Our government doesn't work for us. Elon Musk spent millions trying to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat and funneled hundreds of millions into a presidential election. Donald Trump is busy consolidating power, weaponizing the government, and brazenly enriching himself through crypto schemes and foreign deals. Corporate PACs buy influence, lawmakers cash in on insider tips, and billionaires like them siphon power from the people. Democracy shouldn't be for sale to the highest bidder.

The plan

1. Publicly funded elections

   • Dollar-for-dollar public matching on the first $200 from small donors.

   • Outlaw corporate PAC and Super-PAC money once Citizens United is overturned; until then, cap transfers and slap a “sin fee” (see Phase One funding).

2. Ban congressional stock trading

   • Members, spouses, and senior staff must divest or put assets in true blind trusts. Violators owe the Treasury triple their profits.

3. End the revolving door

   • Lifetime lobbying ban for former members of Congress; five-year cooling-off period for senior staff.

4. Conflict-of-interest audits for every bill

   • Congressional Research Service must publish a public gain-and-loss sheet naming the industries that stand to win or lose before any vote.

5. Term limits and ethics for the Supreme Court

   • 18-year staggered terms plus a binding ethics code with real enforcement.

6. Sunlight everywhere

   • Real-time, machine-readable disclosure of all campaign contributions, lobby filings, and congressional calendars. If you meet a lobbyist, voters see it by dinnertime.

How we pay

Phase One (Pre–Citizens United repeal):

• 2 percent fee on corporate PAC transfers to Super PACs (~$700M/cycle)

• 10 percent tax on lobbying expenditures (~$400M/year)

• 10 percent skim on DOJ corporate fraud settlements

• PAC wind-down rule: remaining funds go to public financing pool

Phase Two (Post–Citizens United repeal):

• Wealth Reclaim Pillar: Democracy, this pillar of the Wealth Reclamation Tax will also be funded by a 0.5% tax on Wall Street transactions — reclaiming wealth from unchecked speculation and reinvesting it in the people and communities it was extracted from.