Ideas / Proposals
Paul-level policy proposals — federal- and state-level structural changes, each worked through in enough depth to be argued for, criticized, or contributed to. As of this writing, every slot in the series has a substantive draft; some have full statutory text, others are at the framework level. All are open for contribution.
This is distinct from the Square Party-level Ideas (longer essays on the underlying questions) and from the PA-3 empower project (analytical work mapping representation gaps in one district). Proposals are what to actually do, written at the federal or state level with citations and opposition analysis.
State indicators describe drafting state, not importance. Drafting means a substantive draft exists. In review means drafted and ready for outside scrutiny. Planned would be a slot that has been identified but not yet written (currently none).
- 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. Capitalism as a Game That Can Be WonDrafting
Rule design that keeps markets competitive — the "game maintenance" framework. Transparency, competition preservation, and dynamic balancing applied to wealth and market concentration.
- 3. The Representation ProblemDrafting
Three nested proposals on American representation — constituent organizing within current districts, a constitutional convention pathway, and a tripartite-at-three-levels redesign of federal government.
- 4. The Math Is the MathDrafting
Fossil fuels are finite. We depend on them. No adequate replacement is currently deployed at scale. Therefore, we need a plan. This proposal is the case for the planning, not the plan itself.
- 5. The Reins Are LooseDrafting
A diagnostic of declining civic participation and trust, plus a strategy for revival. Civic infrastructure, structural fixes to incentives, and the deliberative mechanisms that make meaningful participation possible.
- 6. Everyone Serves — 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. 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.
- 8. The Megaphone Problem — Campaign Finance After Citizens UnitedDrafting
A reform package addressing the post-Citizens United campaign finance system. Disclosure first, public-financing second, structural change as the long-term campaign.
- 9. The Gray Area — Asylum Law ReformDrafting
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.
- 10. 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.
- 11. 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.
How to engage
The same engagement model as the empower project applies here. 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.