Jazmin J. Robinson

What makes me different from the other candidates in this race is that I’m not a career politician, I never planned on running for public office. But after the “Big Beautiful Bill” passed and experts estimated that around 50,000 Americans would die each year from preventable diseases because they couldn’t afford healthcare, I couldn’t just stand by. It felt unethical and immoral to do nothing.

At first, I planned to support another candidate. And to be clear, this isn’t meant to criticize anyone, I have deep respect for anyone willing to serve in public office. But when I reviewed the campaigns in the race, I found the same familiar buzzwords, "Medicare for All,” “tax the rich,” without clear plans showing how to get from vision to reality. The strategy and change management were missing, and those are critical to earning national buy-in and turning policy ideas into actual law.

That’s what led me to create the H.E.A.L. Act, a comprehensive, bipartisan plan to deliver universal, free, high-quality healthcare and education (including childcare and college), true access to government and fair markets, and a living wage. My corporate background in Human Resources and benefits design taught me how to build complex systems, gain leadership support, and roll out change that sticks.

On my website, I publish every source, cost estimate, and implementation timeline, all funded by fair corporate and wealth taxation similar to what America had under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which built the middle class, the interstate highways, and the space program.

In short, I’m not offering slogans, I’m offering a detailed roadmap. I’m running to fix the system the same way I’ve done my entire career: through data, transparency, and compassion. That’s what sets me apart.

No, in fact, I encourage it.

The H.E.A.L. Act is about transparency in government, and that transparency has to start with candidates themselves. This is my way of holding myself to the same values I want to see in Congress.

If another candidate in Illinois, or anywhere in the country, wants to run on the H.E.A.L. Act, that’s a good thing. The only way we can make it a constitutional amendment, protected for our generation and future generations, is if two-thirds/~67% of Congress supports it and then three-fourths/75% of the states ratify it. That means we need broad, nationwide support.

The H.E.A.L. Act is not “my” policy, it’s a policy for the American people. So please, share it widely. Even better, send it to your current representatives and ask them to start working on it now. We don't have to wait for any election to start working on the H.E.A.L. Act.

And I’ll be honest: the H.E.A.L. Act isn’t perfect, because I’m not perfect. This is a first draft, and like any draft, it needs feedback, questions, and improvements. So please send me your feedback!

That said, if another candidate also running for Illinois’ 7th District campaigns on the H.E.A.L. Act, well, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I’ll take it as a compliment. However, I ask that the other candidates bring their own ideas and voice to the campaign, not simply copy mine. And if you love it that much, just go ahead and vote for me.

I also want voters to know that I’ve invested over countless hours and personal resources researching, writing, and building this policy. I know how to implement it and move it forward. If this is the dedication I’ve shown as a candidate, imagine the energy, focus, and integrity I’ll bring as your representative in Congress.

Great question. And I’ll be honest: the H.E.A.L. Act isn’t perfect, because I’m not perfect. This is a first draft. Like any draft, it needs feedback, questions, and improvements. If you have thoughts, please send me your feedback!

However our Congress Representatives can confirm the true cost and impact of the H.E.A.L. Act today by submitting it to:

• The Office of Legislative Counsel which turns ideas into legal text, it’s a team of nonpartisan attorneys draft the exact wording of a bill to make sure it meets constitutional and legal standards.

• After that, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) take over. These are independent, nonpartisan offices that serve both Republicans and Democrats.

• Their job is to analyze every major bill, calculating what it would cost, how much revenue it would raise, and what effect it would have on jobs, families, and the overall economy.

• They don’t take political sides. In fact, every major law, from the Affordable Care Act to the 2017 Trump tax cuts, went through this same process.

• That’s how real legislation starts moving in Congress, because we don’t have to wait for any election to have our government start investing in us and I’m sure there will be members of congress that will oppose the H.E.A.L. Act, and those are the members of Congress we vote out.

Send the H.E.A.L. Act to your Congress Representative today! 

The H.E.A.L. Act makes clear that lobbyists and corporate contractors should no longer dictate America’s foreign policy. That means ending the blank checks for endless wars and redirecting resources toward peace, diplomacy, and humanitarian aid, reflecting the will of the people and protecting human rights.

I do not support genocide in any form, and I will do everything in my power to stop it. Every human life is valuable, and our foreign policy must reflect that truth. In Gaza, that means pushing for an immediate ceasefire, protecting civilians, and supporting humanitarian aid.

Once we remove lobbyist influence, we’ll be able to build a foreign policy rooted in values, not profiteering, prioritizing alliances, global development, and human rights, including Palestinian rights, so the U.S. is seen as a partner for peace, not endless conflict.

No. The H.E.A.L. Act isn’t one narrow bill, it’s a comprehensive vision built on four pillars: Health care, Education, Access to Government & Fair Markets, and a Living Wage. These aren’t fringe issues; they’re the root causes of many challenges families face every day.

I chose to package them together because voters deserve clarity, not just buzzwords. The H.E.A.L. Act shows exactly what I’ll fight for, and it demonstrates that I’m ready to do the work of Congress by drafting real legislation, not just talking points.

Think of it the way past leaders framed their visions: FDR’s New Deal, LBJ’s Great Society, or Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal. Each had a unifying name, but under that name were multiple policies that changed people’s lives. The H.E.A.L. Act is my plan to do the same, to cure the root causes of our problems, not just treat the symptoms.

History shows they won’t. In the 1950s and 60s, when taxes on the ultra-wealthy and corporations were much higher, America still had the world’s strongest economy.

The U.S. market is too valuable to leave. Corporations make their profits here because we have the largest consumer market in the world. They can’t walk away from that.

They rely on U.S. infrastructure. Corporations make their money here because of our roads, ports, internet, legal protections, and educated workforce, all paid for by taxpayers.

Fair taxes mean better infrastructure and educated workers, which corporations need to succeed.

Citizens can’t escape taxes. U.S. citizens are taxed on their worldwide income, even if they move abroad.

If billionaires renounce citizenship, there’s an “exit tax.” Under IRS rules (§ 877A), wealthy people who give up citizenship must pay a large tax on their assets as if they sold them the day before leaving.

The H.E.A.L. Act strengthens this. We can raise the exit tax so billionaires can’t dodge their fair share by leaving.

Other countries with higher taxes (like Germany or Canada) still attract and keep major companies.

The H.E.A.L. Act protects the benefits you already have, like Medicare and Medicaid, and guarantees they won’t be taken away. In fact, it builds on them by adding what’s missing today, like dental, vision, and hearing coverage, and by ensuring more trained healthcare professionals are available when you need them.

Health care access & staffing

By eliminating tuition costs for doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers, we ensure more professionals enter the field, which directly helps older Americans who rely on healthcare the most.

A public option with no premiums or deductibles lowers out-of-pocket costs for everyone, including those on Medicare who often face gaps (dental, vision, hearing).

Lower everyday costs

Even if you’re retired, you’re still paying for groceries, utilities, and prescriptions. The H.E.A.L. Act cuts costs by breaking up monopolies (big pharma, energy, agribusiness) and reducing inflationary pressures tied to healthcare and education debt. Lower costs benefit fixed-income seniors the most.

Community safety & stability

By raising wages and reducing poverty, we reduce crime and instability. Seniors are often most vulnerable to community crime and social disruption. A safer, healthier neighborhood benefits them directly.

Care workforce

Free childcare and education aren’t just for kids, they also train the future eldercare workforce. As America ages, we’ll need more home health aides, nurses, and caregivers. The H.E.A.L. Act builds that pipeline.

Taxes and fairness

The Act is funded primarily by corporations and the ultra-wealthy, not by taxing everyday retirees on fixed incomes. In fact, the first $30,000 of personal income is tax-free under your plan, which helps seniors living on Social Security or small pensions.

Legacy & family stability

Even if someone doesn’t have kids in school, their community does. Strong schools, affordable healthcare, and safe neighborhoods raise property values, reduce local tax burdens, and create a better legacy for everyone.

That’s what lobbyists want us to believe, but it isn’t true. The reason healthcare feels “too complicated” here is because it’s been deliberately designed that way. Corporations and lobbyists profit from keeping the system fragmented, overregulated, and confusing, with Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and endless billing codes that protect profits, not patients.

Here’s the truth: every other modern country has figured this out. Canada, France, Japan, and Germany all cover everyone at about half the cost we spend in the U.S.. and they get better outcomes. That means people live longer (80–84 years vs. 76 in the U.S.), have safer births (lower infant and maternal mortality), face fewer preventable deaths from treatable conditions, and don’t go bankrupt over medical bills. Our own Medicare program already proves we can run a universal system here at home.

The H.E.A.L. Act doesn’t take away Medicare or Medicaid, it protects them and fills in the missing pieces like dental, vision, hearing, and mental health. By eliminating premiums and deductibles, it frees up money for families on fixed incomes and even makes food assistance go further, because healthcare won’t eat up people’s checks.

If other countries can do it, so can we. The only reason we haven’t is because lobbyists keep telling us it’s impossible. The H.E.A.L. Act is how we stop treating healthcare as a profit machine and finally make it a right.

The H.E.A.L. Act tackles the root causes first by creating a living wage, eliminating healthcare, education, and childcare costs, and breaking up housing monopolies that drive up rents when a handful of corporations own too many homes. This gives families breathing room and a fair shot at homeownership.

But the work doesn’t stop there. Once we pass the H.E.A.L. Act and gain real access to our government, free from lobbyist and corporate control, we’ll finally be able to move on to deeper reforms. That means building more affordable housing, enacting rent stabilization and tenant protections, limiting speculative Wall Street ownership, and even looking at successful models abroad like Vienna’s public housing or Germany’s strong tenant rights.

We can’t get to those reforms until we fix the system. The H.E.A.L. Act is the first step to make sure our government works for people, not corporate landlords.

The H.E.A.L. Act establishes a living wage tied to regional costs of living ($15–18/hour in rural areas, $25–30/hour in cities) and provides tax credits to help small businesses adapt. That means families can afford the basics, and local businesses can keep thriving.

The H.E.A.L. Act will also create jobs, because we’ll need workers to support its new infrastructure:

Healthcare jobs to staff the expanded public option, hospitals, and mental health services.

Education jobs in childcare, pre-K, before-and after-school programs, and tuition-free colleges and trade schools.

Construction and support jobs to build and maintain the facilities needed for expanded care and education.

Public administration jobs to implement reforms like ranked-choice voting, transparency systems, and antitrust enforcement.

History shows this works, FDR’s New Deal created millions of jobs through public programs, and more recently, clean energy investments have produced hundreds of thousands of new jobs in solar, wind, and EV manufacturing. The H.E.A.L. Act follows that tradition: when we invest in people, we also invest in work for those people.

Once we pass the H.E.A.L. Act and cut corporate lobbyist control, we can go further: investing in workforce development, expanding union protections, strengthening retirement security, and ensuring every worker has not just a job, but a fair shot at a stable future.

The H.E.A.L. Act removes corporate and lobbyist money from politics so Congress can finally pass real gun reforms supported by the majority of Americans. It also addresses violence at its roots by ensuring people earn fair wages and that communities receive investment, not just policing.

With corporate control out of the way, we’ll be able to advance additional reforms: universal background checks, red flag laws, community-based violence prevention, and investment in mental health services, policies proven to save lives but too often blocked by industry lobbyists.

Right now, if two good candidates run, they can split the vote and the person with the most money often wins.

Ranked-choice voting lets you rank candidates in order of preference (1st choice, 2nd choice, 3rd choice, and so on).

If your 1st choice doesn’t have enough support to win, your vote automatically goes to your next choice.

This means fairer elections, less negative campaigning, and more real choices.

Access to Government means we replace the Electoral College with ranked-choice voting, replacing lifetime appointments, like the Supreme Court, with 10-year public elections, and requiring members of Congress to hold quarterly town halls and publish quarterly reports so voters always know what’s happening.

Fair Markets means we stop giant corporations and monopolies from crushing small businesses. Monopolies drive up prices and cut choices. Think about the cost of internet, cable, or farm goods, a few giant companies control it.

Transparency means banning lobbyists, PACs, & corporate money, and requiring real-time disclosure of donations so voters always see who is funding politicians.

Monopolies drive up prices and cut choices. Think about the cost of internet, cable, or farm goods, a few giant companies control it.

Breaking them up means lower prices, more competition, and better options for families.

It also helps small businesses grow, creating more local jobs instead of sending profits to just a few big corporations.

We’re not adding new costs for regular people.

The H.E.A.L. Act is funded by redirecting money we already spend on Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance subsidies, about $2.36 trillion a year.

We also ask big corporations and the ultra-wealthy (people who earn over 1 million annually) to pay fair taxes again, like they did in the 1950s when America was booming.

First $30,000 of income is tax-free. Most families will pay less in taxes than today.

Everyone’s first $30,000 earned is tax-free.

Most people will pay less or the same as now.

Only the ultra-wealthy (people who earn over 1 million annually) and big corporations pay more. For example, billionaires and huge corporations often pay less in taxes than working families today, that’s not fair.

Under the H.E.A.L. Act, we go back to fair, historic tax rates like in the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy grew the fastest in U.S. history.

Important Note:

Taxes are gradual, not all at once.

You don’t jump into a new bracket for your whole income.

Only the dollars above each line get taxed at the higher rate.

Example:

If you earn $40,000 a year:

The first $30,000 is tax-free.

Only the next $10,000 is taxed at 10%.

So your total tax is just $1,000, not 10% of the full $40,000.

When we say small businesses, we mean local shops, restaurants, and family-owned companies, not big corporations.

These are the businesses that keep our neighborhoods running and provide most of the jobs in our communities.

The H.E.A.L. Act gives them credits to help pay a living wage, so they can afford to keep good workers without being squeezed out by rising costs.

Low wages cost taxpayers. When big companies underpay workers, taxpayers pick up the tab through food stamps, Medicaid, and housing aid. A living wage shifts that responsibility back to employers.

Every job has dignity. No matter the work, people deserve to make enough to cover basics like rent, food, and healthcare.

Rising wages lift everyone. When workers earn more, they spend more at local businesses, which helps the whole community grow.

Today’s fast food industry workers are often a parents, students, or seniors. Many are supporting families, not just teenagers in after-school jobs.

The Constitution, under the 5th and 14th Amendments, guarantees due process rights to all people in the U.S. — citizens and immigrants alike. That means immigrants, whether documented or undocumented, must be treated fairly under the law.

The H.E.A.L. Act supports:

A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living and working in our communities.

Safe, humane treatment, no internment camps or unsafe holding facilities.

Deportation through due process for violent offenders, after serving their sentences in the U.S.

Immigration boosts GDP and wages overall, immigrants add hundreds of billions to the U.S. economy yearly (American Immigration Council).

Fair recognition of contributions: immigrants pay billions in taxes (sales, property, income) but often cannot access the benefits they pay into, like Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, or Federal Welfare Programs.

Communities with immigrants often see lower crime rates than communities without them, despite political rhetoric.

Diversity as strength: immigration fuels innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.

Immigrants make America stronger, and they deserve fairness, dignity, and a real chance to become citizens.

The H.E.A.L. Act takes on polluters directly by banning corporate money in politics and breaking up monopolies that profit from dirty energy. This lowers household energy costs and opens the way for clean, affordable options.

The H.E.A.L. Act will also create jobs, not take them away. Expanding renewable energy, modernizing infrastructure, and cleaning up polluted communities requires millions of workers. From building wind turbines and solar panels to maintaining a smarter electrical grid, these jobs can’t be outsourced overseas. And unlike many fossil fuel jobs, they’re often safer, healthier, and longer-term.

Once we reclaim our government from fossil fuel lobbyists, we can go even further: a massive green jobs program, stronger protections for workers and the environment, and international climate leadership. Other countries have already shown it works, Germany and Denmark created thriving clean-energy sectors, and the U.S. can too. The difference is, with the H.E.A.L. Act, we’ll make sure workers and communities come first.

Yes, if both candidates are running as Democrats, you can sign more than one petition.

No, if the other petition you signed was for a Republican or Independent, in that case, you can only sign for one of them

For me, the most important qualities are transparency, communication, and partnership. Voters deserve quarterly updates on what their representatives are doing, the progress being made, and how they can get involved. Education is also key, people should know their rights and how to advocate for themselves so they can help shape the government they want. At the end of the day, elected officials must work in true partnership with both their colleagues and their constituents.

The core responsibility of a Representative is to uphold our Constitution and democracy while ensuring government works for the American people, not just the wealthy few. Just like any job, it also means doing what voters hired you to do, fulfilling your campaign promises and staying accountable to the people you represent.

I do support term limits in some areas of government, especially where power is held for life. I do not believe anyone should have a lifetime seat. Under my H.E.A.L. Act, lifetime Supreme Court appointments would be replaced with 10-year public elections so the Court stays accountable to the people.

When it comes to Congress, though, I do not support term limits and here’s why.

Just like any new job, it takes 6–12 months for a member of Congress to fully learn the role. Forcing constant turnover would slow down progress on bills, erase important institutional knowledge, and make Congress less effective.

Term limits would also shift power away from elected officials and into the hands of unelected insiders like long-term lobbyists, agency staff, and career operators who stay in Washington for decades and are not accountable to voters. That makes Congress weaker and lobbyists stronger.

The real concerns people have about unfair elections, incumbency advantage, and the influence of special-interest money are absolutely valid. But those problems require structural reform, not term limits.

That’s why the H.E.A.L. Act focuses on reforms that give voters real power, including:

• Ranked-choice voting, which makes elections fairer and reduces incumbency advantage

• Banning PAC and lobbyist money, so Congress answers to voters, not donors

• Publicly funded campaigns, so challengers can compete even without wealthy backers

These reforms ensure that voters, not special interests or lifetime insiders, decide who represents them and for how long.

Our greatest challenge is that government is too often controlled by corporations, lobbyists, and PACs instead of the people. That’s why we can’t get progress on healthcare, education, wages, or gun reform. The H.E.A.L. Act changes that by ending special-interest money and restoring power to voters.

Yes, feedback is a gift, and I will listen and compromise when it makes a policy better. But I will never compromise on protecting people. I won’t support any bill that harms Americans’ wellbeing or freedoms.

The House originates all tax and revenue bills. That’s critical because my H.E.A.L. Act is funded by fair taxes on the ultra-wealthy and corporations. As a Representative, I would use that power to move this plan forward.

Every member of Congress has a team of lawyers, economists, and policy experts to help guide them through government systems. That means prior government experience can be helpful, but it isn’t required to succeed. Even career politicians moving from local to federal office need time to adjust, like any new job, it typically takes 6–12 months to get fully acclimated.

Limiting leadership to only career politicians reduces diversity and fresh ideas. Leaders like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, Abraham Lincoln and more came from outside traditional government paths and changed the conversation in Congress.

I bring real-world experience negotiating with major healthcare companies, building global benefit, compensation, retirement, leave plans, and compliance policies, skills Congress needs to create policies that work for everyday Americans.

I draw inspiration from leaders like Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett, Lauren Underwood, and Maxwell Frost, representatives who put the American people ahead of the wealthy few. I also learn from leaders I may not align with. They remind me of what I don’t stand for and challenge me to respond with facts, transparency, and solutions that keep people at the center.

The government’s role should be oversight, setting guardrails to ensure Artificial intelligence (AI) is safe, factual, and cannot be misused to harm people.

AI must be regulated so it cannot be used to harm people. We’ve already seen tragic cases where AI has been misused, and we need strong safeguards to prevent self-harm, bias, or misinformation. Since people often use AI like a search engine, it should be fact-based and reliable, not just another platform that spreads unchecked opinions.

The environmental impact is also critical. AI relies on massive data centers that consume enormous amounts of water and electricity, creating risks of water scarcity and a large carbon footprint. We need solutions that allow us to leverage this technology without harming communities or the environment.

At the same time, AI is a revolutionary invention. Its knowledge base comes from people, everything we’ve put on the internet, from research to art, so credit and fair compensation should go back to the people. AI should remain free and accessible, not controlled by just a few corporations.

When used responsibly, AI has enormous potential:

• Identifying new antibiotics and accelerating medical research.
  
  
• Helping detect cancer and other diseases earlier and more accurately.
  
  
• Improving climate modeling and renewable energy systems.
  
  
• Supporting accessibility tools like speech-to-text, real-time translation, and assistive devices for people with disabilities.
  
  
• Streamlining work in fields from education to small business, freeing up time for creativity and innovation.
  
  

With the right guardrails, AI can transform lives for the better, but the government’s job is to make sure it works for people, not against them.

The Electoral College means a candidate can lose the popular vote but still become president. It also makes campaigns focus on a few swing states while most voters get ignored. A majority of Americans support switching to a national popular vote.

What the public thinks: In Sept 2024, 63% of Americans favored moving away from the Electoral College (Pew). Gallup found 58% favor picking the president by national popular vote. (Pew Research Center, Gallup)

Why reform: Harvard’s Ash Center explains how winner-take-all rules in 48 states sideline most voters and can produce a president who did not win the most votes nationwide. (Harvard Ash Center)

Racial impact: Because small states (which are mostly Caucasian) have more electoral votes per person than large, diverse states, the Electoral College amplifies Caucasian voters’ power while diluting the votes of people of color. For example, a Wyoming vote carries nearly four times the weight of a California vote, this means that a single vote in Wyoming is worth roughly 3.7 times more than a single vote in California. Harvard Law Review notes the system “inflates the power of Caucasian voters, particularly those in small, rural states, and diminishes the power of voters of color concentrated in large, diverse states.” (Washington Post)

How reform could work: One path is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), where states pledge their electors to the national popular vote winner once the compact reaches 270 electoral votes. (National Conference of State Legislatures, AP News)

That’s one of the most common economic beliefs, and it mostly comes from older “free-market” theory, not real-world data.

Economists like Thomas Sowell, in his bestselling book Basic Economics (6th Edition, 2020), argue that any regulation, such as minimum or living-wage laws will distort markets and hurts small businesses. Sowell’s book is clear and popular for explaining classical “laissez-faire” ideas: that if government simply stays out, the market will naturally balance prices and jobs.

But newer, data-driven research tells a different story. In Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage (Princeton University Press), economists David Card and Alan Krueger tested these theories using real-world data instead of assumptions. They studied what actually happened when one state (New Jersey) raised its minimum wage and a neighboring state (Pennsylvania) did not.

Their finding: raising wages did not reduce employment and often improved business performance through lower turnover, better productivity, and stronger consumer spending. That research was so influential that David Card received the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics for transforming how we study labor markets.

Since then, dozens of follow-up studies from universities, the Federal Reserve, and the Economic Policy Institute have confirmed the same: modest, phased-in wage increases lift pay without causing broad job loss and often help small businesses by boosting local demand.

That’s exactly why the H.E.A.L. Act combines a regional living wage with transition credits for small businesses making sure local employers have time and support to adjust. It’s not top-down control; it’s evidence-based policy that builds an economy from the middle out.

I encourage you to read both authors:

For the classic free-market view: Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell (2020).

For the modern, data-driven evidence: Myth and Measurement by David Card & Alan Krueger (Princeton Press; Card won the 2021 Nobel Prize for this work).

The bottom line here is that markets aren’t fragile, they’re adaptive. When workers earn enough to live, they spend more at local stores, stay longer in their jobs, and build stronger communities. A fair market with a living wage doesn’t hurt small businesses, it helps them thrive.

A Value-Added Tax, or VAT, is a fairer, modern version of the sales tax.

Right now, the U.S. mostly uses sales tax, which is charged only when you buy something at the store. A VAT, instead, collects small taxes at each step of making and selling a product, but only on the new value added. That ensures corporations pay their fair share in taxes, while essentials like groceries, medicine, public transit, and home energy stay tax-free under the H.E.A.L. Act.

Here’s an example: imagine your morning cup of coffee.

1. A farmer sells beans to a roaster for $1, they pay VAT on that $1 of value.
   
   
2. The roaster sells roasted beans to a cafe for $3, they pay VAT only on the extra $2 of value they added.
   
   
3. The cafe sells a cup to you for $5, they pay VAT only on their added $2 of value.

Each step adds a little more value, and each pays a small share of tax fairly.
By the time you buy your $5 coffee, the total VAT might be about the same as a normal sales tax, but it’s been shared fairly across every business that profited along the way.

Almost every major country, like Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Japan, and Norway, uses a VAT to fund public healthcare, childcare, and education.

The H.E.A.L. Act replaces today’s patchwork state sales taxes with a national VAT, ensuring every state keeps its share while ensuring corporation pay their fair share of taxes.

The Value-Added Tax (VAT) is constitutional and fully legal under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises" in order to provide for the general Welfare of the United States.

A VAT is considered an “excise tax” (a tax on goods and services), just like the federal gasoline tax or tobacco tax we already have.

The confusion comes from people thinking it would replace state taxes or violate state rights, but the H.E.A.L. Act is built to prevent that.
Under the plan, the federal VAT replaces current state sales taxes, but states automatically receive their fair share of that revenue through a constitutionally protected formula:

50% based on population,

30% based on consumption, and

20% based on prior sales-tax revenue,
so no state loses money and no state power is removed.

That means Illinois, for example, still gets its fair share of every dollar collected, without having to run a separate, redundant tax system.

Every other advanced democracy that uses a national VAT (including Canada, Germany, France, and Japan) distributes portions of VAT revenue to provinces or municipalities based on similar formulas, usually population and consumption share.

Congress would pass the VAT just like any other excise tax law. States would not need to amend their constitutions or surrender authority, they’d simply receive their revenue directly (just as they already do from federal highway funds or education grants).

You can reach out to me at [email protected]. 

No. I only accept donations from individual people. I believe political action committees (PACs) and lobbyists have too much power in Washington. Their money often blocks common-sense laws, like raising the minimum wage and passing gun-safety reforms, that most Americans support. I want to serve the people, not special interests.