Fairness in Elections
The Problem
Politicians choose their voters through gerrymandering, and corporations choose their politicians through unlimited campaign spending. Congress has not passed meaningful campaign finance reform since Citizens United opened the floodgates in 2010.
What We Support
- End partisan gerrymandering — district lines drawn by nonpartisan citizen commissions
- Remove corporate money from politics — full disclosure of all political spending, limits on super PAC contributions
- Reduce political advertising — mandatory disclosure, restrictions on foreign-linked spending
The Numbers
Fairness in Governance
The Problem
The people making decisions about your life are immune from consequences, serve for decades without competition, and personally profit from their position. The average age of a U.S. Senator is 65. The median age of the American public is 39.
What We Support
- Maximum age of 75 for all federal officeholders
- 12-year term limits for Congress, 18-year limits for Supreme Court
- Complete ban on congressional stock trading during service
- 5-year cooling-off period before members can become lobbyists
- Automatic pay suspension during any government shutdown
The Numbers
Economic Fairness
The Problem
The economy has grown dramatically over 40 years. The people at the top have captured virtually all of that growth. The federal minimum wage has not increased since 2009 — the longest gap since it was created. In real terms it has fallen nearly 30% since its peak.
What We Support
- Raise the federal minimum wage to a living wage with automatic inflation adjustments
- A public health insurance option available to all Americans
- Medicare drug price negotiation and prescription cost caps
- Paid family and medical leave for all workers
- Expanded child tax credit for working families
- Progressive corporate taxation and closing offshore loopholes
- Simplified tax code with expanded standard deductions
The Numbers
Corporate Accountability
The Problem
Corporations are harvesting your personal data, targeting your children with addictive algorithms for profit, consolidating entire industries to eliminate competition, and raising prices while reporting record profits. Congress passed protections with 91 Senate votes — and House leadership buried them.
What We Support
- Consumer data privacy — the right to know what corporations collect about you, the right to delete it, opt out of it being sold
- Kids online safety — age verification, parental consent, prohibition of addictive algorithmic feeds for minors
- Break up monopolies — antitrust enforcement against consolidation driving up prices
- Transparency in pharmaceutical pricing