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I was going to call this post "If I were president" but that ain't the same as running the country.

First, every county would have an Employment/Medical/Welfare building ran by government employees. People without jobs would apply for jobs at the Employment office. If they claimed a medical disability, they would be sent to the Medical office for evaluation. If their disability claim is valid, they would go to the welfare office to be signed up for disability. If their disability claim is denied, back to Employment. Hopefully, they can find a job suited for them. If not, they will be picking up litter, painting government buildings or countless menial jobs at minimum wage.

Second, I would revamp the IRS. The government needs your tax money to operate, but should be more fair about your returns. Everyone would go one extra year without a return at first, but then you would get back exactly what you paid in. No having to file a return, it would be automatic. This would be like loaning the government your tax money for a year with no interest. The money the government made off of that money would be used for Military and Welfare and whatever else they want to spend it on, but if they blow it, tough sh*t. They do without. Teaches them to spend wisely.

Third, I would set up a uniform program for helping others out. No more separate charities that may or may not be on the up and up. It would be our government using it's resources (CIA, FBI, etc.) to see where the food and clothing is needed and to police it to make sure it doesn't end up in some bureaucrat's pocket. Anyone caught lining their pockets would go to prison and earn $25 a day restitution until the entire sum is paid back. (This also applies to helping out other countries)

Fourth, I would cut all corporate ties. Election money would be raised by individual donations of no more than $1000 per voter. Any government official caught accepting bribes (and I would have agents constantly trying to bribe and catch them) would be immediately dismissed, never to hold a government position again.

Fifth, I would go on the warpath against illegal aliens. Anyone caught who is not an American citizen would be given a chance to pass the citizenship test. If they fail, the would be fingerprinted and filed and escorted out of the country. Second offenders would be sent to a work farm to do manual labor, raising crops, or something for 5 years, given the opportunity to study for the citizenship test. If they fail, back out of the country again. Third offenders would get 10 years on the work farm, and so on.

Somewhere in the mix, I would do whatever it takes to get this country back on it financial feet and keep it that way, constantly improving citizen's way of life through better education, medical, and environmental. I would set and example to all other countries as a nation doing it's best for itself first, and helping other countries second.

Anyway, that's some of the stuff I would do.
Any and all comments welcome. Maybe we could come up with the perfect plan and someday put it in motion. Somethings gotta give!

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I would pass the law that music education become a mandatory subject in primary school.

This way, the future generations will have a better appreciation with the musical arts and hopefully develop better music than the crap we hear on the radio now.

Ratsass for President!

jsantos wrote:I would pass the law that music education become a mandatory subject in primary school.

This way, the future generations will have a better appreciation with the musical arts and hopefully develop better music than the crap we hear on the radio now.

It was manditory for me to take music appreciation in elementary school. This is where I started playing music! Without having that, I doubt that I would have started playing music regularly.

I would go with George Carland's plan; everybody gets a joint in their mailbox every day... that'll chill out the war monger's and maybe even enlighten em a bit... people might get over their pettiness as well!


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PocketGroovesGSO wrote:
It was manditory for me to take music appreciation in elementary school. This is where I started playing music! Without having that, I doubt that I would have started playing music regularly.

Lucky for you Pocket. I am curious to know what state and years your elementary school was at. Chicago Public Schools has cut drastically their Visual and Musical art programs. The only way a child can get an exposure to musical programs are through private institutions, basically, cost money and not free anymore. I wish I had started music early as a child but didnt pick up a guitar until I was 20.

I think part of the problem is that everyone sees a different solution to a lot of problems, for instance, on the topics you brought up:

welfare - I say stop giving it all together. (SSI) Disability to those who can't work, but screw the people who won't. Instead, offer government run daycare, 24/7 even, so single mother's CAN work, and that way at least the government can control the funds that are spent.

disability should take into consideration the cost of living, and not pay ANYONE below what they could earn monthly at minimum wage, as is the current case with more than 75% of those on disability and SSI.

There should be NO donations whatsoever allowed in elections. Candidates should have a qualification process (like the current signatures/petitions) and each candidate who is a qualified runner should be given X amount of campaign funds and that's it. Everyone runs on the same playing ground, no more fancy media--bought ads and campaigns to propel the public image

Anyone caught using ANY government office to commit a crime (even campaign donations, gifts, etc) or solociting bribes, favors,etc will be considered a non-citizen and expelled from the country.

Non-citizens will be expelled, those who RETURN illegally will be disallowed from ever becoming a legal citizen. Those who come legally are granted full citizenship, although if convicted of any felony within the first 10 years will be sentenced for teh felony then their citizenship revoked permanently. Non citizens who are arrested for any crimes (outside the obvious immigration violations) will be charged, sentenced, then expelled and never allowed to gain legal citizenship.

Those who return 3 times illegally would just be executed.

Everyone would have the same health insurance, and it would be non-profit so doctors can get paid well AND patients can be treated properly and with respect.

Puerto rico and Guam would become the 51st ad 52nd states.

Embargo with Cuba would end

The war on drugs would be officially ended, marijuana would be treated the same as alcohol, sold and taxed based on state regulations.

Other drugs would remain illegal, but users would be sentenced to treatment instead of prison.

The prison system would be turned back over to the state. Prisioners are not units of profit to be measured by corporate bean counters.

We would leave Iraq and Afghanistan, apologizing on our way out.

We would invest heavily in solar and wind power, and also invest heavily in other alternatives, especially renewable alternatives to oil. We would get off oil and leave the middle east alone. That would become our way to combat terrorists... by refusing to give them any more reasons to hate us.

And so on...

Kramerguy for president!
Rat Sass for vice-president!

Crip2nite for treasurer! Or at least a position on the ethics committee!

Too many socialist ideas in this thread...

ColorsFade wrote:Too many socialist ideas in this thread...

Such as...?

What's socialist about that? There would still be private employment companies for people wanting jobs. And medical facilities. I'm just talking about people trying to sign up for unemployment benefits who may or may not deserve them. And since these benefits would be paid by the government, they should be policed by the government. Anyone earnestly looking for good paying jobs, wouldn't be going here. And after awhile of not getting free money, most people would start looking to move up, ON THEIR OWN. While people deserving disability and such would have an easier time getting what they deserve. As it is, there are plenty of unscrupulous doctors who, for the right amount of money, will say someone is disabled. A government run business (remember the part about any government employee taking bribes?) would guarantee to cut out the fakes. Especially a government that is actually having to watch their spending more closely.

Number Six. A cap would be put on all government jobs. For instance: Senators and congressmen could make about as much as upper middle class, say 90k a year. The pres and vice pres about twice that. Any expense accounts would be scrutinized by CPSA's (Certified Public Servant Accountants, this would be a good job for the no longer needed IRS workers) and any unnecessary expenditures would come out of the individuals income.

ratsass wrote: I'm just talking about people trying to sign up for unemployment benefits who may or may not deserve them.

I know what you are trying to get at ratsass. There should be a separate system of guidelines that will determine who is legible to receive the benefits: employment, medical, civil services.

Illinois is famous for corrupt government officials (Ryan, Blagoyavich, Daley clout and Obama) where the tax money gets filtered into bureaucrat pockets instead of public resources.

I don't think government control can be the only answer.