About the Author
The New American Accord is a 50-year policy framework authored by Bill Hersman, founder of LiDAR Space LLC, Durham, New Hampshire.
For the philosophical premise + investment logic of the Accord itself, see About the Accord.
The architect
[Placeholder — bio text to be supplied by the author. 3–4 paragraphs: professional background, domain expertise, why this project, how long in development.]
The framework
The Accord is organized around three ideas. First, a utility state — universal services delivered like electricity: unconditional, mechanical, without means-testing. Second, lifecycle revenue capture — taxing value at every point it is created rather than only at income, so the architecture is elastic to how wealth is actually accumulated. Third, automatic fiscal governance — six macrogovernors adjust tax rates and spending within pre-legislated corridors so that solvency doesn't depend on any future Congress.
The full document is a 30-chapter Blueprint organized into six parts (Foundations, Revenue Architecture, Support for Individuals & Households, Support for Places & Communities, System Architecture, Governance & Implementation). Nine engines produce the outputs; six macrogovernors keep the system in corridor; the Debt Sunset Governor guarantees debt retirement within 50 years regardless of economic scenario.
The architecture is self-adjusting: Congress sets the corridors once, then rates move mechanically based on published indicators (debt/GDP trajectory, unemployment, emissions, healthcare cost share, worker-to-retiree ratio). Debt retirement is a structural commitment built into the rate corridors themselves.
The method
Every number displayed on this site originates in one of two canonical sources: the parameters document (naa_canonical_parameters_v10.md, v10.2 as of April 2026) and the fiscal workbook (NAA_Fiscal_Projection_v10.xlsx, 18 tabs, 1,745 formulas). When sources disagree, the parameters document governs.
The site is red-teamed continuously through conversations with multiple AI systems, and CBO dynamic scoring is being pursued externally through the Penn-Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), Resources for the Future (RFF), and the Brookings Hamilton Project. Until those scorings are complete, sensitivity bands are flagged explicitly rather than presented as point estimates. See the methodology page for details.
No numbers appear on this site unless dynamically computed from canonical inputs or shown with complete assumptions visible. Every AI-assisted response on the site carries a version footer (— Based on NAA Blueprint v10.2) so readers can detect prompt drift.
Acknowledgments
[Placeholder — collaborators, red-team reviewers, legislative offices engaged, intellectual forebears (Saez/Zucman on wealth taxation, Hacker/Pierson on political economy, specific think-tank pieces that influenced specific engines). To be supplied by the author.]
Contact
Contact page with direct email, Substack, and LinkedIn links.
Transparency
All parameters sourced from the canonical parameters document (naa_canonical_parameters_v10.md) or the fiscal workbook (NAA_Fiscal_Projection_v10.xlsx). No numbers appear on this site unless dynamically computed from canonical inputs or shown with complete assumptions visible.
Authored by Bill Hersman, LiDAR Space LLC · DNA v10.2 · April 2026