Everyone gets an American Union job

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Every American citizen gets an American Union job as universal basic income (UBI). It is unconditional. 

The best way to jump start our economy is by increasing the velocity of money. If every American spends an extra $300 per week, we'll grow local economies all across the country. A new value added tax takes a slice of the 21st century economy to fund it.  

An American Union job pays $1300/month, no strings attached. It is a $300/week raise that recognizes the value in everyone's work, especially those whose work is currently valued at $0. For full-time workers, this is an additional $7.50/hour. 

These are the five duties of every American: Establish justice. Ensure domestic tranquility. Provide for the common defense. Promote the general welfare. Secure the blessings of liberty, for ourselves and our posterity. 

An American Union job pays $1300/month anywhere and everywhere in America. You are now free to move around the country.  

American Union insurance is a public option based on Joe Biden's plan. If you like your current plan, keep it, but you'll always have the public option, no matter your employment situation. That's good news for the 57 million gig workers.Together, we'll ensure everyone's basic needs are met. Premiums can be deducted from the American Union Job salary. 

UBI pilot programs show that new mothers spend more time with their children, but for those returning to employment, 18 weeks paid leave will be provided. This is paid for with a small national payroll tax, and will make America the second-to-last nation on the planet to provide universal paid maternity leave. An estimated 10,000 additional babies will live to see their first birthday each year as a result. 

American children are interns for American Union jobs, and earn $100/week. A child's dividend is paid to their legal guardian or guardians, and this will end childhood poverty, which costs $1 trillion each year. In the case of Americans who are out of the country or incarcerated for more than one year, their American Union job will be paid at the intern's rate.

American Union jobs are funded in three ways; a 15% value added tax (VAT), used by all other industrialized nations, a fee-and-dividend model on some common pollutants, and also by equally distributing the new dollars needed to boost America's economy. 

American Union members authorize the Phoenix Congress to negotiate a union contract in the 2020 election. When 2-3% of adults pool their votes in a unified block of swing votes, they can decide all the close races for Congress, Senate, and even President. We demand solutions. 

The Phoenix Congress has a Blueprint for a Better America. It's a universal legislative proposal for the thousand of Republicans and Democrats running for federal office in 2020, and it will end poverty, end mass incarceration, and end the endless wars. American Union members pledge their votes to electing a legislative slate from both parties that will enact this legislation as soon as possible. 

On March 15, 1918, Mohandas Gandhi began a fast to the death. He was fighting to unionize a community of mill workers, on strike for a living wage. On the 15th of every month, members of the American Union demonstrate our solidarity through a national day of fasting. Membership dues for 2020 are $5.