100% tax on every dollar above the original home's purchase price at resale. 15% tax on the portion of the sale price exceeding the original purchase price for homes built within 10 years if they replace lower-density housing.

Are there any efforts to create (inter)national standards for cloud infrastructure, which is like the OS of the Internet? Switching cloud providers should be as seamless as plugging in electrical appliances anywhere in the country to get power from different utilities.

Groupon + Reverse auction for Cars — Avoid negotiating and get bulk pricing on your next car. Which car would you want and how long would you be willing to wait for a low price on a car? Was this ever a thing?

We vote for candidates—but not for the trade-offs or priorities that shape policy. I’m building a civic tech platform that asks: Who do we want to be—and how do we decide? Start with housing. Share your thoughts.Join the effort. open.substack.com/pub/whodowewan… #WhoDoWeWantToBe #CivicTech

Everyone says they want affordable housing. So why does it keep getting worse? We need to rethink how decisions get made in the first place—and start having honest conversations about what we’re willing to change. whodowewanttobe.substack.com #civictech #WhoDoWeWantToBe

No Empty Seats Bill: Create a national registry of all publicly funded universities’ courses with the numbers of registered students. If classes have open seats one week before the start of class, allow anyone to bypass admissions and just register for the classes.

If we’re going to sell federal land, could we use this as an opportunity to promote world peace? Create international cities that converge on common laws across different countries and have no trade restrictions between the cities. They could be the size of small countries.

We’re sliding deeper into protest, outrage, and polarization—on all sides. What if there were a better way to make decisions together? I wrote about that here: whodowewanttobe.substack.com/p/before-the-n… #democracy #civictech #WhoDoWeWantToBe

What changes in your lives would you expect this party to bring about if its candidates were elected? x.com/elonmusk/statu…

Imagine thinking a block of on street parking is more important than this?

Less parking means more space for trees and people

Should users be temporarily banned from posting for not using polls for yes/no question posts?

Has anyone considered just asking Texans how they’d like themselves to districted? Why not district based on similarity scores, distance, and residents’ preferences?

Beto O'Rourke Go Redistrict Yourself!!! Here's a poll for Texans to fill out so you can be districted with like-minded neighborhoods. 1. Set how important each issue is to you. 2. We'll score your similarity to other Texans based on your values. 3. We'll suggest maps. civicbase.io/survey/OFAoebO…

Finding the Lone Star’s North Star: A Poll for Texans Who Want Fair Representation open.substack.com/pub/whodowewan…