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WE THE PEOPLE PLATFORM — READING PATH: CURIOUS CITIZENS
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Download type:  Audience Path
Group ID:       citizens
Generated:      May 12, 2026
Documents:      5

DESCRIPTION
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Best for anyone interested in understanding what the platform proposes without
requiring technical or policy background. The platform is designed to be
readable by non-specialists at the master-document level. (Contains 5
documents in recommended reading order.)

DOCUMENTS INCLUDED
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  1. We The People — Platform Manifesto
     02_Vision_and_Communication/02_We_The_People_Platform.docx
     Best for: First-time readers wanting the integrated vision. Anyone
     evaluating the platform's overall coherence. The integrated vision
     document that introduces the three primary pillars (Community
     Contribution Plan, Empirical Wage Floors, Sovereign Education Fund) and
     the architecture supporting them. Includes the platform's foundational
     principle (“when I do well, we all do well”), the operational design of
     the cost-based pricing framework with field-of-study granularity, the
     two-channel disbursement architecture, the age-30 reversion mechanism,
     and the integration of all primary pillars as a single coherent system.
     This is the document most readers should encounter first. When to read:
     Read first if you want to understand what the platform actually proposes.
     Read again after engaging with the technical documents to see how the
     pieces fit together.

  2. Constituent Letter
     02_Vision_and_Communication/02_Constituent_Letter.docx
     Best for: Anyone wanting to deliver the platform to elected officials. A
     one-page letter for delivering the platform to senators, representatives,
     governors, or other elected officials. Designed to be customized with
     personal details and sent as a cover document accompanying the manifesto
     and other materials. Articulates the reader's standing as a constituent
     and asks specifically for the official's engagement with the platform.
     When to read: Use when sending platform materials to elected officials.
     Customize with personal details before sending.

  3. We The People Calculator
     06_Presentation_Materials/06_We_The_People_Calculator.html
     Best for: Any reader who wants a personalized side-by-side comparison
     matching their specific household situation. Citizens, skeptics,
     organizers explaining the platform door-to-door, policy reviewers
     checking a specific scenario, and anyone whose household differs from the
     representative scenarios in the Does This Raise Taxes and What This Means
     For You documents. Single-file HTML calculator that runs in any modern
     browser with no internet connection required after download. Takes
     thirteen inputs covering filing status, gross household income,
     dependents, occupation-based wage floor (with editable defaults for four
     occupation categories), state income tax rate, health insurance premium,
     out-of-pocket medical, childcare cost per child, broadband cost, tax
     preparation expected value, plus methodology and payroll-state toggles.
     Produces a side-by-side comparison table matching the structure of the
     existing platform tables, plus a decomposition showing exactly how much
     each pillar contributes (wage floor, healthcare, childcare, mental
     health, Civic Infrastructure). Every constant is documented in a
     collapsible 'Show all assumptions' section: federal tax brackets,
     standard deductions, Child Tax Credit, platform contribution rates,
     healthcare and childcare effects, wage floor defaults by occupation, and
     explicit acknowledgment of what the calculator does not model. Tax math
     verified against the published examples in Does This Raise Taxes and What
     This Means For You. Includes 'Match document' methodology toggle so users
     can verify the calculator against the published comparison tables. v2.27
     update: The Calculator now implements the canonical OPEN-2 high-earner
     architecture (graduated income surcharge 5/10/15% above $250K/$500K/$1M
     for singles, doubled for MFJ; small wealth surcharge 0.5% above $10M net
     worth; wealth tax 2.5% above $50M net worth) replacing the prior
     simplified 2% surcharge. v2.27 also adds a collapsible business-side
     section implementing the Federal Infrastructure Fee architecture
     (location fee, employee fee with 25-employee exemption, revenue surcharge
     above $50M, public-purpose exemptions). When to read: Use the calculator
     after reading at least one of Does This Raise Taxes or What This Means
     For You so you understand what the comparison shows. Then enter your
     actual situation and see your personalized number. The 'Show all
     assumptions' panel makes every default visible; override any default with
     better information about your specific situation. The 'Copy results to
     clipboard' button produces a text summary you can save or share.

  4. What This Means For You — Side-by-Side Tax Comparisons by Filer Category
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_What_This_Means_For_You.docx
     Best for: Readers wanting the side-by-side tax comparison broken down by
     filer category (single filer, single parent, MFJ (Married Filing Jointly)
     no kids, MFJ with children, high earners) at multiple income levels.
     Updated in v2.11 with expanded Note on Scope section explaining what
     these tables include, what they exclude (state income tax, out-of-pocket
     medical, childcare costs - all excluded for variability reasons), and how
     they relate to the median household example in Does This Raise Taxes. The
     four detailed-breakdown 12-row tables and five income-scaling tables
     (covering ~70 data rows) all use consistent federal-channel scope and
     mature steady-state treatment. The savings figures here are conservative
     for households that experience savings in the excluded categories (state
     tax, OOP medical, childcare). Filer categories: Single Filer, Single
     Parent (Head of Household), MFJ no kids, MFJ with 2 kids, MFJ with 4
     kids, plus high-earner scenarios at $500K and above showing the surcharge
     architecture. When to read: Read after the Manifesto and Does This Raise
     Taxes when you want to see how the platform affects your specific filer
     category and income range. Most comprehensive of the citizen-facing
     tax-comparison documents.

  5. Built for What's Coming — AI Transition Infrastructure
     02_Vision_and_Communication/02_Built_For_Whats_Coming.docx
     Best for: Readers whose primary concern is economic stability rather than
     fairness. Conservatives and business leaders. The strategic reframing of
     the platform as AI workforce transition infrastructure. The argument
     proceeds from economic stability rather than fairness as its starting
     point. Demonstrates that the same architecture that solves shared
     prosperity problems also addresses the workforce displacement that AI is
     producing. Designed to broaden the platform's political coalition beyond
     audiences who endorse it on values grounds. When to read: Read if you
     find the fairness framing of the platform less persuasive than the
     economic stability framing. Share with conservative or business-focused
     audiences who would dismiss values-based arguments but might engage with
     stability-based arguments.

FORMAT
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Each document is included in two formats:
  - .docx — original Word document (best for editing or full-fidelity reading)
  - .html — self-contained browser-viewable version (works on any device)

The .html files include the platform's flag background, formatting, and
a navigation link back to the platform index (if you have the rest of the
package). They open in any web browser by double-clicking.

ABOUT THE PLATFORM
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The We The People Platform is a federal-policy reform proposal package
authored by Jason Robertson. The full platform consists of 109 documents
across 12 policy pillars. This ZIP is a curated subset.

Full platform: https://wethepeopleplatform.com
(or the platform_index.html page from the full package)

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