Lessig on the Issues

Lessig’s position on key issues. By Lessig. Comment, criticize, ask questions.

Oct 17, 2015

The First Reform

The first priority of a Lessig administration would be to fix the corruption that has crippled Congress, by enacting legislation to restore the fundamental principle of a representative democracy: the equality of citizens.

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Oct 17, 2015

The Economy

Americans are still suffering from the economic collapse triggered in part by Wall Street’s recklessness. Though the economy has grown consistently since Congress passed Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan (described powerfully in Michael Grunwald’s The New New Deal), the growth is still historically…

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Oct 16, 2015

Reforms to Support Work

Our economy is changing. We have left the time when people work for one company for their whole life. We have entered a time when workers are certain to work for many employers over the course of their career, and may in fact have many careers.

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Oct 16, 2015

The So-Called “War on Drugs”

The “war on drugs” has been the most self-destructive war in American history since the Civil War. Motivated by the same naive idea that led America into prohibition, the war has cost billions of dollars, and countless American lives; it has weakened the law’s protection for…

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Oct 16, 2015

Tax Reform

Taxes in America should be progressive and efficient. Today they are neither — or at least, not enough. We have flattened the traditionally progressive income tax substantially. We have capped Social Security contributions at a regressively low amount. We tax corporations unequally and unfairly — and as…

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Oct 16, 2015

The Internet

The Internet is infrastructure for the 21st century. It is the most important driver of economic and social transformation in America in our lifetime. It is an engine of growth and innovation, and the core technology protecting the freedom of speech. If I were President, I would advance policies to…

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Oct 16, 2015

Protecting Our Environment

Our values teach us that we don’t own this planet. We hold it in trust for our children. And we must pass to them as rich and diverse a world as we inherited from our parents. This is a moral principle that it has taken too long for us to recognize, and act upon.

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Oct 16, 2015

The Emerging Surveillance Society

The war on terror has led America to compromise a fundamental American value: that the state must leave us alone unless it has evidence to support invading our privacy. To protect this value, our Framers enacted the Fourth Amendment. Its central principle is that…

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Oct 16, 2015

Immigration Reform

America’s tradition is to welcome immigrants to this country. Almost all of us have ancestors who came here, and very few with a visa issued in advance. We need to recognize that among us Americans, there are millions of Americans who are not yet citizens, but should be. I would support the…

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Oct 16, 2015

Education

Since the founding of this nation, we have recognized the need for the government to subsidize education. Education benefits the student. It benefits the society. We all gain from an educated people.

But over the last 20 years, we have lost sight of this fundamental truth. The…

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