If I ran for president I would try to be as honest as possible. I would probably never get elected. People say they want an honest politician but they do not. They want someone to make them feel better.
But, my platform would be as follows:
- College education would be greatly reduced and all wanting an education would get one.
- A return to core technical learning in hands on jobs (mechanic, plumber, cosmetologist) as a way to increase the skill level required for all jobs.
- A sliding minimum wage as follows, teens ages 14-16 4.00 an hour, teens ages 16-19 6.00 an hour, adults up to the age of 60 12.50 an hour, and all adults over 60 4.00 an hour. This I believe would create a workforce that could be mobile and not rely on welfare and services as much.
- Welfare for disabled and elderly. Medical services would be free, excluding plastic surgery.
- Eating organic and gym memberships would be tax deductible. Any person 50 or more pounds overweight would pay into a fund for special services required for their weight.
- Fast food, gas, cigarettes, and alcohol would have a higher sin tax. These monies would go to fight illness and create better energy options.
- Prostitution and drugs would be legal and have unions, benefits, and help for addicts. This would create more income to the government and safer conditions for all.
- All logging and exploration would require regrowth efforts and preserving coastlines and wetlands.
- Taxes would be paid on a sliding scale similar to the minimum wage scale. With the top 5 percent paying more in taxes than the lowest 5 percent. All giving to charity would be untaxable and untax deductible.
- Gay marriage would be legal, however, no church is under any obligation to marry someone who does not believe in that church's values.
-Condoms, safe, sex and abstinence would be taught as a comprehensive whole in schools starting in fifth grade.
To sum it up, I believe in this country. I believe in the Constitution. It lives and breathes. It is here to always give rights. (Excluding Prohibition which was a failure) We do it slowly sometimes. (3/5ths of a person anyone?) But, we make things better. I think that's the way to make things better.
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4 years ago
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Thought I'd shoot a few holes in this, just for fun, not really serious.
Free medical care, except for plastic surgery: what about when plastic surgery is medically necessary? For example, radical mastectomies, reconstructive surgery for burn victims, allignment of a deviated septum, etc.
How will doctors be paid/what will they live on if medical care is free? Why would someone want to be a doctor if they're forced to live off government assistance? Will medical school be free? How are you planning on handling the pharmaceutical lobbyists? Do you feel you will be able to separate the pharmaceutical industry from the existing medical paradigm of "take two of these for the rest of your life and call me in the morning"?
Tax deductions for people who buy organic produce: will there be a federal buyout program in place to handle the thousands of farmers who don't grow organic produce? Will the FDA have the allocated resources to handle the barrage of restructuring necessary to regulate what has typically been a fringe market in the agricultural industry?
Unionizing prostitution: Unions exist to act as an intermediary between workers and management. Who are the hooker unions going to negotiate with? Pimps? Does this mean that pimping will also be legalized? The National Labor Board can't guarantee the security or health of American workers, so wouldn't this be more of an issue for OSHA?
Sin tax for gasoline: Sin probably isn't the best word, with that whole separation of church and state, so maybe we'll call this a luxury tax. Either way, gasoline is already taxed (state, federal, and sales taxes), and it is currently very expensive as a commodity. Raising the price further would reduce national morale and inspire hoarding among the masses. Instead of steering people away from a non-renewable resource, it would ultimately speed its consumption, while villanizing an otherwise well-intended administration.
Would this tax apply to everyone who uses gasoline, such as government employees/military/emergency response/commercial and public transit? Will the federal government allot resources to offset the increased cost in providing public services such as police patrol cars, fire engines, ambulances?
"The ways of God, government, and girls are all mysterious, and it is not given to mortal Man to understand them." -Robert Heinlein
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