Pick a problem worth solving together.

This should not be the case in a country with this billionaire class. Pay should have to be a minimum of what the highest paid employee gets

—Works in construction — Lifelong progressive — Caregiver

What's the downside to putting solar in space for our energy needs?

—STEM background — marylander — Educator

we need to fix this. insurance isn't working

—lawyer — Independent / unaffiliated — Parent

Ranked systems seem to be a real way to help independents. Since you can rank your honest first choice with a fallback, it seems to give independents a fighting chance instead of leaving us stuck in a two-party spiral.

—Educator — Uses AI daily — have voted for both parties

I walked the path, did the work, took the classes, checked the boxes. But the first time real economics actually reached me — the kind that shapes your life — was when I got my first 401k and had no idea what I was…

—Parent of school-age kids — working class upbringing — Live paycheck to paycheck

I wish school had spent more time on street smarts instead of just book smarts. So much of what actually shaped my life came down to reading people, handling money, knowing when to walk away from a bad deal, and…

—Independent / unaffiliated — Disability community — Faith community

Schools should teach basic statistics and how to spot a misleading chart, so people can read the news critically.

—lawyer — Independent / unaffiliated — Parent

I think we should make the fair value of one’s volunteer hours to public charities deductible from income tax up to a percentage max.

—Independent / unaffiliated — Engineer — Faith community

I don’t think the government should take an ownership stake in any private company even for AI. It is a tax that congress should have to legislate on. I don’t like the idea of universal basic income either.

—lawyer — Parent — GenX

Do you think corporations are the problem in the housing market? I believe there are solutions if we break out of traditional realtor deals and form contracts and create rental agreements between individual homeowners…

—Small-business owner — Retiree — 50's parent with college aged children

Do you think federal ballot measures would help break Congress' logjam?

—Independent / unaffiliated — Parent — Small-business owner