The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves.

• Serve the long-termShort-term thinking is the default. The platform pushes against it.
• Name who bears the costEvery policy has a tradeoff. We say who pays.
• Fix systems, not peopleBehavior follows incentives. Change the incentives.
• Fear and outrage are distractionsThey are tools. We do not use them.
• Let evidence make the argumentWe present it. You decide.
• No enemiesPositions, not people. Interests, not villains.