“I wish the officials in the White House and Pentagon... had a fraction of Liam's honesty and courage.”
— Senator Patrick Leahy
Marine Corps Veteran • National Antiwar Leader • M.I.T. Sustainability Solver • Human rights Award Winner • Small Business Champion • Independent
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“"Let me just say that I have NEVER voted for someone running under a Republican ticket before in my entire life. After reading about you in Seven Days and then visiting your website, you have my vote 100%!” - Alida, Barre
"I supported Becca Balint in the Democratic Primary, much better choice than Molly Gray. While I think she would be a great congressperson, the Democratic Party is a dead end. I'm excited to see an Independent on the right side of the most importance issues... Where can I get a sign to replace my Balint version?" -Steve, Williston
The Two Party System Prevents Us From Solving Our Problems
If you care deeply about peace, our planet, and the creative freedom and well being of all people, then We share many values. But my highest priority is creating a government capable of solving problems. Which means liberating us from the Death-Grip of the two party system so we can more wholeheartedly work together to build solutions that Bring us toward our highest potential. TO do this we need structural and technological changes to government .
We must reimagine America’s story with an understanding that complex systems and godlike technologies must be Stewarded with wisdom and love. The system is too broken for one party to fix it, it must be rebirthed, democratically. I have a path forward.
Transcend Fear and Division
To Rebirth Democracy We Must Embody Courage, Compassion, Imagination and Wisdom
We must dispel the fairy tale of the Republican and Democratic parties which says never-ending economic growth and ballooning debt is possible on a planet with limited resources. We must build a new economy that meets our needs, enriches our lives, and regenerates our planet; and the only way to build such an economy is through better forms of collective problem solving - an enlightened politics. So, our first task is to rebirth democracy …
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…so that our collective problem solving embraces a wise relationship to technology and is fundamentally better designed to create holistic solutions with broad support than is our current corrupt and gridlocked two party stranglehold. If we are ruled by, or manipulated by the news cycle, our fears, our psychological wounds, and our desire for comforts and control, we will destroy everything we hold sacred: our health, our social fabric, our natural world, and our democracy. We must choose to be guided by our love of Life more than our fear of death or the unknown. Rebirthing Democracy, like birthing any new Life, is an invitation to a radical new responsibility for the power to create and destroy Life on this planet. And like any new parents- we must accept the death of so much of what has been familiar, and we must have the courage to embrace the unknown which is inseparable from creating something bold enough to meet the real challenges of Life.
“There is no safe depository for the ultimate power of society, other than the People themselves.”
Government that Works
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- Term Limits
- Power to Bypass Politicians (Federal Ballot Initiatives -Online)
- Publicly Funded Elections
- Incorruptible Accounting (Blockchain Ledgers)
- Ranked Choice Voting
- Proportional Representation
- Liquid Democracy (Voting For Issue Area Experts)
- Online Forums to Generate and Refine Publicly Supported Solutions
- None of the Above Negates the Constitution
Protect Civil Liberties
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- Natural Bodies Unregulated by Government (Tech enhancements are a different story)
- Critical Sensemaking Over Censorship
- Stop Government Spying
- Corporations Are Not People
- Liberate Jailed/Exiled Whistleblowers
Thriving Livelihoods
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- Tax Billionaires Wealth
- End Wage Slavery - Massive Incentives for Worker Ownership
- Livable Wages Safety Net via Federal Work Guarantee (Service Corps)
- Support Unions (and challenge them when necessary)
- Transition Away from Debt Treadmill (Central Bank Currency System)
- Measure and Optimize Human Well Being, not just GDP
- Value Sacredness of People, Planet, Peace and Principles over Profit
Universal Health
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- Federally Funded, Community Controlled and Universally Available/Affordable Local Medical Clinics (This is better than Medicare for All)
- Break Our Sugar/Junk Addictions and Empower Health Responsibility
- Mental/Emotional/Spiritual Health Starts With Healthy Communities, Vulnerability and Intimacy with Nature - Support All of the Above
- Expand Generic Pharmaceuticals
- Address Corporate Capture of Health Regulators
- Bring Back Leeches (Just Kidding)
- Harvard/Oxford/Stanford Professor's approach to Covid Management - Focused Protection - not Lockdowns, Mandates and Censorship.
Sustainable Resource Use
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- Transfer Farm Subsidies to Regenerative Growers
- Build Thorium, Geothermal, and New Energy Infrastructure with some Role for Solar and Wind Energy Infrastructure
- Stop Wasting Energy - Weatherize and Audit Buildings
- Build Efficient and Affordable Transportation Systems
- Build/Mandate Recyclable Materials Economies (All products must be recycled at end of life)
- Tax Wasteful/Excessive Energy Use (eh hem private jets)
- Stop Overfishing
- Massive Incentives for Downtown-centric, Clustered Community Growth Development/Planning
- Climate change is only a small part of the sustainability crisis. It should not be the all consuming focus. As you can see from the above list, much needs to be done to have a sustainable civilization, regardless of carbon dioxide's role in our climate.
Tame the War Machine
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- Reduce Military Spending by at least 50% and Use That to Fund Our Needed Sustainability Focused Infrastructure, Housing, Healthcare and Education
- Ban Military Industrial Complex Advertising (Media Control)
- Promote Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy
- All Federal Elected Officials Who Vote for War Must Have Their Children Get Drafted
“"You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
- Buckminster Fuller
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