Congratulations. You are running for president.

[MegaPoke]

This morning you found out that you are running as a fully funded R, D or I candidate. You are guaranteed to be on the ballot in every state. Your run is being funded by a grass roots donation system and you are free to articulate your own platform of positions, ideas and agendas, free of establishment or special interest financiers' influence.

For the sake of brevity, outline in bullet point form of 1-2 sentences each, your position on the pressing issues - and any that you feel should be - of the current election cycle.

You are only going to serve one term.

Go.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

THank you, Mega. I know what you've done here, and you don't need to feel insecure. I know you want to hear my thoughts on this, but can't admit it. I would like to thank you for finally having the good sense to ask me what I would do in this situation. What took you so long?

1. Turn over Bush, Cheney et al. for war crimes prosecution. If they are executed, leave their bodies in one of those cages in front of the White House for children to see what happens to cowards that lie and get people killed for wrong reasons.

2. Enact some type of universal health care for everyone that will live within the mandated weight/tobacco guidelines, or whatever requirements smart people say should be implemented. E1 else can just have what they can afford. The health insurers can skim their profit off the fat people and smokers and leave the healthy pool for the rest of us. We already insure the old and really unhealthy and poor -- why does the taxpayer have to underwrite the worst risks and health insurers get the cream?

3. Big cuts in defense spending. Much less interventionist foreign policy. Lots of $ freed up.

4. Totally overhaul child welfare and education -- that cures lots of issues in the next few generations.

5. Massive NCAA sanctions against SEC schools and anyone else that is a consistent threat to OSU's football and basketball success.

6. Strict liability for providers of firearms that kill innocent people.

7. Legalize weed. Maybe all drugs.

8. Currency would be remodeled to read "In Syskatine we trust" in a circle around a portrait of Dumbya's face when the "GUILTY

9. March Madness = federal holiday.

10. American manufacturing would get a huge boost, multinational companies and china wouldn't like me, but our economy would be white hot and the deficit would be whittled down.

11. The third big spending priority after health care and kids is infrastructure.

12. I would single out actor and music awards shows for ridicule and bullying. The ugly, dark side of our country needs channeled somewhere and that's a nice start. I would replace it with televised award shows for electrical linemen or derrick hands, plumbers or teachers or something. A good plumber is generally more useful and should be rewarded over a good supporting actor, imo.

13. Tie @Marshal Jim Duncan into a chair and make him confront and explain away how shitty our state government is under exclusively republican/conservative rule, and address, point by point, all of the insane things his Governor and State Legislature has done and said. He would have to explain away why his preferred ideology has failed so badly whenever it's been implemented.

 

[Headhunter]

New Immigration and visa tracking system. Complete boarder control. No amnesty. But if you're a good actor you might could earn a work permit after all legal immigrants are serviced. E verify and huge fines for people who hire illegals.

Scrap the entire tax code. Go to the fair tax, no deductions of any kind and no government subsides.

Build the military back up and take the advise of the military on the quickest and best way to destroy ISIS, no stupid rules of engagement.

No foreign aid to countries who violate trade agreements or have terrorists operating in their country.

Leave everything else up to the states. People can then make their own choices where they'd like to live.

 

[imprimis]

Immigration - Give the border patrol, immigration and customs officers their balls back. Erect a fence. Cut off welfare, food stamps, section 8 and other handouts to any one illegally in the country. Anyone here illegally is prohibited from voting. All documents given (driver's licenses, etc.) must have Non-Voter displayed on the documents. Start deporting those here with expired Visas.

Military - Rebuild it. Get rid of the politically correct who have been put in leadership positions. Bring back the admirals/generals who have been let go because they disagreed with PCness. No silly rules of engagements. If they are operating out of a Mosque---destroy the Mosque. No more passing out leaflets before beginning bombing runs.

Regulations - Rescind all regulations enacted since 2009. Repeal Dodd-Frank and Obamacare. Terminate all executive orders enacted since 2009 10 seconds after being sworn in.

Energy - Bring back the coal industry. Approve the Keystone pipeline. Be a friend of energy producers including solar, wind, and others, however, with no federal subsidies. They have to be able to stand on their own.

Agencies - Close the Dept. of Education, Commerce, and Energy. Sell off all surplus government property and fire/reassign the overpaid caretakers. Discontinue all duplicate programs (those doing the same purpose in multiple agencies), give the states back their 10th amendment responsibilities, appoint judges who follow the Constitution, hire an AG who prosecutes anyone doing wrong.

 

[MegaPoke]

THank you, Mega. I know what you've done here, and you don't need to feel insecure. I know you want to hear my thoughts on this, but can't admit it. I would like to thank you for finally having the good sense to ask me what I would do in this situation. What took you so long?

1. Turn over Bush, Cheney et al. for war crimes prosecution. If they are executed, leave their bodies in one of those cages in front of the White House for children to see what happens to cowards that lie and get people killed for wrong reasons.

2. Enact some type of universal health care for everyone that will live within the mandated weight/tobacco guidelines, or whatever requirements smart people say should be implemented. E1 else can just have what they can afford. The health insurers can skim their profit off the fat people and smokers and leave the healthy pool for the rest of us. We already insure the old and really unhealthy and poor -- why does the taxpayer have to underwrite the worst risks and health insurers get the cream?

3. Big cuts in defense spending. Much less interventionist foreign policy. Lots of $ freed up.

4. Totally overhaul child welfare and education -- that cures lots of issues in the next few generations.

5. Massive NCAA sanctions against SEC schools and anyone else that is a consistent threat to OSU's football and basketball success.

6. Strict liability for providers of firearms that kill innocent people.

7. Legalize weed. Maybe all drugs.

8. Currency would be remodeled to read "In Syskatine we trust" in a circle around a portrait of Dumbya's face when the "GUILTY

9. March Madness = federal holiday.

10. American manufacturing would get a huge boost, multinational companies and china wouldn't like me, but our economy would be white hot and the deficit would be whittled down.

11. The third big spending priority after health care and kids is infrastructure.

12. I would single out actor and music awards shows for ridicule and bullying. The ugly, dark side of our country needs channeled somewhere and that's a nice start. I would replace it with televised award shows for electrical linemen or derrick hands, plumbers or teachers or something. A good plumber is generally more useful and should be rewarded over a good supporting actor, imo.

13. Tie @Marshal Jim Duncan into a chair and make him confront and explain away how shitty our state government is under exclusively republican/conservative rule, and address, point by point, all of the insane things his Governor and State Legislature has done and said. He would have to explain away why his preferred ideology has failed so badly whenever it's been implemented.

I was thinking of you. Only because I was pinching off a loaf while typing it up though. Surprisingly libertarian on some of your positions by the way. Be careful, you might be a conservative by your own definitions on some things.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

I was thinking of you. Only because I was pinching off a loaf while typing it up though. Surprisingly libertarian on some of your positions by the way. Be careful, you might be a conservative by your own definitions on some things.

Great minds think alike.

Maybe some day we'll agree on something.

 

[squeak]

THank you, Mega. I know what you've done here, and you don't need to feel insecure. I know you want to hear my thoughts on this, but can't admit it. I would like to thank you for finally having the good sense to ask me what I would do in this situation. What took you so long?

1. Turn over Bush, Cheney et al. for war crimes prosecution. If they are executed, leave their bodies in one of those cages in front of the White House for children to see what happens to cowards that lie and get people killed for wrong reasons.

2. Enact some type of universal health care for everyone that will live within the mandated weight/tobacco guidelines, or whatever requirements smart people say should be implemented. E1 else can just have what they can afford. The health insurers can skim their profit off the fat people and smokers and leave the healthy pool for the rest of us. We already insure the old and really unhealthy and poor -- why does the taxpayer have to underwrite the worst risks and health insurers get the cream?

3. Big cuts in defense spending. Much less interventionist foreign policy. Lots of $ freed up.

4. Totally overhaul child welfare and education -- that cures lots of issues in the next few generations.

5. Massive NCAA sanctions against SEC schools and anyone else that is a consistent threat to OSU's football and basketball success.

6. Strict liability for providers of firearms that kill innocent people.

7. Legalize weed. Maybe all drugs.

8. Currency would be remodeled to read "In Syskatine we trust" in a circle around a portrait of Dumbya's face when the "GUILTY

9. March Madness = federal holiday.

10. American manufacturing would get a huge boost, multinational companies and china wouldn't like me, but our economy would be white hot and the deficit would be whittled down.

11. The third big spending priority after health care and kids is infrastructure.

12. I would single out actor and music awards shows for ridicule and bullying. The ugly, dark side of our country needs channeled somewhere and that's a nice start. I would replace it with televised award shows for electrical linemen or derrick hands, plumbers or teachers or something. A good plumber is generally more useful and should be rewarded over a good supporting actor, imo.

13. Tie @Marshal Jim Duncan into a chair and make him confront and explain away how shitty our state government is under exclusively republican/conservative rule, and address, point by point, all of the insane things his Governor and State Legislature has done and said. He would have to explain away why his preferred ideology has failed so badly whenever it's been implemented.

There may be hope for you yet.

 

[blbronco]

Sort of answering the question and expanding on it.

I see the federal government with three essential functions.

-education. Constant funding cuts, both in actual cuts and effectively cutting by not keeping up with increasing costs, has hindered education to a scary level. An educated population is an employable population. Allowing for a private secter that meets specific standards (and holding goverment funded schools to the same minimum, yet high, standards as well) should be kept available. Improved competeition should help with teacher quality. Lotteries are not the answer for funding schools.

-health. I support a healthcare system funded heavily by the federal goverment. Not sure about the single payer vs other methods, but still having some form of "socialized medicine" is not the worst thing imaginable. There must also be a private hospital/clinic system as well. If you earn more or place a higher value on health options, that should not be withheld or limited. As with teaching, competition is healthy. A halthy population is a productive population.

-defense. Strong defense protects our assets. That includes border patrol. Building a wall has been tried in history and was a collossal failure (berlin wall, anyone? Different, i know, still ridiculous). Starting wars for the hell of it (iraq) does nothing to protect us. ISIS is a different story. That would require significant cooperation, even with countries we don't like.

As for the other crap:
Enough with the marriage equality bullshit. It is not an attack on anyone's religion. Get rid of manditory minimums, as it really does no good and does cause harm. Some of that involves decriminalizing marijuana and a few other drugs. Planned parenthood and other welfare programs can be a state's rights issue. If a state (california) wants to have more programs, great. Welfare goes both ways, though....many businesses have received welfare as well. There will always be a certain percentage of the population that is dead weight. Make it less of an incintive by making state tax dollars limit it.

What am i missing? None of that is particularly feasible, but this is all imaginary anyway! Some of it isn't very libertarian of me, but even us libertarians do not have all the right ideas.