Digital lives and resulted in elected leadership that no longer interacts with the people who elected them. We have demanded change, to start fresh, and build for our future. Yet, the system used outrage and anger to deepen divides. As a result, Americans are disengaged and checking out. While those on the most extreme, fringe ends are turning to violence. For America to make it another 250 years, this must end now.

A small number of people in a small number of states hold a disproportionate share of influence in a system that was developed to represent all of us. A $100 expense to the average American household is roughly equal to a $1.3 million dollar expense to a billionaire. The American made and controlled corporations and individual wealth represent an even smaller percentage of American voters and donors. Our system is increasingly controlled by foreign nationals and investments aimed at controlling who leads our future.

Americans are sick of being forced to choose sides instead of solutions. In an effort to incite action, Americans hoped billionaire personalities could force change. The want is clear, but to assure another lawyer, career politician, or foreign-funded billionaire doesn’t decide our future we must work together to push forward another option. A leader with our shared American values, united by our constitution, and actions (not words) that prove they are capable of accomplishing the task at hand.