POPULIST ACT
A March 2026 survey found approximately 3 out of 5 Americans agree with the statement “The economic and political systems in the country are stacked against people like me.”
This election year, we the people of the United States can unstack those systems by demanding Congress pass the Partnership of Ordinary People Undermining Lobbyist Influence for Societal Transformation Act of 2026 (“POPULIST Act”) and bring about a Jubilee. As Thomas Paine wrote in 1776, “we have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The POPULIST Act is a comprehensive upgrade to America’s operating system, a 2,000-page legislative package that includes hundreds of policies across 13 titles. By persuading Congress to pass it before the midterms in exchange for our votes, we can put the United States on a direct path to a bright and bountiful future. Click on the links below to download the text or to read more details.
TITLE PAGE AND FRONT MATTER (2 page PDF)
TITLE I—UNSTACK THE JUSTICE SYSTEM (155 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,500 words)
- Repeal mandatory minimums
- Restrict abusive police practices
- Legalize marijuana
- Strengthen Fourth Amendment protections
- Ban forced-arbitration clauses
- Eliminate prison profiteering
TITLE II—UNSTACK WALL STREET (102 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,200 words)
- Prohibit stock buybacks
- Close tax loopholes for private equity
- Restrict corporate dark-money electioneering
- Stop Wall Street looting
- Rein in prediction markets
TITLE III–UNSTACK HEALTH CARE (151 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,200 words)
- Break up health care conglomerates
- Restore Medicaid coverage protections and Exchange subsidies
- Ban medical-debt credit reporting
- Protect rural hospital services
- Create Medicare for All
- Train more doctors
TITLE IV—UNSTACK HOUSING (54 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,500 words)
- Invest in public housing
- Prohibit algorithmic price coordination
- Tax excessive housing portfolios
- Preserve rural housing
- Restrict investors owning 10+ single family homes
TITLE V—UNSTACK THE MEDIA AND BIG TECH (223 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,700 words)
- Establish data privacy and ban surveillance advertising
- Restrict media empires and vertical integration
- Require disclosure of AI generated content
- Shorten copyright monopolies
- Phase out social media for children under 16
- Break up big tech companies
TITLE VI—UNSTACK MONEY AND BANKING
Explanatory reader (3,800 words)
- Pay off the national debt with a Jubilee
- Cap predatory interest rates
- Establish a National Infrastructure Bank
- Stop letting banks create money
- Free public banking with the US Treasury
- Regulate crypto ATMS
TITLE VII—UNSTACK THE FOOD SYSTEM (71 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,300 words)
- Create universal free school meals
- Break up meatpacking conglomerates
- Restrict concentrated animal feeding operations
- Restore country-of-origin labeling for beef
- Update the Packers and Stockyards Act
- Rebuild USDA education and inspection programs
TITLE VIII—UNSTACK EMPLOYMENT (250 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,400 words)
- Establish unconditional basic income
- Create public employment option
- Provide paid family leave
- Rebuild industrial capacity
- Strengthen worker ability to organize
- No layoffs by corporations taking government money
TITLE IX—UNSTACK IMMIGRATION (104 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (1,900 words)
- More money for immigration courts and border security
- Path to citizenship for people here 10+ years
- Mandate E-Verify for all employers
- Modernize farmworker immigration
- Expand USCIS processing capacity
TITLE X—UNSTACK WASHINGTON (252 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,900 words)
- No more government shutdowns or debt ceiling
- Ban stock trading for Congress
- Reform government surveillance
- Stabilize Social Security by raising the payroll tax cap
- Establish guidelines and guardrails for government use of AI
- Expand the House and set new national standards for redistricting
TITLE XI—STACK HONEST TRADE (102 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,600 words)
- Stop algorithmic price fixing
- Modernize antitrust policy and enforcement
- Ban junk fees; the price you see is what you pay
- Restrict advertising to kids and of prescription drugs
- Strengthen the Federal Trade Commission
- Establish Right to Repair
TITLE XII—STACK SUSTAINABILITY (180 page PDF)
Explanatory reader (2,600 words)
- Generate more electricity and update the grid
- Tax data centers on the water they use
- Modernize the electric grid
- Create PFAS accountability
- Restore incentives for renewable energy
- Tax carbon, plastic, and methane to discourage planetary pollution
TITLE XIII—PROMOTE PEACE
Explanatory reader (2,500 words)
- Trim the bloated military budget
- Restrict development of killer robots
- Support Cuban and Korean diplomacy
- Restrict first use of nuclear weapons and reduce our stockpile
- Reform the War Power Resolution
- Establish a Department of Peacebuilding