The Six Macrogovernors

Engine: Architecture

Framing

The Accord operates through six automatic stabilizers that fire within statutory corridors without congressional action. Five are reactive — they respond to specific shock signals. One, Debt Sunset, is proactive — it adjusts continuously based on forward-looking fiscal trajectory.

1. Productivity Turbo

Trigger: Real GDP 0.7pp below 10-year trend (National Statistics Board GDP data)

Mechanism: Skills Wallet doubles; 20% business capital tax credit

Corridor: Skills 1×–2×; credit 0–20%

2. Speculation Brake

Trigger: Housing or equity surge (National Statistics Board-defined thresholds)

Mechanism: Financial Transactions Tax rises to 0.25%; Federal Housing Standards Board lowers non-primary residence LTV to 60%

Corridor: Financial Transactions Tax 0.1–0.25%; LTV 60–100%

3. Input Shield

Trigger: Energy price up 15%+ in a quarter (EIA data)

Mechanism: Carbon escalator pause 1 year; Energy Stipend +25% one-time

Corridor: Pause 0–1 year; stipend 1×–1.25×

4. Healthcare Cost Brake

Trigger: Distributed Healthcare cost exceeds 16.8% of GDP (CMS/American Healthcare Quality Board data)

Mechanism: American Healthcare Quality Board fee clawback of 2% (no tax adjustment)

Corridor: Clawback 0–2%

5. Financial Stability

Trigger: Interbank rate up 200bp+ for 3 business days (Fed Funds data)

Mechanism: Financial Stability and Disbursement Board auto-secured lending from Financial Stability Reserve

Corridor: Max 20% of Reserve (first deployment trigger)

6. Debt Sunset (v10)

Trigger: Year N+4 projected deployable balance < $0 (upward) or >$1.5T for 3 years (downward)

Mechanism: Coupled payroll tax + top rate adjustment in 0.25pp steps

payroll tax corridor: 26.50% – 29.00%

Top rate corridor: 53.50% – 56.00% (coupled 1:1 with payroll tax)

Debt Sunset's distinctive role

Five governors are reactive. Debt Sunset is proactive — responds to forward-looking fiscal trajectory to preserve the 50-year debt retirement guarantee. Debt Sunset is cause-agnostic: it responds to projected fiscal drift regardless of source. Debt Sunset is the fiscal backstop.

Coupling preserves progressivity

Debt Sunset's coupling of payroll tax + top rate in 1:1 steps means that when rates rise to meet fiscal pressure, they rise on both payrolls and high-income filers proportionally.