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Bob Donaldson's avatar

A basic question. What is the vision for America that will result should you be successful? To align strategically I need the vision/ goal. Once aligned strategically all sorts of tactical commitments can be made. To return to the old or restore the current in the same political swamp is a no go for me.

I have shared below a post I wrote about a vision that We The People could support. It is a work in progress but contains a framework for a new American experiment which has many dimensions of complexity, many of them soft humanity issues

I am an old fart so forgive me if I am somewhat questioning of the goals as outlined in the above post.

I look forward to being helpful.

https://open.substack.com/pub/oldguymusing/p/building-a-society-worth-the-risk?r=3q1xrd&utm_medium=ios

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Suzanne Guerlac's avatar

An inspiring initiative and well timed. Re the tax question. Wouldn't a national federal income tax revolt be necessary? Income taxes ( often withheld from monthly income) would cut into funds to be redirected through states to provide services cut from the federal budget. Playing devil's advocate : what about uneven development across states and people moving to where governance more effectively meets people's needs but doesn't necessarily have more funds. And what about the numerous parts of the federal budget that necessarily cross state lines -- aviation, food safety regulation. roads, weather tracking ( which will become increasingly important) climate crisis research and response, racial disparities in areas of pollution ( as in Musk's polluting of low income community adjoined to his site of operations?

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