Opposite and Equivalent

It's been one month, and the International Populist clownshow of distraction, chaos and Austerity has begun.  The Trump Administration is unwittingly giving us the playbook by way of the Narcissist's reflection.  Just listen to the news, and imagine the opposite.  Then imagine how do we undo the damage?  Oppose with Equivalency. (Someone is keeping close score!)

So, other than reminding everyone that the Executive can't rescind Federal law by Executive Orders, here's my first list at what any reasonable opposition should more or less take up as the natural opposite platform: I have ideated from years of observing failed trickle-down Neoliberalism, now it's Oligarchic polity, but am sure to have left things out; included a summary of slogans I have observed per ideal group; the equivalent counter-actions inspired by the current Administration; and what we can ask from the Democrats, when they take 2/3rds of the Congress to become a Veto proof majority- as 1/3 of citizens didn't vote, and ~30% of Gen Z is regretting having voted Republican -even as they limp along as the barely minority party, now- after one would imagine the pendulum swings. This might instead be the modern Bull-Moose party platform, for instance.

(In some semblance of order based upon "slogan ideas")

"America into the Future:"

"Reform the electoral college," so each State must send a representational proportion of Electors to that of the popular vote, make all States send an odd number of electors with the winner thus having at least one Elector more than the loser per State in many cases, and in most circumstances the popular candidate wins the national election. 

Make total number of national electors odd. If there is somehow a national elector tie, then National popular vote winner is the winner, Speaker of the House has no direct say.  This requires a change in the Constitution.

"ESG is good Business for a Sustainable Future," re-Implement DEI programs, reinstate LGBTQIA+ inclusion initiatives (convene a scientific Blue Ribbon Panel to resolve the process for allowing the 0.004% of sex-indeterminate [and other identities] individuals to compete in sports openly), set international standardization for logical transparent rating and measuring of Environmental, Social and Governance in the marketplace; expand the SBA increasing speed and ease of SBA loan process and approvals; and Department of Commerce helps implement all the commercial reforms.

"Hire more public servants," Increase the bureaucracy 10% above 2024 levels to improve service; only nominate qualified public servants based upon highest and best merit for every government position- top to bottom; root out fraud, waste and abuse; eliminate any new agencies formed by Republicans that disagree with policy platform; and reform the other agencies in a countermandate 'on day one.' Thank goodness no more DeJoy, so reform the Post Office he tried to set up for privatization. Hire back Inspectors General; hire additional inspectors, staff and managers for instance expand (restart?) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Forest Service, OSHA, FEMA, et. al. and fire the old "loyalty pledge" ones; and Fund, expand and hire to 101% the employees of the FAA to enable them to prepare to expand the mission to Near Space Control. Raise military and civil servant pay by 5% a year for three years; and Increase public servant (including military) signing bonuses to enhance recruitment efforts.

"Rejoin all International Treaty Obligations," whatever is broken, like the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, WHO, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris Treaty, USAID commitments, etc.- Impose sanctions on legitimate enemies of The Republic. Start new diplomatic bridge building treaties towards an International Peace treaty.

"Join The International Court of Justice," turn over war criminals under special arrangements, and set up an agency tasked with leading US Interpol and ICC interests, separate from the FBI, et. al.  Shuffle, streamline, expand where needed and improve the DOD, State, Treasury, FBI, CIA, and DHS for budget savings of ~10%, optimization and maximum counterintelligence strategy against our enemies foreign and domestic.

"Pathways to Citizenship," Bring Immigration into the light by making clear and understandable pathways to naturalization and citizenship, and provide amnesty for undocumented taxpayers who have no criminal records that have paid for seven years or more on the same ITN.  Affirm the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship. Halt deportations without due process, and restart the Amnesty remote application process.  All immigration hearings must occur within 30-days, including backlog, thus fund and hire accordingly.

"Destroy the Republican built concentration camps."  Have a legal national immigration rate of 14%, build 10,000,000 housing units in four years; enhance federal support for municipal services for immigrants and international and domestic refugees; end private and cruel/unusual prisons, and force all prisons to be safe, healthy and habitable; eliminate homelessness; and make "housing as a human right."

Set up an Infrastructure Bank to fund both domestic and foreign projects, compete with China's Belt and Road Initiatives, and make Environmental, human rights, health and safety tied to favorable loan packages (ideally to countries where migrants come from to reduce economic migrants).  Do this by imitating UK and setting up a Sovereign Wealth Fund.  "International Infrastructure Initiatives" (III)

Harder to say and less catchy than "Drill, baby, drill," but: 'Restrict drilling permits to existing leasing areas, require all wells to be precisely mapped (this is Colorado's) into a public database, including ownership, and all leaking wells must be remediated by owners/operators.'  Restart funding for The Green New Deal, Fund the EPA with fines from gross, flagrant and obvious violators, and "Clear the Air."

"Acknowledge Climate Change," and overfund FEMA, NOAA, NSF, NIH, the Cancer Moonshot, CDC, the sciences et. al.  Expand the EPA to define Methane and CO2 as regulatable substances after basic biological emissions are accounted for.  Further, fund Climate Change mitigation and the EPA with formulation of Carbon tax, Methane tax, and a Toxicity taxes on all manufacturers including of electricity based upon a nationally agreed OMB published standard Benefit-Cost Analysis calculating the implied costs to land values, society and environment.  Use some of the toxicity tax proceeds to mitigate and remediate the millions of wells, tens of thousands of abandoned mines, and thousands of clean-up sites in the US. Plan and Fund workforce accordingly, set a goal of 50% fewer clean-up sites in five years, and end all gross tortfeasership.

"Factual Labeling," Require the highest FDA standards for labeling laws for domestic and imports in the World; proper labeling in lieu of tariffs, major ingredients and nutrition values are labelled en real, however all ingredients must be disclosed via QR code on packaging, etc.; every ingredient must be on file sourced and defined; if chemicals then full names, all secondary chemicals must also be indicated; & nutritional values must be expanded, articulated and standardized.  Expand the USDA inspection system verifying label information. Start a National Underwriters Laboratory for Consumer Products -from cleaning, to auto, to fruit pesticides, to frozen dinners- to ensure all the chemicals and foodstuffs on the marketplaces can be safely enjoyed, used, and combined (purposefully or accidentally) in good health. Join the metric system.

Lower requirements for WIC and SNAP, reform the Department of Agriculture to 1. establish National Organic and Sustainable standards for International Designation, 2. begin subsidizing small- and mid-scale Organic, Tilth and Sustainable Agriculture and Horticulture, in lieu of mono-crop mega-farming, and 3. Assist in low interest loans to increase family-owned and operated Organic and Sustainable farms by 500,000 in four years.  "Lower grocery prices with fresh local supply!"

In international business and trade, the USA argument in favor of free health care is that our competitors have an unfair advantage in that their businesses are subsidized by the Government, and ours are not. Install single-payor insurance for Universal Health Care; Fund CHP, IHS, Community Health Centers, et al. until UHC takes over all programs; Universal School Lunch, locally sourced; in other words make "Clean Air, Clean Water, Good Food and Health Care as a human right."

Restore the 1991 Ukrainian border, and demand Russia cease and desist through ICJ cooperation, and settle with the Russian regime in exchange for the 1. reestablishing peace, 2. offers for financial assistance, 3. lifting of freezes, 4. ending sanctions, and 5. reducing tariffs. Support the 'two-state solution' in Israel, organize International Peace conferences, and cooperate with UK, EU, and all allies to work cooperatively with all parties to restore Palestinian Gaza.  Start by ending trade wars by negotiating the end of most tariffs.  Offer military truce during negotiations.  "Negotiate International Peace!"

"General Free Trade," lift most all tariffs and some sanctions, all imports and exports must label source (with the same QR code on file process as described above for foodstuff, and drugs) components or materials to enforce sanctions effectively, with targeted limited tariffs and sanctions reserved for egregious violators of Human Rights and violations of Peace Treaties. Fully Legalize cannabis to enable proper taxation, regulation and interstate commerce.

"Workers Rights," to Unionize, for Paternity Leave, Raise the National Minimum Wage to $17/hr. Add 15% raise for Social Security and disability recipients immediately, and ease disability and unemployment qualification requirements. Establish a sub-Department to oversee Senior, Disabled and Retiree benefits.

Split VA into two: First integrate some duties back into the military bureaucracy, then open a Department of Peace to oversee all peace efforts, but also to oversee benefits to anyone who can claim privation from the USA, US Military or Department of Defense and the endless missions to settle them until the USA has no claimants or legitimate claims against her; grant relief payments to dishonorably discharged military service persons under specific liberal circumstances; and raise military benefits by 15% over two or three years. Second, Harmonize the VA Health system as specialists for Military, active duty and retired, with the Universal Health Care system.

"Direct Democracy," Create a Cabinet level department 'of Technology' to streamline government using technology, manage and regulate technology including Cyber security, Social Media, VPNs, AI, etc., and operate a transparent modern public central national computer database system designed to allow each citizen: 1. to "vote" in informal Direct Democracy on any topic and such information is sent to their appropriate representatives as information, 2. file claims, make freedom of information requests, or complaints, 3. send ideas or requests, 4. Get official information, register to vote and file taxes electronically, and 5. to view their own official and private "file," and request any true corrections.

Reinstate pre-1980 Broadcast Standards for any organization to be credentialed national press, and considered legally advertised 'national news;' as part of "campaign finance reform," reinstate 'fair time' requirements for broadcasters requiring all National political parties that poll above 3% to have fair air time on any national news station licensed by the FCC; Ban Nazism, espousing outright fascism, symbols, salutes, etc. and issue standards for prosecution of such crimes, but also how to parody, portray dramatically, and describe NAZI and neo-Nazi activities in a timely manner; expand Government Departmental and Inter-departmental Social Media use for external communications, and regulate Artificial Intelligence, Large Social Media Conglomerates, Monopolies and Industry Price Manipulations. Overfund Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts, International State Sponsored media, et. al., and offer free social media and computer literacy training for all.

As per the 2nd, "Regulate" with National Guns License; end weapons of war being treated as "regulatable arms," exempted from the Individual Rights granted under the 2nd Amendment; because Weapons of Warfare, available for use against the State, it's Ministers, including Peace Officers, are for use by the State alone in Common Defense, not for private unregulated militia, or individuals, regulated or unregulated. The founders whether 1776 or 1865 did not intend ships cannons to be used by individuals in domestic fence line disputes gone awry requiring some legal form of civil self defense.

Run an Administration that doesn't lie, but operates an excellent CIA. Grants privacy, but protects and serves wherever the facts go for the FBI. Makes naturalization, security and internal coordination easier, comprehensive and considerate with a reformed DHS. Operates a well- trained, paid and staffed, humane Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including opening up Custom Houses at all ports of entry, where, amongst other enhanced diplomatic functions, claims of entry may be formally made in a timely manner, in person.

"End Citizens United," by Congress making it necessary under the 14th Amendment to have dna in order to be considered a person, hence citizen, and therefore invalidate the finding that Corporations are citizens with free speech right of unlimited undisclosed campaign contributions.  Then if money equals free speech, and I as an individual have unlimited free speech, therefore the corporations owe me infinity money in compensation? 

Rather, totally new game, "Campaign Finance Reform:" limit all annual campaign contributions to a maximum of $20,000, no tax deductions, to any number of candidates (municipal, local, state, and federal) by any one citizen-taxpayer (you must file taxes individually or jointly [no corporate entities {end all tax free 501 status} may contribute]. Payee-Dependents must make contributions in the name of their Taxpayor-Dependencies that counts towards maximum contribution limit of the taxpayer[s] in order to donate politically) per year; therefore only US American Citizens can donate with taxpayer ID; donations pledges may be garnered at any time by Politician; but may only receive funds during the 180-day annual election Season, which ends four days before Election Day, which ends for all Federal elections as a National Holiday on the fifth day (official start of campaign 185 days prior and this first 180-day funding period should be the only time politicians can accept direct contributions) before "Voting Day;" and all political donations must be transparent and publicly available in a timely record by the 182nd day, with corrections published by the 184th day for full disclosure of all donors, per candidate, for final day to vote the 185th day.  Also all the other voter access bills in the works.

Enact the ERA, enshrine reproductive liberties, and confirm, uphold and declare all sexes, gender identities and consensual unions are equal under law, amending the 14th Amendment. "Reinstate 'Roe.'"

"Supreme Court Reforms," Appoint four new Supreme Court judges, assigning one to each Circuit, with Chief Justice left in charge of The Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit.  Install a fifteen year Term limit for Chiefs, eighteen for Justices, and the Chief must be hired only from within the existing remaining Justices timely.  Impose the same Federal Ethics for Supreme Justices as all other Federal Justices, impeach accordingly. 13 Ethical Term-limited Supreme Court Justices with clear lines for impeachment from either the Executive or the Legislative goes some way to restore the balance of the triumvirate of powers.

'Streamline the Pentagon,' "A Smart Nation is an Intelligent One!"  Addition to above Counterintelligence Optimization (reduced waste, fraud and abuse), also Transfer 2% of the National Spending from remainder of Defense budget to (Rebuild and) Overfund Department of Education, pay off everyone's student loan debt as a single settler.  Low and no-cost "GI Bill for All!" University or College, reform endowment tax treatment as below, harmonize and set reasonably agreed to National Academic Standards, including accurate multi-cultural, diverse and robust explorations of the agreed (*eliminate arbitrary and capricious or counterevidential challenges by sub-par scholastics who composed gems, like, 'Slaves enjoyed learning valuable skills in exchange for their work,' as counter-argumentative fact, or those who ban books not supporting cis gender straight characters in normative situations) facts from history and how they fit into our Civics, like the 14th Amendment. Make a teacher's National Minimum Wage Scale that is portable Nationally, and includes the calculation for honorable time served in the public system. Implement 'First Five' Universal pre-K recommendations, have permission slip based book check out from public libraries for minors in lieu of banning legitimate* books, and overfund libraries.

Overfund all these government proposals primarily with a "Progressive Set-tax:" yearly, all NET Income received from earnings, trades, and dividends, foreign and domestic, accumulating ingress to any taxpaying entity (Individual, Business, or Non-profit, including Religious) between: $0-25k 0%; 25-150k 5%; 150-450k 10%; 450-1mm 15%; 1-5mm 20%; 5-25mm 21%; 25-100mm 25%; 100-499 mm 28%; and everything earned annually above $500,000,000 is 30%... no loopholes, no tax breaks, and most every taxpayer has a Calendar year filing (Fiscal year filings, deductions for expenses, and extraordinary activities require forms. Natural and obvious deductions from gross profit, like a business paying a worker salary, and other Costs of Goods Sold, still remain, but are are handled through streamlined forms and checked and expedited via national computer records). 

These are net tax rates per bundle/traunch set (so an effective gross rate for taxpayer who accumulated earning $500,000 p.a. it would be 8.75% in paid taxation, a tax reduction for most) approved for ten years by 2/3 majority of both chambers of Congress to be adjusted only for inflation in years 3 and 7. This effectively lowers taxes for about 85% of the Nation; makes about 65% of tax returns a simple signature affidavit verifying all automatically reported income- no more than signing a postcard sent by the IRS in February- closing loopholes means most other forms simplify or disappear; slows the velocity of the public markets to be value biased, but ensures conservation of value, long term vision and fair pay from the very wealthy. 'Everyone plays by the same knowable set of fair rules!'

"Fiscal Conservation after Appropriate Taxation."  With all the toxicity and emissions taxes, closed loopholes, excess growth, economic expansion, savings from optimization, including savings from single buyer-payor reforms, we can end the budget deficits, pay off debts, never have to raise the debt ceiling again, and build, manufacture and export our way out of Trade imbalance via free trade, and fund the entire wish list above! 

Progressivism, for lack of a better term, is a peaceful vision of an economy growing itself out of the problems, advancing technologically, and improving quality of life, general happiness, and justice for everyone around in an environmentally recovering, restored, and habitable World.

Any vision with appropriate regulations (you need clear comprehensive regulations to ensure a "free-market," counter-intuitively) grows the needs-based economy accurately into a 'wants-based' abundance, fills the coffers, and makes us more competitive.  The Free Market is a social exercise, it rewards our International Allies. 'You can't have a Free Market without good cooperation and regulation!'

Conclusion. I think this Agenda transcends cultures, generations and even political affiliation, when viewed as a complete recipe for a robust progressive economic expansion: enabling the younger generations an opportunity to thrive; taking care of the elderly, disabled and inveterate; reinstatement of historical norms and precedents; and the ideal for a Government 'of the People, by the People, and for the People' that takes good care of ALL it's people from cradle to cradle. 

Socially Liberal; Fiscally Conservative; Environmental... Yes!

Whatever you label me, I have here the reflection from the pool of Narcissus, a platform ready for the opposition, whoever they might become, that is the stuff of MAGA Republican nightmares!

Democrat Big Tent Dissembly

Well, the Democrats didn't win.

There is a simple solution: Set up a Grand Party exosketon that the coalition agrees to assemble, form quarum, and vote to nominate their National Presidential Candidate. Beyond that local Measures will come into being as primary priorities, because at the end of the day operating government is a responsibilty we can't have people take lightly and must start locally.

Here are nine simple categories to create along simple Social Liberal to Conservative, and Fiscal Liberal to Conservative lines that can all simultaneously pursue their goals and objectives at a local and states level, while voting mostly under the Democratic Big Tent. I would like to suggest that each Working Party fashions environmental policy at the local level, but also everyone in these parties hopefully accepts Climate Change as a True fact that should be a part of all Democratic Grand Party Budget Proposals.

Of course there would be the opportunity to have simple one issue coalitions, the proposal here is for these to be autonomous parties that sign a pledge to vote for the Democratic National Candidates, but do their own thing at the states level:

Democratic Republican: Social and Fiscal Conservative;
These would be people who occasionally vote with Republicans

Democratic Centrist: Social Conservative and Fiscal Centrist
These would be people who occasionally vote with Republicans on Social Issues, but believe in some Government Safety net.

Democratic Socialist: Social Conservative and Fiscal Liberal
These would be people who believe in affording a big safety net with balanced budgets.

Conservative Democratic: Social Centrist and Fiscal Conservative
These people would look to afford safety net programs within some austerity.

Democrat: Social and Fiscal Centrist
This would be the party that would take all the information from the other eight and determine a median policy in both fiscal and social matters.

Centrist Democratic: Social Centrist and Fiscal Liberal
This would be the party of people who believe spending on social saftey net programs is something we need to afford.

Democratic Libertarian: Social Liberal and Fiscal Conservative
This would be a party faction that would caucus with Libertarians, but also believe in rules and regulations to achieve free market ideals.

Social Democrat: Social Liberal and Fiscal Centrist
This would be a group who believe in affording social programs, but also expect debt and negative spending is an option to support social programs.

Liberal: Social and Fiscal Liberal
Believe that social programs are primary priority regardless of financial outcomes.

National Guns License

We're witnessing an historic level of children being killed by guns- most probable way to die, more than car crashes- and enough has been enough ten years ago.

To accord with the Second Amendment, each state could issue gun licenses. Except, transportation of firearms across state boundaries, ought to require a National Firearms license.

Like a car: title, license, registration and insurance would be required of the user. Dealers and manufacturers assure quality, and Dealers must use professional discretion following, so called, red flag laws.

We know how to do this. The States could use the national guidance for State Licenses and registration.



A written safety exam, required safety demonstation, and age minimums would be contingent. Additionally, mental health wellness, compitency, and background checks are required.

Any modification, such as required Corrective lenses, permits to carry in public and concealed all would be on gun owner's license to quickly deter foolish, irrational, and mentally ill ownership.

Each gun has a registration already, but it would require each gun to have Title and registration, being operated by licensee. Three parts of liability, so that insurance companies can give liability insurance for torturous constraints, lest we determine the tort settlements per victim.

We already have the infrastructure for all intents and purposes, now let's please do something already!

Forget Beer, It's Time for a Fender Bender

Presidential Elections are the most famous popularity contests in the world.

 

Famously, we like to think we are voting for an Angel, rather than settling for a Devil by the thought exercise, “which candidate would you rather have a beer with?”  (Yes, like a good American grammarian I ended the survey question a preposition with.)

 

Except, we are in extraordinary circumstances:

 

Hundred Year Pandemic

Chronic Systemic Deferred Maintenance

Climate Change Proven beyond a Doubt

Reconciliation of Civil Rights a precipitous necessity

Worst Economic statistics since measurements began from The Great Depression

 

You can see how people might be willing to choose the best devil in such terrible circumstances, rather than the nicest angel.  Whose Executive Administration will be able to handle the massive macroeconomic issues?

 

Almost makes you not even care if you even like the person, so long as you think they may help?

 

So, which Candidate would you rather get into a low speed fender bender with?

 

 

Thought Exercise

 

You are driving your crap auto called US, and the timing belt needs adjustment, tires are worn, and the brakes have been squealing for months, but like most Americans you don’t have an extra $400 to fix them.

 

As you approach an intersection at the speed limit, you anticipate a yellow light ahead and begin your squeaking brakes.  As the light turns, you are a quarter mile from the stop line, and of the two cars ahead of you the car directly in front of you, a new silver Mercedes-Ferrari Electric Hybrid, has stopped about 500 feet away.

 

Your brakes engage, squeak as loud as you have ever heard, and for one reason or another you hit the $456,000 four door sedan that tops off at 155 MPH in 12 seconds.  The bumper, replacement cost your annual salary, after installation, is broken.  Don’t ask for details, it just needs $45,000 worth of work from a 15 MPH fender bender.

 

Out comes (A) either driver, Presidential Candidate (take the test again, and replace with either Major Political Party), and from the shotgun position (B) a Secret Service agent who will witness and back whatever Mr. A says, no matter how awful.

 

Two more facts: 1. They are self-insured, so they have no Insurance, if it is their fault; and 2. Mr. B pressed the emergency oil slick button as they drew to a halt at seven miles per hour—thus it is 100% their fault.  Oil is everywhere, and the Intersection Camera clearly can show the before and after.

 

Which one of these two gentlemen would you then like to encounter in what, without the super tip-top-secret auto, (a) wouldn’t have been an accident, nor (b) be considered potentially your fault and liability? 

 

That is a more accurate measure for where we are today.

 

 

Lest we should consider this the Junior High School election, remember that the Executive of the USA typically administers directly to a force of hundreds of thousands of people, lest the millions directly commanded.  So, which group do you pick... go ahead take the thought exercise a third time, and remember to Vote!

The Reform we have waited for... a simple recommendation: 64 Stars

Much talk of reform. From time-to-time, these United States of America reform her boundaries to reflect Census Data.

Now we have movements like Black Lives Matter that have with the help of simultaneous technology, finally, driven home the nature of visual and systemic racist systems....  People long for environmental justice, social equity, gender meritocracy, and the lists grow.  People hunger for reform and empowerment.

Much talk of Electoral College Reform, again, again, again and again.

At the heels of Fivethirtyeight.com’s article on the obscure, yet highly relevant article, (relink to follow?) I found time during the lockdown to put forth this long-discussed proposition raft, as an whole-set argument.

But something millions have been working for generation after generation, that will instantly transform and improve our GDP, reform our elections, including the Electoral College, redistribute state power, reward success, restore local control, and restructure the USA for the long-term future once all the 2020 Census data is collected and processed; Territorial Reorganization.

We will need a lot of changes and reform, and one of the most radical things the US can do from time to time is make adjustments to the States, Territories and her Commonwealth after a census.

Rather than outlaw the Electoral College: consider the census, even the whole thing, everything, back out, and allow for the commonsense of the lessons from the trials and travails from the European Duchy System (Symbolized by the College) that held outside regional nobles to check central powers of the Crown in order to protect remote, novel, unique, rural and essential domestic production resources from mismanagement.

There is a great chart that graphically demonstrates the even distribution of State Lines defined by population limited to 50 states and 100 Senators.  Keeping just fifty states defies precedent, but is a great Thought Exercise, and Colorado would gladly triple in size, but this is pure theory upsetting all boundaries.

So, maybe that’s not the way to go?

How about allowing each and any state to be able to reorganize with the assistance and coordination of the Federal Republic, so as to be ready to address the distribution, health and other governmental weaknesses this pandemic disaster has exposed in our Society to be more oriented to bioregional ecology— welfare, health, economy and environment—in order to prepare for the 22^ndand maybe even the groundwork for the 23^rdCentury?

	Type		Area		State	Initials	Est. Capitol Area		New Star	New Government
	New Combined Territory
			E WA & N ID		Lincoln	LN	Spokane		Yes	Yes
	Expanded Territory
			SW PA; E VA; NW NC; NE TN; W KY		West Viginia	WV	same		No	No
	Spits of Michigan, New York and Florida
		MI	becomes		Michigan	MI	same		No	No
					Superior	SU	Cheboygan		Yes	Yes
		NY	becomes		New York	NY	same		No	No
					Great York	GY	Buffalo		Yes	Yes
		Florida	becomes		Florida	FL	same		No	No
					South Florida	SF	Miami		Yes	Yes
	California Triplet
			N CA		Jefferson	JF	Redding		Yes	Yes
			CA		California	CA	Sacramento		No	No
			S CA		Dorado	DO	Los Angeles		Yes	Yes
	Texas Pentet
			NW TX		Plainland	PL	Amarillo		Yes	Yes
			NE TX		Trinity	TY	Fort Worth		Yes	Yes
			Central		Texas	TX	same		No	No
			E TX		Gulfland	GL	Houston		Yes	Yes
			S TX		El Norte	EN	San Antonio		Yes	Yes
	Commonwealth
		Puerto Rico			Puerto Rico	PR	San Juan		Yes	Yes
		District of Colombia			Colombia	CB	Washington		Yes	Yes
		Guam & Northern Marianas			Marianas	MR	Barrigada		Yes	Yes

Your Development Plan: Fourteen New Stars, and Sixteen new Governments.

Aside from having to reprint all but everything, thus adding to growth.... the Census Adjustments will add jobs! This will give us plenty of lawful work to do, including reforming the Peace Officers and how to enforce social policy equitably. Recentralization of powers will improve accountability barring all other reforms.

GDP will expand simply by the ordinary operations of governments that properly develop their regions in order to become more evenly represented.  But Also, inclusion and realization of our Commonwealth and Territories will literally expand our GNP, geometrically.  28% more States will expand growth of our National Economy by the back of the napkin to the tune of 14% additionally over say a ten-year transitioning, synergies aside.

If all 64 States are suddenly together adopted and approved, hypothetically, then it requires:

Same Number of Electors of the College evenly redistributed.

Same Number of Representatives evenly redistributed.

Expand to 128 Senators and the VP as President of the Senate for a Vote of 129.

Probably expand Supreme Court by two positions to include the incorporation of Far Western Pacific and Caribbean Law Justices.

Boundaries and Counties to become reformed to prioritize and contain bioregions and metro regions, not gerrymandered or arbitrarily bounded.  Ideally, each region will fall initially within the guidelines of population thresholds, so as to have even and balanced (containing similar populous, zip codes, area codes, and other measurable volumes) constituencies from Municipality, State to Federal adjustments.

Zip Codes will then accordingly be redistributed to match postal coverage; Phone Codes will then accordingly be assigned to these boundaries; and Municipalities will make their adjustments.

64 Stars will be put onto Old Glory in an 8 by 8 column and row, and maybe we can turn our Flags around and stop the adventurous wars to continue to build America lawfully and enfranchise peaceful democratic process.

And 64 Governments with 16 to 18 new Constitutions will expand: opportunity; the living experiment of Liberty, Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness; and the Gross Domestic Product of our beloved United States of America, just as is found as precedent throughout our history.

Commerce to develop this expansion of infrastructure and improvement of resources will make Opportunity explode!

Texas Republic, which has had the five-state solution on the books since the 19^thcentury, will get four times as much representation in Washington, CB. 

So too, CA triplet and all the other, necessary splits will gain improved representation inside the USA capitol.  

Ultimately, this would need to become accepted and approved by the People and their Representatives in government, so the names, boundaries and all details are to be discussed, and yet determined.

By small state-ing the power blocks into population and territorial similars, fair representation in exchange for taxation collected in the State of Colombia is ensured... for another ten years.

By folding the many and wide island nations and their associated resources into our Great Nation, we recognize the many and long sacrifices of the millions who have loved this nation as their own, but we may also become more and better prepared to finally provide the governmental and financial resources those peoples have so long sought.  Also, we will need to greatly expand our Marine infrastructure, and take better responsibility for our Maritime leadership, including environmental.

By allowing the WV annexation we make the small adjustments to the disproportionately powerful states like Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky also granting their more remote peoples a more direct Capitol.

The long-considered division of Old Washingtonia, into Washington and Lincoln has also long been discussed.  When we empower a new state Capitol, like this proposal for Spokane, a permanent Federal stimulus to that area is assured.  More even distribution of resources, like health care, unemployment benefits, and other government features will flow freely from that local and more immediate power center.

Remember that Jefferson the human participated, encouraged an organized revolution specifically from within the scope, intrepreneurially so to speak, by voting, of our nation’s Constitution and posted Bill of Rights, not without it, every generation!

By expanding the number of governments, we expand the number of opportunities for the people to become directly involved in the management and stewardship of their surrounds as servants of the people!  Let us continue to expand the opportunity that comes with Democracy!!