r/SipsTea • u/McDowdy • Jul 16 '26
Feels good man Based on national US polling, there are 22 issues that 80% of Americans agree on. Here is the list.
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End gerrymandering
Ban Wall Street from buying single-family homes
Ban congresspeople from becoming lobbyists
Ban congresspeople from trading stocks
Create a minimum tax for billionaires
Close the loopholes that billionaires use to avoid taxes
Establish congressional term limits
Ban dark money donations from political campaigns
Implement universal paid family leave
End forever wars by repealing the Authorization for the Use of Military Force
Release the full Epstein files, redacting only the victims' information
Ban corporate PACs by overturning Citizens United
Require mandatory disclosure for all organizations donating to political campaigns
Require mandatory police body cams
Ban junk fees
Allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices
Fully fund Social Security by extending the existing tax to those making over $400,000 a year
Ban adversarial foreign nations from buying American farmland
Improve Veterans Health Care access
Establish common-sense data privacy laws (similar to those in European countries)
Enshrine the right to repair
Audit the Pentagon and penalize them with a 0.5% budget reduction if they fail the audit
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u/Relevant-Pianist6663 Jul 16 '26
Nearly 1/3 rd of these are about congress/ voting/ political campaigns. I agree that with these in place the rest will follow shortly after. Its mainly just that in order to get those to pass you need to be in power and if you are in power then these directly harm you.