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The Grand Bargain is Our Future
Or We Will Not Have One 

Help Create an America That Meets Your Aspirations

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Use the

Grand Bargain Launchpad

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The Grand Bargain Advances Seven Aspirations Critical to a Healthy Society

  1. Greater economic opportunity and growth

  2. Schools that enable kids to reach their potential

  3. Effective and affordable healthcare

  4. Curbing the national debt

  5. Reliable, clean, and affordable energy

  6. Fairer, simpler tax code

  7. Congress organized to resolve our differences

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Both Parties Have Crushed Our Aspirations​ For 30 Years

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Congress

Economic Mobility

K-12 Education

Healthcare

Energy

National Debt

Tax Code

Blocking reforms that promote negotiation

Declining for 40 years

31st in the world and declining

Worst in developed world at highest cost

U.S. has Given China control of Green Economy

racing Past 100% of GDP

75,000 pages designed to benefit a few

How Both Parties are Letting Time Bombs Tick

income, net worth of 90% hitting new lows,
often triggers rebellion

 AI moguls consuming vast resources to render 
“human labor obsolete”

national debt at $39T 
- growing at 6%  
- engulfing $32T economy

 Trump co-opts 
entire government for 
revenge, power & profit

 Trump betrays allies:

Europe, Ukraine, NATO,

Korea, Taiwan

Trump “loving” & selling out to tyrants:
Putin, Xi, Kim

To Advance Voters’ Aspirations at Historic Scale

We gathered  300 top ideas from scores of stakeholders 

Zeroed in on the most impactful, cost-effective & empowering package
 

Then tested combinations in seven YouGov polls

YouGov Results Showed

Historic Support for 39 Grand Bargain Reforms

YouGov Poll Asked:

“Do you want Congress to make this Grand Bargain a Priority?”

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Grand Bargain Will Unite All 50 States - On Contact

Rising Fear, Anger and Mistrust

Unprecedented Support for Advancing Shared Aspirations

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YouGov conducted survey from December 24, 2025 to January 5, 2026, to produce a 1000 person dataset representative of US citizens. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/-3.59%. For subgroups, the margin of sampling error is higher.

Grand Bargain Will Render Trump

- and Both Parties - Unfit to Lead

After voters evaluated the Grand Bargain 39 reforms, YouGov asked :

“Who in the federal government do you trust to act in your best interests?”

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Pressure both political parties to meet your aspirations for a better life using the 
 

Grand Bargain Launchpad

In 10 minutes, you can:

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  1. Evaluate each reform:                                                                               Critical to Me & Others - Good Idea - Not Sure - Dislike It - Hate It

  2. Decide: Is the total package good enough for me to want Congress to make it “a priority”

  3. If Yes, send the Launchpad to everyone you know

  4. Then press two buttons to email your congressperson & senators:

          “Make these 39 reforms a priority, or we will elect someone who will.”

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GRAND BARGAIN

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GRAND BARGAIN

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Attract Americans from the Left, Right and Center Into an Exponentially Growing Movement, You Can:

Organize Workshops in Your Congressional Districts. We will help groups across the country to engage and inspire citizens in building enough support for the Grand Bargain that political leaders will have to make it a priority.

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Build the Coalition to Reunite America: Join the individuals and organizations from every sector of society in signing the GBP petition demanding that politicians (1) stop pitting us against one another; (2) embrace the Grand Bargain, and (3) make it the law.

Engage Civic Networks: We will help nationwide groups incorporate the Grand Bargain into their community-building programs.

Volunteer to create a Local Grand Bargain Hub

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Join us in reuniting our country.

The Grand Bargain Project has gathered concrete evidence that common-sense reforms aimed at advancing Americans' seven shared aspirations, if combined, would yield vast benefits to society — enough so that 83%  of Americans would prefer the total package over the country’s current direction.

Help us forge a path to nationwide prosperity.

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The Center for Collaborative Democracy is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit and the sponsor of the Grand Bargain Project. We strive to help every American reach their potential by working with business leaders, consumer advocates, labor unions, environmentalists, civil rights groups and other major stakeholders to develop innovative solutions for our nation’s most critical problems. We see that process as necessary to reduce the hyper-polarization that threatens our democracy.

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