Updates on the book, the numbers behind it, and the case for putting these 11 Franklin Amendments in front of the country.
If you repeatedly fail at your job, you can be fired. So why is Congress different? Here is how the Voice of the People Amendment would give voters a real right of recall, initiative, and referendum in Washington.
Read the post →A right that depends on next year's budget fight is not a right. Here is why 8 HARPS creates an entirely new, independent branch of government to guarantee healthcare, housing, education, and income security.
Read the post →Every big idea in Washington comes with a price tag nobody wants to show you. Here is the 8 HARPS budget, built the way I would build it for a board of directors, with the surplus and the sources shown in full.
Read the post →Eight Human Absolute Rights and Privileges, secured through the 11 Franklin Amendments. Here is the whole framework in one place, no legal language required.
Read the post →After forty years inside corporate finance, I kept running the same numbers on a different question: what would it actually cost to guarantee every American a basic floor of security, and could the country afford it. This book is the answer.
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