Citizen-led solutions to America’s social and political problems.
Virtual Public Think Tank (VPTT) is a think tank with no staff. The public does the work.
It is necessary because America’s political system is not designed to handle our social and political issues on a long-term, objective basis. Problems that take decades to solve get dropped, restarted, or diluted every time power changes hands. That gap doesn’t get filled by waiting for the next election. It gets filled by civil society stepping in directly — and that’s what VPTT is for.
Most think tanks are a small staff producing recommendations for the public to read. VPTT works differently: the research, the debate, and the plans come directly from the citizens who show up to do the work.
Big money already organizes to shape policy in its favor. Ordinary people can too — this is where.