America Changed. Our Tax System Didn't.
For more than a century, the American economy has evolved. We moved from farms to factories, from factories to technology, and from paper ledgers to a financial system where trillions of dollars are settled electronically every day. Yet the way America raises revenue has remained largely tied to an earlier economy, relying heavily on taxes on wages, payroll, and productive work. As the economy has changed, an important question has emerged: should our tax system evolve as well?
A New Conversation About a Modern Economy
Unburden America is a nonpartisan initiative exploring whether the nation's tax base should better reflect how money moves through today's economy. Rather than relying so heavily on taxing work and productivity, the proposal asks whether a portion of the tax burden could be shifted toward large-scale financial settlement, reducing pressure on workers and businesses while protecting Social Security, Medicare, and strengthening the nation's long-term fiscal future and if that change can meet our needs. Join us and find out. Become a member and have access to our research.
Tax the Flow of Money, Not the Work of People.
join THE Conversation
#IsThereEnough #Money
It is not only a question about economics. It is an invitation to think honestly about where America is, what we have available, and whether our real constraint is what we are capable of building together.
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Is there enough money?
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Enough wealth?
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Enough political courage?
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Enough public agreement?
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Enough trust?
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Enough imagination?
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Enough citizen action?
Come hear the idea, question it, challenge it, and help determine whether it deserves to move forward.
Why Pre-Launch?
We Are Building This Movement in Public
Most movements arrive with their answers already written. We are beginning with the questions and the conversations that bring us to common ground.
We want to understand what people are experiencing, what they believe is possible, and whether there is enough agreement to move forward across ideologies on a new way to fund government that works better for everyone. Unburden America is not being built behind closed doors and presented to the public. It is being co created with the public from the beginning. We invite examination on any of our materials we have available in our prelaunch members section.
What Happens During Pre-Launch?
Watch it unfold
An official movement has not launched yet. Right now, we are gathering the people, questions, ideas, and relationships needed.
Today
Join the pre-launch community.
Next
Follow the questions and conversations shaping the movement. (via inbox)
Then
Participate in the #IsThereEnough #Money conversation.
As We Grow
Hosts/Attend conversations, share, make introductions
Expand the Conversation
Share widely and Introduce individuals who believe America is ready for a better way forward.
Grow the Coalition
Help bring together people, organizations, experts, and communities from across partisan divides.
Support Crowdfund
The coalition and the prelaunch community launch first public crowdfund
Campaign Launch
Unburden America launches a national public movement built with the people who helped shape it.
stay close to it
Joining does not commit you to a political position or policy proposal. It simply brings you into the conversation.
what you'll receive
When you join the pre-launch, you will receive:
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Updates from the movement
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Invitations to live conversations and events
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Policy level writing and research
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Behind-the-scenes progress
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Early access to books and educational resources
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Opportunities to participate before the official launch
You do not need to be an economist, political expert, or policy professional to support this.
You only need to believe that better questions can lead to better choices.