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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 1:44:26 PM

atursvcMaam

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Stop looking at why things can't be done, and promote ways that things can be done. Set goals, and benchmarks to accomplish the goals. Inspire the citizens of this country that we, the people, can accomplish whatever we set our minds to, and thrive and succeed in the process. Energy independence, and clean energy can be accomplished. Obstacles to development would be removed. This would improve the economy. Incentives to keep jobs and businesses within the country would be established. This would improve the economy. Reclaim our pride in innovation and development. Never be embarassed at ingenuity nor punish it, but savor and reward it.
This is most likely why i will never be president, but it is the kind of inspiration and kick in the pants that the US needs.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 1:49:52 PM

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Take each and every Federal agency and see how much funding they disburse and what funding they take in. My impression is that in private industry, overhead adds maybe 20%-60% to costs. Since this is government, I'd allow up to 80% in overhead costs. But if it came to more than that, the agency head would be presented with the job of making the agency effective again.

Put the Iraq war on the books. Put ALL expenses on the books. Keep the bushel of goods used for the CPI constant.

Reinstitute workfare.

Fire the clowns heading up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Begin fraud charges against them and against the finance gurus that misrepresented riskiness of RE vehicles and made out big time from fraud.

Bust up the oil companies under antitrust. Do the same to Microsoft.

Indict Bush and Cheney. What the hell, Rumsfeld too.

Oh hell, just fire the lot of them! Then you can sit down, put your feet on the desk, and smoke a bowl in the oval office in peace.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 2:49:59 PM

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Term limits for Congress. No more career Senators or Representatives. This is why our country is so fucked up.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 3:02:45 PM

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I'd fire all the Federal Employees.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 3:26:50 PM

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1. I'd forego all the "special powers" afforded to President Bush, and roll them all back to pre 9/11 levels. Thus, restoring the US Constitution.

2. I would kill any ammendments designed to take rights away from people based on orientation.

3. Begin a crash program in developing nuclear fusion, with a goal of having the first fusion power plant operating within ten years. I'd also push solar, wind, geothermal, tidal and biofuel research, coupled with tech to bring the electric car into a viable reality.

4. Work with the Supreme Court to establish precedent that would help insure the individual Americans' rights to privacy, and freedom of sexual expression.

5. I would immediately ask Midori to be my chief of staff.

6. I would also send out an envoy composed of Celticlord, Thadius and Al... to Antarctica, for the duration of my 8 years in office.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 3:29:15 PM

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I would instantly move to make the new government a monarchy, before they realized their mistake (I like job security). Then I would make my list.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 3:37:02 PM

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7. I would immediately cancel the "faith based initiative" programs.

8. I would adopt something similar to the Obama tax plan.

9. I'd offer tax incentives to coperations that kept their workforce here in the US.

10. I'd increase trade tariffs, to make buying American made much more attractive... and force assholes like Wal-Mart to buy American made products.

11. I would cut military spending, and instead, keep much of the "military industrial complex" busy with NASA... getting us a lunar base, (mining helium 3, to supply the aforementioned fusion plants) and working internationally for a series of manned missions to Mars and beyond.

12. I'd liketo just outlaw religion... but I doubt that would fly... so I'll just ban it from classrooms. Period. No ID, no creationisim, no classes in "comparative religions" if parents want their kids to learn to be blind, superstitous fools, they can send them to church... where that sort of thing is SUPPOSED to take place. The penalty for not doing so: that church loses it's tax exempt status for 50 years. (Since it's wanting to be a scientific research foundation, and not a religion, I think that would be fair.)

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 3:39:28 PM

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Oh, yeah...

13. I would make spamming, hacking and telemarketing a captial crime.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 3:52:55 PM

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I would be almost just like Archer in my plan but I would add this.

I would demand that a different tax plan such as a flat tax or a national sales tax be put into place and disband the IRS. The money wasted by that organization could be put into programs that really deserve it. The personnel could also be shifted to doing worthwhile pursuits. There would be no such crime as tax evasion if you paid tax whenever you bought something.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 4:29:14 PM

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I would demand that a different tax plan such as a flat tax or a national sales tax be put into place and disband the IRS. The money wasted by that organization could be put into programs that really deserve it. The personnel could also be shifted to doing worthwhile pursuits. There would be no such crime as tax evasion if you paid tax whenever you bought something.

You're joking right?

Sales tax evasion is a big problem for every state that has one. VAT taxes in other nations, roughly equivalent to a national sales tax, average about a 20% evasion rate.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 4:31:35 PM

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6. I would also send out an envoy composed of Celticlord, Thadius and Al... to Antarctica, for the duration of my 8 years in office.

....and while you're President of the USA i'd be Prime minister of Canada........and i'd ship those three back to Otawa. Thing is, while i don't often agree with them, the idea of shipping off those who think differently to me seems exactly the same thing as discriminating against people on the basis of sexual orientation. Besides, no-one is infallible, no one side has all the answers and i want people around who'll tell me in plain language when they think i'm wrong......even if i'm not.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 5:01:48 PM

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I second that motion!

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse
Oh hell, just fire the lot of them! Then you can sit down, put your feet on the desk, and smoke a bowl in the oval office in peace.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 5:07:17 PM

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Cut foreign aid by 50%, followed by further 10% reductions each year that follows until the free loaders are weaned.

Eliminate half of the government, with a stern warning to the half remaining that if they screw around and continue to waste money, they're gone too. Audit each and every govenment agency. Any who cannot account for wasteful spending or lack of success on whatever program they administer, remove them and prosecute if necessary.

Increase wages to the military by 100%, as well as increasing spending and infrastructure to the military as a whole.

Do what is necessary to totally secure the borders. As illegals are found, they will be deported.

Do away with the tax system as it is now and replace it with a national sales tax. At the same time eliminate the criminal enforcement section of the IRS and destroy all the financial records they keep. Eliminate all taxes on Corporations, they will pay plenty into the system via the sales tax on items they need to run their businessess.

Nominate Federal Judges who are not interested in legislating from the bench. Their job is to interpret the law, not make it.

Nominate Supreme Court Justices who are interested in what the Constitution actually has to say, not what they might think it says.

Re-insate the notion of States Rights, and eliminate any and all legislation that defies this.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 5:11:01 PM

Vendaval

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5. I would immediately ask Midori to be my chief of staff.

Now that is a worthwhile idea!

6. I would also send out an envoy composed of Celticlord, Thadius and Al... to Antarctica, for the duration of my 8 years in office.

I have to disagree with you there, bipolarbear. I do not always agree with the opinions of these fellows but a great part of our strength as a nation is the ability to debate, argue, disagree and challenge each other.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 5:15:07 PM

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ORIGINAL: bipolarber

1. I'd forego all the "special powers" afforded to President Bush, and roll them all back to pre 9/11 levels. Thus, restoring the US Constitution.

2. I would kill any ammendments designed to take rights away from people based on orientation.

3. Begin a crash program in developing nuclear fusion, with a goal of having the first fusion power plant operating within ten years. I'd also push solar, wind, geothermal, tidal and biofuel research, coupled with tech to bring the electric car into a viable reality.

4. Work with the Supreme Court to establish precedent that would help insure the individual Americans' rights to privacy, and freedom of sexual expression.

5. I would immediately ask Midori to be my chief of staff.

6. I would also send out an envoy composed of Celticlord, Thadius and Al... to Antarctica, for the duration of my 8 years in office.

So individual rights would only be extended to those you agree with?

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 5:16:02 PM

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send them to France, where they would have to live under "Socialism".

Don't, they'll keep all the escargots to themselves!!!

Yeah

Germany would be more appropriate.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 6:31:22 PM

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What would I do if I was President? Well, it would involve an intern and a cigar.... oh, and make that a Cuban cigar.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 6:48:29 PM

Irishknight

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6. I would also send out an envoy composed of Celticlord, Thadius and Al... to Antarctica, for the duration of my 8 years in office.

So individual rights would only be extended to those you agree with?

OF COURSE thats how it would work. Just because people disagree, they need to be shipped out of the country and hidden. We cannot have an exchange of differing viewpoints in this country. What would that lead to?
I am guessing we would have all who disagree institutionalized for mental health issues. Better yet, we can brand them and put them in camps and then gas them ..... See where that leads? Lets move on to our next contestant.

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 6:57:38 PM

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Real Change.....

Clothing is optional
Monday is stricken from the calendar
White House relocated to the Jersey shore
Pot is legal
Meet your new VP http://megaline.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/megan-fox4.jpg

Then......on my second day

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RE: What would YOU do if elected President ? - 8/28/2008 8:22:02 PM

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At the present time, I would not qualify to be the President of the US because I am a woman. This is changing as well.

Regards, MissSCD

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