THE FREEDOMS
A 50-PLANK PROGRAM TO CREATE THE FOUNDATION FOR AN UPWARD SPIRAL IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, PLANETARY CARE AND HUMAN FLOURISHING, GROUNDED IN THE TEN ISSUES THAT 18-34 YEAR-OLDS CONSISTENTLY IDENTIFY AS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
THESE POLICIES:
• ARE SUPPORTED BY 60-85% OF THE ENTIRE ALL-AGES POPULATION*
• WILL DIRECTLY IMPROVE MILLIONS OF LIVES IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS
• ARE JUICY ENOUGH TO ENGAGE HEARTS AND MINDS IN WORKING FOR THEM
* A couple are supported by a bare majority but are crucial to the success of the platform as a whole
ECONOMIC • CLIMATE • REPRODUCTIVE • JUSTICE • DEMOCRACY
PEACE AND SAFETY • EQUALITY • HEALTHY MINDS AND BODIES EDUCATION • IMMIGRATION • INTERNET • HUMAN
#1 FREEDOM TO RAISE A FAMILY
10 weeks of paid family leave, $0-10/day (means-adjusted) childcare for all, and permanent Child Tax Credit.
#2 FREEDOM TO AFFORD A HOME
Build enough new nonprofit and publicly owned ecological homes to stabilize out of control rents and ensure every American has a healthy and affordable place to live. End the corporate buyout of US housing stock. $25,000 in down-payment assistance to first-generation home buyers and $400/month tax credit to first-time home buyers. Tax credits for renters who earn less than $100,000 for housing costs in excess of 30 percent of their incomes.
#3 FREEDOM TO NEED ONLY ONE JOB
$17/hr national minimum wage.
#4 FREEDOM TO PAY FAIR PRICES
Cut inflation by eliminating the 60% of it caused by monopoly profits of giant corporations (including the 25% of it caused by big oil price fixing and collusion); eliminate junk fees that cost $90 billion per year—$650 per household.
Level all the playing fields to enable everyone to afford a decent life — while making corporations and the wealthy contribute fairly.
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#5 FREEDOM FEELS FAIR
Make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share by ending the Trump tax cuts and instituting a wealth tax on individuals worth over $50 million.
#6 FREEDOM TO UNIONIZE
Pass the PRO Act to protect and strengthen the right to join a union and bargain collectively.
ECONOMIC FREEDOM
#7 FREEDOM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
Transition the grid to 100% renewable energy by 2033, end all fossil fuel subsidies and give a gasoline and heating fuel rebate to all Americans—paid for with a windfall profits tax on big oil and a fee on carbon.
#8 FREEDOM TO FARM FOREVER
End subsidies for soil-depleting, ecosystem-poisoning practices, reward farmers for protecting ecological functions, and transition to 100% regenerative agriculture in ten years.
#9 FREEDOM TO DWELL FABULOUS
Modernize homes, buildings and schools to reduce energy costs and improve well-being; require the use of better technologies in all new buildings and construction.
Later is too late. Federal, state, local and international laws and treaties to spur the largest global mobilization in history, aimed to protect the planet for future generations and end the climate emergency and its root causes quickly, sufficiently, equitably, profitably and joyfully.
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#10 FREEDOM TO GET AROUND
Europeanize trains and public transit, and provide $1000 instant rebates for e-bike purchases.
#11 FREEDOM FROM CRUELTY
End federal purchasing of food from factory farms.
CLIMATE
FREEDOM
#12 FREEDOM FROM AN OCEAN OF PLASTIC
Phase out single use plastics by 2027.
REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM
#13 BODY FREEDOM
Ensure and protect the right to access abortion care throughout the United States.
Give all people autonomy over their own bodies and legal, affordable access to the care they need.
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#14 FREEDOM TO PLAN PARENTHOOD
Allow birth control pills to be sold over the counter without a prescription, contraception to remain universally available and abortion medication to be sent by mail; protect IVF.
JUSTICE
FREEDOM
#15 FREEDOM TO CHANGE
Implement alternatives to prison for non-violent crimes, eliminate mandatory minimums, and direct minors convicted of a crime into restorative justice programs or other alternatives.
Heal the soul of America by facing up to the deepest inequities in our society, beginning with a systemic reform of our unjust and ineffectual carceral system and an examination of the structural roots of inequality and injustice.
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#16 FREEDOM FROM PRISON PROFITEERING
End all for-profit prisons and immigrant detention centers.
#17 FREEDOM TO ADULT
Legalize marijuana nationwide for adults, free everyone currently doing time for non-violent drug offenses, and respond to drug addiction with treatment rather than punishment.
#18 FREEDOM FROM BAD COPS
Increase accountability for law enforcement misconduct and eliminate discriminatory policing practices.
DEMOCRACY
FREEDOM
#19 FREEDOM FROM MINORITY RULE
End partisan gerrymandering, remove dark money from campaigns, and eliminate the filibuster.
Ensure that government and elections reflect the interests of the American people—rather than the wealthiest few, the worst actors and the biggest corporations—by restoring and protecting Americans’ fundamental right to vote, restoring integrity to the supreme court, and ending elite capture of elections and policy.
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#20 FREEDOM FROM TYRANNY
Fix the corrupt, unrepresentative Supreme Court with term limits and additional justices.
#21 FREEDOM TO BE COUNTED
Make Election Day a federal holiday, institute universal vote by mail and automatic voter registration, re-enfranchise citizens convicted of a crime and mandate that all voting machines produce a paper record.
#22 FREEDOM FROM TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
Make Washington D.C. a state and give Puerto Rico a choice.
#23 FREEDOM FROM ABSURDITY
Replace the Electoral College with the National Popular Vote.
#24 FREEDOM TO VOTE MY HEART
Nationwide ranked choice voting.
PEACE AND SAFETY
FREEDOM
#25 FREEDOM TO NOT GET SHOT BY A FELON
Establish universal background checks on gun purchases and a red-flag law to take guns away from people who are a danger to themselves or others
Stand for peace and safety in our communities and worldwide by updating our gun policies and demilitarizing the economy and planet.
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#26 FREEDOM TO NOT GET MASSACRED / FREEDOM TO FEEL SAFE IN PUBLIC
Ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
#27 FREEDOM FOR PEACE
Condition US military aid to Israel on an immediate bilateral ceasefire, full hostage deal and humanitarian relief; further leverage US power for a two-state solution. Pressure and support all allies to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine and all other global wars in which the US has influence.
#28 FREEDOM FROM WAR
Cut Pentagon funding by ten percent ($80 billion) annually for the next five years, and use the savings to shrink the national debt and support true freedoms.
#29 FREEDOM FROM ANNIHILATION BY ROBOTS
Intelligent legislation to contain the critical and existential risks of AI.
EQUALITY
FREEDOM
#30 FREEDOM TO THRIVE AGAIN
Pass a Seven Generations New Deal to restore, protect and expand Indigenous rights, land, health, opportunity, education, justice, housing, language and culture.
Safeguard the sovereignty, health and well being of all of our precious people, by reimagining our relations with indigenous communities, ensuring equal rights for women, confirming the right to same sex marriage, and protecting the human rights of LGBTQ Americans.
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#31 FREEDOM TO BE LEFT ALONE / FREEDOM TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to explicitly protect LGBTQ Americans from discrimination.
#32 FREEDOM TO LOVE
Codify same-sex marriage as the law of the land.
#33 FREEDOM FOR WOMEN
Pass the Equal Rights Amendment and the Paycheck Fairness Act, enshrining equal rights and equal pay for women nationwide.
HEALTHY
MINDS/BODIES
FREEDOM
#34 FREEDOM TO GET WELL
Medicare for all, including dental, vision and fully funded addiction treatment and prevention.
For those lucky enough to have it, Medicare is one of the best health insurance systems in the world. Expand it to cover everyone. Address the root causes of preventable disease to make us healthier and save $1 trillion per year.
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#35 FREEDOM TO GROW UP SANE
Mass, collective, voluntary opt-out from smart phones and social media accounts for under-16 year olds. No phones in schools.
#36 FREEDOM TO BE CHRONICALLY WELL
Invest $50 billion per year (five percent of what we currently spend to treat preventable disease) to support dietary changes, exercise, sleep, stress relief, and healthier lifestyle habits, and update dietary guidelines, subsidize healthy foods, improve and expand school meals, and increase nutrition education in medical training.
#37 FREEDOM TO BE WELL IN THE HEAD
Invest in culturally relevant, non-carceral mental health resources for youth, adults and the elderly, a professionally trained nationwide first responders program, community-based crisis-response organizations, and a federal body to oversee non-punitive approaches to public safety.
EDUCATION
FREEDOM
#38 FREEDOM FROM SCHOOL DEBT
Cancel up to $50k in student debt for every borrower, means adjusted.
End corporate profiteering from student loans and ensure that every child and adult is able to receive a world-class education that enables them to lead a meaningful life.
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#39 FREEDOM TO LEARN
Make public universities, colleges and trade schools free for families earning less than $100,000.
#40 FREEDOM TO THRIVE EARLY
Universal free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds.
IMMIGRATION
FREEDOM
#41 FREEDOM TO DREAM
Path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and for farmworkers and other essential workers.
Build a 21st century immigration system that reflects our highest values, heals our communities, honors the irreplaceable role of immigrants in our national identity and renews our global leadership as home and sanctuary for both the adventurous and the desperate. Meanwhile, deeply invest in improving conditions elsewhere to make it possible for folks to stay home if they choose.
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#42 FREEDOM TO ESCAPE HELL
Path to citizenship for people who are contributing and working here legally due to war, political persecution or natural disaster in their home countries.
#43 FREEDOM TO STAY HOME
Invest $10 billion per year (ten percent of the Dept of Homeland Security budget and ten times current investments) in addressing the root causes of forced migration.
INTERNET
FREEDOM
#44 FREEDOM TO SURF
Get high speed internet access to everyone.
Make sure everyone can access it, and remake the rules to benefit humans and communities and their safety and privacy while dis-enshittifying its dirty players.
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#45 FREEDOM FROM ENSHITTIFICATION
Rein in, break up and reform abusive big tech monopolies, and protect privacy for the benefit of users and society.