Rick Lewis

Environment / Energy

I propose a revenue neutral tax on the lifecycle or “cradle to grave” pollution of all products and services sold in the US. Learn more

Government Reform

Click here for Rick Lewis's proposal to restructure Congress. Learn more

Don’t prevent campaign contributions – The Supreme Court has ruled against this at least twice. Go after the rewards! Any person (business) who donates to a campaign for an office for which they can not vote, or uses money to effect a campaign, will be classified as a political science corporation. (psiCorp) In order to eliminate the possibility of corruption, Congress and the Executive branch may not provide any government monies to these corporations through loans, gifts, contracts, tax deductions or other means. Learn more

Taxes / Budget

I propose a tax on the “economic value” created by a business which uses unsafe and inhumane labor practices. These taxes would mirror the current level of enforcement practiced within the US and replace the fine based laws. This would be a tax assessed at the time of purchase and all revenues of this tax would be returned equally to all American Citizens. All this does is make products coming from companies who treat employees unsafely and inhumanely less competitive. This puts pressure on the business leaders to fix this. Learn more

I propose a tax on the “economic value” created in a country which has a gender imbalance. This would be a tax assessed at the time of purchase and all revenues of this tax would be returned equally to all American Citizens. All this does is make products coming from countries which broadly use gender selective techniques, less competitive. This puts pressure on the business leaders in a country to pressure their politicians to fix this. Learn more