Something that the left and right can find common cause in would be eliminating the unlimited legal bribery that non-natural persons can use to purchase the government of THEIR liking.
We no longer live in a representative republic or even the mob-rule of a democracy anymore. We live in an oligarchy and it is being run by people that could give a squat about 97% of the people of this nation. Any “conservative” that still believes that big business is their ally needs to seriously get a clue and take a cold hard look at what has been going on for the last 20 years.
Start taxing multi-billion endowments such as Harvard, Yale and Duke. Surprised the idea has not been raised by the candidates.
Makers and creators initially set things in motion, but eventually with success, administrators, bureaucrats, BOD’s, cronies and profiteers gain control, often abandoning original corporate intentions, for the primary and ultimate goal, eternal life.
There is a point at which unbridled success becomes corrupt and dangerous.
It took a complacent/complicit Congress to bring this about they won't be undoing it any time soon. Remember how quickly Mitch relinquished the veto power Harry created for himself.
Truth.
We found a guy who can’t be bought and we’re running him. If Trump wins we’ll start looking for more people who can’t be bought and run them for governors, and House and Senate members.
We don’t need more control - we need ‘more smarts’... more than one way to skin a cat.