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.

[gamer10]

superficial

you may not want to know this but not all of us Americans are gun totting rednecks with vendettas against minorities. Really were not. Some possibly, but every country has its population.

Almost every country anyway, except Luxembourg. Those guys have got it down.

Anyway, I suppose I'll do the whole "If I were president thing", and yes, I'm going to make a list.

1.) FOREIGN POLICY: I believe that the United States needs to forge more solid, dependable relationships with nations outside of Europe. Although Japan is a strong economic partner, in fact one of our key partners, its capabilities do not currently extend beyond shaking its finger. We have also a very strong economic relationship with China, despite political and social differences, but those differences are strong enough to keep us away from anything closer. India currently accounts for a small amount of US trade, and although this is rapidly changing, it is unlikely that anything significant will happen in the next 15 years. Pakistan is only our partner at the moment because we have some use for them. After President Bush's term ends, things might suddenly shift another direction. Look at Africa. Sure, they've got their own rulers often screwing them over, but they've got a lot of untapped resources (I'm talking about people). The market for labor there is huge, and I think the United States should cozy up to Africa, seeing as how China already beat us to it.

2.)AT HOME: Well, for one thing, there seems to be a big stink about issues like abortion and homosexual relationships. I say let the states decide, as those issues should not consume much of the federal governments time. Illegal immigration is overplayed. Mexico is considered to be one the largest developing nations in the world, and its economy is growing stably. It has an income per capita almost twice that of China's, and many Mexicans are now being employed by multinational service companies, particularly from other developing countries. In twenty years or so I'm fairly certain we will see a drastic drop in immigration to the United States through our Southern border. We're not going to be run dry anytime soon by fifteen or so million people seeking a better life. As with issues such as sex education, come on. I mean, we're worrying about teaching children how to put on a condom when we STILL teach them that a guy from Spain “discovered America” and that Westernization means modernization. We've got a lot of social issues, and though sex education is no the least of which, it stands small in comparison to many other issues with our education system.

And lastly, I'd eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of chocolate milk . . . mmmmmmm.

Thats about it, short list eh? My fingers are tired.