The Fair Shot Agenda
A New Way Forward recognizes that our country was built by All of us — our future should be the same.
For too long, the rules have favored the powerful — corporations, lobbyists, and insiders — while working families are told to wait their turn.
My Fair Shot Agenda is about restoring competition, accountability, and opportunity — so every family, small business, and community has a real chance to succeed. That’s possible through holistic policy, not one-off and temporary solutions.
Restore representation, end big money in politics
A political system funded by corporate profits and wealthy donors will never deliver dignity, fairness, or progress. That’s why Tim doesn’t take a dime from corporate PACs or special interests — and why we need deep structural reform.
My plan:
Democracy Dollars (Public Voucher Campaign Contributions): Give every voter publicly funded “democracy dollars” — $500 per voter, per election cycle — that you can dedicate to a candidate(s) of your choice. This way candidates can focus on earning support of everyday families — not just big donors.
Ban Corporate PAC Money: End the pipeline of influence that drowns out community voices.
Real Transparency: Expose dark money networks, require full disclosure of political spending and fundraising, as well as strengthening public records of lobbyist meetings for congressional members.
Ban insider trading by congress members and staff: Members of Congress, congressional staff, and their immediate households should not be allowed to trade on the same markets they’re supposed to regulate.
Mandatory Town Halls: Every member of Congress should show up, answer questions, and face the people they represent.
When politicians answer to voters, not billionaires, democracy works the way it should.
Build a Fair Economy — Grounded in Dignity
Whether it’s Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Tech, or Wall Street, corporate power has grown unchecked — shaping policy, raising prices, and limiting our choices. These powerful industries write the rules so the middle and working class can’t compete, all while everyday people pay the price.
My plan:
Restore Fair Competition:
Hold dominant corporations accountable when they rig markets, drive up prices, or block small businesses from competing.Invest in Main Street Growth: Establish a federally backed Main Street Growth Fund that provides performance-based, forgivable growth loans to small and medium-sized businesses that hire locally, raise wages, and expand in rural and underserved communities — with strict transparency standards and no access for large corporations.
Put People Over Profit: Ban price-gouging in healthcare, housing, utilities, groceries and essential goods.
Hold Polluters Accountable: No more letting big industry poison communities and buy political protection — ban donations from private for-profit energy companies like Dominion Energy.
End the Revolving Door: Serving in congress should not be an application for powerful lobbying firms. No congressperson should be able to exploit their connections in capitol hill by joining a lobbying firm within five years of leaving office.
This country was built by all of us. Our Future should be the same.
Tax Hard Work Less and Corporate Greed More
America’s tax code rewards wall street, giant corporations, and billionaires, but it punishes hard work. Teachers and nurses shoulder a higher tax burden than billionaires. Corporations exploit loopholes written by them and for them. Wall street engages in fraudulent behavior only to receive taxpayer bailouts. Meanwhile, everyday families fall further behind.
My plan:
End the endless sea of billionaire and corporate tax Loopholes: Close the tax breaks that let billionaires and big industry pay lower rates than workers.
Create Tax Incentives That Build Wealth for the Middle Class: Reform the tax code so it rewards companies for sharing wealth — not hoarding it for shareholders. Replace tax breaks for corporations that suppress wages, exploit workers, or engage in predatory behavior with tax incentives that encourage businesses that practice profit-sharing, employee ownership, and real investment in workers’ well-being.
Lower Income Taxes for Everyday Families: Lower the burden on wages, especially for middle-class and working class households.
Tax “Hoarded Housing”: Higher taxes on corporations and hedge funds who buy up homes as investment strategy and price out families.
A fair economy starts with a fair tax code — one that rewards hard work and incentivizes treating workers with dignity.