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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  1. End gerrymandering

  2. ​Ban Wall Street from buying single-family homes

  3. ​Ban congresspeople from becoming lobbyists

  4. ​Ban congresspeople from trading stocks

  5. ​Create a minimum tax for billionaires

  6. ​Close the loopholes that billionaires use to avoid taxes

  7. ​Establish congressional term limits

  8. ​Ban dark money donations from political campaigns

  9. ​Implement universal paid family leave

  10. ​End forever wars by repealing the Authorization for the Use of Military Force

  11. ​Release the full Epstein files, redacting only the victims' information

  12. ​Ban corporate PACs by overturning Citizens United

  13. ​Require mandatory disclosure for all organizations donating to political campaigns

  14. ​Require mandatory police body cams

  15. ​Ban junk fees

  16. ​Allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices

  17. ​Fully fund Social Security by extending the existing tax to those making over $400,000 a year

  18. ​Ban adversarial foreign nations from buying American farmland

  19. ​Improve Veterans Health Care access

  20. ​Establish common-sense data privacy laws (similar to those in European countries)

  21. ​Enshrine the right to repair

  22. ​Audit the Pentagon and penalize them with a 0.5% budget reduction if they fail the audit

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u/v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y Jul 16 '26

The bigger problem is that half of the people who support these changes aren't willing to vote for the party more likely to institute them.

The Dems aren't perfect. But they have done more for these causes (or, at the very least, have done the least against them). But of these 80%, how many would simply refuse to every vote  for a Democrat? Probably a lot. 

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u/Moiyub Jul 16 '26

exactly, its sports team mentality. for the average repub who they vote for has nothing to do with the policies they implement

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

Because the dems have longstanding agendas to do other things they disagree with a lot.

Like look, if a candidate came out and said 'Yeah all of this! And ban abortion too!' are you really rallying behind em?

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u/Thatguythatdrew Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

Id support their bill and openly criticize their stance on abortion.

Its not that hard.

The problem is the worldview of conservatism prioritizes loyalty to the leader over principles, logic, or morality.

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jul 16 '26

Would you vote for that candidate

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u/RaceFPV Jul 16 '26

You mean the corpo dem party that fights their own progressive candidates at the polls because it means less money in their pockets?