questions Forming ThE Platform

How do we ensure all people have the opportunity to live a dignified and fulfilling life?

• Why do three people own more wealth than 175 million Americans combined?

• Why do a handful of people control the necessities of life and set the prices for everyone else?

• Who are our leaders really working for, you and I? or corporations and the rich?

• Why has it become normalized for families to live paycheck to paycheck?

• Why doesn’t the media say that 40-60% of Americans experiencing homelessness have jobs? Why do they want us to view people going through crises as undeserving of help?

• Why isn’t it possible to feed, clothe and house every American? Why is it okay that we allow so many Americans to struggle in the richest country in history?

• Shouldn’t we provide a universal economic floor so all Americans have the opportunity to live dignified and fulfilling lives?

• Why is healthcare tied to your employer? Why are we the only developed nation to not provide single payer healthcare/universal healthcare? Why do we have to pay twice over what people in other nations have to pay while getting care that is underfunded?

• Why do 3 people own more wealth than the wealth of 175 million Americans combined?

• Why are the necessities of life controlled by a handful of people? Why do they get to price gouge everyday Americans who just want to support themselves and their family?

• Why can’t everyday Americans own their economy? Why do we need to struggle so the rich can get richer?

• Why has Trump’s net worth grown 3 Billion while in office?

• Why is Elon Musk about to become a trillionaire while more and more Americans can’t even pay for adequate healthcare? Why is it that someone paying $1 in taxes, paid more in taxes than SpaceX and Tesla combined?

• Why do we saddle our kids with a lifetime of debt just for getting an education, instead of giving them a fair shot to build a future?

• Why do we force people to go through big banks that nickel-and-dime us, instead of creating a public bank that works for everyone?

• Why do giant corporations get bailed out when the economy crashes, while regular families are told to “figure it out” when they lose their jobs or homes?

• Why is debt wiped away for billion-dollar companies and Wall Street investors, but not for the teacher, the nurse, or the single parent struggling make ends meet?

• Why is the work of caring for kids, seniors, and people with disabilities treated as unimportant when it’s what keeps families, communities, and the economy running?

  • Wouldn’t investing in high-quality, public childcare, eldercare, and disability support create good local jobs and lower healthcare and social costs over time?

• Why do we tell people to start families but refuse to guarantee paid parental leave — something every other wealthy country already provides?

• Why are we allowing illiteracy to limit people’s futures and drain our economy when we know how to fix it?

• Why should a private company’s credit score decide whether you can rent a home, get a job, or rebuild your life after a setback?

• Why wait for disasters when investing in prevention would save lives, jobs, and money?

• Why cut FEMA’s funding when it helps communities recover and stay safe?

• Why ignore scientists on climate change when the droughts, wildfires, and floods we’ve already experienced have cost us so much?

• Why let fossil-fuel interests decide our energy future when they harm our health, environment, and economy?

• Why aren’t our leaders taking the long-term damage from fossil fuels seriously?

• Why has the E.P.A stopped using lives saved as the measure for setting pollution limits? Why are they now only calculating the costs to businesses, but not Americans and the communities in which they live?

• Why do we have children yelling at our government to protect our environment?

• Why are Californians paying huge electric bills just so investors can lock in guaranteed profits?

• Shouldn’t anyone who wants to work be able to find a stable job that pays enough to live on, without having to worry about being laid off or not making ends meet?

• Why do everyday people do all the work and take all the risks, while big companies walk away with the profits?

• How does it make sense that wages have barely changed in over 15 years, while rent, groceries, and gas keep going up? we have to struggle, but corporations can keep screwing us so they can make record profits?

• Why are people working more hours than ever just to survive, when we could make the economy fairer so everyone has time to enjoy life? Isn’t life supposed to be about family, friends, and actually living, not working until you die?

• How can big companies keep raising prices, shipping jobs overseas, making products that break on purpose, and selling our personal data — and then our leaders turn around and say we’re the problem?

• Why are we banning Chinese products that would save Americans money? Why aren’t we letting the “free market” be free?

• Why is our economy built to serve the richest few, when most people are struggling to keep up? If the wealthy are doing great but working families are falling behind, is the system really working?

• Why are corporations allowed to cut corners and use cheaper, riskier ingredients just to boost profits, when our health and safety should come first?

• Why is it easier for giant corporations to get tax breaks and bailouts than it is for a family to get affordable healthcare or help paying rent?

• Why are we using the test scores of our third graders to plan future prison capacity?

• If stable housing, mental health care, and decent jobs reduce crime, why do we keep funding cages instead of care?

• Why are we letting for-profit companies run basic community services, driving up costs and cutting care, instead of providing reliable public alternatives?

• Wouldn’t taxing extreme wealth to fund homes, clinics, schools, and living-wage jobs be a smarter investment in safety and prosperity than building more prisons?

• We currently have a backlog of 4 million immigration cases. We have about 600 to 700 immigration judges, that comes out to around 6500 cases per judge. Why has Trump proceed to cut 140 of them? Why aren’t we investing in more judges, more staff and more legal pathways?

• The only difference between a citizen and non-citizen is paperwork, so why are our leaders trying to fearmonger us into believing undocumented people are hardened criminals?

• Why are we calling immigrants “invaders” when they open businesses, fix up neighborhoods, and enrich our culture?

• Who benefits when we spend millions deporting parents and kids — and doesn’t that actually make communities weaker, not safer?

• Why treat surviving as a crime for people with no papers, instead of choosing empathy and common-sense solutions?

• Why keep pouring money into enforcement that breaks families and lowers tax revenue instead of using that money to invest in schools, healthcare, etc.?

  • Why is an agency that has beat, kidnapped, raped and murdered both undocumented and documented Americans allowed to continue operating?

• Why do we let corporations use cheap, vulnerable labor and then blame the people who are just trying to support their family?

  • Why not invest in clear paths to citizenship and work permits so people can contribute openly instead of having to hide in fear? Why are we treating immigrants like trash?

• Who wins when our system tears families apart and gives public dollars to private contractors, is this the future we want for our kids?

• Why dowe keep spending huge sums on war when Americans can’t afford food, housing, or care?

  • Shouldn’t that money go to feeding the hungry, educating our kids, and housing people instead?

• Why did public money go to bailing out Argentina at the behest of Scott Bessent’s Billionaire friend instead of helping Americans in need?

• Why do politicians argue about everything else but unite when it comes to Israel?

  • Why are we sending billions to fund Israel’s invasions while people here are living on the street?

  • Why isn’t AIPAC and other lobbyists for Israel registered as Foreign Agents?

  • How can Israel be our greatest ally when it actively hunts, terrorizes and kills Americans?

  • Why do we keep bankrolling Israel with massive aid while Israelis enjoy universal healthcare, free college, child allowances, and paid parental leave — benefits Americans are forced into crushing debt for?

  • Why is our economy centered around death and destruction? Are we purposefully trying to make more enemies to continue profits for merchants of war? Does this benefit future generations?

• If our leaders can’t draw the line at genocide, how can they draw the line at Democracy?

• How is this a real democracy if a handful of billionaires can buy elections and write the rules? Shouldn’t regular people be the ones deciding our future?

• Why are so many politicians millionaires while most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck? Who are they really working for?

• Why do our leaders listen to big corporations and wealthy donors first when it comes to improving people’s lives?

  • When they say “the American people,” who do they actually mean?

• If money controls our elections, would a system that randomly selects everyday people to serve help level the playing field and stop the rich from buying power?

• Why do we keep pouring more money into a military that can’t pass an audit, while families struggle to afford food, housing, schools, and decent jobs?

• The choices made today will shape the lives of our kids and grandkids. Why don’t they get more of a voice in the future we’re deciding for them?