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WE THE PEOPLE PLATFORM — PILLAR 2: EMPIRICAL WAGE FLOORS
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Download type:  Pillar
Group ID:       P2
Generated:      May 12, 2026
Documents:      24

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All documents tagged with Pillar 2 (Empirical Wage Floors). Contains 24
documents spanning multiple folders.

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. Wage Floor Concept Analysis v0.2
     02_Vision_and_Communication/02_Wage_Floor_Concept_Analysis_v02.docx
     Best for: Readers wanting the conceptual framing of the wage floor pillar
     before engaging with the empirical model. The concept document for the
     empirical wage floor pillar, complementing the mathematical model.
     Articulates why the current single federal minimum wage is structurally
     inadequate, why occupation-specific floors derived from Bureau of Labor
     Statistics (BLS) data are a defensible alternative, and how the system
     would interact with labor markets. The v0.2 designation reflects the
     document's iterative development. When to read: Read alongside the wage
     floor mathematical model if you want both the concept and the analytical
     evidence.

  3. Wage Floor Empirical Analysis
     04_Mathematical_Models/04_Wage_Floor_Empirical_Analysis.xlsx
     Best for: Readers wanting to verify the empirical foundation of the wage
     floor pillar. Covers 81 broad occupations and approximately 82 million
     American workers using BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
     data. Calculates the proposed 25th-percentile floor wage for each
     occupation, projects the impact of raising current sub-floor wages to the
     floor, and demonstrates that the system produces meaningful wage
     increases for low-paid care occupations (childcare, home health, social
     work) while only modestly affecting higher-paid occupations. When to
     read: Examine if you want empirical evidence for the wage floor concept.
     The data is real BLS data; the calculations are auditable.

  4. Does This Raise Taxes? — An Honest Analysis
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Does_This_Raise_Taxes.docx
     Best for: Anyone asking the most important question about the platform —
     does this raise taxes? — and wanting an honest answer rather than a
     slogan. Updated in v2.11 with cross-reference to What This Means For You.
     The median household side-by-side shows $33,584 current vs $17,355
     platform, with net savings of $16,229 per year. The wage floor mechanism
     contributes $3,516 (federal income tax reduction from $5,016 to $1,500).
     Adjacent pillars (healthcare, childcare, mental health) contribute
     $11,580. Civic Infrastructure (broadband, tax prep, identity theft)
     contributes $1,133. New 'How This Example Relates to What This Means For
     You' subsection in the Methodology Note explains why this document's
     figures differ from WTM4Y's at the same income/filer combination (broader
     scope including state tax, out-of-pocket medical, and childcare costs;
     transition-state FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) treatment).
     Cumulative Lifetime Effects: nominal ($649K), inflation-adjusted nominal
     ($1,094K), and present value at 2% real discount rate ($444K). When to
     read: Read first when you want to understand what the platform actually
     means for your household budget. The document is honest about both what
     it captures and what it doesn't — the dollar comparison is one part of
     the story, supplemented by the public-infrastructure note and the
     intangibles section.

  5. Wage Floors as Tax Architecture — A Concept Analysis
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Wage_Floors_As_Tax_Architecture.docx
     Best for: Readers interested in tax policy, wage policy, or how the
     platform's components could be connected. Citizens curious whether wage
     floors could double as tax exemption thresholds. Examines whether each
     occupation's wage floor could also serve as the federal income tax
     exemption threshold for workers in that occupation. Walks through three
     possible interpretations, demonstrates why the simplest version cannot
     fund the federal government, and develops a modified version (wage floor
     as phased-out personal exemption combined with high-earner surcharges and
     supplementary revenue from corporate, capital gains, and estate tax
     reform) that preserves most of the political value while substantially
     solving the fiscal problem. Includes detailed comparison tables showing
     tax effects across income levels, analysis of the political coalition
     this proposal creates, and honest acknowledgment of the $380B annual
     revenue gap that remains even with all modifications. When to read: Read
     if you want to understand how the platform's wage floor architecture
     could connect to federal tax policy, or if you're curious about the
     trade-offs between politically appealing tax proposals and fiscal
     viability. Particularly valuable for tax policy professionals and
     citizens evaluating whether the proposal should be incorporated into the
     platform's tax architecture.

  6. Per-Citizen Cost-Benefit Model
     04_Mathematical_Models/04_Per_Citizen_Cost_Benefit_Model.xlsx
     Best for: Analysts wanting to interact with the per-citizen analysis
     quantitatively, test sensitivity, or generate scenarios for specific
     household types. Companion mathematical model to the Per-Citizen Benefits
     and Costs document. Sheets cover README, Assumptions (population,
     household sizes, income deciles, status quo spending baselines, all
     editable), Pillar Costs by Milestone (federal program costs at each
     milestone for all platform pillars), Sovereign Fund Coverage (corpus
     accumulation and disbursement coverage trajectory), Per-Capita Federal
     Cost (taxpayer share by income decile and milestone), Citizen Benefits by
     Category (broadband, healthcare, childcare, mental health, education,
     wage floor, retirement, civic engagement), Status Quo Baseline (current
     household spending on services platform replaces), Household Type Detail
     (7 household types × 6 milestones with benefits, costs, and net), Net
     Benefit Summary (consolidated reference), Lifetime Cumulative (30-year
     cumulative net benefit by household type), Dashboard. Average household
     net benefit grows from +$1,300/yr (Year 1) to +$19,500/yr (Year 30);
     cumulative 30-year benefit for middle-income family with kids ~$580K.
     When to read: Open this to test sensitivity on assumption changes,
     explore specific household scenarios, or model alternative deployment
     timelines. The model exposes the underlying arithmetic that produces the
     per-citizen claims; advocates and skeptics alike should be able to verify
     or challenge the numbers.

  7. Response to Gemini Review
     07_External_Reviews/07_Response_To_Gemini_Review.docx
     Best for: Anyone wanting to see how the platform engages with substantive
     external critique. The platform's response to Gemini's review. Engages
     with each of the four identified vulnerabilities by distinguishing what's
     true, what could mitigate the vulnerability, and what remains unresolved.
     Identifies twenty specific actions the platform should take in subsequent
     versions, ranging from new analytical documents (Sovereign Fund
     Governance Design, Healthcare Transition Detailed Plan, Workforce
     Expansion Strategy) to model revisions (stress-test scenarios in Combined
     Reform Model, 18-year buildout in universal childcare Model). Also notes
     what the review didn't address (compound benefits pattern, wage floor tax
     architecture, Path to Reality implementation, personal tax comparison)
     for completeness. Establishes the response pattern that will continue for
     subsequent external reviews regardless of source. When to read: Read this
     after the Gemini review to see how the platform engages with substantive
     critique. Particularly valuable for understanding what the platform
     commits to deliver in subsequent versions in response to identified
     vulnerabilities.

  8. 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.

  9. Behavioral Economics and Uptake Friction
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Behavioral_Economics_And_Uptake_Friction.docx
     Best for: Policy reviewers, implementation planners, and skeptics who
     want to understand whether the platform's mathematical models are
     realistic about how real households will engage with universal programs.
     Anyone who suspects 'this looks great on paper but real people won't use
     it as designed.' Examines the platform from a behavioral economics
     perspective. Identifies three architectural protections built into the
     platform's design (default-in coverage for universal programs, Direct
     File reducing tax filing friction, refundability of the Bridge Credit and
     mandatory distribution of the Founding Stake) and five exposure points
     where the platform remains vulnerable (occupation reporting for wage
     floor, state-administered program interactions, methodology choice in tax
     filing, loss aversion in political transition, information asymmetry with
     adversaries during a contested political environment). Provides
     sensitivity analysis showing what happens to the platform's central
     claims at 90, 80, and 70 percent uptake rates. Closes with implementation
     implications: pilot studies before national rollout; federal
     infrastructure as a critical-path precondition for default-in to work;
     loss-aversion-aware communication strategy; dedicated administrative
     capacity for ambiguous cases. Includes explicit Open Questions section
     documenting what the analysis raises but does not resolve. When to read:
     Read after the Manifesto and the federal fiscal impact analysis when you
     want to stress-test the platform against real-world implementation
     challenges. Especially valuable for organizations evaluating whether to
     support the platform politically — the document does not pull punches
     about the implementation work that remains to be done.

 10. Non-Citizens And Platform Eligibility
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Non_Citizens_And_Platform_Eligibility.docx
     Best for: Policy analysts, immigration policy professionals, mixed-status
     families, and reviewers asking how the platform treats the approximately
     47 million non-citizens living in the United States. Anyone who notices
     that 'universal' has not been precisely defined for this population. Maps
     the platform's commitments against five non-citizen categories: legal
     permanent residents (12.5 million green card holders), long-term work
     visa holders (1-2 million), student visa holders, temporary protected
     status / asylum pending / refugee status (several million), and
     unauthorized immigrants (10-12 million). Works through each platform
     commitment by category, identifies the major design choices the platform
     must make, and analyzes the failure modes (pay-but-don't-receive,
     documentation friction, fear-based non-engagement under chilling-effect
     immigration rules, state-level variability). Mixed-status families are
     addressed with the principle of individual-by-individual eligibility
     rather than monolithic family treatment. Three approaches for
     unauthorized workers are outlined explicitly with their trade-offs. The
     federal income tax architecture (wage floor exemption) likely applies to
     all filers regardless of citizenship status. The Founding Stake is
     reasonably citizenship-restricted. The most consequential unresolved
     choice is healthcare access for unauthorized workers, which would
     otherwise produce ~$24 billion per year in pay-but-don't-receive
     contributions. Eight explicit Open Questions document remaining work.
     When to read: Read after the Manifesto and Federal Program Integration
     Plan when you need to understand whether the platform's universal claims
     actually apply universally. Critical reading for immigration-focused
     organizations evaluating whether to support the platform politically and
     for mixed-status families concerned about how the platform would affect
     them.

 11. Cohabiting Unmarried Couples
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Cohabiting_Unmarried_Couples.docx
     Best for: Cohabiting couples (~17 million Americans) wondering how the
     platform treats them, family-policy professionals, and reviewers who
     notice that the calculator and comparison tables only support Single,
     MFJ, and HoH categories without explicitly addressing cohabiting
     partners. Works through the platform's treatment of cohabiting unmarried
     couples across each commitment. The federal tax system already treats
     cohabiting partners as separate filers; the platform inherits this
     framework cleanly. Per-individual benefits architecture (universal
     healthcare, childcare, mental health, Founding Stake) handles cohabiting
     couples consistently with married couples. Edge cases warranting
     attention include: dependent allocation rules for couples with shared
     children, the small differential in wage floor exemption between
     cohabiting and married couples (cohabiting often slightly higher due to
     per-occupation floors), Bridge Credit evaluation for couples whose
     household economy differs from individual filer status, mid-year
     composition changes, common-law marriage states (approximately ten), and
     domestic partnership registries. Mixed-status cohabiting couples
     intersect with the Non-Citizens And Platform Eligibility document. The
     platform's design is largely consistent with current law; this document
     makes the specific choices explicit rather than leaving them implicit.
     Seven Open Questions document remaining work, including coordination of
     Direct File for cohabiting couples' tax planning. When to read: Read with
     What This Means For You when your household is a cohabiting couple
     wanting to understand which scenarios in the comparison tables most
     closely match your situation. Read with Non-Citizens And Platform
     Eligibility if your household is a mixed-status cohabiting couple.

 12. Existing Pensioners and the Platform
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Existing_Pensioners.docx
     Best for: Approximately 75 million Americans receiving retirement income
     from at least one defined benefit source. AARP (American Association of
     Retired Persons) members, retired federal/state/military employees,
     Social Security recipients, and private DB plan recipients. Anyone over
     60 evaluating the platform's effect on existing retirement income. Maps
     the platform against pensioners across Social Security retirees (52M),
     state and local government pensioners (11M), federal civilian retirees
     (2.6M), military retirees (2.1M), and private DB plan recipients (10M).
     The platform's treatment is largely preservation: existing benefits
     continue unchanged as vested rights; existing healthcare (Medicare, FEHB,
     TRICARE, state retiree benefits) continues with universal healthcare
     integration; existing tax treatment continues with wage floor exemption
     available as alternative methodology. The Community Contribution Plan
     replaces FICA at a revenue-neutral rate in mature steady state, producing
     no benefit changes for existing Social Security recipients. The
     platform's most valuable specific contributions to pensioners are
     universal healthcare's coverage of the early-retiree gap (eliminating
     financial planning challenge of pre-Medicare years for
     federal/military/state early retirees, approximately 10 million people)
     and broader insulation from healthcare cost inflation that universal
     coverage provides. Younger spouses of Medicare-eligible pensioners (a
     non-Medicare-eligible spouse of a 65-year-old retiree, for example)
     receive universal healthcare automatically rather than needing to
     maintain private insurance until their own Medicare eligibility. The most
     significant unresolved issues are the long-term care gap (acknowledged
     but not solved by the platform), the Social Security taxation threshold
     question (set in 1983/1993 statute, unindexed for inflation), and the
     wage floor exemption mechanics for retirement income. Eight Open
     Questions document remaining work. When to read: Read after the Manifesto
     when you are a current pensioner or will be one within the next decade.
     Read with the Federal Program Integration Plan for the Medicare
     integration mechanics, and with the Public-Sector Worker Transitions
     document if you receive a federal civilian, military, or state pension.

 13. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Cash Assistance
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_TANF_And_Cash_Assistance.docx
     Best for: Anti-poverty policy professionals, TANF recipients and
     applicants, state TANF administrators, and reviewers asking how the
     platform interacts with cash welfare programs. Anyone evaluating whether
     the platform addresses poverty substantively or only at the margins. Maps
     the platform's interaction with the federal TANF block grant program.
     Identifies how universal childcare and universal healthcare fundamentally
     change TANF's economic logic: the work requirement structure assumed
     labor market dynamics that no longer apply when childcare is essentially
     free under the platform. The TANF block grant has been frozen at $16.5
     billion since 1996 (losing ~50 percent of real value to inflation).
     Outlines three restructuring approaches: Approach A leaves TANF
     substantially unchanged (path of least resistance, produces drift toward
     irrelevance); Approach B substantially restructures TANF as focused
     last-resort cash assistance for families whose situations require cash
     beyond what universal services and labor market provide; Approach C
     replaces TANF with a refundable family assistance credit administered
     through the federal tax system. The platform's broader anti-poverty
     architecture (wage floor exemption, Bridge Credit, Founding Stake,
     universal services) reduces a low-income family's costs by $20,000-25,000
     per year regardless of TANF choice. Seven Open Questions, including
     whether the platform should commit to ending poverty (vs reducing it) as
     an explicit goal. When to read: Read with the Refundable Transition
     Bridge Credit document and the Federal Program Integration Plan for the
     platform's broader anti-poverty architecture. Critical reading for
     anti-poverty advocacy organizations evaluating the platform.

 14. Multigenerational Households
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Multigenerational_Households.docx
     Best for: Members of multigenerational households (~24 million households
     containing ~62 million people), family policy professionals, and
     reviewers asking how the platform handles household structures beyond the
     nuclear family default. Particularly relevant for Hispanic, Asian
     American, Native American, and immigrant communities where
     multigenerational living is more common. Maps the platform's treatment of
     multigenerational households across four primary patterns: adult children
     living with parents (~16 million Americans aged 18-34); grandparents
     raising grandchildren (~3 million children in ~2 million households);
     three-generation households (~6-7 million households); and
     cultural-pattern multigenerational living. The platform's per-individual
     benefits architecture and per-filer tax architecture handle these
     households cleanly without special-case design. The wage floor
     architecture is generally favorable for multigenerational households
     because multiple filers each claim appropriate occupational wage floors.
     Identifies four design choices warranting attention: Bridge Credit
     evaluation methodology (per-filer vs household-aware), informal caregiver
     support (currently unaddressed in the platform), long-term care policy
     (largest unaddressed gap, particularly relevant for households providing
     eldercare), and calculator workflow support for multi-filer households.
     The platform's most direct effect on multigenerational households is the
     same as for other households: $30,000-40,000 in annual cost reduction
     across the various platform commitments for a typical three-generation
     working household. Seven Open Questions document remaining work. When to
     read: Read after the Manifesto if you live in a multigenerational
     household. Read with What This Means For You when comparing your
     multigenerational situation to the standard scenarios in the comparison
     tables.

 15. Gender Pay Gap and Indirect Mechanisms
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Gender_Pay_Gap_And_Indirect_Mechanisms.docx
     Best for: Audiences asking how the platform's architecture affects
     earnings disparities between men and women, advocates for women's
     economic equality, and policy professionals wanting to understand the
     indirect effects of architecture choices not designed primarily for
     pay-gap reduction. Examines the platform's three indirect mechanisms that
     reduce the gender pay gap: universal childcare addressing the motherhood
     penalty (estimated 9-20% reduction of raw gap), empirical wage floors
     raising pay in female-dominated occupations (estimated 10-17% reduction),
     and universal healthcare reducing job-lock that disproportionately
     affects women (estimated 1-3% reduction). Combined estimated effect:
     30-40% reduction of the raw 16% pay gap, narrowing it to approximately
     10-11%. Honestly acknowledges what the platform does NOT do (paid family
     leave, pay transparency, salary history bans, strengthened Equal Pay Act
     enforcement, comparable-worth frameworks, anti-segregation
     interventions). Outlines five design directions for future versions:
     federal paid family leave (Direction A, ~$40-60B/year), pay transparency
     requirements (Direction B), strengthened Equal Pay Act enforcement
     (Direction C), comparable-worth wage floor adjustments (Direction D), and
     Sovereign Education Fund recruitment incentives (Direction E). Three
     failure modes documented and seven Open Questions identified. When to
     read: Essential reading for advocates of women's economic equality and
     for any reviewer asking whether the platform's architecture meaningfully
     affects gender disparities. Read with the Wage Floor Empirical Analysis
     and the Universal Childcare Model for the underlying mechanisms, and with
     the Behavioral Economics and Uptake Friction document for the
     uptake-dependence of the effect.

 16. Open Issues Registry
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Open_Issues_Registry.docx
     What it does: Consolidates everything the platform is aware of but has
     not fully resolved. Includes (a) issues mitigated in v2.24 (Manifesto
     cover tagline; healthcare per-capita timeline; TOC rate language); (b)
     open issues awaiting resolution (healthcare contribution rate has four
     different values across the package; wealth surcharge architecture has
     three versions; FFIA shows zero net new revenue from "modified income tax
     architecture"; Adjacent Pillars Under Development uses outdated framing);
     (c) topics aware of but needing more research (Federal Reserve / monetary
     policy interaction; housing market interaction; wage floor disemployment
     quantification; healthcare cost reduction decomposition; Sovereign Fund 4
     percent return scenario; intersectional pay gap analysis;
     climate-omission strategic reasoning); (d) acknowledged scope omissions
     (long-term care, hearing aids, comprehensive climate policy, housing
     supply, immigration); (e) acknowledged process limitations (lead author
     not credentialed economist; External Reviews folder contains only AI
     reviews; mathematical models not independently audited). When to read:
     Read after the Manifesto if you want to know what the platform's authors
     know about the platform's limitations. The registry is offered in the
     same spirit as the Provenance document — transparency over polish.

 17. Federal Income Tax Revenue Under the Platform's Modified Architecture
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Federal_Income_Tax_Revenue_Modified_Architecture.docx
     Best for: Policy professionals evaluating the platform's fiscal claims;
     FFIA reviewers; readers who want to understand the income tax
     architecture's revenue implications quantitatively. Substantiates OPEN-3
     (the FFIA's apparent zero net revenue from modified income tax
     architecture) by quantifying the three components: wage floor exemption
     replacing standard deduction (~-$15B/year net), high-earner graduated
     income surcharge (~+$634B/year gross before behavioral adjustment), and
     existing brackets preserved. Total net at gross projection: ~+$619B/year
     mature steady-state. Reconciliation with FFIA: recommends FFIA separate
     income tax architecture (~$130B behavioral-adjusted) from wealth tax
     architecture (~$70B for $10M and $50M mechanisms). Documents the
     microsimulation modeling that would be required for definitive numbers
     (Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), Tax Policy Center, or Penn Wharton
     tools) and the behavioral elasticity assumptions that would refine the
     estimates. Includes phase-in revenue projections (year 1: ~$200B; year 2:
     ~$440B; year 3+: ~$620B mature steady-state). v2.30 enhancements (added
     in iteration 13 of the hardening cycle): Behavioral Elasticity
     Sensitivity Analysis section computing revenue retention across ETI
     (Elasticity of Taxable Income) 0.2 through 0.8 (median ETI 0.4 produces
     ~$240B from $260B static gross); Distributional Impact Analysis section
     showing progressive effects across three segments (bottom 90M filers tax
     reduction; middle 40M filers modest increase; top 6.5M filers graduated
     increases); FFIA Reconciliation section updated with explicit
     three-component breakdown ($130B income tax architecture + $35B small
     wealth surcharge + $60B wealth tax = $225B combined); filer-count
     correction note acknowledging the original $634B gross estimate used
     filer counts above IRS Statistics of Income 2021 baseline.

 18. We The People Overview Slideshow — Option A (Light Update; Twelve Pillars)
     06_Presentation_Materials/06_We_The_People_Overview_OptionA_Light.pptx
     Best for: Anyone wanting the lightest of three slideshow alternatives
     produced for comparison. Option A preserves the original 16-slide deck
     structure and adds one new slide for the four pillars added in 2026
     (P9-P12). (The original sixteen-slide deck has been removed in v3.7.5;
     Option A supersedes it for the same audience.) See also Options B and C.

 19. We The People Overview Slideshow — Option A (Light Update; PDF)
     06_Presentation_Materials/06_We_The_People_Overview_OptionA_Light.pdf
     Best for: Same content as the Option A PowerPoint, in PDF format for
     distribution and viewing without PowerPoint. Auto-generated from the pptx
     file via headless soffice export.

 20. We The People Overview Slideshow — Option B (Medium Restructure; Twelve Pillars by Funding)
     06_Presentation_Materials/06_We_The_People_Overview_OptionB_Medium.pptx
     Best for: Anyone wanting an overview slideshow that organizes the
     twelve-pillar architecture by funding mechanism. Option B is the medium
     restructure of three slideshow alternatives produced for comparison;
     preserves the original three-problems-share-one-solution framing and the
     three primary pillars detail; replaces the existing slide 8 with three
     new slides showing all twelve pillars organized by funding architecture
     (twelve-pillar overview, five payroll-funded pillars with P6+P8 combined
     into one cell, four non-payroll mechanisms).

 21. We The People Overview Slideshow — Option B (Medium Restructure; PDF)
     06_Presentation_Materials/06_We_The_People_Overview_OptionB_Medium.pdf
     Best for: Same content as the Option B PowerPoint, in PDF format.
     Auto-generated from the pptx file via headless soffice export.

 22. We The People Overview Slideshow — Option C (Full Rebuild; Life-Stage Organization)
     06_Presentation_Materials/06_We_The_People_Overview_OptionC_LifeStage.pptx
     Best for: Anyone wanting an overview slideshow that organizes the
     twelve-pillar architecture by life stage. Option C is the full rebuild of
     three slideshow alternatives produced for comparison; preserves the
     original three-problems-share-one-solution framing and the three primary
     pillars detail; replaces the existing slide 8 with five new life-stage
     slides showing how all twelve pillars map to childhood, working age,
     retirement and aging, with cross-cutting infrastructure pillars on the
     overview slide and a final funding-architecture summary slide.

 23. We The People Overview Slideshow — Option C (Full Rebuild; PDF)
     06_Presentation_Materials/06_We_The_People_Overview_OptionC_LifeStage.pdf
     Best for: Same content as the Option C PowerPoint, in PDF format.
     Auto-generated from the pptx file via headless soffice export.

 24. Persona-Based Reading-Path Simulations: Pillars 2-6
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Persona_Simulations_P2_P6.docx
     Best for: Verifying that the platform's documentation answers the
     questions a persona-typical reader would actually ask. Walks a
     representative reader persona through Pillars Two through Six (Wage
     Floors, Education Fund, Healthcare, Childcare, Mental Health) and
     documents what questions each persona asks, where the answers are, and
     whether findable from cold start.

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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