Doug Meyer

If I were one of the newly elected members of Congress, these would be my FOUR immediate legislative priorities to start fixing this country. Not another round of partisan nonsense. Actual structural reform. 1. ETHICS REFORM A 100% ban on individual stock trading by members of Congress, the President, Cabinet officials, Supreme Court justices, and their immediate families. ZERO exceptions. You shouldn’t be able to personally profit from the laws you write, enforce, or interpret. And a minimum two-year ban on taking jobs, consulting fees, or compensation from companies with conflicts of interest related to your public duties after leaving office. Call it the “Kushner Rule” or “Kushner Act” for fun. 2. CONGRESSIONAL & SUPREME COURT TERM LIMITS * House: 6 years maximum. * Senate: 12 years maximum. * Supreme Court: 18 years maximum. Public service should be service, not a lifetime career. We need fresh perspectives, accountability, and an end to the permanent political class. 3. UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE & PERSONAL WEALTH BUILDING Everyone deserves healthcare security from birth to death. I believe the best path is universal catastrophic health insurance combined with individually owned Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Imagine every American being born with three things: universal catastrophic health coverage, a funded HSA, and a Trump Account with immediate contributions. Employers and individuals could contribute to HSAs, while public contributions could reward national service (military, Peace Corps, etc.) and support people with disabilities or other qualifying needs. Unused HSA funds could eventually convert into tax-free retirement savings. Think about that: incentives for better health, personal savings, AND retirement security. A win-win-win. Over generations, a properly funded system could potentially reduce our dependence on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while giving Americans actual ownership of their financial futures. And how do we fund it? Explore a national value-added tax (VAT), with major corporations and the AI-driven economy contributing to a system that benefits everyone. 4. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT Energy is a foundational cost of EVERYTHING. Electricity, fuel, food, manufacturing, transportation, housing. When energy costs rise, nearly everything gets more expensive. We need massive investment in domestic energy production, particularly NUCLEAR ENERGY, alongside other practical technologies, a modernized electrical grid, and infrastructure designed for the enormous energy demands of the future. Stop treating energy as another partisan football and start treating affordable, reliable energy as essential national infrastructure. Fix these four foundational problems, and nearly everything else becomes easier to address. Government corruption. Political stagnation. Healthcare insecurity. Retirement uncertainty. The cost of living. These aren’t problems that belong exclusively to Republicans or Democrats. They’re American problems, and they deserve American solutions. And until we start addressing the actual structure of these problems instead of endlessly fighting over their symptoms, the political pendulum will keep swinging back and forth. Republicans win. Democrats win. Republicans win again. Meanwhile, the underlying problems remain. Eventually, we’ll elect the right combination of people willing to make these changes. I’d rather we stop wasting decades waiting for them. 🇺🇸