We the people can get world-class benefits.

Why not?

The US has a GDP of $83,000 per person.
Finland has only $53,000,
yet she is consistently first in National Happiness.

(Image, ChatGPT)

Finland’s benefits include:

Universal health care with low co-pays and no connection to employment .
Free higher education and free lifetime retraining.
Minimum of 5 weeks paid vacation, plus holidays and paid sick leave.
320 days of paid parental leave for the birth of a child
Heavily subsidized, high quality child care
More generous pension system
Better unemployment and disability benefits

Why don’t we have equivalent benefits?

Rich and powerful individuals run the government

for their own sake, not for the sake of the people.

(Chart: ChatGPT)

Notes on National Happiness Rating (NHR) and on the above chart (ChatGPT).

Comparison of USA with Canada

We can improve National Happiness by fixing the problems of the people and raising progressive taxes to pay our bills. Not by continuing to run huge deficits and submitting to Trump’s belief that government and taxes should be minimized.

Trump’s a perp in history’s biggest scam by far. Our government diverted $50 trillion from the working class to the rich. Half the people have only 2.5% of the nation’s wealth. The American Dream is all but dead.

His continuing tax policy, tariffs, trade war, and budget cuts are making the situation still worse.

We the people need to request Congress to upgrade and reboot the nation’s operating system.

If they don’t, we can make sure that their replacements will.

Messages for Congress

Immediately remove Trump from office
Restore pre-Reagan income tax codes
Levy a progressive wealth tax to fight climate change
Enforce the 20th century protections for working class wealth
Develop 21st century social programs
pass universal health care
pass free higher education

We could use additional tax money to improve access to health care and education, fight climate change, increase social security, build infrastructure, support public health, FAA, NOAA, NASA, USAID, medical research, and pure science.

If there’s inefficiency, waste, or corruption we should deal with it on an individual basis and not risk throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

If our Congress members don’t act, we can make sure that their replacements will.

Let’s go for it!

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