America First!

We hear this all the time...

But what would a real America First agenda look like? 

Truly putting "America First" would mean putting the health, freedom, prosperity, and security of people in America ahead of billionaires, corporations, and endless foreign wars.

Here are NINE ways to do just that…

One: Protect Americans’ privacy and freedom. Stop Big Tech’s overreach. That means no AI-powered surveillance state tracking our every move and trampling on our civil liberties. And no power-hungry, water-sucking data centers forced on communities without their consent or clear guardrails.

Two: Stop the warmongering. Cut the military budget and spend those tax dollars helping people in America, not blowing up other countries or bankroll­ing genocide in Gaza. We don’t have to be isolationist — but we don’t need a military bigger than the next 6 largest militaries combined.

Three: Protect America’s public lands. They belong to all of us — not corporations that want to ruin them with drilling, mining, or logging. Protect them for future generations.

Four: Fix our healthcare. No one in America should go into debt or die because they can’t afford to see a doctor. Medicare for All would cover EVERYONE — while saving 114,000 lives and more than $1 trillion in healthcare costs every year.

Five: Put workers first. Protect the people whose work keeps this country running — and compensate them fairly. Raise the minimum wage. Make it easier to unionize. Expand and enforce workplace protections. And crack down on corporations that break labor laws.

Six: Take on corporate power. Break up the corporate giants that control so much of our economy and use their power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and squeeze out small businesses.

Seven: Get money out of our politics. Overturn Citizens United through a constitutional amendment or by neutering it at the state level, as Montana and Hawai’i are working to do.

Eight: Tax the super-rich and corporations. Corporate profits are at a record high, while the richest 1 percent own a record share of the nation’s wealth — yet both have seen their taxes slashed to near-record lows.

Nine: Invest in America. Use that revenue to fund education, job training, and our social safety nets. America First means making sure our people have the support they need to build secure, independent lives.

With these nine steps… we can put America First.

This real America First agenda doesn’t exclude or vilify people. It doesn’t surveil them, take away their healthcare, or give billionaires and corporations unrestricted power over their lives.

America First means taking care of and investing in everyone who resides within our borders. Helping people abroad, not bombing them. Ensuring working people have freedom and control over their own lives.

Don’t let Trump and Republicans claim they put America first. They don’t. This agenda does.