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WE THE PEOPLE PLATFORM — PILLAR 7: CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE
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Download type:  Pillar
Group ID:       P7
Generated:      May 12, 2026
Documents:      33

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All documents tagged with Pillar 7 (Civic Infrastructure). Contains 33
documents spanning multiple folders.

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  1. Civic Infrastructure Pillar
     02_Vision_and_Communication/02_Civic_Infrastructure_Pillar.docx
     Best for: Readers interested in the platform's commitment to shared
     physical and digital infrastructure — broadband, transportation, water
     and sewer, public spaces, government digital services, and the electrical
     grid. The vision-level entry point for the Civic Infrastructure pillar as
     defined in v2.3 and substantiated in v2.4 and v2.8. Six components:
     Universal Broadband, Transportation Infrastructure, Water and Sewer
     Systems, Public Spaces, Civic Technology, and Energy Grid Modernization.
     Pillar total midpoint: $298B annually, approximately 1.0% of GDP. The
     document covers what Civic Infrastructure means in this platform, the
     distinguishing test for what belongs in the pillar, the six components at
     vision-level depth, the funding mechanism, cross-pillar interactions, and
     honest limits. Cross-references the architectural framing (entry 33) and
     component substantiations (entries 41, 49, 51) for analytical depth. When
     to read: Read first when you want to understand the platform's commitment
     to shared infrastructure as a foundation for the other pillars. Read
     after the Manifesto for context, before the substantiation documents for
     analytical depth. The document repositioned in v2.8.1 from the original
     v1.0 (which is now Informed Citizenship, entry 59).

  2. 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.

  3. What Changes — Future State Milestones at 5, 10, and 15 Years
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_What_Changes_Milestones.docx
     Best for: Readers wanting to see what success looks like, both for
     individuals and for the country. Describes the platform's effects through
     milestones at five, ten, and fifteen years after enactment, with both
     individual and country perspectives at each timepoint. The document is
     explicit that these are optimistic-but-defensible interpretations of what
     the analytical foundation supports, not predictions. Includes a section
     explicitly walking through the range of possible outcomes from optimistic
     to pessimistic, and a section identifying what the platform does NOT
     solve (long-term care, housing affordability, climate adaptation
     requirements beyond Future Capacity Fund disbursements, geographic
     inequality, educational quality variations). When to read: Read after the
     manifesto if you want to see what the future under the platform might
     look like concretely. Helpful for both supporters who want to articulate
     the case and skeptics who want to evaluate whether the trajectory is
     plausible.

  4. Narrative Example — Tax Comparison for a $100K Earner
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Narrative_Example_100K_Tax_Comparison.docx
     Best for: Readers who learn best from working through a single concrete
     example end-to-end. A Q&A narrative format that walks through the math
     for a specific $100K earner. Updated in v2.9 (Phase 1) to add a 'Total
     household impact' subsection showing $7,800 in total annual savings
     (versus the $6,538 federal-channel-only savings) when broadband, tax
     preparation, and identity theft benefits are included. The original
     federal-tax-wedge tables are preserved unchanged because they are scoped
     specifically to federal channels. Compact Public Infrastructure,
     Methodology, and Intangible Benefits subsections added. When to read:
     Read alongside Does This Raise Taxes if you want a more conversational
     walkthrough of the math for a specific earner rather than a side-by-side
     comparison framework.

  5. Civic Infrastructure: An Architectural Framing
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Civic_Infrastructure_Architectural_Framing.docx
     Best for: Readers asking how universal Civic Infrastructure (broadband,
     transportation, water, public spaces, Civic Technology, energy grid) can
     be delivered to all Americans, and how the platform integrates these into
     a coherent pillar. Establishes the Civic Infrastructure pillar's
     architectural framing with depth comparable to a concept-level pillar
     substantiation. Covers the definition of Civic Infrastructure in this
     platform (three-element test: physical/digital systems, must be
     accessible, enables modern American life), the six components (Universal
     Broadband, Transportation, Water and Sewer, Public Spaces, Civic
     Technology, Energy Grid Modernization), funding mechanism integrating
     Sovereign Fund disbursements (~55%) with consolidated existing federal
     infrastructure spending (~30%) and state/local cost share (~15%),
     governance architecture with federal Civic Infrastructure Authority plus
     state and local roles, universal service standards by component, 30-year
     phased buildout, cross-pillar dependency matrix, and honest
     acknowledgment of what architectural framing establishes vs what
     component substantiation must resolve. Updated in v2.4 to reflect the
     Path A commitment for Universal Broadband: free universal basic broadband
     at no cost to households, federal pays providers wholesale, premium tiers
     remain private, library backstop universal. Pillar total adjusted to
     $252-357B/yr (~0.8-1.2% GDP). When to read: Read this if you want to
     understand how the platform handles Civic Infrastructure as a coherent
     pillar. v2.4 reflects the Path A broadband commitment; substantive
     operational depth is in the Universal Broadband Access Substantiation.

  6. Civic Infrastructure Model
     04_Mathematical_Models/04_Civic_Infrastructure_Model.xlsx
     Best for: Analysts wanting quantitative analysis of the Civic
     Infrastructure pillar's components, funding mechanism, and 30-year
     buildout timeline. Companion mathematical model to the Civic
     Infrastructure architectural framing document. Seven sheets covering
     README, Assumptions (component costs editable), Components (six
     components with substantiation roadmap), Funding Sources (Sovereign Fund
     + consolidated federal + state/local breakdown), Buildout Timeline
     (30-year phased investment), Cross-Pillar Dependencies (matrix), and
     Dashboard. Updated in v2.4 to reflect Path A broadband commitment:
     broadband component shifts from $15-20B to $38-68B/yr (mid $53B); pillar
     total shifts to $252-357B/yr mid $282B (~0.95% GDP); 30-year cumulative
     $6.71T. When to read: Open this if you want to interact with the Civic
     Infrastructure pillar's quantitative architecture. Adjust component cost
     assumptions, funding shares, or phase multipliers. Path A is reflected in
     v2.4 broadband cost.

  7. Free Universal Broadband Cost Analysis
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Free_Universal_Broadband_Cost_Analysis.docx
     Best for: Readers asking whether the platform can support free universal
     basic broadband as a commitment, and how the cost economics work compared
     to current paid retail. First-pass cost analysis demonstrating that free
     universal basic broadband (100/20 Mbps) at federal wholesale cost is
     approximately $33-50/month per connection, totaling $50-67B/year at full
     deployment. Breaks down the difference between retail prices and
     wholesale infrastructure cost (retail margin, customer acquisition, churn
     overhead, marketing), demonstrates that elimination of these
     retail-market costs produces net economic resource savings vs current
     paid-retail system, and identifies provider tier mix as the key
     cost-driver variable. This document established the cost feasibility of
     free universal broadband and led to the Two Paths Compared analysis and
     the eventual Path A commitment (substantiated in the Universal Broadband
     Access Substantiation document). When to read: Read this if you want to
     understand how the cost arithmetic works for free universal broadband.
     It's the foundational cost analysis that the v2.4 Path A commitment is
     built on.

  8. Free Universal Broadband Cost Model
     04_Mathematical_Models/04_Free_Universal_Broadband_Cost_Model.xlsx
     Best for: Analysts wanting to interact with the cost arithmetic for free
     universal broadband. Companion mathematical model to the Free Universal
     Broadband Cost Analysis. Sheets cover README, Assumptions, Wholesale
     Provider Economics (per-connection breakdown), Provider Tier Mix
     Scenarios, Annual Federal Cost (low/mid/high scenarios), Total Resource
     Comparison (vs current paid retail), Sensitivity (key variable testing),
     Cumulative Savings (30-year), Dashboard. Mid scenario: ~$50B/yr federal
     cost producing ~$67B/yr in net economic resource savings. When to read:
     Open this if you want to test sensitivity to wholesale price assumptions,
     provider tier mix, or net resource cost calculations.

  9. Universal Broadband: Two Paths Compared
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Two_Paths_Compared.docx
     Best for: Readers asking which broadband approach the platform should
     commit to: Path A (free universal basic broadband) or Path B (universal
     access plus affordability subsidy for low-income households). Structural
     decision document comparing Path A and Path B across federal cost, total
     economic resource cost, coverage outcome, administrative complexity,
     household impact, industry effects, cross-pillar enabling, and political
     defensibility. Key findings: Path A federal cost ~$50B vs Path B ~$23B,
     but Path A total resource cost ~$71B vs Path B ~$123B (Path A is cheaper
     in total). Path A 100% coverage vs Path B effective ~88% coverage (15.6M
     household structural enrollment gap). Path A administrative complexity
     dramatically lower (no eligibility verification, no enrollment friction).
     Path A cross-pillar enabling substantially stronger (mental health
     telehealth, education online learning, Civic Technology platform,
     healthcare delivery). Document does not commit to a path; it presents
     structural analysis supporting the decision. When to read: Read this if
     you want to understand the structural choice the platform faced for
     broadband architecture. The eventual commitment to Path A (substantiated
     in the Universal Broadband Access Substantiation) was informed by this
     analysis combined with the Modernize Civic Engagement integrated
     argument.

 10. Modernize American Civic Engagement: An Integrated Argument
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Modernize_Civic_Engagement_Integrated_Argument.docx
     Best for: Readers asking why Path A is the stronger broadband choice, and
     what additional civic engagement modernization the platform should commit
     to. Articulates the integrated argument that pairs free universal
     broadband with a federal civic communication platform, return-free tax
     filing, and library universal access. Key findings: combined federal cost
     expansion ~$42B/year (above v2.3 baseline), citizen savings ~$133B/year
     (broadband savings + tax compliance savings + civic engagement
     efficiency), net positive economic impact ~$91B/year, citizen savings
     3.16x federal cost. The integrated argument materially strengthens the
     case for Path A (because Path B's 12% effective coverage gap compromises
     civic platform and return-free filing universality). International
     precedent overwhelming: 36+ OECD countries have pre-filled tax filing; 8+
     countries have unified citizen-government digital platforms. Document
     scopes the eventual Civic Technology component substantiation work for
     v2.5 or later platform versions. When to read: Read this for the
     strongest argument the platform makes for Path A specifically, and for
     the broader civic engagement modernization commitment that Path A
     enables. This is the citizen-side argument; the operational
     substantiation is in the Universal Broadband Access Substantiation.

 11. Universal Broadband Access Substantiation
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Universal_Broadband_Access_Substantiation.docx
     Best for: Readers asking how Path A is operationally delivered: service
     architecture, technology mix, workforce expansion, federal contracting,
     regulatory reform, buildout timeline, stress tests. Substantive
     operational substantiation paralleling the Universal Mental Health Access
     Substantiation depth. Covers Service Architecture and Universal Service
     Standards (100/20 Mbps initially with evolution to 1 Gbps symmetric by
     2040), Technology Mix (60% urban fiber, 25% rural cooperative fiber, 9%
     FWA, 5% LEO satellite, 1% public WiFi), Workforce Expansion Mathematics
     (65K→165K peak fiber installers, training pipeline expansion across
     community colleges/apprenticeships/coal worker
     retraining/veterans/industry/cross-trade), Federal Contracting
     Architecture (per-connection wholesale payment, four-tier provider
     preference, quality monitoring), Regulatory Reform (Federal
     Communications Commission (FCC) mapping reform, pole attachment one-touch
     make-ready, Universal Service Fund (USF) integration, BEAD integration),
     Buildout Timeline (Year 1-7 to 100% coverage, $258B cumulative through
     Year 7, $48-50B steady state), Stress Tests (workforce, cost escalation,
     deployment slip, incumbent dominance, combined adverse — all within
     envelope), Cross-Pillar Effects, Industry Transition, and Honest
     Acknowledgments. The document substantiates the v2.4 Path A commitment
     with operational depth. When to read: Read this if you want to know how
     Path A is actually delivered, not just what it commits to. It's the
     substantive operational design that makes the commitment deliverable.

 12. Universal Broadband Access Model
     04_Mathematical_Models/04_Universal_Broadband_Access_Model.xlsx
     Best for: Analysts wanting to interact with the Path A operational
     substantiation quantitatively. Companion mathematical model. Sheets:
     README, Assumptions, Service Standards (current + evolution trajectory),
     Technology Mix (geographic deployment by tech), Workforce Math
     (year-by-year installer pipeline + training pathway breakdown), Federal
     Contracting (per-connection economics by provider tier), Buildout
     Timeline (year-by-year coverage and cost), Cross-Pillar Effects
     (quantification), Stress Tests (5 scenarios all within envelope),
     Dashboard. Annual federal cost at full deployment: ~$50B. 30-year
     cumulative federal investment: ~$1.5T. Net economic resource savings vs
     status quo paid retail: substantial. When to read: Open this to interact
     with Path A's operational arithmetic. Adjust technology mix, workforce
     parameters, provider tier shares, or stress scenarios.

 13. 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.

 14. Civic Technology: Component Substantiation
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Civic_Technology_Substantiation.docx
     Best for: Readers wanting full operational detail on the Civic Technology
     component of the Civic Infrastructure pillar (Login.gov, USDS (United
     States Digital Service), Direct File, USA.gov, accessibility
     infrastructure). Updated in v2.9 (Phase 2) to add Citizen-Facing Value
     sections to three of the five subcomponents, then expanded in v2.9 (Phase
     3) with a new top-level Cross-Cutting Citizen Benefits section
     synthesizing all eight Civic Technology benefit threads. The
     Cross-Cutting section catalogs Direct File savings and identity theft
     reduction (already in citizen-facing tables), EITC capture, modernized
     digital services time recovery, accessibility access, plus three new
     threads: bureaucratic friction time savings (8-15 hours/yr), faster
     benefit determinations ($9K+ earlier SSDI receipt for affected
     households), and self-employed compliance time (8-15 hours/yr per
     affected entity). When to read: Read when you want the full
     substantiation of Civic Technology as Civic Infrastructure, with
     operational design, cost ranges, per-household value estimates with
     sourcing, and the synthesizing view of what the integrated Civic
     Technology investment delivers across all benefit dimensions.

 15. Physical Civic Infrastructure: Components Substantiation
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Physical_Civic_Infrastructure_Substantiation.docx
     Best for: Readers wanting full operational detail on the four physical
     components of the Civic Infrastructure pillar: Transportation, Water and
     Sewer, Public Spaces, and Energy Grid Modernization. Updated in v2.9
     (Phase 2) to add Citizen-Facing Value sections to all four components,
     with literature-backed per-household value estimates and explicit
     acknowledgment of distributional unevenness. Transportation: $200/yr
     vehicle damage reduction averaged, $5-10K/yr transit access where
     deployed. Water and Sewer: $50-150K lifetime per affected child for lead
     exposure reduction, $50-100/yr service disruption reduction averaged.
     Public Spaces: $2,500-3,000/yr library value per user. Energy Grid:
     $50-150/yr outage cost reduction averaged. Pillar total $192-292B
     annually. When to read: Read when you want the full substantiation of the
     four physical Civic Infrastructure components, with operational design,
     cost ranges, and per-household value estimates with sourcing.

 16. Physical Civic Infrastructure Model
     04_Mathematical_Models/04_Physical_Civic_Infrastructure_Model.xlsx
     Best for: Analysts wanting to interact with the four physical Civic
     Infrastructure component cost estimates quantitatively, test sensitivity,
     or model alternative subcomponent allocations. Companion mathematical
     model to the Physical Civic Infrastructure Substantiation document.
     Sheets cover README, Transportation ($75-120B, four subcomponents), Water
     and Sewer ($38-60B, five subcomponents), Public Spaces ($19-30B, five
     subcomponents), Energy Grid ($50-80B, four subcomponents), Components
     Total ($192-292B for the four physical components), Pillar Summary (full
     six-component Civic Infrastructure pillar at $242-355B with comparison to
     v2.3 framing and as-share-of-GDP calculation), Dashboard. Pillar
     midpoint: $298.5B annually, approximately 1.0% of US GDP, within v2.3
     framing range of $252-357B. When to read: Open this to test sensitivity
     on any of the four physical components or to see how all six Civic
     Infrastructure components combine into the full pillar total. Each
     sheet's inputs are editable; the model recomputes downstream component
     totals and the pillar-level summary.

 17. Informed Citizenship — Strategic Companion Document
     02_Vision_and_Communication/02_Informed_Citizenship_Pillar.docx
     Best for: Readers interested in the platform's stance on journalism,
     civic education, voter access, and public meeting transparency — concerns
     about democratic institutions distinct from the Civic Infrastructure
     pillar's physical and digital systems. A standalone strategic vision
     piece in the same category as Built For What's Coming. Not a formal
     pillar of the platform. Four components covered at vision-level depth:
     Journalism Infrastructure (collapsed local news, indirect support
     mechanisms), Civic Education (hollowed-out K-12 coverage, bipartisan
     content standards), Voter Access Infrastructure (federal floor, election
     infrastructure funding, audit standards), Public Meeting Transparency
     (recordings, accessible formats, decision tracking). Originally drafted
     as a v1.0 pillar concept document; repositioned in v2.8.1 when the Civic
     Infrastructure pillar was redefined in v2.3 to mean shared physical and
     digital systems. The four-component analysis is preserved; the framing is
     rewritten to position the document as Informed Citizenship from its
     opening with explicit acknowledgment of the document's origin and
     relationship to the formal pillars. When to read: Read if you want the
     platform's articulation of concerns about democratic institutional
     infrastructure that the formal pillars do not currently address. The
     document is honest about the substantiation work that has not been done
     (funding mechanisms, institutional design, political coalition) and about
     its status as a strategic vision piece rather than a pillar commitment.

 18. 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.

 19. State-Level Cooperation Requirements
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_State_Level_Cooperation_Requirements.docx
     Best for: Constitutional law analysts, federalism scholars, state policy
     professionals, and anyone evaluating the platform's deliverability
     through the federal-state structure of American government. Skeptics
     asking 'how does this work if Texas refuses?' Maps the platform's
     commitments into three federal-state categories. Pure federal commitments
     (federal income tax architecture, Sovereign Fund, Founding Stake, federal
     universal healthcare contributions, Direct File) deliver to all citizens
     regardless of state position. Federal-state cooperative commitments
     (universal healthcare delivery, universal childcare, mental health, Civic
     Infrastructure) work best with state cooperation but have federal-direct
     fallback options. Federal-funded state-administered commitments
     (restructured Medicaid, childcare provider networks, mental health
     delivery infrastructure) effectively require state cooperation. Examines
     constitutional constraints (anti-commandeering doctrine, conditional
     federal spending, NFIB v. Sebelius coercion test) and uses Medicaid
     expansion as the most relevant federal-state cooperation precedent.
     Recommends federal-direct delivery designs for state non-cooperation
     cases, partial-credit refund mechanisms for residents of non-cooperating
     states, and public tracking of state cooperation status as accountability
     infrastructure. Includes explicit Open Questions section. When to read:
     Read alongside the Federal Program Integration Plan and Federal Fiscal
     Impact Analysis when you want to understand the platform's federalism
     layer. Critical reading for legal analysts evaluating constitutional
     viability and for policy reviewers in non-cooperating states evaluating
     how the platform would actually affect their state's residents.

 20. Climate Policy Beyond Grid Modernization
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Climate_Policy_Beyond_Grid_Modernization.docx
     Best for: Climate-engaged constituencies, environmental advocacy
     organizations, climate policy professionals, and reviewers asking why the
     platform addresses healthcare, childcare, education, and infrastructure
     but not comprehensive climate policy. Honest acknowledgment of the
     platform's largest scope omission. Maps what the platform addresses in
     climate policy (Energy Grid Modernization commitment, Civic
     Infrastructure with climate adaptation overlap, Sovereign Fund climate
     transition exposure considerations) versus what it omits (carbon pricing,
     fossil fuel subsidies, environmental justice, climate adaptation as
     explicit policy, agricultural emissions, building efficiency). Examines
     the platform's interaction with the existing federal climate framework:
     the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,
     EPA regulatory authority, state-level climate policies. None of these are
     incompatible with the platform's existing commitments. Outlines five
     design directions for future climate integration: carbon pricing as
     Sovereign Fund revenue source (Direction A, ~$200B/year initially);
     environmental justice integration with Civic Infrastructure (Direction
     B); climate adaptation as Civic Infrastructure component (Direction C);
     building code and efficiency integration (Direction D); agricultural
     climate policy (Direction E). The platform's architecture leaves room for
     substantial climate expansion without fundamental redesign. Ten Open
     Questions document unresolved choices including Sovereign Fund investment
     policy and international climate framework interactions. When to read:
     Essential reading for climate-engaged audiences. The document is honest
     about platform scope limits and outlines specific paths future versions
     could take. Read with the Energy Grid Modernization document for the
     platform's existing climate-relevant commitments.

 21. Emergency Services Communications Modernization
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Emergency_Services_Communications.docx
     What it does: Documents the current state of US emergency services
     communications (active POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) retirement
     crisis; fragmented state-by-state NG911 deployment; tribal nation 911
     inadequacies; FirstNet operational structure) and the platform's
     commitments at the federal infrastructure layer. Five mechanisms link
     universal broadband to emergency services modernization: (a) NG911 IP
     transport substrate replacing fragmented state ESInet procurements; (b)
     POTS retirement solved via federal broadband as carrier for fire alarms,
     elevator phones, school panic buttons, and PSAP (Public Safety Answering
     Point) backup paths; (c) federal cellular site co-deployment alongside
     fiber, at marginal cost, addressing rural and tribal wireless coverage
     gaps for 911; (d) full NG911 transition funding via Sovereign Fund
     disbursements, closing the $5.8 to $9.27 billion gap that the NTIA
     (National Telecommunications and Information Administration)'s 2026 cost
     study identified; (e) FirstNet contract renegotiation following the March
     2026 Lutnick/AT&T precedent, delivering open interconnection, expanded
     coverage commitments, reduced sustainability payments to PSAPs, and 2042
     transition planning. Tribal nation sovereignty is treated as a
     first-class concern: free service commitment, sovereign choice over
     implementation, three operating models for tribal 911 (operate own PSAP,
     route to neighboring county under federal-supported service agreement,
     hybrid). Federal cybersecurity standards adopted from existing CISA,
     NIST, NENA, and CJIS frameworks rather than reinvented. National
     standardization benefits identified explicitly: cross-jurisdictional call
     routing, common protocols, mutual aid coordination, common training.
     Includes implementation sequence (Years 1-3 foundation; Years 4-7
     buildout; Years 8-10 completion), cost analysis with explicit uncertainty
     bands, what is not addressed (LMR replacement, PSAP operations, 911 fee
     reform, international coordination), and open questions (federal cellular
     co-deployment cost estimation, reliability SLA specification, FirstNet
     reauthorization, tribal consultation requirements, spectrum allocation,
     cost recovery model). When to read: Read after the Universal Broadband
     Access Substantiation and the Civic Infrastructure Architectural Framing
     for the platform's emergency services position. Particularly relevant for
     state 911 administrators, PSAP operators, public safety advocates, tribal
     infrastructure officials, and any reviewer asking how the platform
     interacts with the existing federal emergency services framework.

 22. Federal Infrastructure Fee
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Federal_Infrastructure_Fee.docx
     What it does: Establishes the Federal Infrastructure Fee as the
     platform's commitment for cost recovery on the federally-owned broadband
     and cellular infrastructure (per items 51 and 77). Documents (a) the
     architectural shift from Path A (federal subsidy of private ISPs at
     $48B/year) to Path B (federal ownership of fiber and cellular gap sites),
     with thirty-year cost projection showing approximately $1.5-1.7T in
     savings under Path B; (b) federal capital deployment cost analysis
     (~$270B at full deployment: last-mile fiber, backbone, cellular gap
     sites); (c) annual O&M analysis (~$13.5B/year); (d) future capacity
     reserve (~$6.75B/year); (e) annual revenue requirement of approximately
     $34B/year. Analyzes four fee allocation structures (per-employee, tiered,
     revenue-based, hybrid) with worked examples for various company profiles,
     recommending Structure D (hybrid: $600/year per location +
     $175/employee/year exempting first 25 + 0.035% of revenue above $50M).
     Inflation indexing via BLS-blended formula (50% wired telecom PPI + 30%
     telecom technician ECI + 20% telecom equipment PPI). Demand adaptation
     via capacity utilization triggers and volumetric component for very large
     users. Replaces USF and consolidates state telecom taxes (revenue-neutral
     overall, ~$3B/year in operational efficiency gains). Pass-through
     prevention via transparency, FTC oversight, market structure, and
     regulated industries. Industry exemptions for public-purpose entities
     (public hospitals, schools, libraries, public safety, tribal nations,
     government agencies) with for-profit equivalents paying. Fraud surface
     area and identity theft reduction (eliminates household-level subsidy
     verification PII collection; reduces documented USF/ACP fraud by
     ~$200-500M/year). Turnpike-toll model and other regulatory analogies
     (airport landing fees, marine port fees, spectrum auctions, water utility
     connection fees). Transparency commitments (annual cost reports,
     Government Accountability Office (GAO) and external audit, three-year
     forward projections, public comment periods, FCC dispute authority). Open
     questions identified honestly: privately-owned fiber acquisition
     mechanism, pass-through incidence empirical estimation, forward
     projection accuracy validation, exemption boundary definitions, Sovereign
     Fund capital treatment, federal infrastructure operator governance. When
     to read: Read after the Universal Broadband Access Substantiation and
     Emergency Services Communications Modernization. Particularly relevant
     for telecommunications policy professionals, fiscal policy reviewers,
     business owners modeling potential platform impact, state telecom
     regulators, and anyone evaluating the platform's
     federal-ownership-vs-subsidy architectural decision.

 23. Federal Infrastructure Fee Transition Mechanics
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Federal_Infrastructure_Fee_Transition_Mechanics.docx
     Best for: Policy professionals, telecom industry stakeholders,
     congressional staff drafting legislation. Substantiates the three
     transition questions deferred from the Federal Infrastructure Fee
     document (cellular site lease rate setting under federal cost-recovery;
     voluntary negotiated buyout with eminent domain backstop for fiber
     acquisition; pass-through prevention through three overlapping
     mechanisms). Specifies cellular site lease rate-setting methodology (cost
     basis: amortized acquisition cost plus maintenance plus
     Treasury-plus-150-basis-points return); fiber acquisition mechanism
     (voluntary buyout with declining transition premium over 10 years,
     eminent domain backstop after year 10); and pass-through prevention (FCC
     line-item prohibition, comparative rate transparency, antitrust
     enforcement against coordinated price increases). Documents the 10-year
     transition timeline, FCC/NTIA/Treasury/DOJ allocation of authority,
     stakeholder engagement requirements, and three open questions plus three
     identified risks (regulatory capture, technology obsolescence,
     international trade implications). Length permits use as a legislative
     drafting reference.

 24. Iterative Hardening Process Documentation
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Iterative_Hardening_Process_Documentation.docx
     Best for: Auditors evaluating the platform's process rigor; future
     iterations of platform hardening work; other AI-collaboration projects
     looking for a documented quality-assurance pattern. Compiles the
     methodology, audit angles, programmatic checks, persona simulations,
     standing rules, finding categories, lessons learned, and meta-issues
     encountered across multiple iterations of the hardening cycle (May 6,
     2026). Documents the four-step cycle (audit, mitigate, verify, repeat),
     the six personas used in reading-path simulations (skeptic, policy
     professional, telecom industry professional, tribal infrastructure
     officer, small business owner, concerned citizen), and the
     iteration-by-iteration summary of findings and resolutions. Documents the
     recursive meta-trigger issue and other audit-script limitations
     encountered during the work.

 25. Architectural Intent Mitigations: PERSONA-MIN-14 Through 24
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Architectural_Intent_Mitigations.docx
     Best for: Policy reviewers wanting to understand how the platform
     addresses persona-driven findings without claiming credentialed
     expertise. Mitigates eleven PERSONA-MIN items at architectural-intent
     level: healthcare operations (EHR integration, specialty referrals,
     malpractice), constitutional review (commerce clause for FIF, takings
     clause for stranded assets, federalism preemption), state-level
     implementation (state fiscal impact, state implementation timeline,
     federal-state data sharing), and Sovereign Fund investment operations
     (market impact at scale, pension fund interaction). Companion to v3.1.10
     Self-Employed and Gig Worker Implementation; together they close the
     entire twenty-seven-item PERSONA-MIN backlog.

 26. 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.

 27. 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.

 28. 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).

 29. 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.

 30. 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.

 31. 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.

 32. Citizen Accountability Architecture: Research Note (Future Direction)
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Citizen_Accountability_Architecture_Research_Note.docx
     Best for: Anyone interested in the architectural thinking about whether
     and how the platform's transparency and information infrastructure could
     be extended to enable citizen-initiated accountability mechanisms
     (citizen votes triggering impeachment proceedings, recall, or other
     binding institutional action). Documents the two-track architecture
     (Track A transparency infrastructure achievable without constitutional
     amendment; Track B citizen-initiated action mechanisms requiring
     amendment), constitutional landscape, threshold calibration, the
     non-partisan information question, First Amendment constraints,
     sequencing strategy across four phases over 20-30 years, international
     precedents, reducing corruption surface area, open issues. Explicitly
     framed as research direction, NOT a candidate Pillar Thirteen.

 33. Persona-Based Reading-Path Simulations: Pillars 7-11
     05_Analytical_Framing/05_Persona_Simulations_P7_P11.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 Seven through Eleven (Civic
     Infrastructure, Paid Family Time, Long-Term Care, Housing, Climate).
     Companion to the Pillars 2-6 simulations.

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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