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“Right to work” is a marketing triumph and a policy failure.

“Right to work” sounds like freedom. In practice, it’s a corporate playbook to defund unions, depress wages, and tilt power away from the people who make this country run. The slogan sells “choice”; the policy manufactures free riders—workers who benefit from union contracts while paying nothing for the representation that wins them. That is the point. It’s not about liberty; it’s about weakening the only large-scale counterweight ordinary workers have to corporate power.

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Privatize the BOOM, Socialize the BU$T: How Wall Street’s Risks Keep Getting Dumped on Main Street

Wall Street didn’t get lucky. It got a system—crafted over decades—that privatizes booms and socializes busts. Left to its own devices, shareholder-first capitalism will drift toward corruption, consolidation, and a relentless hunt for cheaper labor. It’s not a glitch; it’s the incentive structure.

Americans are ready for something new: a rules-based, pro-worker, pro-competition economy where finance serves the real world, not the other way around. We know how to build it. We just have to stop paying for the fires and start changing the wiring.

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Tax The Rich - Redeem the American Dream by Eliminating America’s Billionaire Class

The billionaire class has a choice: invest in the America that made their wealth possible or undermine democracy to preserve their power. So far, many have chosen the latter. But history shows that when ordinary people demand accountability and fairness, systemic change is possible.

If America is to honor its promise of government “of the people, by the people, for the people,” we must confront the corrosive influence of extreme wealth and build an economy — and a democracy — that works for everyone.

The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the American dream itself.

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Hands Off: Why Privatizing Social Security and Medicaid Would Be a National Mistake

Public programs like Social Security and Medicaid aren’t just policy successes—they’re moral victories. They represent what America looks like when it takes care of its own.

Privatization is not modernization. It's a cynical attempt to convert public solidarity into private profit, one budget line at a time. If we allow that to happen, we won’t just lose these programs—we’ll lose the social contract that binds us together.

In the richest country in the world, no elder should live in poverty, and no child should go without healthcare. It’s time we stop apologizing for our public programs—and start fighting like hell to protect and expand them.

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From Walls to Welcome: A Humane, Tech-Driven Path to Citizenship for the American Melting Pot

The American Dream wasn’t built behind a wall. It was built by hands from all over the world—risking everything for a shot at freedom, fairness, and a better life.

Today’s immigration system is a moral failure and an economic blunder. But with the right mix of technology, transparency, and humanity, we can build a smarter, safer, and more just path forward.

Let’s be bold enough to say it clearly: It’s time for a system that tracks criminals, not families. That welcomes workers, not walls them out. That transforms undocumented people into documented taxpayers and future citizens.

That’s not just policy—it’s patriotism.

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You Are the Product: It’s Time for a Data Privacy Bill of Rights

The American Revolution was fought over unfair taxation and foreign control. Today, we face a new tyranny: corporate surveillance without consent, profit without accountability, and data extraction without limits.

A Digital Bill of Rights is not a luxury—it is a necessity. In the 21st century, privacy is power, and if we don’t reclaim it now, we risk surrendering our democracy, autonomy, and even our humanity to the cold logic of unchecked algorithms and profit-hungry platforms.

This isn’t just about tech. It’s about freedom. Let’s rise to defend it.

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It is time for Universal Healthcare: Why America Must Join the Rest of the Developed World in Dismantling Profit-Driven Healthcare

America’s obsession with privatized healthcare has produced a system that is morally indefensible and economically unsustainable. No one should have to choose between treatment and bankruptcy, or watch loved ones suffer because a corporation denied coverage.

If health is wealth—and it is—then universal care is the foundation for a truly prosperous nation. We have the resources, the models, and the public support. What we lack is the political courage.

It’s time for the United States to join the civilized world and treat healthcare not as a profit engine, but as a sacred right.

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Tax Reform for the bottom 90%

The current system is unsustainable. It entrenches inequality, undermines democracy, and erodes the American Dream. Reforming the tax code is not about punishing success—it is about restoring balance, funding essential services, and ensuring that those who benefit most from our society—billionaires and big corporations—contribute their fair share.

Let’s tax wealth fairly, close the loopholes, and rebalance our economy so that opportunity and security are available to all—not just the privileged few.

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