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    The Shared Standard Compensation Act

    ByLawrence Nault July 15, 2026July 16, 2026

    If politicians receive higher housing, meal, travel, or living allowances because costs have gone up, then the supports people rely on for housing, food, transportation, and daily survival should increase by the same proportion.

    Read the proposal → The Shared Standard Compensation ActContinue

  • Democratic Governance | Energy Policy

    The Public Return On Corporate Subsidies

    ByLawrence Nault July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

    Once created, subsidies can become permanent features of the economy without regular proof that they continue to serve the public interest.

    The Public Return on Corporate Subsidies Act would require every major corporate subsidy to be reviewed on a four-year cycle to determine whether it is producing a public return greater than its public cost.

    Read the proposal → The Public Return On Corporate SubsidiesContinue

  • Housing & Community

    The Home Stability Property Tax Model

    ByLawrence Nault July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

    The purpose of the Home Stability Property Tax Model is to protect homeowners, seniors, fixed-income residents, family farms, and long-term community members from being forced out of their homes because land speculation has increased the assessed value of the property around them.

    Read the proposal → The Home Stability Property Tax ModelContinue

  • Democratic Governance | Privacy & Data Rights | Technology Governance

    Transparency and Disclosure Rules for Government Use of Artificial Intelligence

    ByLawrence Nault July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

    If a ministry, agency, board, commission, municipality, or other public body uses AI to help draft, analyze, summarize, classify, recommend, or support a decision, the public should be able to know:

    Read the proposal → Transparency and Disclosure Rules for Government Use of Artificial IntelligenceContinue

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