Paul's Policy Areas
Not everyone in the Square Party will like or support these ideas. In fact, even I (Paul) think that they should be improved. But these are good faith efforts to start conversations that could make a difference.
Proposals that intervene inside specific issue domains — immigration and asylum, healthcare workforce, gambling regulation, agricultural markets, food infrastructure, civil service, campaign finance. These are the what to actually do drafts: the substance of a program, drawn out in enough depth to be argued for, criticized, or contributed to.
These differ from the Ideas essays, which target the rules and structures behind how policy gets made, and from the PA-3 empower project, the analytical work mapping representation gaps in one district. Policy work depends on functional process; the Ideas work creates the room for honest policy.
State indicators describe drafting state, not importance. Drafting means a substantive draft exists. In review means ready for outside scrutiny. Planned would be a slot identified but not yet written.
- 1. Integrated Border Processing & Healthcare Training ComplexesDrafting
An integrated infrastructure model that addresses immigration backlog, healthcare workforce shortage, border-region underdevelopment, and ecological degradation through a single class of large-scale facility — IBPHTCs.
- 2. The House Always Wins — Gambling Regulation ReformDrafting
A coherent regulatory framework for legal gambling and prediction markets. Functional equivalence drives regulatory equivalence; consumer protection follows the activity, not the legal vehicle.
- 3. U.S. Asylum LawDrafting
Statutory fixes for the gap between what asylum law says and how it actually operates. Hearing rights, court independence, staffing floors, nationality-blind processing, fee reform.
- 4. Agricultural Competition and Seed SovereigntyDrafting
Strengthen antitrust enforcement in agricultural input markets, reinvest in public-sector seed development and plant breeding, and protect farmers' ability to save, replant, and share non-patented seed.
- 5. Community Kitchen and Open Table ActDrafting
A federal grant program to establish and support community kitchens in areas with high food insecurity. Cooking education, regular community dinners (RSVP plus engineered surplus), and shared commercial kitchen space for small food entrepreneurs.
- 6. Mandatory civil serviceDrafting
A national service requirement for all U.S. residents — one year, with options spanning military, healthcare, infrastructure, conservation, and public administration. Built on existing legal architecture with a deliberate phase-in.
- 7. Campaign FinanceDrafting
A reform package addressing the post-Citizens United campaign finance system. Disclosure first, public-financing second, structural change as the long-term campaign.
How to engage
Same engagement model as the rest of the site. Read, contribute corrections or sources via GitHub, or propose larger work — see the contribute page for the mechanics.
If a planned slot interests you and you want to draft it, that's a propose-tier contribution. Open an issue first to align on scope.