances between state and federal governments, where every disagreement between these opposing powers carries the potential for insurrection or civil war, is a safeguard against tyranny, then congratulations: we’ve built the perfect system to achieve exactly that. What’s sold as a mechanism for stability, a balance of power, in practice, is the ideal breeding ground for division, gridlock, and escalating conflict.

OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES

America’s system of checks and balances system is similar to a corporation where executive leadership introduces a new policy, and one of the independent departments decides to oppose and ignore it. If senior management objects, that department threatens to break away and start its own company.

The system of checks and balances wouldn’t work in a corporation, and it doesn’t work any better in our government.

For those who believe in small government, America today is a bureaucratic nightmare. One colossal Federal Government, 50 massive State Governments, each with its own laws, regulations, and judicial systems, and none of them truly aligned. What was once envisioned as a way to divide power among the elite Founders of our nation has morphed into a tangled mess of overlapping authority and constant conflict. Citizens are subject to wildly different rules depending on where they live, while federal mandates clash with state resistance. It’s not unity, it’s organized chaos. And for those who value simplicity, accountability, and limited government, it’s a waking dystopia.

Some of the Results of a Fragmented Nation

1790s – Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans: Bitter ideological battles nearly tore apart the early republic.
1830s – Nullification Crisis: South Carolina threatened secession over federal tariffs.
1850s – Bleeding Kansas: Violent clashes over slavery foreshadowed the Civil War.
1870s–1890s – Labor unrest and class conflict: Strikes like the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 turned cities into battlegrounds.
1930s – Great Depression: Economic collapse fueled radical movements and fears of revolution.
1960s–1970s – Civil Rights and Vietnam War: Widespread protests, riots, and political assassinations shook the nation.
2000s–2025s – Political polarization and social unrest: Divisions have intensified, and the next big storm is brewing.

Besides our first civil war, how many times since the unholy conception of our nation have, we stood at the brink of civil conflict, almost constantly throughout our history as a nation. The one exception in our history was during World War II, when, as a nation, we finally found unity in the face of a common enemy. In that moment, unity became essential for our very survival. History has shown this time and time again: if you want to unify fragmented nation-states, threaten their existence and very survival.

It took just 82 years for our nation to descend into our nation's first civil war. And why wouldn’t it? If you were willing to overthrow the British Empire to form a new republic, when they got in the way of your lust for wealth and power, why would you surrender your state's autonomy when the central government threatens your wealth and influence? Time and again throughout Western history, elites in fragmented systems have never chosen what serves the greater good, but what protects their own power, even if it means going to war.

Fast forward 250 years, and the American Dream remains elusive- caught in a cycle of never-ending turmoil. Yes, times have changed. Technology has advanced. Society has evolved. But the tyrants still exist. Only their names have changed, and their numbers have multiplied with each generation. As the country has grown, so too has the machinery of power. Despite all the progress, nothing has fundamentally shifted in the structure of who holds control. The faces are new, but the system remains the same.

When I look across our nation, I don’t see unity, I see fragmentation. Fifty states, divided into red and blue, a federal government caught in gridlock, and a population locked in constant conflict, each side vying for power. The people are at odds, the system is strained, and the turmoil feels endless. What I see is a nation in chaos and anarchy—not by accident, but by design.

Case in Point – Recent History

Under one-party rule, the federal government has embraced policies of unchecked immigration, policies that are fully supported by some states and citizens, while others vehemently oppose them. In response, governors from opposing states have resorted to sending migrants by bus and plane to jurisdictions aligned with the federal stance, not as a solution, but as a form of political retaliation. This isn’t cooperation- it’s confrontation. What we’re witnessing is a nation fractured: fifty states with extreme opposing views, locked in conflict with each other and with the federal government. It’s a three-way free-for-all- chaotic, divisive, and unsustainable.

Then a new administration from the opposing party comes into power, and suddenly the federal administration's policy flips over night: and the border closes tight shut. Then when the new federal admiration attempts to deport the migrants previously admitted under the previous administration, and supported by blue states, and citizens- the conflict quickly escalates. Now, it’s the red states supporting the new administration, and the blue states at war with the federal government, fiercely resisting deportation with the backing of many of their citizens. The streets erupt in chaos and violence. What began as a policy dispute has spiraled into full-blown anarchy.

The reason immigration has remained unresolved for decades isn’t because it’s inherently complex- as most countries manage it without much trouble. The real obstacle is political. Many lawmakers have little interest in fixing or enforcing existing immigration laws because doing so would disrupt the agendas of powerful elites who benefit from cheap labor, and of constituents who support open borders. While some Americans favor more lenient policies, polling shows that the majority supports legal immigration but opposes unchecked or illegal entry. For some politicians, immigration isn’t a problem to solve- it’s a long-term strategy to import a never-ending supply of cheap labor, reshape the electorate and consolidate power.

And immigration is just one issue, among countless others, that fuel division in this country. The deeper reality is that many of the wealthy and powerful who vie for influence don’t genuinely care about the issues they claim to champion. They encourage citizens to fight over them, not out of conviction, but as a distraction. For most of the elite, the issues themselves are irrelevant. The only thing that truly matters to them is how those issues can be leveraged to gain more power, wealth, and control.

Immigration is just one of countless issues we’re constantly battling over, free speech, the Second Amendment, abortion, taxes- the list goes on. If we were to compare the current state of our nation to the Soviet Union just before its collapse, I’d argue we’re in unimaginably worse shape by far. It’s not even a fair comparison. The Soviet Union dissolved without bloodshed, and Russia simply returned to its former self, still unified, still intact. Their shared identity as a unified nation and people helped them withstand massive upheaval, without descending into civil war.

The question is: will we survive the endless disputes and internal battles tearing our nation apart, or are we destined to shatter once again into civil war?

Contrary to what many politicians, and members of the elite class claim, the stock market’s rise to new heights is not at all an indicator of how well the American people are doing. When over 93% of corporate equities and mutual fund shares are owned by the wealthiest 10% of the population, market gains reflect the success of a small elite, not the broader public. The stock market has become a mirror of wealth concentration, not economic health. Its growth only signals the widening gap between the wealthy and everyone else.

Some well-meaning people might still claim that America is the hottest country on the planet, a beacon of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity. But I would argue we are a nation in steep decline and deep crisis. If we were a patient instead of a country, we’d be in the ICU, barely stable, and in urgent need of intervention.

Turning this country around won’t happen through minor policy tweaks or partisan promises. It demands dismantling the corrupt operating system we call the Constitution- along with the economic structure that props it up and replacing them with systems of governance that truly serve the people. That’s just the first step. Escaping this national quagmire won’t take a few election cycles; it will take decades. A full generation of rebuilding, reimagining, and recommitting to a future that prioritizes citizens over corporations, unity over division, and justice over corruption. It will take a minimum of a full generation of rebuilding, reimagining, and recommitting to a future that puts citizens first, and builds national unity.

As the same elite class- CEOs, Wall Street tycoons, real estate moguls, corrupt politicians, aristocrats, and oligarchs, continue to fight for control at the expense of the American people. They deflect blame onto voters, insisting that the left or the right is the problem. They tell you that your fellow citizens are responsible for the nation’s misery, and they stoke division and incite hostility, and violence. Just like many of the Founding Fathers, these are not noble leaders, they are vile, despicable self-serving creatures, whose only true concern is personal power, no matter the cost to others.

If you’re not voting for them, you’re blamed for everything, cast as the enemy. The powerful pit one group against another, fueling endless conflict in their pursuit of wealth and control. This isn’t governance. It’s manipulation. And it’s been the playbook for centuries.

Just as the Founding Fathers once incited the people against the monarchy, blaming it for all their suffering, today’s politicians, wealthy elites, and power brokers use the same tactic. They stir division, pit citizens against one another, and fuel hostility, not in service to the public good, but to gain political power and wealth.

There is no limit to the misery or bloodshed they’re willing to tolerate in the name of greed. This strategy is timeless: distract the people, divide them, and exploit the chaos. And just like after the Revolutionary War, the people will not be better off. In fact, they will most likely be worse off, having fought a battle that only enriched those who orchestrated it. This isn’t leadership. It’s manipulation. And unless we recognize it, we risk repeating the same cycle, again and again.

We the people must stop being pawns and become the unstoppable force that shapes our own destiny, and the future of a better America.

It's time to wake up to the reality: the only true power they have is the power we the people bestow upon them.

I am a diehard Republican, and I like their Pain, Misery, and Corruption Policies.

Yikes!
Stop fighting guys -
I am an open-minded Independent and
I like a little of both.

I am a diehard Democrat, and I like their Corruption, Misery, and Pain Polices.

Our Constitution wasn’t ever about what was best for the people. It was about what was best for the powerful. States were created not as a model of efficient governance, but as a political concession, a way for the wealthy to shield themselves from national laws they didn’t like. If federal policy threatened their interests, they could legislate around it at the state level.

And so, instead of one nation, we became 50 fragmented jurisdictions, each with its own laws, priorities, and allegiances. From healthcare to criminal justice to environmental policy, Americans live under dramatically different rules depending on where they reside.

But the deeper consequence is this: we live in a divided nation, one that has never stopped fighting with itself. From the Civil War to civil rights, from economic inequality to partisan gridlock, the battle between concentrated power and popular will of the people has never ended. The wealthy didn’t die out, they adapted. They still shape policy, influence elections, and bend the system to serve their interests.

“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” - Abraham Lincoln on June 16, 1858

The Constitution didn’t resolve that struggle-it institutionalized it. And if the system no longer serves the people, the Declaration of Independence reminds us: we have the right to change it.

The Declaration of Independence Gives Us the Exit Clause
The People's Right to Rebuild Government

Before the Constitution, before the Bill of Rights, there was the Declaration of Independence, a document that didn’t just declare freedom, but defined the purpose of government itself:

“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…”

This isn’t just poetic language; it’s a foundational principle. The Declaration of Independence makes it clear: governments exist to serve the people, and when they fail to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the people have the right to dismantle and redesign the system.

The Constitution may be the law of the land, but the Declaration is the soul of the nation. It reminds us that no system is sacred, and that the people, not politicians, not institutions, are the ultimate authority.

If the Constitution makes it too hard to fix what’s broken, then it’s not living up to the ideals that gave it life. The Declaration gave us the right to build a better system, and that right doesn’t expire.

This clause empowers citizens to rethink, reform, or even replace their government when it no longer reflects their values or serves their needs. It’s not rebellion- it’s your responsibility.

So, if you're questioning whether the current system still works, you're not being radical, you're honoring the very spirit of American democracy.

Proposed Conceptual Outline for a New U.S. Constitution

This framework envisions a fully streamlined restructuring of the United States government. It eliminates the traditional political class represented by the Senate and House of Representatives—institutions that have become increasingly partisan, self-serving, ineffective, and often corrupt. In their place, this model returns power directly to the American people through a system of direct democracy, merit-based leadership, and national unity under a simplified federal structure.

When the original Constitution was crafted by wealthy tyrants who excluded the majority of humanity from its protections, the phrase ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ becomes not a truth—but a lie waiting to be corrected.

Our original Constitution took the Founding Fathers eleven years to create. It took me less than a week, working part-time, while battling a cold, to write the constitution below. Though highly incomplete, it may serve as a foundational outline for a Constitution that truly reflects
a government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Power to the People: A New U.S. Constitution

The End of the Political Class

I. Foundational Principles

Power resides directly with the people.
Government exists to execute the will of the people through direct democratic mechanisms.
All citizens 18 years of age or older, have equal voting rights on national issues.
All individuals, regardless of origin, skin color, race, sex, sexual preferences, orientation, or gender identity, shall be treated equally under the law, without exception. Every person is entitled to the same rights, protections, and dignity, affirming that equality is a foundational principle of this nation.
Senate and House of Representative branches of government shall be eliminated.
All State Laws shall be eliminated.
Major policies decided by direct popular vote.
- Examples: abortion rights, immigration policy, declarations of war.
Laws passed by majority vote in national referenda.
Citizens shall have the right to amend this Constitution through a process of popular vote. Furthermore, they retain the sovereign authority to abolish this Constitution and establish a new one, provided that such action is approved by a two-thirds majority of the national electorate.
All citizens shall have the right to freely practice their religious beliefs without prejudice, discrimination, or interference. This right shall be protected regardless of faith, denomination, or spiritual tradition, and shall not be infringed upon by any governmental, institutional, person(s), group, or societal force.
Citizens shall have the right to peacefully protest. However, such protests must not obstruct government officials in the execution of their duties, nor disrupt the peaceful functioning of society, including interference in public streets, buildings, or private property. Demonstrations may be held in parks and other designated public areas where they do not constitute a nuisance or disturbance.
- In our Democracy, any protest that causes harm or disruption is not an act against the government- it is an act against the will of the American people. Citizens are strongly encouraged to express their views through online platforms and a wide range of public forums. Additionally, peaceful protest may be exercised collectively at the voting booths, as a vital expression of democratic will.
All citizens shall have the right to basic medical care, and medication as deemed necessary, including emergency room services and hospitalization. A national healthcare system shall be established and funded through income-based premiums. Very low-income individuals and those temporarily unemployed may be exempt from payment. Wealthy individuals and corporations shall contribute substantially higher premiums to ensure sustainability.
- Private medical insurance companies shall be prohibited, and wealthy individuals shall not be permitted to purchase private coverage or pay out-of-pocket for basic medical services. Every citizen shall receive the same high-quality standard of care, regardless of income or social status. There are no 'special' people, every life holds equal value, and a person's worth to society and as a human being is not determined by their net worth.
- All citizens shall retain the freedom to choose their own doctor, specialist, and hospital. This system applies exclusively to essential medical care; cosmetic procedures may be paid for out-of-pocket and are not covered under the national healthcare system.
All mothers shall receive six months of paid leave following childbirth. Large and medium-sized corporations shall be required to cover the full cost of this leave out-of-pocket. Small businesses shall contribute based on their financial capacity, with the federal government covering any remaining balance to ensure full compensation. This policy guarantees equitable support for working mothers across all sectors, regardless of employer size.
Parents shall hold ultimate authority in determining what is best for their children, superseding governmental intervention except in cases of clear physical or mental abuse that endangers the child’s welfare. Parents are solely responsible for choosing appropriate methods of discipline. Spanking shall not be considered abuse unless it exceeds reasonable limits or results in physical harm. Parents retain the right to make decisions in the best interest of their child, even in instances where the child strongly disagrees.

Citizens Right to Bear Arms Policy

Our original Second Amendment shall remain largely intact as it was written and applied. Under the new Constitution, no government entity shall require any citizen to register firearms in their possession, that they owned prior to the adoption of our new Constitution, nor impose additional testing or qualification requirements for legal firearm ownership, except for the exceptions as explicitly outlined below:
- Following the enactment of this Constitution, individuals must be at least 21 years of age to legally purchase or possess any firearm, unless they are actively serving in the military.
- Individuals under the age of 21 who legally purchased or possessed a firearm or assault weapon prior to the enactment of this Constitution shall be exempt from the age restriction, with one exception:
- Those under 32 who possess an assault weapon prior to the enactment of this Constitution must meet all conditions required for firearm ownership between the ages of 21 and 41, including:
- Obtaining a firearm license
- Passing a drug screening
- Undergoing a background check for serious legal infractions, excluding minor misdemeanors
- Completing a mental health questionnaire disclosing past and current conditions
- Failure to meet these requirements shall render the individual’s possession of the assault weapon unlawful. In such cases, the weapon must be surrendered to law enforcement authorities.
- From ages 21 to 41, any individual seeking to purchase or legally own a firearm must:
  - Apply for a firearm license
  - Pass a drug screening
  - Undergo a background check for serious legal infractions, excluding minor misdemeanors
  - Complete a mental health, and drug and alcohol addiction questionnaire disclosing past and current conditions
Any individual with a documented history of severe or chronic mental illness—such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or personality disorders—shall be permanently disqualified from firearm ownership. This provision does not apply to individuals with mild depression, panic attacks, or anxiety disorders unless such conditions have resulted in medical intervention or hospitalization.
Additionally, firearm ownership shall be prohibited for individuals with a history of severe alcohol addiction, illicit drug use or addiction to prescription medications, excluding cannabis use unless medical intervention was required due to its effects.
- From age 42+ any individual seeking to purchase or legally buy a firearm, you must:
  - Apply for a firearm license
  - Undergo a background check for serious legal infractions, excluding minor misdemeanors
  - Complete a mental health questionnaire disclosing past and current conditions
  - Any individual with a documented history of severe or chronic mental illness—such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or personality disorders—shall be permanently disqualified from firearm ownership. This provision does not apply to individuals with mild depression, panic attacks, or anxiety disorders unless such conditions have resulted in medical intervention or hospitalization.
  - Additionally, firearm ownership shall be prohibited for individuals with a history of illicit drug use or addiction to prescription medications, excluding cannabis use unless medical intervention was required due to its effects.
- All current gun ownership laws in each state, city, town, shall stay the same as they existed prior to this new Constitution. If you were allowed to own and carry a weapon prior to this new Constitution, then that right doesn't change, you still have that right, but if your state, city, or town did not permit gun ownership or carry that also still remains the same.
- Under this Constitution, the citizens affirm that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed upon, nor shall any laws be enacted that diminish a citizen’s right to firearm ownership beyond the limitations explicitly outlined herein, for a minimum period of twenty (20) years following the ratification of this Constitution.
- After this initial twenty-year period, modifications to firearm rights may only be considered if national statistics demonstrate a reduction of at least eighty-five percent (85%) in violent crime—including illegal gun possession—compared to the year immediately preceding the adoption of this Constitution.
- If such a reduction has not occurred, and the decrease in violent crime is less than seventy-five percent (75%), an additional twenty (20) years shall be added before reconsideration is permitted. If the reduction falls between seventy-five percent (75%) and eighty-four percent (84%), an additional ten (10) years shall be added.
- Only after these conditions are met may changes to the right to bear arms be proposed, and such changes must be approved by a national popular vote.
- Persons under the age of 18 shall be permitted to use firearms only under the direct supervision of an adult citizen who is lawfully in possession of the firearm(s). Supervision must be continuous and physical, ensuring the adult maintains immediate oversight and control.
  - Example: A son or daughter accompanying their parent on a hunting trip, where the parent is legally authorized to possess the firearm.
- All American citizens possess the inherent, right as living beings to protect themselves, their families, friends, and fellow citizens from bodily harm or theft, as guaranteed under this Constitution.
  - In public settings, the use of force shall be permitted only to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent harm or stop an active threat. Excessive or unreasonable force, even in response to assault, shall not be justified beyond what is required to neutralize the attacker. The same standard applies to the protection of personal property.
  - In a private setting, if an individual unlawfully enters a citizen’s home with force or malicious intent, the resident shall have the right to use whatever level of force that they deem to be necessary to protect themselves, their family—including the use of deadly force.
    - This authorization does not extend to the use of deadly force solely for the protection of property. Deadly force may only be used when there is a clear and immediate threat to personal safety or the safety of others within the residence. Property alone, regardless of its value or nature, shall not justify the use of lethal force.
No American citizen shall be held civilly or criminally liable for injuries inflicted upon an assailant or thief, provided such injuries were not inflicted with malice, but occurred in the course of lawful self-defense or defense of others.
In support of the constitutional right to bear arms, any act of robbery or assault in which a firearm is used by the assailant shall be classified, at minimum, as attempted murder—even in cases where the victim sustains no physical injury. This provision affirms the gravity of using a firearm in the commission of a violent crime and reinforces the principle that responsible gun ownership must be paired with strict accountability for misuse, in any criminal activity.
Any individual convicted of a firearm-related offense shall be permanently prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. If such an individual is later found in possession of a firearm, they shall receive a mandatory minimum sentence, the duration of which shall be determined through a democratic process by the people.
For each subsequent violation, the sentence shall be multiplied by a factor of no less than three (3), ensuring escalating penalties. For example:
- First violation: mandatory minimum sentence
- Second violation: sentence multiplied by 3
- Third violation: sentence multiplied by 3 × 3 (i.e., 9 times the original minimum)
- This structure reinforces strict accountability for repeat offenders and upholds public safety through citizen-driven sentencing policy.
Any individual found in illegal possession of a firearm, who has previously been convicted of a crime involving the use of a firearm, shall be subject to enhanced penalties. For each subsequent offense, the mandatory minimum sentence shall be multiplied by a factor of ten (10), ensuring severe consequences for repeated violations.
- This provision is intended to deter habitual firearm-related offenders and reinforce public safety through strict sentencing escalation.

The People's Criminal Justice Policies

All penalties for crimes shall be determined by the people of the nation through a detailed voting process. Crimes will be standardized into categories of violent and non-violent offenses. The Supreme Court will assign specific crimes to their appropriate categories based on the nature and severity of the offense. Additionally, the people may vote to institute enhanced penalties for repeat offenders, ensuring that sentencing reflects both the crime and the individual's history.
In the event that the people determine certain crimes to be punishable by the death penalty, no individual shall be executed without conclusive DNA evidence confirming their guilt. Convictions based solely on evidence such a witness testimony or video footage shall not be sufficient grounds for capital punishment. Furthermore, the Supreme Court must review all death penalty cases to ensure proper legal handling and constitutional compliance.
Bail will not be granted for violent offenses, illegal weapons possession, weapons-related crimes, or high-threat robberies such as armed robbery and carjacking. For all other offenses, including minor thefts or non-violent infractions, bail will not be required.
Plea bargaining will be eliminated, except when a defendant chooses to plead guilty. Every individual deserves the right to a fair trial.
Nonviolent convicted offenders shall not be housed with violent offenders. They will be placed in separate correctional facilities to ensure their safety, rehabilitation, and appropriate management.
The federal government shall be the sole operator of all prison facilities, without exception. Private corporations and institutions shall not be permitted to own, manage, or operate any prison, nor engage in the confinement of any American citizen under any circumstance
If an inmate in a nonviolent facility harms another individual while in custody, and convicted of the offense, they shall be transferred to a facility designated for violent offenders, where appropriate rehabilitation measures will be implemented.
If an inmate assaults another inmate, they shall be prosecuted as if the offense had occurred against a citizen in free society. All incarcerated individuals retain the right to defend themselves in the event of an assault, and may use reasonable force to protect themselves. Being in prison does not strip a person of their fundamental right to self-defense against violence.
Inmates housed in violent offender facilities shall be further classified based on the severity of their offense and their assessed likelihood of rehabilitation. These classifications will include four rehabilitation categories: 'Probably,' 'Maybe,' 'Probably Not,' and 'Definitely Not.'
- Minimum-level violent offenders will be placed in the least restrictive category.
- Inmates may move between categories over time based on time served, behavioral progress, and participation in rehabilitation programs.
- Inmates housed in violent offender units shall be compensated for participation in study, rehabilitation, and work programs. Compensation shall be determined based on their risk classification:
  - 'Definitely Not' inmates shall receive $1.00 per hour
  - 'Probably Not' inmates shall receive $1.50 per hour
  - 'Maybe' inmates shall receive $2.00 per hour
  - 'Probably' inmates shall receive $3.00 per hour
- This system is designed to incentivize engagement in constructive activities while recognizing varying levels of risk and rehabilitation potential.
- This system is designed to promote accountability, incentivize positive behavior, and tailor rehabilitation efforts to individual needs."
All inmates shall be provided with separate living quarters, each equipped with a toilet and sink. Meals served must meet standards of good nutritional quality to support health and well-being.
Inmates shall be responsible for the daily operation, maintenance and repair of prison facilities, including cleaning, food preparation, painting, plumbing, and electrical work excluding tasks and equipment related to security. All work will be performed under the supervision of qualified staff to ensure safety and compliance with standards.
All prison facilities shall be painted in bright, cheerful colors to promote a more positive and rehabilitative environment. The use of dark, bleak tones shall be prohibited in order to support mental well-being and reduce the psychological impact of confinement.
Televisions and any form of gambling shall be prohibited in all prison facilities. However, each prison must maintain a well-equipped library offering a wide range of subjects, with a strong emphasis on personal development and rehabilitation. Libraries shall be regularly updated with new releases, including the latest best-selling books, to encourage intellectual growth and constructive use of time.
When existing inmate housing fails to meet the minimum standards outlined in this Constitution, the President shall judiciously order the construction of new correctional facilities to restore compliance. This process shall be carried out with urgency and transparency, under the scrutiny of the citizens, to ensure the timely completion of humane and constitutionally compliant housing conditions.
All inmates shall receive alcohol and drug counseling, relevant job training, and access to academic education to support rehabilitation and successful reintegration into society.
All inmates housed in the non-violent housing shall receive a salary of $3.00 per hour while participating in job training, academic education, or work programs. A portion of these earnings may be used for commissary purchases, while the remaining balance will be provided upon release to support their transition into a productive and stable life.
Prior to release, all inmates who are mentally and physically capable shall be required to write and submit a one-page letter addressed to the American people, outlining their plans for rebuilding their lives after incarceration. Additionally, every inmate shall take an oath to the citizens of this nation, pledging to uphold the laws and Constitution of the United States and to remain loyal to the American people.

The People's Monetary Policies

Corporate CEOs whose companies operate manufacturing facilities outside the United States and import those products into the U.S. market for sale shall be subject to a total annual compensation cap not exceeding twenty times the annual wage of the lowest-paid employee within the company. This provision shall not apply to CEOs who are the original founders of their respective corporations. Additionally, CEOs of corporations that manufacture products abroad but do not sell or distribute those products within the United States in any form are exempt from this limitation.
All companies that operate outside the United States, whether through product manufacturing, services, or other business activities, shall be required to pay taxes on all profits earned abroad. Funds repatriated to the United States within the same fiscal year shall be subject to a reduced tax rate to encourage domestic investment. Profits retained outside the United States for any purpose, including holding or foreign investment, shall be taxed at a higher rate, calculated as twice the national average unemployment rate for that fiscal year.

The People's Wealth Rightsizing Act (WRA)

Section 1: Purpose To prevent excessive accumulation of passive wealth through inheritance, while encouraging reinvestment into productive economic activity. This law ensures that inherited wealth is either actively used to build businesses or taxed accordingly, with safeguards against asset hoarding, offshore evasion, and unregulated wealth transfers.

Section 2: Inheritance Threshold and Taxation

Individuals may inherit up to $10 million USD and pay the standard inheritance tax rate applicable under existing law.
Any inherited assets exceeding $10 million USD shall be subject to an additional 10% inheritance surcharge on the amount above the threshold.

Section 3: Profit Taxation on Inherited Wealth

Once an individual inherits assets exceeding $10 million USD, all investment profits derived from their total holdings shall be taxed as follows:
- Profits from productive investments (e.g., publicly traded stocks) shall be taxed at 112.5%, but only upon sale or realization of gains.
- Profits from idle or non-productive assets (e.g., gold, cryptocurrency, art, collectibles) shall be taxed at 125%, regardless of whether gains are realized or not.
These elevated tax rates apply only while the individual’s total net assets remain above $10 million USD.
If the individual’s net assets fall below $10 million USD, investment profits shall revert to being taxed at the standard rate.

Section 4: Reinvestment Exemption

Profits may be exempt from elevated taxation if they are actively reinvested into:
- Expanding or improving the inherited business
- Starting a new business with verifiable operations
- Hiring employees or contractors
- Developing products, infrastructure, or services
To qualify, reinvested funds must be:
- Used within 12 months of profit realization
- Audited and verified by an independent third party
- Reported transparently to the Rightsizing Oversight Office

Section 5: Stock Withdrawal and Reallocation Limits

Individuals with net assets above $10 million USD may withdraw no more than 10% of their total stock holdings per calendar year without penalty, unless the money is used to pay for taxes, or one of the following:
Withdrawals exceeding 10% in a given year shall be subject to a 50% withdrawal tax, unless:
- The funds are reinvested into other productive stock market assets (e.g., reallocating from one stock to another)
- The funds are used for productive investments, such as:
  - Building housing or commercial infrastructure
  - Launching or expanding a business
  - Hiring or training employees
Withdrawals used to purchase idle assets (e.g., gold, cryptocurrency, art, luxury goods) shall be taxed at 50% on the withdrawn amount, in addition to any applicable profit taxes.

Section 6: Foreign Asset and Capital Movement Taxation

Any transfer of funds or assets outside the United States by individuals with net assets above $10 million USD shall be subject to a 50% outbound transfer tax.
Profits earned from foreign investments shall still be subject to the applicable elevated tax rates:
- 112.5% for productive investments
- 125% for idle investments
Individuals must disclose all foreign-held assets, including offshore accounts, trusts, and entities.
Failure to disclose foreign assets shall result in retroactive taxation, penalties, and public reporting.

Section 7: Donations and Gifts

Donations to foreign entities or charities shall be subject to a 50% donation tax on the amount donated.
Donations to U.S.-based charities shall be subject to a 25% donation tax on the amount donated.
Gifts to relatives or other individuals made prior to death shall be subject to a 50% gift tax on the amount transferred.
All donations and gifts must be disclosed annually, and failure to report shall result in penalties and retroactive taxation.

Section 8: Anti-Avoidance Measures

Passive holding entities, shell companies, or non-operational ventures shall not qualify for exemption.
Attempts to disguise passive income, asset appreciation, or wealth transfers as reinvestment shall trigger retroactive taxation and penalties.

Section 9: Oversight and Enforcement

A new division within the IRS, the Rightsizing Oversight Office (ROO), shall be established to monitor compliance, conduct audits, and publish annual reports.
Violations may result in fines, asset seizure, and public disclosure.

Section 10: Allocation of Revenue

All net revenue generated from elevated inheritance and investment taxation under this Act shall be allocated as follows:
- 50% to fund essential government operations, including infrastructure, education, healthcare, and public services
- 50% to a dedicated Debt Reduction Fund, managed by the U.S. Treasury, for the sole purpose of reducing the federal deficit and long-term national debt obligations

People’s Stock Market Policy Act (PSMPA)

Section 1: Purpose To eliminate speculative and exploitative financial practices in the stock market, restore transparency and fairness, and ensure that all Americans benefit from long-term national economic growth. This policy transitions the stock market into a publicly managed system operated by the federal government, with protections for individual ownership and retirement security.

Section 2: Elimination of Private Brokerage and Speculative Trading

All private stockbrokers, trading firms, hedge funds, and investment funds operating on behalf of individuals or institutions shall be prohibited from trading stocks for financial gain.
Third-party trading of stocks, including for retirement accounts, pensions, or investment funds, shall be deemed illegal.
All trading activity shall be conducted exclusively by the U.S. Federal Stock Exchange (FSE), a new public entity operated by the federal government.

Section 3: Transition to Public Ownership and Management

All existing stock market assets shall be transferred to the Federal Stock Exchange, with ownership rights fully retained by individual shareholders.
No assets shall be seized or redistributed during the transition.
The FSE shall manage all trading, valuation, and reporting functions in a transparent, publicly accountable manner.

Section 4: Company Participation and Valuation

Any company meeting a defined financial and operational threshold may apply to be listed on the Federal Stock Exchange.
Upon listing, the company shall be assigned a base valuation determined by its audited financials and operational metrics.
This base value shall remain fixed unless affected by public investment activity:
- Increased public investment raises the company’s market value.
- Sell-offs or divestment reduce the company’s market value.
Companies shall retain their base valuation regardless of investor participation, ensuring stability and fairness.

Section 5: Investment Options for Individuals

Individuals may choose to invest in:
- Specific companies listed on the Federal Stock Exchange
- The entire stock market index, representing a diversified portfolio of all listed companies
The market-wide investment option shall be promoted as the default and preferred method, based on historical data showing consistent long-term returns.

Section 6: Retirement Investment Reform

All retirement contributions from working Americans shall be automatically invested into the entire stock market index managed by the Federal Stock Exchange.
This ensures:
- Broad diversification
- Long-term growth
- Protection from speculative losses
Retirement accounts shall be individually owned, government-managed, and fully transparent.

Section 7: Oversight and Governance

The Federal Stock Exchange shall be overseen by a Public Investment Council, composed of:
- Certified accountants
- Independent auditors
- Citizen representatives selected through a transparent public process

All trading data, company valuations, and investment flows shall be publicly reported on a quarterly basis.
Any attempt to circumvent public trading rules shall result in penalties, asset seizure, and public disclosure.

Social Security Reform Act (SSRA)

Section 1:
Purpose To restore long-term solvency to the Social Security Trust Fund by adjusting benefit eligibility and contribution requirements for high-net-worth individuals, while introducing a national investment strategy to strengthen the system through public ownership.

Section 2:
Benefit Eligibility Reform Individuals with a net worth exceeding $10 million USD shall be ineligible to receive Social Security benefits, including retirement, disability, and survivor payments. These individuals shall continue to contribute to the Social Security system through payroll taxes and supplemental contributions.

Section 3: Tiered Supplemental Contribution Schedule A new Supplemental Social Security Tax shall be applied to annual income for individuals with net worth above $5 million USD, as follows:

$5 million to $10 million: 2% on income
$10 million to $25 million: 4% on income
$25 million to $50 million: 6% on income
$50 million to $100 million: 8% on income
Over $100 million: 10% on income

Estimated total annual revenue from these contributions: $319 billion

Section 4:
Payroll Tax Adjustment and National Investment Fund The Social Security payroll tax shall be increased by 0.5% for employees and 0.5% for employers. This 1% increase shall generate approximately $100 billion annually. All revenue from this increase shall be invested into the Federal Stock Market Index, as defined in the People’s Stock Market Policy Act. The fund shall be publicly owned, individually credited to workers’ retirement accounts, and managed transparently by the Federal Stock Exchange.

Section 5: Projected Impact on Solvency

Annual Social Security payout: $1.4 trillion
Projected shortfall post-2034: $280 billion
Revenue from SSRA: $319 billion
Revenue from payroll tax increase: $100 billion
Savings from excluding ultra-wealthy from benefits: $56 billion
Total annual revenue: $475 billion
Annual surplus: $195 billion

Section 6:
Surplus Allocation $100 billion shall be invested annually into the Federal Stock Market Index. The remaining $95 billion shall be directed to a Stabilization Reserve Fund, benefit enhancements for low-income retirees, and public investments such as debt reduction.

Section 7: Oversight and Transparency
The Social Security Administration shall publish an annual report detailing revenue collected from supplemental contributions, impact on trust fund solvency, and distribution of surplus funds. All net worth assessments shall be conducted via audited financial disclosures, with penalties for misreporting.

Structural Justice Reforms & Methods Policies

Constitutional Provision: Direct Resource Revenue Distribution to Tribal Citizens

Section X: Individual Profit-Sharing from Extractive Industries
- Revenue Allocation A fixed 1.5% of the total annual net profits from extractive industries—including coal, oil, shale, and mineral mining—shall be allocated for distribution to individual citizens of federally recognized Native American tribes.
- Distribution Schedule
- Funds shall be pooled annually and distributed every five years.
- Each eligible tribal citizen shall receive an equal share of the total allocation, based on verified enrollment status at the time of distribution.
- Direct Payment Requirement
- All funds shall be paid directly to individual tribal citizens.
- No portion of these funds shall be routed through tribal leadership, tribal governments, or intermediary institutions.
- Distribution shall be managed by a federally chartered Native Revenue Commission to ensure transparency, equity, and direct access.
- Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals must be enrolled members of one of the 574 federally recognized tribes.
- Enrollment must be verified through federal or tribal documentation prior to each distribution cycle.
- Oversight and Transparency
- The Native Revenue Commission shall maintain a secure registry of eligible individuals and publish transparent annual reports.
- The Commission shall be composed of tribal citizens and independent auditors, with no authority granted to tribal governments over fund allocation.
- Protection Clause
- This provision shall not interfere with tribal sovereignty or existing treaty rights.
- Tribes may continue to receive separate royalties or benefits from resource extraction on tribal lands, but such funds are distinct from this individual allocation.

Constitutional Provision: Educational Funding for Native American and African Citizens

Section X: Career and Education Access Fund

1. Purpose

To guarantee full financial support for education and career training for Native American and African citizens, funded by contributions from the top 1% of wealth holders in the United States. All funds not to be paid in any form of tax on income, but from established personal assets.

2. Funding Source

The top 1% of U.S. wealth holders shall contribute annually to a federally managed Career and Education Access Fund.
Contributions shall be sufficient to cover all eligible costs outlined below for all qualifying individuals.

3. Eligibility

Must be a verified citizen of a federally recognized Native American tribe or a verified African descendant with U.S. citizenship.
No income restrictions or academic prerequisites shall apply.

4. Covered Programs

Any accredited educational or career training institution, including:
- Community colleges
- Trade schools
- Vocational and licensing programs (e.g., CDL/truck driving, HVAC, cosmetology)
- Two-year and four-year colleges and universities

5. Covered Costs

Up to $10,000 per year in tuition and fees
All required books, supplies, testing, and certification costs
Transportation stipends if needed for program access
Up to $1,000 per year in direct personal expenditures for educational needs (e.g., tools, uniforms, meals, transit)

6. Payment Structure

All funds shall be paid directly to the educational or training institution on behalf of the student.
No funds shall be paid directly to the individual, except for the $1,000 personal expenditure allowance.
Institutions must verify enrollment and itemized costs before receiving payment.

7. Attendance Requirement

Funding shall be immediately suspended if the individual:
- Ceases attending the program without valid documentation
- Maintains extremely poor attendance that reasonably indicates they will not complete the course
Institutions shall report attendance data quarterly to the Office of Career and Education Access.

8. Administration and Oversight

Managed by the U.S. government.
Annual public reports shall detail fund contributions, disbursements.

9. Protection Clause

This provision shall not interfere with existing scholarships, tribal education programs, or reparative initiatives.
Individuals may combine this funding with other aid sources without penalty.
Cost Adjustment Clause

10. Duration Clause

This program shall operate for a period of 20 years from the date of enactment.

11. Cost Adjustment Clause

The total amount of funding available per individual shall be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the average cost of education and career training in the United States. This adjustment shall be based on data from the U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including tuition, fees, books, supplies, and certification costs. The adjustment shall apply to both institutional payments and the personal expenditure allowance. These increases shall ensure that the program remains effective and responsive to inflation and rising educational expenses.

Climate Reparations Equity Act (CREA)

A Policy Proposal for Direct Compensation to African Americans Harmed by Segregation, Funded by Luxury Pollution Taxes

Purpose

To provide annual financial compensation to African Americans born before the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, acknowledging the economic harm caused by segregation and systemic racism. This compensation will be funded by targeted taxes on luxury-based pollution — a form of environmental injustice disproportionately driven by the wealthiest Americans, who only represent about 1% of our population, but are responsible for between 15 - 20 percent of the total pollution emitted every year.

Eligibility

All U.S. citizens who identify as African American and were born before July 2, 1964, + 9 months.
Recipients must be living in the United States and registered with the program.

Annual Compensation

Each eligible individual will receive an annual payment of approximately $2,700, adjusted annually based on revenue and inflation, with a maximum cap of $10,000 per person per year. Payments will continue on a yearly basis until the recipient is deceased. Funds will be distributed via direct deposit or prepaid debit cards.

Funding Sources: Luxury Pollution Taxation

This program is funded entirely by taxes on high-emission luxury activities, which are overwhelmingly consumed by the wealthiest Americans — and which contribute disproportionately to climate change:

Example:

Private jet users make up roughly 1% or less of the U.S. population
They account for ~15 billion miles flown annually
Each mile flown emits 5–10 times more CO₂ per passenger than a car
That translates to ~18–20% of total travel-related emissions, excluding commercial aviation

About 1% of the population is responsible for ~20% of travel pollution,

while the remaining 99% of the population accounts for ~80%.

Private Jet Fuel Tax

$12 per gallon tax on aviation fuel used by private jets.
Estimated revenue: $15 billion/year

Excess Electricity Use Tax

Progressive tax on residential electricity usage exceeding 2.5× the national average.
Base rate: $0.20 per kWh above threshold, increasing 25% per additional doubling.
Estimated revenue: $2.5 billion/year

Luxury Yacht Fuel Tax

$10 per gallon tax on marine fuel used by privately owned yachts.
Estimated revenue: $1.5 billion/year

Luxury Home Heating Fuel Tax

$2 per gallon tax on heating oil and natural gas used by homes over 5,000 square feet.
Estimated revenue: $8 billion/year

Luxury Hotel Stay Surcharge

$100 per night surcharge on hotel rooms priced at $1,000/night or more.
Estimated revenue: $87.6 million/year

Why This Tax Is Justified

According to recent studies, the wealthiest 1% of Americans are responsible for up to 15–20% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Their emissions are driven by private jets, oversized homes, luxury vehicles, and high-consumption lifestyles.
Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of Americans contribute less than 10% of emissions, despite bearing the brunt of climate impacts.

Why This Matters

Environmental Justice: This policy ensures that those most responsible for climate damage contribute back to society in some manner.
Racial Equity: Segregation and systemic racism denied generations of Black Americans access to wealth, education, and opportunity. CREA offers direct compensation without burdening working-class taxpayers.
Climate Accountability: By taxing luxury emissions, CREA discourages excessive consumption while funding justice.

Implementation & Oversight

Administered by a new federal government.
Annual audits and public reporting on revenue, distribution, and environmental impact.

The People Immigrations & Citizenship Policies

Article X: Regulation of Unauthorized Migrants and Asylum Seekers

Our nation does not except any claims of asylum to be potentially valid, unless the person requesting asylum has done so at an official port of entry, and they must do so immediately upon arrival at place of entry, land, air, or sea.

Uniform Application Clause

This law shall apply equally and without exception to all migrants who have entered the United States illegally, regardless of the date or circumstances of their entry, including those who arrived 25 years ago or more recently. No grandfathering, exemptions, or time-based exclusions shall be permitted under this provision.

Section 1: Entry and Legal Status

Any migrant who enters the United States illegally shall forfeit the right to remain in the country unless actively engaged in the legal asylum process and entered the country through a port of entry.
Failure to appear at any scheduled court hearing shall render the asylum claim null and void.

Section 2: Registration and Disclosure

All undocumented migrants must, within 90 days of enactment, either:
- Voluntarily leave the country, or
- Report to a designated government office to seek permission to remain.
- If you fail to report to the government within 90 days, you will be subject to 1 year in prison, and $5,000 fine.

Migrants must provide full disclosure of:
- Legal name
- Country of citizenship
- Place of residence
- Contact information
- Employment details
- Any other information deemed necessary by the government
- All migrants shall be fingerprinted, photographed, and issued a government identification card.

Section 3: Criminal Background and Deportation

A background check shall be performed on all registrants.
Migrants with serious criminal histories—domestic or international—beyond misdemeanors or petty theft shall be detained and deported.
Migrants convicted of any crime after registration shall be deported.

Section 4: Residency and Oversight

Migrants without criminal records may remain in our nation indefinitely but shall not ever be eligible for full citizenship or voting rights.

Clause 1: English Language Learning Migrants who are permitted to remain in our nation under the terms of this Constitution shall not be subject to any mandatory English language requirement.
- No compulsory language classes shall be imposed.
- Migrants may learn English at their own pace, as generations of immigrants have done before them.

Clause 2: Language and Public Safety Migrants shall not be permitted to perform any task that requires proficient English for public safety, including but not limited to:
- Operating a motor vehicle
- Handling hazardous materials
- Performing emergency response duties Unless they can pass appropriate language and safety tests administered by the government.

Clause 3: Civic Knowledge Requirement All migrants shall be required to complete an online study program, in their language of choice, covering the laws and Constitution of our nation, and must pass a standardized test to demonstrate understanding.

Clause 4: Oath of Allegiance All individuals who wish to remain in our nation shall be required to pledge allegiance to:
- Our People's Nation
- Its Constitution and laws
- The people of the nation This oath shall be a condition of continued lawful presence or citizenship.
- Migrants Children born in our nation to registered migrants shall be granted full citizenship and voting rights.

Migrant citizens must report to the government every 90 days. Failure to do so shall result in deportation.
Migrant citizens do not have the right to buy, own, or possess a firearm.
Migrant citizens are not eligible to become police officers, but they are allowed to enlist into our military, and can be drafted into our military, if ever a national draft is enacted.
Migrant citizens are not eligible to run for any public office, and they are no eligible to work for any government entity.

Section 5: Employment and Restitution

Migrant citizens must obtain legal employment within six months of registration or face deportation.
All migrant citizens shall pay $25,000 in restitution to the American people for the financial burden incurred.
Restitution shall be deducted periodically from wages.
All registered migrant citizens shall be required to maintain an active bank account with a federally recognized financial institution. All income and payments received must be deposited directly into this account through the formal banking system. Migrants shall be permitted to withdraw funds from their account for personal use, purchases, and daily living expenses. The federal government shall retain the right to monitor and audit these accounts for compliance, fraud prevention, and enforcement of restitution payments. Cash payments for labor or services are strictly prohibited. Violation of this provision shall result in immediate deportation.

Any new migrants entering this country seeking asylum must enter in through a port of enter, doing otherwise, makes their claim to be seeking asylum null and void without just cause or reason.

Section X: Enforcement of Border Entry and Visa Compliance

Clause 1: Immediate Removal of Unauthorized Entrants Any individual found to have entered the United States illegally after the enactment of this provision shall be subject to immediate removal with minimal judicial oversight.

This includes individuals who bypass designated ports of entry or fail to comply with visa terms.

Clause 2: Definition of Asylum Entry Claims of asylum shall only be considered valid if the individual enters the United States through an official port of entry.

Entry by land, air, or sea at any location other than a designated port shall be deemed an illegal entry, not a legitimate asylum attempt.
Overstaying a visa shall be interpreted as an intent to remain in the country illegally, not as a delayed asylum claim.

Section X: Penalty for Post-Enactment Illegal Entry

Any person who enters the United States illegally after the enactment of this law, and is not immediately turned back at the border, shall be subject to the following penalties:

A mandatory prison term of one year, and

A fine of $5,000, payable to the federal government. These penalties shall apply regardless of the method of entry—by land, air, or sea—and shall be enforced with judicial oversight.

Section X: Birthright Policy for Children of Foreign Nationals

Clause 1: Non-Automatic Citizenship No person born within the territory of the United States to parents who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents shall be granted automatic citizenship at birth.

Clause 2: Special Residency Status Such individuals shall be granted a special exception status with limited privileges bestowed by the federal government. Upon reaching the age of 18, and having no criminal record, they may apply for a Special Residency Visa, which shall be processed expeditiously.

Clause 3: Rights and Requirements Under Special Residency Visa Holders of this visa shall:

Be permitted to live, work, and study in the United States
Be automatically covered under the national healthcare system
Demonstrate possession of at least three months of living expenses, unless a hardship exemption is granted
Be required to reside in the United States for a cumulative total of two years within a five-year period

Clause 4: Path to Citizenship Upon completion of the two-year residency requirement, the individual may become a naturalized American citizen by taking an Oath of Loyalty to the Constitution, the laws, and the people of our nation. This shall confer full citizenship rights, equivalent to those of natural-born citizens.

The Citizens Drug Enforcement & Rehabilitation Polices

Section X: National Illegal Drug & Rehabilitation Policy

Unified Federal Prison and Law Enforcement Consolidation Policy

All prisons within the United States shall be designated as federal institutions. Existing state prisons will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the people's federal government.

Personnel from the following agencies will be unified into a single entity known as the U.S. Federal Police Force:

State and federal correctional systems
Local and state police departments
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which will operate as a specialized division within the force

The U.S. Federal Police Force will be responsible for allocating personnel based on crime levels across all regions, including towns, cities, and states. Deployment decisions will be made at the discretion of the force to ensure appropriate coverage and public safety.

All laws governing conduct within penitentiaries shall be consistent with those applied outside of correctional facilities, ensuring uniform legal standards across society and the prison system.

1. Determination of Illegality The classification of illegal drugs and drug classes shall be determined by public vote.

2. General Penalty for Possession Any individual found in possession of illegal drugs shall permanently lose the right to own a firearm.

3. Possession Offenses

Non-Criminal Possession Policy - Possession of an illegal drug does not require a court hearing. If a substance in an individual's possession tests positive for an illegal drug, law enforcement will immediately transport the individual to a Class 1 treatment facility.

No criminal charges for possession will be filed, and the offense will not appear on the individual's criminal record.

First Offense:

The individual shall be transported to the nearest federal Class 1 drug treatment facility.
They must remain for 7 days and complete a drug treatment and counseling program.

Second Offense:

Mandatory 14-day stay in a Class 1 drug treatment facility.
Participation in treatment and counseling is required.

Third and Subsequent Offenses:

Mandatory 30-day stay in a Class 1 drug treatment facility for each offense.
Continued participation in treatment and counseling.

Extended Residency Policy - Residency at the facility is free and may continue indefinitely, provided the individual wishes to remain and submits a written request to do so. Continued stay is entirely voluntary and subject to approval based on the submitted request.

4. Small to Medium Scale Possession for the Intent of Sale or Distribution

Offenders shall be placed in a Class 2 government treatment program for 6 months per offense.
All personal assets deemed to be derived from illegal drugs sale will be confiscated.
Must take a course, on how start a legal small business.
After completing the Class 2 program, they will transition to a Class 1 facility.
While at the Class 1 facility, they may re-enter society during the day but must return at night.
They may not move out until they:
- Secure employment,
- Work for at least 2 consecutive months,
- Obtain independent housing.

Extended Residency Policy - Residency at the facility is free and may continue indefinitely, provided the individual wishes to remain and submits a written request to do so. Continued stay is entirely voluntary and subject to approval based on the submitted request.

5. Large Scale Possession, Sale, or Distribution

Offenders shall serve 5 years in federal prison for rehabilitation.
All personal assets will be confiscated no matter the source of the assets.
Must have a high school diploma, or obtain a GED, prior to release.
Must take a course, on how start a legal small business.
Afterward, they will transition to a Class 1 facility under the same conditions as outlined above:
- Daytime societal access,
- Nighttime return,
- Employment and housing requirements.
- They may not move out until they:
- Secure employment,
- Work for at least 2 consecutive months,
- Obtain independent housing.

6. The Most Serious Drug Offense / Drug Possession with a Deadly Weapon

Possession of any amount of illegal drugs while also carrying a deadly weapon (e.g., firearm or knife) constitutes the most serious drug offense.
The offender shall be sentenced to prison for a term determined by public vote in national elections.

Class 1 Drug Rehabilitation Facility Guidelines

Class 1 drug rehabilitation facilities shall operate under the oversight of federal law enforcement. Each resident will be assigned a private sleeping space consisting of a small room furnished with a bed, chair, table, and a lockable door. While residents may lock their doors for privacy, federal authorities retain the right to access rooms when necessary for safety or oversight.

Voluntary Access to Government Treatment Facilities

All level 1 Government addition treatment facilities shall be open to all citizens, free of charge. Individuals may check in voluntarily at any time and will receive immediate access to all available services. Those who enter voluntarily are free to stay as long as they feel necessary and may leave at any time. There is never any drug tests performed at the facility for any reason. Drug testing is strictly forbidden.

The facilities offer both in-patient and out-patient treatment programs, tailored to meet the needs of each individual.

Facility services include:

Three meals per day, of good quality, including an all you can eat 5-star buffet breakfast.
Alcohol and drug counseling
Access to licensed counselors and psychiatric care
Career counseling
A computer center for job search and employment assistance

Residents may volunteer for part-time duties such as food preparation, cleaning, or maintenance. These roles will be compensated at the federal minimum wage.

Class 2 Drug Rehabilitation Facility Guidelines

Class 2 drug rehabilitation facilities shall also operate under federal law enforcement oversight. Each resident will be provided with a private sleeping space—a small room furnished with a chair and table.

Facility services include:

Three meals per day, of good quality.
Alcohol and drug counseling
High School GED Program
Access to licensed counselors and psychiatric care
Career counseling
A computer center for employment research and job readiness

Residents may volunteer for part-time duties such as food preparation, cleaning, or maintenance. These roles will be compensated at a rate of $3.00 per hour.

People's Government Structure

II. Executive Branch

A. President

Elected by direct national popular vote.
Serves a 5-year term, with a maximum of three terms.
Must present verifiable proof of significant accomplishments and a 20-year professional track record.
Holds authority to enforce federal laws nationwide.
The President shall have the authority to appoint and select their own cabinet members.
Can remove governors or mayors who violate federal law, with Supreme Court approval.

Executive Powers of the President

The Office of the President shall hold exclusive authority over federal financial management, including:
- Allocation of national expenditures.
- Balancing the federal budget.
- Implementing strategies to reduce and eliminate the national debt.
The President shall be responsible for national security and may deploy military forces on a limited basis, as deemed necessary to protect the United States from foreign or domestic threats. All military actions must be:
- Proportional to the threat.
- Time-bound and subject to public review.
- Reported to the public within 72 hours of initiation.
The President may initiate new policies and actions, and may enact limited legislation without approval, provided that:
- Such laws do not violate constitutional rights.
- They are subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court.
- They may be overturned by a popular public vote.

Annual Public Financial Disclosure

The Executive Branch shall be required to provide a comprehensive and detailed accounting of all federal expenditures on a yearly basis.
This report must include:
- All budget allocations and spending by department.
- Justifications for major expenditures.
- Progress on debt reduction and budget balancing.
The financial disclosure shall be:
- Audited by an independent, nonpartisan body.
- Published in full and made freely accessible to the general public through official government platforms.
- Released no later than March 31st of the following fiscal year.

B. Vice President

Elected on the same ticket as the President.
Assumes duties in case of presidential incapacity or vacancy.

III. Judicial Branch

A. Supreme Court

Justices elected by national popular vote.
Serves a 5-year term, with a maximum of three terms.
Responsible for constitutional interpretation and approval of executive removals of local officials.
Must meet rigorous professional qualifications and ethical standards.

IV. Law and Enforcement

A. National Law

All laws apply uniformly across all states and territories.
No state-level deviation from federal law permitted.

B. National Police Force

Unified federal law enforcement agency.
Operates under executive oversight.
To ensure equality of safety and security for all citizens of our nation, areas with the highest crime rates will receive proportionally greater police presence than those with lower rates of crime.

V. Local Government

A. Governors and Mayors

Elected locally by popular vote.
Serves a 5-year term, with a maximum of three terms.
Must comply with all federal laws.
Subject to removal by the President with Supreme Court approval if found in violation.

VI. Citizen Participation

National voting days for major issues.
Citizens may propose legislation through verified petition systems.

VII. Checks and Balances

Supreme Court reviews constitutionality of laws and executive actions.
Independent ethics commission oversees qualifications and conducts of candidates and officials.
Transparency laws require full disclosure of campaign funding and candidate histories.

Campaign Contributions

Only U.S. citizens may contribute to political campaigns.
The maximum allowable contribution per citizen, per candidate, per election cycle shall be $1,000.
Contributions from corporations, foreign entities, or anonymous sources are strictly prohibited.
All contributions must be publicly disclosed and traceable to the individual donor.

Eligibility for Executive Office

All candidates for President, Vice President, and appointed Cabinet positions must be natural-born citizens of the United States.
Dual citizens or individuals born outside the United States are ineligible for these roles.
Verification of birth status shall be required as part of the candidacy and appointment process.

Eligibility for Local Executive Office

All candidates for Governor or Mayor must be citizens of the United States for a minimum of 20 consecutive years prior to seeking office.
Proof of citizenship duration must be verified during the candidacy registration process.
Dual citizens or individuals with interrupted citizenship status during that period are ineligible.

Eligibility for Supreme Court Justice

Candidates for appointment to the Supreme Court must be natural-born citizens of the United States.
They must have held U.S. citizenship for a minimum of 30 consecutive years.
A candidate must possess a minimum of 20 years of legal experience, including at least 10 years as a judge, or practicing attorney in federal or state courts.
All candidates must undergo a public vetting process, including:
- Submission of a detailed judicial philosophy statement.
- Participation in a public town hall and recorded interview similar to executive candidates.
- Disclosure of all prior rulings, publications, and affiliations.

Candidate Disclosure Requirement

All candidates for public office must submit a written document outlining their qualifications and proposed agenda.
The document must be a minimum of 5 pages and a maximum of 10 pages in length.
It must be submitted no later than one week after the candidate officially announces their intention to run for office.
The document shall include:
- A detailed summary of the candidate’s professional and personal qualifications.
- A clear outline of their policy proposals and intended actions if elected.
- Any relevant accomplishments that support their candidacy.
- Any alteration to the document, after the document is submitted is not permissible.
All submissions will be made publicly available for voter review.

Mandatory Public Town Hall Requirement

All candidates for President, Vice President, Mayor, and Supreme Court Justice must participate in a public town hall forum within 30 days of announcing their candidacy.
The Vice-Presidential candidate must participate in a separate town hall within 30 days of being selected.
Candidates for Governor and Mayor are also subject to this requirement.

Town Hall Format:

Each session shall last a minimum of 2 hours.
Citizens shall be randomly selected from a diverse pool, with priority given to individuals holding opposing or critical viewpoints.
Selected citizens will pose direct questions regarding the candidate’s policy positions, governing philosophy, and specific plans if elected.
Candidates must respond in detailed and substantive terms.

Transparency and Access:

All town hall sessions shall be video recorded in full.
Recordings must be made publicly available within 48 hours of the event through official government platforms.

Mandatory Candidate Interview Requirement

All candidates for President, Vice President, Governor, mayor, and Supreme Court Justice must participate in three recorded interviews, to be completed no later than 60 days before the election.
Each interview shall be conducted by a different independent, nonpartisan professional with expertise in human resources or executive-level job assessment.
Interviews must be a minimum of one hour in length.

Interview Content:

Candidates shall be asked to clearly state what they intend to accomplish if elected.
They must explain in detail how they plan to achieve those goals, including:
- Specific strategies and implementation steps.
- Relevant data or evidence supporting the feasibility of their plans.
- Their educational background, professional accomplishments, and qualifications that demonstrate their ability to execute their agenda.

Transparency and Access:

All interviews shall be video recorded in full.
Recordings must be made publicly available no later than 45 days before the election.

Public Recall of Elected Officials

The people shall have the authority to remove any elected official from office at any time, for any reason.
Removal requires a two-thirds majority vote by the eligible voting population within the relevant jurisdiction.
Upon successful recall, a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy within 90 days.

Interim Executive Authority in the Event of Presidential Removal by the People

To ensure continuity of government and prevent instability, the following structure could be implemented:

1. Vice President as Interim Leader

If the President is removed by a two-thirds public vote, the Vice President shall immediately assume the role of Interim President.
The Vice President may serve in this capacity for a maximum of 90 days, during which a special national election must be held to select a new President.
The Vice President must meet all presidential eligibility requirements and must not be under active investigation or recall proceedings.

2. Simultaneous Removal Clause

If the public vote also includes removal of the Vice President and/or key cabinet members, or if they are deemed unfit to serve:
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall temporarily assume executive authority as Caretaker Head of State.
- The Supreme Court shall oversee the organization of a special election within 60 days.
- During this period, no new laws may be enacted, and only essential government functions shall be maintained.

3. Emergency Succession Council (Optional Addition)

A non-partisan Emergency Succession Council could be established to manage transitional governance.
Composed of senior civil servants, retired justices, and military leadership, this body would ensure stability and continuity until a new President is elected.

Succession Procedures for Local Executive Removal

Governor Removal: In the event that a Governor is removed from office by public vote or executive action (with Supreme Court approval), the President shall appoint a temporary Governor to serve until a new Governor is elected. The special election must be held within 60 days of the removal.
Mayor Removal: If a Mayor is removed from office, the sitting Governor of that state shall assume oversight of the city’s executive functions until a new Mayor is elected. The special municipal election must be held within 45 days of the removal.

Who wants to vote for a new system of government where we completely get rid of our useless, inept, bipartisan branches of government the Senate and Congress, along with giving the boot to the political elite class in both the Republican and Democratic Parties who are making our lives a living hell-
and replace them with one central, almighty power:

The American Peoples Party

Note on Candidate Requirements

Any individual seeking political office to serve the American people must recognize that the requirements outlined in this Constitution are not burdensome, but rather fundamental. These expectations, transparency, accountability, and demonstrated competence, are basic standards that millions of citizens routinely meet when applying for employment in both public and private sectors.

If a candidate believes these simple and reasonable requirements are too difficult, then they are not fit to hold the office they seek. Public service demands integrity, preparation, and a willingness to be scrutinized by the people. Anything less is a disservice to the nation.

In our pursuit of justice, in our march toward equality,
we must be careful not to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.

The Lesson's We Should Learn
The lessons history ought to teach us, from our nation's Revolutionary War,
are the very same lessons echoed time and again throughout the history of humankind.

The Lessons of Justice, Rightness, and the Art of War

Lesson One, Know Thy Enemy

The people who participated in our nation's Revolutionary war, the ones who took up arms and followed our Founding Fathers in to battle, did not know their true enemy, as they were standing shoulder to shoulder with them, living with them, and even willing to kill and die for them.

The People, Groups, Ideologies- You Should Never Follow:

The People

Someone who can tell you everything they are against, but unable to clearly define what they are actually for.
Someone who presents you with a bold new idea, that has failed miserably time and time again before.
Someone who tells you they have all of the solutions, but cannot show you any actual, detailed working plan.
Someone who has no tangible significant experience or accomplishments, no track record of success, but they tell you to trust them, they know best, and they have all of the right solutions for you.
Someone who tells you, that they know better than you do, what is best for your children.
Someone that demands that others stop doing what they themselves are doing.
Someone who tells you that they are fighting for justice and equality but are unable provide a list of their complaints of the things that they believe are unjust, or unequal.
Someone who believes equality can be achieved, and the playing field can be leveled, by handing out ladders to some, while digging ditches for others.
Someone who opposes free speech and expression of idea's that do not align with their beliefs.
Someone who not only does not believe in a higher power- but also is vehemently opposed to even the notion of possibility of the existence of God.
Someone who is intolerant of someone else's peaceful personal religious beliefs and practices.
Someone who can tell you who is a good person or bad person, or anything at all about them, who they are as person - based on their origin, skin-color, race, sex, sexual preferences, orientation, or sexual identity.
Someone whose only traceable impact on society is what they've taken from it—without any evidence of self-sacrifice, personal financial contributions, charitable gifts, donations, or even the volunteering of their personal free time to help others.
Someone who has no tolerance for those that do not have the same beliefs as they do.
Someone, who is the gatekeeper of information and disinformation because they know the difference between the two.
Someone who is a politician and has been working to fix your problems for years, yet they have failed to make your life any better, it's only gotten worse.
Someone who’s a politician with no real skills, no actual value, and no major accomplishments beyond getting elected, who tell you that the people who create, build, employ, and pay taxes, and are forging the very future of our nation are the problem.
Someone who tells you that you shouldn't have to work hard to earn a good living.
Someone who believes that we are not a good nation, and they cite nations that they like better, but they fail to state which laws and policies of that nation that they think we need to adopt to make our nation better.
Someone that is living one way- but demands you to live another way.
Someone who creates a problem but has shelter or shields themselves from the problem(s) they have created and put on you.
Someone who claims breaking unjust laws is justice.
Someone urges you to disobey and break the law.
Someone who believes that disruption of society, and the destruction of property- public or private is a just form of protest.
Someone who believes that there are no peaceful solutions.
Someone tries to incite you to violence.

Identifying the Forces of Evil That Corrupt Society and

Inflict Suffering on Humanity

What we are witnessing in our nation today is a volatile clash—a conglomerate of destructive individuals and ideological groups all vying for power. Each driven by their own rigid beliefs and thirst for control, are locked in a relentless struggle. Meanwhile, good, decent, morally grounded citizens with ethics and integrity are caught in the crossfire, trapped in the chaos and anarchy these forces have unleashed.

The Revolutionaries – Seeking radical change through upheaval or overthrow.

The Supremacists – Belief in inherent superiority of their group.

The Nazis – Racial supremacist that are morally bankrupt yet convinced of righteousness; justify violence.

The Extremists – Embraces radical beliefs; reject moderation.

The Anarchists – Opposes all structured authority; embrace chaos.

The Zealots – Fanatics devoted to a cause; intolerant of dissent.

The Fanatics – Passionate irrationality; blind to consequences.

The Cultists – Loyalist to dogma or leaders; isolated from reason.

The Authoritarians – Demanders of total control; suppress opposition.

The Radicals – Advocates of extreme change; reject compromise.

The Purists – Obsession with ideological purity; turn on deviants.

The Militants – Users of violence or armed struggle for their cause.

The Reactionaries – Resistors of progress; idealize a “better” past.

The Oligarchs – Wielders disproportionate power; manipulate systems for personal gain at the expense of society.

Common Characteristics of Corruptive People, Forces, Ideologies

1. Moral Absolutism

They believe their cause or worldview is unquestionably right.
This self-righteousness justifies any action, no matter how destructive.

2. Intolerance of Dissent

They reject opposing views and often seek to silence or eliminate dissenters.
Dialogue and compromise are seen as weakness or betrayal.

3. Disregard for Human Cost

Whether through violence, manipulation, or control, they pursue their goals without concern for the suffering they cause.

4. Ideological Rigidity

They are inflexible in their beliefs, often rejecting nuance, evolution, or reform.
Purity of thought or loyalty to dogma is prioritized over truth or empathy.

5. Desire for Control or Domination

Many seek to impose their will on others—through power, violence, or influence.
Control is often maintained through fear, propaganda, or systemic manipulation.

6. Grievance-Driven Justification

They often act out of perceived injustice or victimhood, using it to rationalize extreme behavior.

7. Isolation from Reason or Reality

Their worldview may be detached from facts, logic, or broader human values.
They often operate in echo chambers or cult-like environments.

9. Disruption of Social Order

Whether through chaos, authoritarianism, or revolution, they destabilize communities and institutions.

No, greed is not good.
It is inherently selfish, corrosive, and destructive to the collective well-being of society.

Greed vs. the Greater Good

Greed is not ambition. It’s not innovation. It’s the pursuit of self-interest at the expense of others. It corrodes trust, undermines institutions, and hollows out communities. When profit and personal power become paramount, the nation suffers.

If we want to engineer a better America, we must reject greed as a virtue and replace it with values that build, not extract. That means investing in education, infrastructure, and people. It means designing systems that reward contribution, not exploitation.

How the United States Quality of Life
Compares to the Rest of the World:

The Metrics That Matter

We’re often told the United States is the greatest country on Earth. But when you look at the numbers that shape everyday life, housing, food, health, safety, education, debt, and inequality, the picture tells a different story. This article breaks down how the U.S. stacks up globally across the metrics that matter most to real people.

Home Ownership

U.S. Home Ownership Rate: 65.9%
U.S. Global Rank: 172 out of 195 countries, one of the worst in the world, almost at the bottom.
Top Countries: Laos (95.9%), Romania (95.3%), Slovakia (92.9%)

If owning a home is the cornerstone of the American Dream, you'd have a better chance of achieving it in 171 other countries, all of which boast higher home ownership rates than the United States.

Despite its wealth, the U.S. ranks 172nd out of 195 countries in home ownership- near the bottom and still declining.

Wealth Inequality

When it comes to wealth concentration, the United States stands at the top of inequality among developed Economies

Share of Wealth Held by the Top 10% (Developed Economies)

United States~70%
Germany~58.5%
United Kingdom~54%
Sweden~50%
Netherlands~45.4%
Global ranking of 67, out of 143 nations (per World Economics.com)
The top 10% of Americans also own 93% of all U.S. stocks, while the bottom 50% hold just 2.5% of total wealth.

This level of disparity is not typical among peer nations. The U.S. stands apart, with a wealth gap that mirrors the 1920s, just before the Great Depression.

Homelessness

U.S. Homeless Population: 771,480 (2025)
Example Global Comparisons:
- UK: ~280,000
- Germany: ~263,000
- Portugal: ~ 5,900
- Denmark: ~ 5,800
- Mexico: ~ 5,800
- Japan: ~4,000
- Thailand: ~2,500
- Greece: ~ 1,400

The U.S. is not the worst in this category, but it has the one highest homelessness among wealthy nations.

Percent of Population Needing Food Assistance

SNAP (Food Stamps): 41.7 million Americans (~12.3%)
Total Food Assistance Reach: ~20% of population
Global Comparison:
- France: ~25%
- Sweden: ~22%
- Brazil: ~18%
- Japan: ~8%

1 in 5 Americans rely on food assistance annually.

Government Assistance (Excluding Social Security)

U.S. Coverage: ~33% of population of or 1/3 of the U.S. population needs government assistance to survive.
Global Comparison:
- France: ~45%
- Sweden: ~42%
- Germany: ~40%
- Japan: ~10%

The U.S. has high reliance but less generous programs.

Safety & Peacefulness

Global Peace Index United States Ranking: 131 out of 163 countries
Top Safest Countries: Iceland, Ireland, Austria
Bottom Countries: Russia, Yemen, Sudan

Violence in the U.S. Today

Murders (2022): Approximately 21,156 people were murdered in the U.S. in 2022.
Around 1.3 million Americans are victims of violent crimes every year- including aggravated assault, rape, and robbery. Of these, hundreds of thousands suffer severe physical injuries requiring medical attention.
In a single year, over 1.3 million Americans are violently attacked, including ~20,000 murders- a toll that rivals the entire 8-year casualty count of the Vietnam War.
Each year, far more Americans are murdered or violently injured than the average number killed or wounded annually during the eight years of the Vietnam War.
Statistically, civilians in the U.S. faces a higher risk of death or injury from violent crime, than a civilian living in Ukraine in the midst a full-blown active hot war. Civilian deaths: ~13,883 over three years. Civilian total injuries: ~35,548.

The U.S. is one of the most dangerous countries to live, ranking in the bottom 20% globally for safety.

School Shootings & Violence

The U.S. leads the developed world in gun violence and school shootings. School Shootings: Highest in the world by far, there is no close second.

Gun Fatalities at U.S. Schools (Annual Estimates)

2022–2024 average: Between 70 and 85 deaths per year from gun violence on K–12 school campuses.
2024:
- 81 deaths
- 269 total victims (including wounded)
- 330 shooting incidents on school grounds.
Long-term total (1966–2025):
- 855 killed
- 2,385 wounded
- Across 2,981 incidents involving firearms on school property.

These figures include all cases where a gun was fired, brandished, or a bullet struck school property—whether intentional, accidental, or related to disputes.

While mass shootings get the most attention, most school gun deaths stem from escalated personal conflicts, drive-by shootings, or suicides, not indiscriminate attacks.

Mental Health

U.S. Adults with Mental Health Diagnosis: ~25%
Global Comparison:
- U.S. has highest suicide rate among high-income nations
- Second-highest drug-related death rate
- Lowest access to mental health professionals per capita

U.S. Youth (ages 3–17) Diagnosed with Mental Health Conditions: ~21%
- Anxiety: 11%
- Behavior Disorders: 8%
- Depression: 4%
High School Students (2023):
- 40% reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness
- 20% seriously considered suicide
- 9% attempted suicide

The mental health burden in the U.S., especially among youth, is among the worst in the developed world, with rising rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide.

Mental health burden in the U.S. is among the worst in the developed world.

Addiction & Overdose

Drug Use Disorder Prevalence: ~3.8% of population
Overdose Deaths: ~108,000 in 2022
Alcohol Use Disorder: ~5.3% of adults
Global Comparison:
- U.S. ranks #2 in drug-related deaths
- Opioid crisis is uniquely severe compared to Europe and Asia

According to the CDC: Substance Use Disorders • In 2022, 48.7 million people aged 12 or older (or 17.3 percent) had a substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year, including 29.5 million who had an alcohol use disorder, 27.2 million who had a drug use disorder, and 8.0 million people who had both an alcohol use disorder and a drug use disorder.

Addiction and overdose rates in the U.S. are among the highest globally.

Incarceration Rate

U.S. Prison Population: ~2 million
Incarceration Rate: 629 per 100,000
Global Comparison:
- Canada: 104
- Germany: 69
- Japan: 39

The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world.

Healthcare Cost & Access

U.S. Healthcare: World-Leading Costs, Lagging Outcomes

Annual Spending: ~$12,000 per person
Prescription Drug Costs: Highest in the world—often 2–4× more than in peer nations
Global Rank in Healthcare Spending: #1
Life Expectancy: ~76 years (ranked ~60th globally)
Infant Mortality: Higher than most developed nations
Obesity Rate: ~42% (highest among wealthy nations)

The U.S. spends more on healthcare, including medications, than any other country, yet continues to rank poorly in key health outcomes.

Education & Test Scores

PISA Scores (2022):
- Reading: U.S. ranks 13th
- Math: U.S. ranks 36th
- Science: U.S. ranks 18th
Global Leaders: Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Finland
Two-thirds of high school graduates fail to meet the minimum academic requirements needed to earn a diploma.

U.S. students lag behind in math and science compared to global peers.

National & Personal Debt

National Debt

U.S. National Debt: Over $37 trillion
Debt-to-GDP Ratio: ~123%
Global Comparison:
- Japan: ~260%
- Italy: ~140%
- Germany: ~65%
- Australia: ~50%

The U.S. has one of the highest debt loads among major economies.

Personal Debt & Savings

Average Household Debt: ~$101,000
Credit Card Debt: ~$1.3 trillion nationally
Savings Rate: ~4.1% (2025)
Global Comparison:
- Germany: ~11% savings rate
- China: ~30%
- France: ~15%

Americans carry high personal debt and save less than most developed nations.

Sex Trafficking & Forced Labor in the U.S. (2025)

Estimated victims in the U.S.: ~1,091,000 people
Global rank 9th worst out of 160 countries for sex trafficking and forced labor, modern day slave victims.
Prevalence rate: ~3.3 victims per 1,000 people

Estimated Forced Labor Victims: ~1,091,000 people Includes exploitation in agriculture, domestic work, hospitality, construction, and illicit industries.

At the peak of slavery, approximately 4 million people were enslaved in the United States. By the end of the Civil War, historians estimate that all were freed through the combined impact of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and the 13th Amendment (1865).

Despite our reputation as the leader of the free world, the United States today still faces widespread modern slavery. The United States ranks as the 9th worst country globally in terms of the total number of victims, with an estimated 1.09 million people living in conditions of forced labor, sex trafficking, and exploitation.

The good news is that this is one of the very few issues on which both our political parties find common ground. Both recognize that the labor needed, picking our crops, cleaning our hotels, and performing countless other essential jobs, is vital to our country. We’re often told by our politicians that we Americans are largely unwilling to perform these tasks ourselves, which has made this labor force indispensable. Without it, our nation would struggle to function.

While it’s often said that Americans are unwilling to perform these tasks, the reality is that many would do them if offered fair wages and decent working conditions. Instead, the system has come to rely on a vulnerable labor force, often undocumented or trafficked, because it’s cheaper and easier to exploit.

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