How to Fix the Nation

Economic Background

The USA is a very rich nation —with a terrible distribution of wealth.

The wealth distribution was similarly bad at the first of the 20th century. To fix the problem, the government enforced laws that protected the working class and small businesses and levied highly progressive taxes. By 1960, the wealth disparity had dropped a lot, we had a strong middle class, the American Dream was widely achievable, and the nation did amazing things.

Around 1970, enforcement of the protections was relaxed and In 1982, Reagan ended the progressive taxation. Now the distribution of wealth is as bad as ever.

The rich got richer and everyone else got left behind

(Chart – Claude)

Gini Coefficient of wealth distribution:

It’s 0 if everyone has the same amount
It’s 1 if one person has all the wealth

(Chart-ChatGPT)

Trump isn’t the biggest problem.

We need to fix the system that put him into office:

1) Stop the Iran War The war with Iran has become one of the most consequential international crises of the decade. Beyond the military battlefield, the conflict has produced enormous human suffering, economic disruption, legal controversy, and growing fears of wider regional or even global escalation.

Critics argue that the war is unjust, illegal under both U.S. and international law, harmful to civilians, damaging to the world economy, and dangerous to global peace.

2) Restore the Voting Rights Act The Voting Rights Act was needed because constitutional promises had been betrayed for generations. The Fifteenth Amendment said race could not be used to deny the vote, but states and localities found ways to do exactly that. The Voting Rights Act worked because it did not rely on promises alone. It created enforcement power.

Its great achievement was not merely that more people registered to vote. It changed the political structure of the country. It allowed millions of citizens who had been excluded from democracy to participate in it.

The Supreme Court weakened the Act because a majority concluded that some of its strongest tools were no longer justified, or that they conflicted with constitutional principles involving federalism, equal state sovereignty, and equal protection. Critics argue that the Court ignored Congress’s evidence and underestimated the persistence and adaptability of voting discrimination.

The central question now is whether the country still believes voting rights require strong national protection. If it does, Congress has tools available: a modern preclearance formula, a restored Section 2 standard, national voting-access protections, and stronger enforcement. States can also act. Courts can still enforce remaining protections, though under narrower rules.

The history of the Voting Rights Act teaches a clear lesson: democracy does not protect itself automatically. Rights written on paper require institutions strong enough to make them real.

3) Impeach Trump. His trade war and the Iran war are endangering the postwar system of international cooperation that the United States helped create after World War II — a system built to encourage trade, restrain aggression, stabilize the world economy, and prevent another global catastrope. He must be stopped and removed from office

Another reason for impeaching Trump is given in Federalist Paper No. 65, Hamilton made clear that impeachable acts must involve “the abuse or violation of some public trust” and “relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society .” By extending trickle down (supply side) economics, Trump participated in fleecing over $50 trillion from the working class. That certainely Injured society.

4) Disqualify supporters of trickle-down economics from succeeding Trump

5) Overrule Citizens United and overthrow the Rule of Money

Getting big money out of politics could open public office to true patriots again who would repair the government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

6) End Trickle-Down

Returning to pre-Reagan/Bush/Trump tax rates would free up vast wealth — enough to:

Give us far better benefits
Fully fund the needs and responsibilities of our great nation.
Pay down the national debt and begin recovery from trickle-down.

7) Restore the Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was one of the most effective civil-rights laws in American history. It was needed because, for nearly a century after the Fifteenth Amendment, many states—especially in the South—used literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation, violence, registration tricks, and discriminatory election rules to keep Black citizens from voting. Earlier lawsuits and civil-rights laws helped only slowly because every discriminatory rule had to be challenged one at a time.

The Act changed that. It banned many discriminatory voting practices, authorized federal examiners, strengthened federal enforcement, and—most importantly—required certain jurisdictions with histories of discrimination to get federal approval before changing voting rules. That system was called preclearance. It was effective: Black voter registration and political representation rose sharply in many areas after 1965.

The Supreme Court later weakened the Act. In Shelby County v. Holder in 2013, the Court struck down the coverage formula that determined which states and localities needed preclearance, saying the formula relied on outdated data and unfairly burdened certain states. Critics argued that Congress had built a large record showing discrimination still existed and that the Court substituted its judgment for Congress’s. In Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee in 2021, the Court made some vote-denial claims under Section 2 harder to prove. In Louisiana v. Callais in 2026, the Court further narrowed the use of the Voting Rights Act in redistricting cases.

The Act could be restored by Congress through a new coverage formula, stronger standards for Section 2 cases, national voting-access standards, state voting-rights acts, and clearer rules against racial discrimination in redistricting and election administration.

8.) Abolish the Electoral College

We need a constitutional amendment providing for election by national popular vote. A democracy should treat each citizen’s vote as equal, regardless of state.

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