Our Vision

We want to restore the ability of hard-working Americans to experience a stable and satisfying standard of living. The key steps to achieve this are ones that most Americans support, but these are not being implemented.  This is because our democracy itself has become increasingly rigged in favor of large corporations, the financial industry, and the wealthy elite.  We can regain control of our government, but we can’t do this simply by electing candidates who talk a good game.  We need a broad-based, nationwide movement to collectively fight for specific reforms that will refocus government on the interests of workers, small businesses, and families. 

Our view is that both the quality of life for ordinary Americans and the performance of our democratic system have been deteriorating for decades. However, the current administration has introduced a new sense of urgency to our battle to reclaim popular control of our democracy. Donald Trump presented himself as the only available alternative to what many saw as business as usual in a political system that is no longer serving the public interest.  Unfortunately, Trump has ignored the plight of ordinary Americans and has focused primarily on increasing his personal wealth and power.  He has diverted billions of dollars into his own pockets and those of his family and friends; he has wasted billions more on a devastating and senseless war; and he has gone to unprecedented extremes in punishing and intimidating anyone who dares oppose him, routinely lying to the American public, and undermining the rule of law.

We believe that this situation presents Americans with a unique opportunity to take a harder look at what has gone wrong in our country and to come together to repair what’s broken.  We need to begin by putting a stop to Trump’s megalomania, but we also need to address the deeper dysfunction in our political system.  We still have a democracy, but it’s one in which the desires and needs of the general population are being routinely overridden by the special interests of corporations and the wealthy.  This is why income inequality has skyrocketed, and working Americans have been left to fend for themselves.

The good news is that we can fix this, but it is going to take a sustained, coordinated, and carefully considered effort from all of us.  The conflict that we most urgently need to confront is not left vs. right but, rather, top vs. the rest of us.  We need to start working together to promote new and improved democratic processes designed to serve the interests of regular Americans rather than those of Big Money.  Most importantly, we need to begin building the collective understanding and people power that are essential to reclaiming our country.  Right now, the deck is stacked against us, and it will remain so, until we commit to establishing a true government of the people, for the people.