Declaration of Grievances 2025 + Glass Governance -Tax Reform, Voting Integrity, Term Limits, End of Lobbying, Media Manipulation, End of Wasteful Spending

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Declaration of Grievances -2025 A Call to Every American

When, in the course of civic life, it becomes necessary for a people to call out abuses long endured, a decent respect for truth requires that they declare the causes which impel them to act. We, the People of the United States—regardless of party, ideology, or fatigue with politics—submit this Declaration to record the injuries and usurpations which have reduced representation, weakened liberty, and burdened the working citizen. These grievances are not matters of opinion; they are matters of consequence. ⸻

I. On Division as a Tool of Power Grievance: Our institutions profit from division. Effect: Media outlets reap record profits during conflict, while politicians exploit discord to avoid accountability. A divided people cannot organize, cannot audit power, and cannot demand reform—thus nothing fundamentally changes. ⸻

II. On the Absence of Accountability Grievance: Government failures carry no consequence for those who cause them. Effect: While businesses collapse under mismanagement, career politicians drive nearly $38 trillion in debt, vote on their own compensation and benefits, and face no penalty for failure. The cost is passed to the public through inflation and taxes. ⸻

III. On the Loss of Representation Grievance: The People are not meaningfully represented. Effect: Healthcare costs rival mortgages; families delay care or incur debt. Inflation is dismissed as “complex” while unchecked spending and money creation quietly erode purchasing power. Those who cause inflation are insulated from its harm; the people are not. ⸻

IV. On Excessive and Endless Taxation Grievance: Taxation has exceeded its constitutional purpose. Effect: Americans work a third—or more—of their lives to pay layered taxes, many hidden in prices. Taxes introduced for specific programs never end, surpluses are never refunded, and balances are never shown. Property taxes surge (e.g., 50% increases in five years), forcing families to relocate simply to survive. ⸻

V. On Unapproved Spending and NGO Governance Grievance: Public funds are diverted without consent or transparency. Effect: Billions—and sometimes trillions—are funneled to NGOs acting as extensions of government power, absent voter approval, audits, or measurable results. If resources are so abundant, why can families not afford food, housing, healthcare, or energy? ⸻

VI. On Fiscal Opacity and Currency Debasement Grievance: The government refuses to show its books. Effect: Long-promised audits go unanswered; spending expands regardless of outcomes. Unrestrained money creation dilutes every dollar held by the People. This is not theory—it is math. Trust erodes, prices rise, and the burden falls on working Americans. ⸻

VII. On Lobbyist Control of Markets Grievance: Political donations distort markets and policy. Effect: Artificial barriers protect profits, inflate healthcare and consumer costs, and suppress competition. When donors shape policy, the People pay more for less. ⸻

VIII. On Media Deception Grievance: A deceptive press undermines a free society. Effect: Media knowingly misleads for profit or power, public trust collapses. Accountability is not censorship; it is a safeguard. Truth is not partisan. ⸻

Therefore, We Demand

1.Full Financial Transparency — Public budgets, balances, audits, and outcomes. A public ledger.

2.Term Limits — No profession rewards failure; neither should governance.

3. An End to Lobbyist Control — Restore competition and lower costs.

4.Election Integrity — Secure, verifiable voting that restores trust.

5.Tax Reform for Freedom — •Eliminate income tax for families under $300,000 •Eliminate taxes on retirement, and disability income. Property tax. •End income tax as a permanent mechanism of control

6.Media Accountability — transparency or consequences for deliberate deception. April 4, 2026 11:00 We assemble at state capitals and city halls.

Glass Governance

A government said to be run by the People should not operate in the dark. Yet today, Americans are asked to fund a system they are not allowed to clearly see. Trillions of dollars are collected in our name, but even the most diligent citizen cannot trace—end to end—where that money actually goes.

For generations, opacity has been normalized, and accountability has been replaced with trust without verification. This is not a failure of technology. It is a failure of will. We already possess the tools to track every dollar in real time. Modern financial systems routinely audit, log, and reconcile transactions at a scale far beyond government budgets. Yet public funds remain fragmented across agencies, obscured by aggregated reporting, delayed disclosures, and accounting standards that prevent meaningful oversight by the public.

Consider this:

•The federal government routinely issues financial statements that are unauditable in full, with major departments unable to account for assets, expenditures, or internal transfers.

•Oversight bodies exist, yet their findings are often delayed, summarized, or ignored—long after decisions are made and consequences felt.

•Citizens are shown totals and headlines, not ledgers and receipts. Transparency delayed is accountability denied. Glass Governance proposes a simple, enforceable principle: Every elected office, agency, and major program must be attached to a public, continuously updated ledger—accessible, searchable, and understandable by any citizen. Each dollar collected. Each dollar allocated. Each dollar spent. With clear attribution. Not reports written after the fact. Not summaries filtered through committees. But visibility by default.

Under such a system:

•Misuse of funds becomes immediately detectable, not politically debatable.

•Waste cannot hide behind complexity.

•Conflicts of interest surface on their own.

•Public trust is restored not through promises, but through proof. You cannot steal from people who can see you. You cannot mislead a public that can verify. And you cannot remain in office once your actions are laid bare. This is not radical. It is the standard we already demand of corporations, nonprofits, and financial institutions—often under penalty of law.

A government that resists this level of transparency is not protecting stability; it is protecting insulation.

Glass Governance does not weaken democracy. It completes it. Because a government that truly serves the people should never fear being seen by them.

Implementation and Framework for Reform 2026

In Support of the DECLARATION OF GRIEVANCES — 2025
The Glass Governance Initiative

Issued by: We, the People of the United States

Notice of Expectation Issued: Public notice January 1, 2026 - Perpetuated publicly

Deadline for Government Acknowledgment and removal of income tax: April 4, 2026 — 11:00 (Local Time)

Deadline for full Government Compliance: January 1, 2027

Public Assembly Upon Non-Compliance: State Capitols and City Halls Nationwide

Public Identifier: X — squirrelvalues -Matthew Gonzales

Preamble

When any form of government becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established, the People retain the authority to correct or replace it.

As stated in the Declaration of Independence (1776):

“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…”

This document constitutes a formal notice, implementation framework, and accountability standard issued by the People of the United States.

The People do not seek chaos. We seek correction.

The federal government is granted the remainder of 2026 to enact, implement, and publicly verify the reforms outlined herein. Income tax for all must completely be abolished by the start of 2027. Numerous programs throughout our government self-generate income. This must be publicly accounted for as well.

SECTION I — GLASS GOVERNANCE: FULL FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Requirement

  • Establish mandatory, continuous public visibility into all government finances

Implementation Actions

  • Create a Public Financial Ledger System (PFLS) recording all federal financial activity

  • Track all tax receipts by source

  • Track all appropriations and authorizations

  • Track all inter-agency transfers

  • Track all expenditures and recipients

  • Track all liabilities and outstanding debt

Ledger Standards

  • Publicly accessible without credentials

  • Updated no less than weekly

  • Searchable by agency, program, and recipient

  • Exportable in open data formats

  • Linked to authorizing legislation and recorded votes

Agency Requirements

  • Publish program-level budgets

  • Define performance objectives

  • Report measurable outcomes

  • Explain overruns or failures

SECTION II — ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSEQUENCE

Requirement

  • Government failure must carry consequence equal to private citizens

Enforcement Triggers

  • Budget overruns exceeding 5%

  • Programs failing objectives for two consecutive years

  • Unaccounted funds exceeding 90 days

Consequences

  • Mandatory public hearings

  • Suspension of discretionary authority

  • Compensation freezes

  • Removal from leadership or committees

  • Civil or criminal investigation where warranted

SECTION III — TERM LIMITS AND ANTI-ENTRENCHMENT

Limits

  • House of Representatives: 4 terms

  • Senate: 2 terms

  • Senior executive and agency leadership: 10 total years

Office Restrictions

  • Insider trading is made illegal

  • Funds provided by private institutions to members in office are public

Post-Office Restrictions

  • 10-year prohibition on advisory roles

  • 10-year prohibition on consulting arrangements

  • 10-year prohibition on board memberships

  • 10-year prohibition on compensated influence

SECTION IV — ABOLITION OF LOBBYING

Lobbyists will use their financial efforts and influence by advertising to the public–for entry via ballot vote. Private donations for cause are made illegal.

Prohibited Activities

  • Corporate, industry, union, and foreign lobbying

  • Paid advocacy targeting lawmakers or regulators

  • Revolving-door influence arrangements

  • Third-party intermediaries selling access

  • Compensation tied to legislative outcomes

Penalties

  • Severe financial penalties

  • Permanent bans from government contracting

  • Criminal liability for coordinated influence

SECTION V — PUBLIC BALLOT ACCESS SYSTEM (PBAS)

Purpose

  • Replace private influence with public persuasion

Public Access Rights

  • Publicly advertise causes

  • Spend funds openly to educate the public

  • Publish proposed policy language

  • Collect verified signatures

  • Petition for ballot inclusion

Transparency Requirements

  • Real-time funding disclosure

  • Verified donor identity

  • Spending caps to prevent domination

  • Mandatory ledger inclusion

SECTION VI — TAX REFORM, DEBT REDUCTION, AND GOVERNMENT SCALE

Tax Reforms

  • Eliminate federal income tax for households under $300,000 immediately. The full scope of the reduction of income tax for all will follow starting 2027.

  • Eliminate taxes on retirement income

  • Eliminate taxes on disability income

  • Property taxes are removed

  • Federal Government must not continue to print money during this change. No cash injections to bail out businesses-further devaluing public dollar.

Debt Reduction Strategy

  • Pause all non-essential federal programs

  • Conduct full audits of all programs

  • Terminate redundant or non-beneficial programs

* At this time the current focus is the majority middle class. 91-93%

SECTION VII — NGO FUNDING AND FOREIGN SPENDING

Immediate Actions

  • Pause all NGO funding pending audit and voter approval

  • Evaluations by way public advertising is mandatory for continuance

  • Halt all foreign aid and financial outflows pending voter verification

Termination Criteria

  • Lack of voter approval

  • Failure to meet measurable outcomes

  • No direct benefit to the American people

SECTION VIII — ELECTION INTEGRITY

  • Secure voter identity verification

  • Transparent chain-of-custody standards

  • Independent post-election audits

  • Public release of results within 30 days

SECTION IX — MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY

  • Mandatory labeling of fact vs opinion vs sponsored content

  • Disclosure of financial and political conflicts

  • Civil liability for knowingly false reporting

SECTION X — PEOPLE’S AUTHORITY AND DEADLINE

  • Deadline for compliance: Jan 1, 2027

  • Nationwide peaceful assembly upon non-compliance: April 4, 11:00 2026 at state capitols and city calls.

CONCLUSION

A government that fears transparency has already confessed its failure.

Glass Governance does not threaten democracy. It restores it.

Phase 0 — Finalize the “Emergency Reform Package”

Window: Now → April 3, 2026
Goal: Convert demands into a single, publishable package that can be enacted (or cleanly refused) in public.

Deliverables

  • Essential-Only Operating Definition (EOOD): what stays on / what pauses (written in plain language + policy language).

  • Emergency Election Framework: how primaries run for 6 months, who administers, what qualifies as “vacant/removed/non-compliant seat.”

  • PFLS Spec (Public Financial Ledger System): the exact “Glass Governance” requirements in technical + legal terms (data fields, update frequency, audit rules).

  • Lobbying Replacement System: “Public Ballot Access System (PBAS)” rules (how causes get on ballots, disclosure, caps).

  • NGO Rule: which programs are “NGO-linked,” what “voter-approved” means, and how funding halts/restarts.

Structure

    1. Essential Services & Continuity

    2. Elections & Seat Accountability

    3. Transparency / PFLS (Glass Governance)

    4. Lobbying + NGO + Tax Reform Package

Phase 1 — April 4, 2026 Trigger: “Essential-Only Government”

Start: Saturday, April 4, 2026 (11:00 local)
Goal: Force an immediate, visible pivot: non-essential operations pause until transparency + legitimacy steps begin.

What stays active

  • Infrastructure: core maintenance, utilities continuity, critical public works

  • Transportation: safety, FAA/ATC continuity, highway safety, emergency logistics

  • Medical: emergency/critical public health continuity

  • Emergency welfare: disaster response, immediate life-safety support

What pauses

  • Discretionary programs not tied to the categories above

  • Expansionary grants, non-critical initiatives, discretionary consulting/contracting

  • Non-essential NGO pass-throughs (see Phase 3)

Non-negotiable guardrails

  • “Pause” means no new obligations, no new awards, no new discretionary spending.

  • Continuity teams remain for safety, payroll wind-down, and lawful shutdown procedures.

Phase 2 — Convene the Following Friday: Emergency Election & Seat Accountability

Date: Friday, April 10, 2026
Goal: Any seats not “wiped out” (i.e., not removed/resigned/disqualified/blocked by the reform trigger) convene to create the Emergency Election Commission Plan.

Outputs required that day

  • Emergency Primary Calendar (6 months): rolling weekly/biweekly primaries by state/region.

  • Candidate Qualification Rules: voted on by the people via real campaign efforts reformed. Advertised using current campaign funds locally.

  • Public Debate + Disclosure Rules: mandatory financial disclosures, donor transparency, conflict disclosures.

  • Vacancy / Non-Compliance Standard: current seats held past-due term allowance. Political seats held guilty of use of public funds for personal purposes.

Immediate enforcement hook

  • Any officeholder refusing the emergency election framework or the PFLS build is tagged:

    • Non-compliant seat

    • No discretionary authority

    • Subject to expedited replacement in the emergency cycle

Phase 3 — Parallel Hard Stop: NGO Funding Without Voter Approval Ends

Window: April 4 → May 1, 2026
Goal: Zero ambiguity: NGOs not explicitly voter-approved are defunded pending review + public vote path.

Rules

  • Immediate freeze on federal outflows to NGOs that lack voter authorization.

  • Audit-first triage:

    • mission

    • measurable outcomes

    • administrative overhead

    • conflicts of interest

  • Public continuation path: any NGO seeking continuation must go through PBAS (Phase 4) for a vote-authorized mandate.

Deliverable

  • Public NGO Register: every NGO recipient, totals, program purpose, authorizing pathway, current status (paused / approved / pending vote).

Phase 4 — Lobbying Ends, Replaced by Public Ballot Access (PBAS)

Window: April 4 → June 30, 2026
Goal: Remove the private influence channel and replace it with a public persuasion channel.

Abolish (prohibited)

  • Paid advocacy targeting lawmakers/regulators for outcomes

  • Access-selling, outcome-tied compensation, revolving-door influence arrangements

Replace with PBAS
Lobbyists (and any cause) can:

  • Advertise to the public (openly)

  • Publish proposed policy language

  • Collect verified support/signatures

  • Qualify for a ballot route

  • Disclose donors in real time

  • Operate under spending caps + transparency

Key “anti-capture” controls

  • Real-time donor ID verification

  • Limits on single-donor dominance

  • Open ledger inclusion (all PBAS funds + spend)

Phase 5 — DOGE (Transparency Task Force) Builds Glass Governance PFLS

Window: April 4 → Oct 31, 2026 (runs simultaneously with elections)
Goal: Deliver a working public ledger people can actually use.

A temporary Efficiency & Transparency Task Force with authority to:

  • standardize financial data

  • require reporting compliance

  • publish the public ledger

  • trigger audits and consequences

PFLS build milestones

  • MVP (within 45–60 days):

    • receipts by source

    • appropriations by program

    • agency spending summaries

    • searchable recipient payouts

  • Version 1 (by ~120 days):

    • inter-agency transfers

    • liabilities + debt schedule linkage

    • authorizing legislation + recorded votes linked to spending lines

  • Version 2 (by end of 2026):

    • performance outcomes per program

    • overruns flagged automatically

    • “unaccounted funds” alerts and timelines

Mandatory operating rule

  • If it isn’t in PFLS, it doesn’t get funded.

Phase 6 — Six-Month Emergency Primaries

Window: Mid-April → Mid-October 2026
Goal: Replace entrenched power through a rapid, structured process that’s transparent and verifiable.

Operating model

  • Rolling primary cycles (weekly/biweekly) so the nation isn’t frozen waiting on one date.

  • Mandatory disclosures + debate + PFLS visibility requirements.

  • Any candidate refusing transparency is disqualified.

What “wins” a seat

  • Verified vote + published chain-of-custody + post-election audit standard.

Phase 7 — Structural Reforms Locked In During 2026

Window: April → Dec 31, 2026
Goal: Make the reforms durable so they can’t be undone quietly.

Must-pass reforms (your list, phased into law)

  • Term limits

  • Election integrity standards

  • Media disclosure/accountability standards (labeling, conflicts, sponsored content clarity)

  • Tax reform track:

    • immediate threshold relief

    • retirement/disability tax removal

    • transition plan to full income tax abolition by Jan 1, 2027

  • Permanent PFLS requirement

  • Permanent lobbying ban + PBAS permanence

  • NGO voter-approval requirement

Phase 8 — Compliance Deadline: Full Implementation

Date: January 1, 2027
Goal: Everything is operational, visible, and enforceable.

  • PFLS is live, searchable, exportable, continuously updated

  • NGO funding is only via voter-approved mandates

  • Lobbying is illegal; PBAS is the lawful replacement channel

  • Emergency election cycle completed; legitimacy reset achieved

  • Tax reform milestones enacted to match your deadline language

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Let us receive real change on April 4, 11:00 2026 by demanding it. Please feel free to advertise this anywhere and everywhere you see fit. This is a non-partisan effort so please do not make it one. Your votes here demonstrate the need and desire for these actions!

Matthew Gonzales

X-squirrelvalues

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So what is this beyond “This is a list of things I have decided we should be upset about”?

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Sorry you are not upset about these items and would rather live in the corrupt environment we currently live in? Sorry you may be the single one that hasn’t supported this movement—at least according to the feedback on X.

You can roll over and take it, but this returns power back to the people in many ways.

I’ll assume you just skimmed over it. Your smart comment really displays the complacency some have today.

This is an attempt at real change and I assure you many are onboard already.

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As far as I can tell, “these items” is a very long list of items that realistically should each be addressed individually.

I didn’t even do that much; You’ve written what amounts to a grab-bag omnibus “try to fix everything with a single statement”.

It’s not what you’re doing that’s the problem (presumably), it’s how you’re trying to do it.

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Currently working on a comprehensive plan with a small group of people. Less talk and more action. This is in the beginning stages and is evolving in realtime with support and clarity.

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Understood. My main reason for posting here in length is informative. As this becomes more polished I will update, but so far it is evolving nicely. This is turning into a collaborative effort which is what I want. For those that know we are beyond corrupt and are taking action.

I understand it is a lot to read, and the organization may need work….but this is what feedback is for. Thank you for your input, I will submit more as this comes together.

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My thoughts. A great way to get term limits without a law to mandate it is that we stop these outlandish pensions. Why should Biden or Fauci get all that money a year for doing nothing? Even regular employees, they should not be unionized. A union negotiates with a company, right, negotiates the contract. Who does the unions of the federal governments (and state governments, too) who do they negotiate with? Politicians who are easily bribed. But it’s our money and we have no say because our “representatives “ don’t listen to us, they listen to the bribes they get. Dissolve all government unions. Give workers what private companies get, a 401k that you have to contribute to and pay into SS. No more free rides or pensions that are $400k a year. That is outrageous. Stop the pensions, the insider trading, they won’t want to stay in congress for life. Ultimately, yes, term limits, but we shouldn’t have to pass a law. Our founders never intended congress for life and pensions that are bankrupting the People’s pocketbook. We need to demand a tax refund, like all the money we paid in that these grifters stole from We The People!!

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Yes. I agree with what you are saying about the financial incentives. Lobbyists affect this greatly. Passing strict regulations not for The People in focus, rather their profit.

If lobbyists were forced to spend their money advertising for cause to be voted on via ballot, rather than through our politician’s pockets—we would finally benefit.

With our politician’s pay it is instantly a conflict of interest to be able to vote on your pay, terms, and benefits. Reasonable compensation was lost long ago and the benefits are never ending.

That is just part of why I started this initiative. We need change absolutely. There is a massive imbalance of power and we have lost our voice.

The change starts with term limits. If we get that changed we wipe out many corrupt, embedded politicians.

Thank you for your time and feedback.