I want universal healthcare, but I want to use technology/common sense and end bloated programs. Military for instance could be cut in half or more (close the bases, keep the carriers, but dock unless during war). Focus on domestic defense, and let the rest of the world figure out their own shit.
End income tax, move to consumption tax/vat. (A modified version that would be sort of a negative tax). Basically, you'd have basic income making everyone who has a physical address (must spend some of the $$ on residence) would receive a check for whatever the poverty level is divided by 12.
Then everyone is a tax payer and pays consumption tax, we'd also have a land value tax, which would be more even on what land is 'worth' regardless of if you're using it for it's total 'worth'.. E.G. -- 2 people own same amount of land, same location, one builds a skyscraper, one doesn't, they both pay what the land/property would be worth if the area was 'fully developed', encouraging people to not just 'hold' land but 'use' it, or pay as if they did, so they might as well develop or sell it to someone who will.
We'd have to figure out ways of getting more off the top of the pile, as consumption does take a bit from the lower classes and funnels it up, but they're getting it back in terms of GBI + Healthcare.
Consumption tax could be tied to a citizen ID, ID = 10%, no ID = 15% tax rate. Could work in a +5% for college grads who used free education grants, until they're > 30 to pay for free college (State/Community schools). This way they pay back when they shop, but it's not permanent and it hurts a lot less than normal loans/etc...and doesn't affect credit. Or could just have a 'twenty's' tax of +5%, whether you go to college or not you pay an extra 5% from 20-30 to on goods, to pay for those who 'took' the advantage to go to school.
I like to believe that there's 'out of the box' ways to do things... I'm a social democrat with some techno-libertarian ideas, I feel the government needs to work and support all people, but it needs to do so in a way that can eliminate the most 'bureacracy' as possible, and drive down costs. I'd be happy if govt could be ran completely by AI and have maybe 10 people over-seeing / auditing the machines.
I'd like to see bills submitted like github issues - small, easily enacted/reversed 'pull requests' that only change small bits of law/codes. Instead of 10-100+ page omnibuses, everything would need to be < 5 pages (or something rudimentarily agreed upon - I'm not a lawyer/politician), and it must only effect a specific item or items that relate to each other. No combining other things for political 'fancy' or posturing.