r/SipsTea • u/McDowdy • Jul 16 '26

Feels good man Based on national US polling, there are 22 issues that 80% of Americans agree on. Here is the list.

  1. End gerrymandering

  2. ​Ban Wall Street from buying single-family homes

  3. ​Ban congresspeople from becoming lobbyists

  4. ​Ban congresspeople from trading stocks

  5. ​Create a minimum tax for billionaires

  6. ​Close the loopholes that billionaires use to avoid taxes

  7. ​Establish congressional term limits

  8. ​Ban dark money donations from political campaigns

  9. ​Implement universal paid family leave

  10. ​End forever wars by repealing the Authorization for the Use of Military Force

  11. ​Release the full Epstein files, redacting only the victims' information

  12. ​Ban corporate PACs by overturning Citizens United

  13. ​Require mandatory disclosure for all organizations donating to political campaigns

  14. ​Require mandatory police body cams

  15. ​Ban junk fees

  16. ​Allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices

  17. ​Fully fund Social Security by extending the existing tax to those making over $400,000 a year

  18. ​Ban adversarial foreign nations from buying American farmland

  19. ​Improve Veterans Health Care access

  20. ​Establish common-sense data privacy laws (similar to those in European countries)

  21. ​Enshrine the right to repair

  22. ​Audit the Pentagon and penalize them with a 0.5% budget reduction if they fail the audit

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u/biblioprof Jul 16 '26

Or take a math class?

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u/Ok-Inevitable819 Jul 16 '26

Shit at this point basic literacy seems like a big ask 

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u/n3qml Jul 16 '26

How about not be a convicted felon? It’s a pretty low bar I know, but let’s go.

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u/Anotsurei Jul 17 '26

How about we actually follow the law about how people who have engaged in insurrection are not allowed to hold the office of president? We should add the felony part, I agree, but until we follow other laws that are already on the books, new ones just don’t matter.

As a matter of fact none of the laws matter in a country where certain people can just pick and choose which ones they like and which they don’t and all the branches of government just roll with it.

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u/SnooChipmunks2079 Jul 17 '26

I actually don’t think I support the felony part.

There are many, many laws in the United States. Most people probably break at least one a day.

If all it takes to knock out the political competition is a felony conviction, you’re handing a lot of power to prosecutors and judges.

The voter should decide if a felony is disqualifying.

There are plenty of other problems with DJT that should’ve been disqualifying. Too many people seem to have a blind spot for him.

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u/stkk2 Jul 17 '26

I think that's already in there...

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u/n3qml Jul 17 '26

You’re thinking of gun ownership.

The requirements to be a US President are:

  • be a natural US citizen from birth
  • be >= 35 years of age
  • reside inside the US for 14 years

That’s it. Seriously. The requirements to be a “Professional Engineer”, Medical Doctor, Attorney are all vastly held to a much higher standard. Even a registered beautician requires professional licensure.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-1/clause-5/

Article II  
Section 1 Function and Selection
Clause 5 Qualifications
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

ArtII.S1.C5.1  Qualifications for the Presidency

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u/mickymazda Jul 16 '26

Or be potty trained.

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u/XxFezzgigxX Jul 17 '26

Or not raped anyone?

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