Make America Grow Again:
Issues Most Americans Want, All the Solutions the Nation Needs
Make America Grow Again: 25 Structural Fixes to Save the Nation
America isn’t “in decline.” That’s the polite NPR euphemism people use when they’re afraid to say what’s actually happening. This country started tripping over its own shoelaces in the ’80s, then balanced itself by juggling chainsaws through the ’90s, and the crowd went wild. By the new millennium, America had taken its chainsaw act onto a unicycle just to survive. Of course, by then the shoelaces were frayed… and what happens next isn’t what you’d expect. Instead of falling, all the political tribes got busy screaming into their own echo chambers, completely ignoring the real problem… the floor was on fire.
We’re not witnessing a collapse; we’re watching a slow-motion pratfall performed by a nation that once built the Hoover Dam and now can’t build a website that works on the first try.
So I decided to do what the professional hand-wringers won’t: lay out 25 structural fixes that would actually make this country grow again—not in the “manifest your dreams” Instagram sense, but in the “stop the bleeding, fix the wiring, and maybe stop lighting the curtains on fire” sense.
About This Series
This is Make America Grow Again, a 25-part, no-tribe, no-mascot, no-sedatives-required series dropping every Monday and Wednesday until all twenty-five uncomfortable truths are out in the open.
I built this series to be:
Sharp enough to cut, funny enough to sting, honest enough to make partisans on both sides clutch their pearls.
Structural, not sentimental: wiring, incentives, systems—not vibes, slogans, or campaign merch.
Aggressively non-tribal: If you need your team’s jersey protected at all costs, this is going to hurt.
Your roadmap: click, read, bookmark. This page updates live as segments drop.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re living in a country run by a bipartisan coalition of arsonists and sleepwalkers, this series is for you.
How to Use This Page
Skim the full 25-step roadmap — your control panel for the project.
Click into the segments that hit your nerves first — money, media, elections, corruption. Start where it hurts.
Bookmark this page — updates as new entries drop, keeping your table of contents live.
This is the work. The unfiltered, unmedicated, unfocus-grouped truth about rebuilding a country duct-taped together by denial, nostalgia, and bipartisan magical thinking.
America can grow again. First, someone has to say the quiet parts out loud—and mean it.
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The 25 Fixes (Table of Contents)
Below is your living map. Each entry has:
Title (linked when live)
Status — Live or Coming Soon Date
One sharp, one-sentence hook
This is the road trip. The country is the experiment we’re trying to salvage. Left? Right? Democrat? Tea Party? Liberal? Socialist? Not me. Put yourselves in a box? That’s just training wheels for a broken bike.
Listen up
I’m done renting rage. I’m done waiting for permission.
I’m here to write truth. Not Left, Right, or Center—because if you still think any of that works, you haven’t been paying attention.
“Make America Great Again” wasn’t magic. It was marketing.
Here’s the uncomfortable part: when Trump said it, he wasn’t wrong.
We haven’t been great in decades. But that’s not on him.
That’s on US—for letting government turn public service into a subscription plan.
We pay them… so they can own us!?!?
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What if you could keep that energy—but make it actually mean something?
Enter: Make America Grow Again
Growth. Not just population. Not just rhetoric.
Growth in global rank. Growth in government working for the people.
Growth in reclaiming a country that can actually deliver. Real results. Not slogans.
This is uncomfortable. That’s the point.
Growth starts here.
This is me.
This is Uncomfortable.
Let’s fix it..
My 25 Government Fixes Aren’t Theory
These aren’t theories. They’re ranked, actionable, within budget, and put common sense ahead of corruption.
Since yelling at screens isn’t fixing anything, and politics-as-usual isn’t fixing anything, real change starts with growth.
Everyone loved “MAGA,” right? Hats. Chants. Energy. What if we could keep that energy—but make it mean something?
Enter: Make America Grow Again
Growth. Not just population. Not just rhetoric.
Growth in global rank.
Growth in government actually working for the people.
Growth in reclaiming a country that can deliver. Real results. Not slogans.
This is uncomfortable. That’s the point. Growth starts here.
This is me. This is Uncomfortable. Let’s fix it
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Fragile roots? The tree dies. Weak trunk? The canopy collapses. This is the anatomy of reform, and the blueprint is brutal.
The Roots: High-Priority Fixes (Laying the Unbreakable Foundation for Overcoming Systemic Barriers)
Neglect these, and nothing else matters. These are the deep trenches of systemic reform. Let’s dig.
Caption: Dig deep into the roots—expose corruption to fuel resilient mindset and societal growth.
1. Government Transparency
Force every dollar and contract into daylight. Lobbyists whining? Good. Let them sweat. Democracy doesn’t work in the dark.
Difficulty: 4/5 | Timeline: 12–24 months
2. Healthcare Cost Control
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Hospitals jacking prices because insurance exists? Fix it. Patients shouldn’t need a second mortgage to survive.
Difficulty: 5/5 | Timeline: 24–36 months
3. Value-Added Tax (VAT) Implementation
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Roll out a phased VAT to fund services and shrink wealth divides. Smarter money, fairer society.
Difficulty: 4/5
4. Income Inequality
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Progressive taxes + universal basics (education, healthcare). Mindset shifts start with economic justice.
Difficulty: 5/5
5. Education Access
Fund schools, erase student debt, reward elite educators. Unlock minds to shatter poverty cycles.
Difficulty: 4/5
6. Climate Change Action
Emissions caps, green energy incentives. Ignore it, and the whole tree dies.
Difficulty: 5/5
“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.” – Napoleon Hill
Exclusive deep dives, Q&A, and tools to tackle systemic barriers. Only for those ready to face the discomfort.
The Trunk: Medium-Priority Fixes (Forging Core Strength for Resilient Mindset and Societal Reform)
Caption: Core reforms like corporate accountability for unbreakable personal and societal strength.
7. Criminal Justice Reform
Slash incarceration, rehab focus, fair sentencing. Justice isn’t a game for private prisons.
8. Voting Access
Universal mail-in + early voting. Democracy shouldn’t require a PhD or passport.
9. Technology Regulation
Tame tech giants with privacy shields and antitrust action. Monopoly is illegal—do the math.
How Unregulated AI will end the world.
10. Mental Health Access
Subsidize therapy nationwide. Minds matter.
11. Childcare Support
Affordable care liberates working parents. Societies don’t thrive without it.
12. Immigration Reform
Humane borders, clear citizenship paths. Stop the chaos, start the order.
13. Local Media & Independent Journalism Support
Fund grassroots journalism against the fake news swamp, and their ink-stained cousins, independent media and journalism stewards like me.
14. Addiction Reform
Stop treating all drug and alcohol addiction like a crime or a dark corner of society and embrace it for the awful Public Health crisis that it is, and identify the players that make sure you don't just suffer, you stay untreated.
15. Rural Development & Infrastructure
Jobs, tech, opportunity. Stop players that players people behind. Modernize roads, broadband, and utilities. Equal access or bust
16. Police Reform
Training + oversight for community trust. End abuse and impunity.
17. Corporate Capture
Ban revolving door lobbying. No more bought democracy.
18. Social Security & Medicare Protection
Fortify for aging populations. Future-proof the safety net.
19. Generational Wealth Inequality
Fair inheritance rules. Reset the game, prevent dynasties of privilege
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The Branches: Lower-Priority Fixes (Extending Innovation and Growth for 2026 and Beyond)
Caption: Innovate with fixes like poverty-breaking stipends for massive growth.
20. National Service
Optional programs for skill-building unity.
21. Criminal Rehabilitation
Reentry investments to cut recidivism.
22. Tech Education & Workforce Prep
23. Family Formation Support
Incentives for stability. Strong families, strong society.
24. Debt Relief Programs
Forgive education/medical debt strategically. Liberation, not charity.
25. Systemic Poverty Areas
Community-driven education, relocation, property access, and stipends/jobs. Break cycles, rebuild lives.
Why the 25 Fix Tree is Your 2026 Game-Changer
Superficial patches flop. This tree attacks roots. Governments, corporations, and our own complacency are indicted. Discomfort is the catalyst. Mindset shifts, personal growth, and societal resilience are the reward.
Watch the full Episode Zero breakdown at YouTube.com/@RealRxanSmith—dive into the discomfort.
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First episode on government transparency drops tomorrow so save this post and I will update it with every single episode hyperlinks above as high publish them. This is your table of content. Let's stop fighting, and start uniting. There is no more left and right… there are just the corrupt politicians who need to be replaced, and the rest of us…
– Rxan Smith
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(check out my post today on Bill Maher
If Bill Maher is the Bad Guy, Then Who's the Good Guy on the Left?
Here’s The Rxan Smith Universe, neatly hyperlinked so you don’t have to play digital scavenger hunt like a raccoon with Wi-Fi:
Core Hub
Video
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That’s the whole ecosystem, . No filler, no ghost accounts, no “link in bio” mystery novel.
This is part 0 (intro) of a 25 part on my How to Repair the Government Series that I will be posting twice each week for 90 days. I discuss prioritized repair and what it will take, to make systemic change, without ignoring the politics involved (I'm not just saying - do this - I map it out inch by inch talking into account difficulties involved. Save the post and use it as your table of contents in case you miss a post.
Let's discuss it.
I'm getting real with the story before it gets real with us...
I just followed up this piece with the real second part which is about how we rehabilitate the criminals after we fix the justice system....
Criminal Rehabilitation part 21 of 25 in the, "Make America Grow Again" series by Rxan Smith https://uncomfortable.rxansmithmedia.com/p/criminal-rehabilitation-the-1-trillion?r=5xf1q5