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.

[Priest of Sithis]

I think it is too easy to rag on the UN, from them not having an army to their levies and trade blockades.

Politics aren't my speciality, but i believe that the UN deserves credit for standing up to Super Powers.... Go Djibouti!!!

[Channler]

I think it is too easy to rag on the UN, from them not having an army to their levies and trade blockades.

Politics aren't my speciality, but i believe that the UN deserves credit for standing up to Super Powers.... Go Djibouti!!!

You all seem to think that the UN is a super power of its own. Consider it like a less centralized United States.. or maybe United Kingdom.

The power it has comes from its "super powers". The UN doesn't have an army, it has the United States, United Kingdoms, Germany's etc etc. army. It doesn't make money, it get money from its member states. The fact of the matter is the amount of effort, money, and lives, that is being put into this wonderful little endeavor is being waisted by its inability to do anything useful.

Now I realize that there are a few things that the UN was and is good for, but in the whole picture those seem few and far between. Don't you think we would of acted on a UN mandate if we actually appreciated what the organization meant? I'm going to say many people want reform, but thats going to be impossible unless its broken down and started again.

[Pisces]

Better than bad idea and worse in reality *cough*neo-liberalism*cough*

I think it is too easy to rag on the UN, from them not having an army to their levies and trade blockades.

Politics aren't my speciality, but i believe that the UN deserves credit for standing up to Super Powers.... Go Djibouti!!!

You all seem to think that the UN is a super power of its own. Consider it like a less centralized United States.. or maybe United Kingdom.

The power it has comes from its "super powers". The UN doesn't have an army, it has the United States, United Kingdoms, Germany's etc etc. army. It doesn't make money, it get money from its member states. The fact of the matter is the amount of effort, money, and lives, that is being put into this wonderful little endeavor is being waisted by its inability to do anything useful.

Now I realize that there are a few things that the UN was and is good for, but in the whole picture those seem few and far between. Don't you think we would of acted on a UN mandate if we actually appreciated what the organization meant? I'm going to say many people want reform, but thats going to be impossible unless its broken down and started again.

Free trade? Health care? Arms treaties? Electoral transparency? Conflict resolution? Unbiased observation? None of this means anything to you? Do you know anything that the UN does? Do you know how many operations the UN does? Quite frankly, if you think the UN is useless because it can't clean up after generalized 'your' mess then perhaps you should look at your country or get a view beyond your window.