Tom Buffo

The answer to your provocative question title was clearly articulated at the end - “Make your people feel like owners. Give them a real say in how things are run. And surround them with others who chose to be there for the same reasons.” Thanks!

I love this idea which really incentivizes all long term development which will add the most future value to benefit all residents, regardless if they will personally use the value generating asset or not.

I fully support this simple yet powerful way to help those who are hurt by AI.

I love pushing the responsibility & authority down to the lowest level and ultimately enabling cities and states to become more self sufficient. We can the ratchet down the federal government responsibility & authority to only things which benefit all people in the country.

Our governance here in the USA has never been worse with local participation (voting) rates falling due to people’s real perceptions that no one is listening or caring what they truly want. How do we enact desperately needed political system reform when our leaders don’t actually listen and are directly benefiting from the current money corrupted political system which enables them to get reelected time & time again without ever actually representing their constituents?

Many of us believe campaign finance reform is desperately needed. Citizens United needs to be overturned, and all campaigns should be publicly financed. Open election primaries, RCV in general elections, 10 year term limits at every level, annual grading of all elected officials based on what they committed to when elected, and mandatory retirement at age 75 like most public companies would be welcome changes. The Electoral College system should be abolished. This would take the power back from the affluent, corporations, political parties, and international bad actors + keep extremists out on the edges where they belong in any well functioning society.

I love most of these ideas as it clearly demonstrates there are many better political systems and voting choices available which will mostly eliminate the corruption of money, extremism, political parties, and the insane focus on re-election which have come to dominate our governance at the expense of common sense and the desires of the middle electorate (60-80% of us by definition). How do we make them happen?!