Any and all specific details and particulars of the following proposals are subject to change. 

MY 3-POINT PLAN:

CCR - Communicate, Collaborate, and Re-evaluate

Communicate

I want to implement much more direct communication between the president and the American people. At this point, one specific example would include virtual town halls on at least a monthly basis. However, these events would ideally be more often than once a month. In order to make this as accessible as possible, I would like these town halls to be live broadcast on both C-SPAN's television and YouTube channels. YouTube is free to use and can be accessed from anywhere, including our nation's free public libraries. This ensures that anyone, regardless of economic status, disability, etc. can communicate with the president. Questions would be taken from both in-person attendees and citizens online from across the nation.

Collaborate

I believe that as a nation, we are much too proud and afraid to ask others for political advice. For example, Norway has dramatically lower recidivism rates than the United States. Additionally, we as a country have a criminal justice system, specifically a prison system, that is ineffective and burns through far too many resources. The national average cost per inmate per year is about $32,000 per year (Source). In Norway, the national recidivism  rate is 20% (2 year period, re-conviction rate), compared to the U.S.'s 36% (Source). Although Norway spends significantly more per prisoner per day, many more of their prisoners are not returning, preventing taxpayers from having to pay for an additional sentence. This is just one example of a conversation that could be had to dramatically benefit both the prison population and the general American population. Collaboration needs to increase intra-nationally as well. For example, states like Connecticut and Massachusetts could connect with California to discuss economic growth strategies and renewable resource expansion and management. I am also in the progress of writing my U.S. CPRP (Collaborative Progress and Recovery Plan).

Re-evaluate

Nationally, there are numerous cases of funding being distributed ineffectively or incorrectly. For example, "underperforming" schools often have restricted access to resources, including supplies and funding. This effectively keeps the school underperforming, as the teachers and students are not given the tools and resources they need to improve. This is just one circumstance where funding distribution needs to be re-evaluated and justified in the best interests of the people.

GPGs - General Political Goals

The above component is a work in progress.

Proposed Acts in Office

Establishment of National Voting System and Postage Paid Voting by Mail

Use your voice. Go NVS.

• • Establish nationwide automatic voter registration and voter ID regulations

    • States will no longer independently determine these regulations (at least for federal elections, ideally for all elections).

  • The online portal as part of the new National Voting System (NVS) will include a section concerning opt-in automatic postage paid ballots. This new service will be free of (direct) charge* and is designed to address the obstacles faced by low income and chronically ill individuals in terms of voting. 

    • Anyone is eligible for Automatic Prepaid Ballots (APBs), but I expect that the individuals comprising the aforementioned groups will benefit the most from this program.

    • Any individual can cancel their APB request at any time before they are issued. The issuing date will be prominently featured on the NVS website and promoted in the media.

    • Events will be held at local libraries and community centers to educate homeless individuals on their voting rights and the changes to the voting system.

*Establishment and maintenance of a new website such as this will obviously require additional government employees and resources, which will have to be funded with taxpayer money.

Black Hills Reparations

• Return the Black Hills to the Native Americans whom originally occupied that land, and whom were promised that land as part of the Great Sioux Reservation under the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868). In addition, give them the trust currently held by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, created as a result of United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians (1980). Details are to be negotiated with Sioux leaders, but I intend the funds to be invested in community development and educational opportunities.

• The territory upon which Mount Rushmore stands will continue to be held by the U.S. federal government, but new educational materials (pamphlets, exhibits, etc.) regarding the desecration of the Six Grandfathers and the U.S. violation of the Fort Laramie Treaty (1868) will be added to the monument and its facilities. Ellsworth Air Force Base and privately owned land will continue to be held by their respective owners.

• Any and all artifacts created with Black Hills gold currently owned by the federal government will be offered to be returned to the Sioux Nation, ideally for display in a public educational space such as a museum.

  • • This specific act of reparation may not be possible due to legal technicalities such as artifacts being gifts from estates of deceased individuals, whom have bequeathed the U.S. federal government with these objects.

Deprofitization of Vital Resources

Organizations that provide vital services (education, corrections, medical care) will no longer be permitted to be for-profit. This act acknowledges these resources as pertaining to the basic needs of humanity, and as such commands that organizations providing these resources to be exclusively not-for-profit. Human lives are not something to be profited off of, and organizations providing the aforementioned services should always have their consumers' best interests at heart. Some organizations have proven that they cannot be trusted to do this on their own, and so they shall be made to. Many will see this as overstepping, as government getting far too involved in business. Under most circumstances, I would agree. However, when human lives are at stake, I must fundamentally disagree. I will not tolerate corporations holding the people as hostages or slaves, and neither should you.

Establishment of American Genocide Museum

The United States has, as a whole, failed to recognize both the sheer number and scale of genocides (as defined by Article II of the UN Convention on Genocide in conjunction with the additional characteristics listed below) that have happened on what is now American soil, as well as the importance of holding ourselves accountable for the crimes of our past. The American Genocide Museum will be a monument of remembrance for those whose lives, cultures, and livelihoods were stolen as a result of racial violence, and will serve as a reminder that while we may be a great nation in terms of power and wealth, we have never been truly "great" when it comes to our people and how we treat them. This museum will hopefully be another step in the long journey towards equality and justice.

Genocide defined:

UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article II (with additional characteristics):

"In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such :

• Killing members of the group;

• Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

• Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

• Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

• Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."

• Forced repression and replacement of the group's culture, including but not limited to: language, clothing, music, art, and societal norms and ideals

Some examples of specific events to be featured in the museum's exhibits:

• Trail of Tears (1831-1850)

• California Genocide (1846-1873)

• Black lynchings

  • • Emmett Till (1955)

    • Mary Turner (1918)

• Tulsa Race Massacre (1921)

• Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments (1932-1972)

• Eugenics movement (sterilization and/or promotion of birth control)

  • • "Feeble-minded" individuals

    • BIPOC teens and adults

The Delta Commission

For change. For us.

The Delta Commission shall be established as a federal organization dedicated to the advancement of human rights within the United States and abroad. Specific focuses of the Delta Commission will include equality of gender and race, rights for those identifying as LGBT+, health services such as clean water and healthy food, and guaranteed quality public education, including university or other higher education.

The Xenia Commission

Welcome home.

The Xenia Commission shall be established as a federal organization dedicated to the resettlement and provision of resources for immigrants in the United States. Specific focuses of the Xenia Commission will include career and language development resources, community diversity education, and partner families (U.S.-native families matched with immigrant families intended to act as a practical and social resource for newcomers).