A Republic no longer exists and Americans no longer have true representation in Congress. Representatives and Senators only represent their minority party label with little or no interaction with the Americans who hired them.

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Starting a budget from scratch with a clean slate that would put every Federal institution, department, program, job, asset to the side and rebuild it to be more efficient and operate with less than $4 trillion. It's needed to make a much needed investment in American children.

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All Americans should have equal protection based on beliefs. No group, religious or secular, should have rights over another group. Constitutional protection of Americans who identify as LGBQT+ hasn’t been finalized despite a movement for LGBTQ rights. Most Americans agree that these groups should should have protections formally specified. It […]

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Solar Electric installation and incentives are only available to a small group of Americans. Those Americans who own a home with southern facing roofs or open land, that have the cash to buy the desired system & installation, are educated on the benefits of solar, know the pros/cons of purchase […]

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As part of post Civil War reconstruction the US Government passed several laws that comprised a Homestead Act. The act basically offered surveyed Federal land to adult citizens to build a house and farm. It was an active bill until 1986. Much of the remainder of the Common-Sense, Common Ground […]

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I make insights here that repurpose tax money to expand on an existing program called Opportunity Zones. It's a plan that incentivizes investment of private money to supplement tax dollars to help Americans living in over 8,000 areas designated by each State and accepted by the IRS as being "underserved".

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Middle Party calls for a Decriminalization of Marijuana.

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Americans will no longer tolerate an intentional campaign to divide us! This article isn’t intended to address Race or Racism as an issue, because it’s not an issue in America, except when it’s used as a weapon to divide us. Each American’s behavior reveals their true character, regardless of their […]

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Protect Legally Cast Votes! I live in Nevada. The State of Nevada sent out mail-in ballots to every registered voter for the 2020 General Election. I happily used my ballot to vote early and avoid lines, just like I had done in the past. It was my one and only […]

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This article started as a non-scientific perspective of the politically charged issue of Climate Change and Global Warming. It evolved while I wrote it to consider Climate Change and Global Warming as a label used to give us the perspective that we should be good stewards of the only known […]

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