One of the problems we have in public policy is that wonks don’t give any consideration to how their ideas will collide with actual human behavior. Take our Trump Accounts. There are millions of parents who will in theory benefit enormously from this investment in their kids’ future, but the policy does no good if parents never find out how to sign up for it.
From day one of our administration we’ve tried to think outside the box on problems like this. That’s why Elon recruited the best and brightest engineers and designers to help us make government more efficient. Some of those same exceptional design and software talents, under @jgebbia’s leadership, have been working for months at National Design Studio on a different problem: making government programs like the Trump Accounts more user friendly.
With the Trump Accounts we’ve met people where they are. Instead of expecting them to navigate a ton of complicated forms on https://t.co/4MbCJUKklg, we’ve built out a simple, easy-to-use app to sign parents up. The app helps us market the program and sign up users, and deploying it this early does something else: it gives our engineers a pilot program to test out Treasury’s digital back-end systems and iron out kinks in advance of the delivery of the funds later this summer. So, parents, sign up now, and help us invest in your kids for tomorrow.
Because great policy only works when people can actually use it. That is the power of design. When government is easier to understand, easier to navigate, and easier to trust, people benefit. The American experience should be as great as the American promise.
It's so obvious what's going on here. They were hoping that the assassin would take Trump out before they took him down. The supporters saw more than the police and secret service. They knew he was there. God intervened and has bigger and better plans for Trump it wasn't his time
Please pray for Gavin (DIPG) today as he goes in for an MRI of his brain and spine together @ Seattle Children’s Hospital. Lord we pray for no growth and no spreading in Gavin’s tumor. Please be with Gavin and his family as they prepare for good results Lord. In Jesus name, we pray, Amen ✝️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼✝️
Update from Gavin’s mom:
”MRI day!
Brain and Spine today so it will be a little longer than normal. We used to get both at every MRI, but he went for a long period of time with no malignant cells or atypical cells in his CSF so they said we no longer had to do the spine with the routine MRIs. I wasn't really a fan of that because sometimes there can be spread without symptoms and I felt that it would be better to catch things before symptoms present if possible. So the team agreed to add the spine to every other MRI.
We haven't seen any symptoms present, but that doesn't mean that the scanxiety isn't there. DIPG is a sneaky relentless monster and can surprise you in the most horrific way. At 36.5 months post diagnosis we are constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. DIPG is a ticking time bomb and for most that timer is set for a short amount of time. In the DIPG community we see posts daily about kids that have passed away, kids that have progression or kids that are newly diagnosed. It is heartbreaking every single time. We've seen a lot in the last 3 years. The options for clinical trials now are way more than they were just 3 years ago. There's still a long way to go, but there's a lot of traction being made in research for DIPG and a cure.
We're hoping for continued stability and no spread🤞🏼”