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.

[Channler]

If I Were President

A short essay by Channler.

If I were President, I'd be lying, because I would be a dictator. Its silly to think that people can actually agree on something without the use, or the threatened use, or the combined use of force. Regardless...

People would be made accountable for their decisions. I am in no means saying that we should essential kill people by staving off their supply of food, but force them to actually earn it. You don't work, you don't eat. You don't feed your kids, then face the consequences of effective action. National project would be abound, like FDR's New Deal projects. We would erect statues, and build parks, dams, public transportation, etc. to earn your "living wage". After all, you do not no one should "give" you anything. Public transportation would be completely overhauled, and the Confederate Railways will be abolished.. because they are slow and inefficient.

A fair tax would be established upon the population, not related to your income. It is not right that someone who works hard for their money should have it taken away and given to someone who refuses to work. Equal percentage tax all the same. Big business however will be regulated and severely restriction if they do not comply with guidelines. IE: Oil companies and their "record profits" will loose their "record profits" for price gouging the population.

People convicted of crimes and serving in prison will be required to work in a job suitable to their crime. Petty theft = simple work with regular people. Murder = Any type of dangerous job we can find em'. Prisons will be self supportive by numerous means such as, but not limited too, farming, car repairs, laundry services, etc. By and through this prisoners will be educated and receive money upon their parole.

I do say with great regret, that militarily the budget will be lessened somewhat. Currently there are to many pork barrel projects that have limited use. The wars of the future will not be like that of the past and a new, smaller, better trained and equipped force is needed, not the large soviet era force. Start a SPARTAN program.

Diplomatically I honesty say, your either with me, or your against me. It makes no since to look out for those that want your neck, and therefor we won't. We would pull out of the UN, or threaten them severely with it (note: look and see how much the US pays the UN a year...) if offenders of human rights still get the head of the human rights committees (Chavez? Saddam?.. Thats like making Hitler in charge of it..).

Oh yea, and annex Mexico.. If they really want to come over here, don't worry, we'll come over there. I would shorten up the time it takes to become a US citizen. 10 years is way to long, 1 or 2 with a visa during that time seems great.

Theres prob more but I'm bored.

This post has been edited by Channler: May 30 2007, 09:46 PM