Updates, letters, and notes from the movement.
Everybody keeps telling us America is divided in two. Red versus blue.Democrat versus Republican.Left versus right. But I’m beginning to think that’s wrong. We’re not divided in two. We’re divided into millions. We’ve become atomized. We live in our own little worlds. We watch different news. We follow different people. We have different algorithms feeding […]
The recent elections may be signaling something bigger than a typical partisan shift. Yes, there was a blue wave in many places. But what caught my attention wasn’t just that Democrats won—it was that a number of candidates from the party’s more progressive wing also won. That has challenged some assumptions inside the Democratic establishment […]
Every time someone proposes fixing healthcare, rebuilding our infrastructure, or investing in education, the first question is always the same: “Where’s the money going to come from?” That’s the wrong question. The better question is: “Where’s the money going now?” Right now, America spends more on healthcare than any nation on Earth. We spend trillions […]
Here’s a question. What if we stopped arguing about who pays taxes… and just did the math? The Fortune 500—the biggest corporations in America—collectively earn about $2.1 trillion in profits. Not revenue. Profit. Money left over after they pay their bills. Now imagine one simple rule. No loopholes. No special deals. No army of tax […]
Here’s what I don’t understand. We make our tax code so complicated that only armies of accountants and tax lawyers can figure it out. Why? Let’s keep it simple. Imagine every corporation pays a flat 25% tax on its profits. No special deals. No political favors. No loopholes. Just one number. Take ExxonMobil as an […]
There comes a point in life when the question changes. When you’re young, it’s, “What can I get?” A job. A house. A family. A career. You spend decades building a life. But eventually, if you’re lucky, the question becomes, “What can I give back?” That’s where the real adventure begins. You don’t have to […]