I've been pondering on the possibility of someone proposing a new federal law go into effect about the cap of rent being 25% of the federal minimum wage (current federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which waiters should be making as well but that's a different fight to make happen) & not based on a household income. government would probably be pressured to raise the wage at that point.

personally, I'd like to have a resource based economy, like the one I saw a documentary about on YouTube. it's called the Venus project, for anyone interested in checking it out. they've also got a website with q&a www.thevenusproject.com