If you were president, or prime minister, or warlord, or whatever Options

[DoomedOne]

I figure everybody gets ideas on what they would try to implement if they got to be the big main dude. Balances of Power aside, what main laws and projects would you implement or at least try to implement.

If I were President, I'd be elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, buried on Sunday. Couldn't resist. Anyway, firstly I hate my country's budget. I would make our military budget 1/10th what it is currently and focus most of that money on improving technology and training making instead of recruitment, keeping our aircraft carriers running on securing oil fields. I would put more money into education and being resubsidizing college to help expand the middle class in this country. I would spend a ton of money on technology development to help reduce green gas emission. I would cut the FBI budget in half, and cut the CIA and NSA out of the picture. Furthermore, because global warming will be in full swing populaces around the globe will need to be relocated constantly. A lot of money will have to go into that. It's okay though, if the military budget was cut we'd have the money. Also, public transportation would get a lot of money, too.

I would completely reformat our foreign policy so we have to respect sovereignty. Everything about Foreign Policy will change, especially how we trade with people. I would put a trade embargo on all nations that did not have living-wage laws. I would up our own minimum wage ot a living one. I would invest in study abroad programs because the best way to end racial/regional ignorance (which feeds support of wars in foreign countries) is to justg force people to deal with all types of people all the time.

90% of all undeveloped land would be declared untouchable national forests. Polution laws would go into effect far sgtricter than any we've seen before, pesticides would become illegal as well as synthetic nitrogen and other environmentally damaging addatives. Subsidies would be given to companies that implemented environmentally friendly technology and sold environmentally friendly products. Magnet trains and electric buses would slowly replace cars, etc...

NAFTA would be completely disbanded and rewritten in corrodination with the workers and environmental activists this time around. And if I really could, I'd disband company farms and help family farms replace them.

[Lord Revan]

If I were president (United States) I would absolutely be conservitive. Forget the liberals! The auto industry would be pushed to increase public transportation and decrease production of cars. (Come on, most families in foreign countries only have one car as opposed to three).

Hydroponics (in-door agriculture) would be encouraged, and the construction of Agri-platforms on the Pacific coast would become a major project. Prototype solar arrays would be tested for quaility, and space elevators would be invested to replace space shuttles.

I would set up a program within law enforcement that calls for bonuses and incentives for ex-army men to protect the homefront. Fema would be reformed (as of now it's pretty much a joke) with higher standards.
Money would be invested in hightening the living condition of Mexico (Heh, if we're willing to go help countries across the world.... And besides the EU did the same thing with Spain and everyone got something out of it!)

Foriegn languages courses would be incouraged, and the customary system of measurment will be replaced with the metric system (we tried to shift years ago but quit). Stricter use of government money will be required (look at the retirment of all the baby boomers, it will probably ruin our economy with all the insurance we're promising.

...... I'll come up with more later.