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What would you change first in our country as POTUS?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:57 pm
I know many people have "the sky is falling" mentality when it comes to our political/social/economic issues. But honestly, it really doesn't affect us hardly at all. Whether it was Clinton, Bush, or Obama in the White House, my life is pretty much the same as it has always been. Seriously, do you notice anything different over the past 15 years at work, shopping with the wife, or taking your kids to the baseball game? Our lives go on as usual no matter who's sitting in Washington. All these stories we hear about everyday and discuss here do not affect us. Just my thoughts there.
Anyway, as POTUS, what would you want to see done differently in our great nation?
My first program would be to try to get more companies to put Americans to work rather than outsourcing to other countries. Try to get industry increased and improved. We should be able to make more things (with minimal cost increases).
Anyway, as POTUS, what would you want to see done differently in our great nation?
My first program would be to try to get more companies to put Americans to work rather than outsourcing to other countries. Try to get industry increased and improved. We should be able to make more things (with minimal cost increases).
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:00 pm to i am dan
Work on the budget, in a good way.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:00 pm to i am dan
Make the first weekend of college football season a national holiday!
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:03 pm to Homesick Tiger
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Work on the budget, in a good way.
Everyone gets $1 million!!!
We'll all be rich!!!
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:04 pm to i am dan
100% secure border that will create American jobs. If no Americans willingly apply for this work, I will empty every federal prison and use this manual labor to construct this border.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:04 pm to i am dan
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What would you change first in our country?
POTUS
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:05 pm to i am dan
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My first program would be to try to get more companies to put Americans to work rather than outsourcing to other countries. Try to get industry increased and improved. We should be able to make more things (with minimal cost increases).
That's not really a change. I'm sure all presidents want that and try to achieve that.
I can't recall whose idea it was but I would create a sunset clause that all laws must be resigned every ~12 years (2 full senate cycles).
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:05 pm to i am dan
Shut down any federal agency where duplicate efforts are taking place at the state level.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:07 pm to i am dan
I'm not sure, there are so many things that need to be changed.
FAIR Tax Act would be up there as would ending the War on Drugs, Immigration Reform, ect.
We have so very very very very many problems and nearly all of them are caused by the federal government exercising powers not given to it in the Constitution.
Also, ending NAFTA while pushing for true free trade with ALL nations. No more of that preferable treatment BS that NAFTA grants.
Ending the Great Society would be another good idea. We have a real entitlement problem in this country and it has fostered an unhealthy cultural mindset.
FAIR Tax Act would be up there as would ending the War on Drugs, Immigration Reform, ect.
We have so very very very very many problems and nearly all of them are caused by the federal government exercising powers not given to it in the Constitution.
Also, ending NAFTA while pushing for true free trade with ALL nations. No more of that preferable treatment BS that NAFTA grants.
Ending the Great Society would be another good idea. We have a real entitlement problem in this country and it has fostered an unhealthy cultural mindset.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:08 pm to i am dan
I agree. Small town America has been killed by outsourcing. Need some major tax incentives and a massive PR campaign directed at consumers to buy American.
Obama deserves a lot of hell and I'm definitely one to give it to him, but in the last 25 years, No Child Left Behind and NAFTA are the two single pieces of legislation that have killed this country, and both of them have a Bush on the signature line.
Both of them are up there with Obamacare, LBJ's Great Society and everything that FDR did in my book.
Obama deserves a lot of hell and I'm definitely one to give it to him, but in the last 25 years, No Child Left Behind and NAFTA are the two single pieces of legislation that have killed this country, and both of them have a Bush on the signature line.
Both of them are up there with Obamacare, LBJ's Great Society and everything that FDR did in my book.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:10 pm to i am dan
Get money out of politics. Eliminate lobbyists, slash pay to Congressmen, etc.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:18 pm to i am dan
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My first program would be to try to get more companies to put Americans to work rather than outsourcing to other countries. Try to get industry increased and improved
My first item of business would be reforming the tax code.
if we could do that, it would be so much easier to get what you suggest done.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:19 pm to i am dan
Propose to raise the retirement age and change the cost of living adjuster.
Get rid of all the Bush Tax cuts and let the top marginal and cap gain tax rates go back up to where they were under Clinton. Impose the buffet rule (millionaire tax for those making over $1M per year) for 5-7 years starting immediately.
Cut defense spending by 20%. Phase out all types of welfare except disability. No more welfare, subsidized housing, food stamps, unemployment for anyone after a set period of time to give people a chance to become productive or die. At the same time I would wipe out all felony convictions on anyone's record except for serious violent crimes. This would be necessary so those people would have a fighting chance to get a job before all welfare type payments were gone and they starved to death.
I figure the items above would fix our debt and deficit problem which is the biggest problem we have IMO.
Then I would frick with the social issues like ending the war on drugs, releasing everyone in prison for drug possession charges, gutting local police departments that exist on traffic citation revenue, hire a prosecutor with an entire task force to focus only on going after corruption in police and fire departments, stuff like that.
Get rid of all the Bush Tax cuts and let the top marginal and cap gain tax rates go back up to where they were under Clinton. Impose the buffet rule (millionaire tax for those making over $1M per year) for 5-7 years starting immediately.
Cut defense spending by 20%. Phase out all types of welfare except disability. No more welfare, subsidized housing, food stamps, unemployment for anyone after a set period of time to give people a chance to become productive or die. At the same time I would wipe out all felony convictions on anyone's record except for serious violent crimes. This would be necessary so those people would have a fighting chance to get a job before all welfare type payments were gone and they starved to death.
I figure the items above would fix our debt and deficit problem which is the biggest problem we have IMO.
Then I would frick with the social issues like ending the war on drugs, releasing everyone in prison for drug possession charges, gutting local police departments that exist on traffic citation revenue, hire a prosecutor with an entire task force to focus only on going after corruption in police and fire departments, stuff like that.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:20 pm to i am dan
Executive order to set term limits for Congress.
You know those jackasses currently in office getting rich won't vote for it.
You know those jackasses currently in office getting rich won't vote for it.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:22 pm to i am dan
Phase out all welfare, and give every low income person a 3200/month basic income.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:22 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Phase out all welfare, and give every low income person a 3200/month basic income.
W.T.F...
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:23 pm to FAF
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Executive order to set term limits for Congress.
You know those jackasses currently in office getting rich won't vote for it.
Ger rid of lobbyists and cut their pay, and this will take care of itself.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:23 pm to i am dan
I would suggest in a reasonable manner that we raise tariffs on all imported goods that would equal the same cost to manufacture it domestically. Or have Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama thrown in GITMO for destroying this country. It would be a coin flip.
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