Create the Perfect President

[Sugarblaster]

CAMPAIGN & POLITICAL REFORM: I think is the most deadliest thing to democracy. its holding America down. Lobby reform and the way politicians get money for campaigns needs to be reformed before anything else.

[Ganja Dude]

Not much time, but heres a summary. No need to go into too much detail. I'm an anarchist but for our style of government here is my perfect president.

ABORTION - Unsure on this morally right now. Legally I believe in a woman's right to choose 100%.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - Outdated in my area, I won't speak for anyone else though. Personally I don't think it's needed anymore.

BUDGET & TAXES - No more IRS, no more income tax. Taxes on homes, cars, and other big purchases ok. Government needs money to run. Better get it from those who have money than those who don't. No taxes if you make less than a certain amount.

CAMPAIGN & POLITICAL REFORM - Donations from citizens only, no corperate or lobby donations.

CRIME, DEATH PENALTY & DRUGS - Tough on crime. Innocent until proven guilty. Death penalty ok only for extreme cases such as serial killers. End the war on drugs. Keep heroin, crack, cocaine, crystal meth, etc.. illegal. Legalize marijuana for all. Lower the drinking age to 18... 16 with parental permission. Tobacco age 16. Drugs such as: mushrooms, lsd, mdma, salvia, mescaline, and morphine available at certain locations but strictly regulated. No jail time for drug offenses, just the option of going to a non-profit rehab center or to go back to their lives. People responsible for all crimes they commit under the influence, including trying to get drug money and they should be punished accordingly.

EDUCATION- free education for anybody. no more promoting abstinence. no more lieing. teach kids gun safety, safe sex, and drug safety throughout middleschool and highschool.

ENVIRONMENT- I don't believe man is responsible for global warming. I do agree that it is happening but I disagree with the current propaganda being spread. Everyone has a secret agenda these days it's hard to know where the line of truth lies.

EUTHANASIA ("Right-to-Die")- should be legal and strictly regulated by legal paperwork, etc... people offered counsiling, etc... suicide shouldn't really be promoted

FOREIGN RELATIONS- Policy of peace. No more world police. Pull out of the U.N. Isolationist. You get the idea :thumbsup:

FIRST AMENDMENT, FREE SPEECH & THE INTERNET - You can be outspoken about anybody including the government. You can post terrorist sites and the government has the right to use any information and monitor the activities of the website and the owners. Special cases such as child porn should be stopped.

GAY RIGHTS - Homosexuals deserve equal rights. Period. If they want to be married so be it.

GUNS - Assault weapons with special permit, hard to get. All weapons legal. Gun safety promoted. Everyone encouraged to have a gun for safety. This will help put the government in its place too.

HEALTH CARE - Not socialized, but those who need help should be given it.

IMMIGRATION - Send illegals home asap. Block the borders. Legal process of immigration.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE - No restrictions on trade. Free market.

LABOR UNIONS, JOBS & BUSINESS - labor unions should be supported.

MILITARY, WAR & VETERANS - no more world police. war as a very very very last resort if we are under threat of war ourselves. veterans treated like the heroes they are. with less war going on more money to keep veterans happy and healthy.

SOCIAL SECURITY & SENIORS - Don't every toutch social security money. People should be able to choose if they want to partake in the SS system or not.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Ok here is my say in all of this.

ABORTION: it is the womens choice: Not really for it but untill the adoption laws are changed there is no way we can outlaw it. Why do you think so many people are adopting outside the US.

Affirmative Action: Ran its course no longer needed.

Taxes and budgets: Go to a fair flat tax with no deductions. Spend only what you have, no more, if some is left over give it back to the people. If any of us spent like our government does we all would be in jail for credit fraud.

Campain Reform: Don't know how to fix this one, but it is currently a fucked up system. Either you have the money from the big lobbies, or you can buy yourself seat.

Crime, Drugs, and Death Penalty: Well if the goverment legalizes only Marijuana and taxed it like alcohol and tobacco we would have plenty of money to help the addicts out there, therfore cutting down on crime. Then make it a ticket and fine for all other drugs we would have alot more space for the real criminals and and not have to kill anyone.

Education: Everyone should have the right, to a free education. I think most lotteries were created to help pay for education. Well that idea flew out the window soon after it was passed to get a lottery. If every state put 100% of there lottery proceeds to education every child could get 4 years of collage for free.

Enviroment: Well the government seems to think it is up to the individual to recycle or not, well that ain't gonna work. Occasionally the government needs to make rules that not everone is going to like. We are a country of convieniance and the cheapest way to get something, so if that means destroying the enviroment we will do it. Untill the goverment steps in and says you have to do it. I have lived in states with bottle deposits and it works, you never see a plastic or glass bottle sitting on the ground long in those states. We need to make the decision to ban all plastic packaging and bags this will help the enviroment and help in the short term our oil deficet.

Euthinasia: again your individual right: your religious beliefs have no say in this for someone else.

Forgien Policy: We need to stop being the world police and stop telling the rest of the world fuck off when it does not agree with our policy, we need to listen more, and stop telling the rest of the world what to do, Then only get involved when dictators go off the deep end and start commiting genocide or killing there own citizens to stay in power.

First Amendment: You have the god given right to say anything you want: that does not include taking pornographic pictures of children and posting them on the internet.

Gay Rights: Again another issue religion has no place in telling what people should do. Everone should have the same rights no matter your sexual preferance.

Gun Control: All for it if you have given up your right to own one, Commited a violent crime in the past, Are deemed mentally unstable by a court or doctor, have made threats to kill someone, and you must surrender any weapons during for a restraining order by the courts, (cooling off period, you may get them back at the end of the restraining order).
other than that you can own any gun you want.

Health care: Socialize it. It is way out of control and the only solution is tax everyone like your payroll deduction for health care or social security.

International free trade: All for it as long as the other country does the same. If not they cannot trade with the rest of the world.

Labor unions: This is a tough one, I can see where they are needed (ie. writers strike currently going on ) then I have seen where they did more harm than good (ie. amarican auto industry)
So I have to lean more towards for unions. But ban any campain contributions or lobbying by them. The union dues are collected for the union members and should be used in a way that the union members beniffit.

Vetrans, Wars and Military: I am sorry for you that have served and the crap you have now for health care. If you served your country in a time of war or not you are entitled to Free Quality health care for life. And if you paid the ultimate price of serving your spouse and children deserve the same PERIOD. Get rid of the VA and have the hospitals charge the goverment like Medicare.
WARS: Again stop being the WORLD POLICE, only get involved when most of the world body is behind you, And do more humanitarian missions or when dictators go off the deep end and commit genocide ( ie. Daufur, Yogoslavia, Rowanda ) Plus leave any war plans up to the military generals not some Idiot you appointed ( Rumsfeld ) I blame him for why we are still in Iraq. Military to be honest I never searved but I feel it should be everyones duty to serve a minimum of 2 years in active duty like Isreal. It is the only fair way to do it plus then everyone understands what is like to serve and the cost of going to war.

Social Security: It would be nice to get what I paid into it back again but that ain't going to happen. Seems the goverment thinks everyone has a 401k and an IRA. Well I do! The problem with this is: it is all based on the stockmarket and looking at the way we are going into debt as a country that could collapse at any time like in 1934. Then WTF do we do. Unfortunatlly I think we missed the window of oppertunity to fix this one.

[dragonrider]

ENVIRONMENT:
My number 1 issue. We need to enter into the international agreements regarding global warming. We need to take some leadership in this area. The Federal government needs to adopt some cap-and-trade policies for CO2 to create some market incentinves and help buisnesses adapt. It also needs to fund much nmore research and developemnt of alternative energy sources. I think we can create a lot of good jobs for people in this sector if we take leadership, otherwise we'll be buying this stuff from the Chinese when we finally decide we need it. If we can move avway from oil as a main fuel source, we can also avoid some of the geoploitical problems we have with paying huge amounts of money to our enemies for oil. We also need to adopt stronger rules to protect our watersheds from pollution and to prevent the total collapse of our ocean fisheries.

MILITARY:
We need a strong military adapted to fight the kinds of fights we are fighting now.

WAR:
The Iraq war was a huge mistake, but we need to see it through now and need to leave that place stable or we will pay for it for years. Need to stabilize Afgahinstan. In the future, we must avoid pre-emptive wars or "regime change" wars unless we are actually attacked or have actionable intelligence that we actually are going to be attacked. It's not enough that a hostile regime have capability --- mo future Iraqs.

VETERANS: We need to treat our vetrans fairly, give them what was promised, and especially stop screwing over the ones who have stress disorders and brain injuries.

TAXES:
Need to close the loopholes, reduce the number of deductions and simplifiy the code. Income from dividends and capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as wage income --- shouldn't matter how the money is made. If we get rid of the giveaways, we can have a fair rate for everyone. Do not believe in the flat tax and the "fair" tax (sales tax).

BUDGET:
Regardless of how the taxes are restructured, the government needs to balance its budget and start paying off its debt. If we can't bring the money in, then we shouldn't pay it out. If we can't stop our spending, then we need to raise taxxes. On one side or another, or maybe both, we need to balance it out.

FOREIGN RELATIONS:
We need a much more engaged foreign policy than we have had. We can't keep taking our freinds for granted and totally ignoring our enemies. We need a more collaborative approach, but keeping our interests in mind.

IMMIGRATION:
We need better border control. We need to know who is coming and going. For illegal imigrants already here, I think it would be too disruptive to the rest of us to agressively deport them. It's not really fair to anyone to give them all amnesty, especially unfair to those who are going through the process legally, but we have already let them all in and used their cheap labor, so now we have to deal with how depenedent we are on these 12 million workers and get them into the system legally. It's not fair, but we need to deal with it realisiticly and not cut our own throats.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE:
I generally favor FREE trade, but we've negotiated some bad deals for ourselves in recent year,s and we our hurting ourselves and exporting our jobs. We need to go back to some FAIR trade policies and stop letting these cheap labor markets screw us the way they have been. Once they take us seriously, we can renegotiate our FREE trade agreements.

CRIME:
Need to beef up crime ENFORCEMENT, not necessarily the PENALTIES. It is the certainlty of being caught that deters, not the severity of a penalty if you never get caught.

DEATH PENALTY:
Still support the death penalty, but so many have been overturned on DNA evidence recently that it needs to be looked at.

DRUGS:
Legalize and tax, just like alcohol and tobacco.

HEALTH CARE:
Single-payer national system for minimum level of care with private insurance for everytihing above and beyond.

SOCIAL SECURITY & SENIORS:
Social security will be fine with minor adjustments to contributions, the inflation index models, and the age to recieve benefits. Right now retirees get more out than they put in, and that needs to change in order for it to operate long term. Need to gradaully shift to a system where more beneficiaries own their own plans, but probably never a complete shift to solely private plans.

CAMPAIGN & POLITICAL REFORM:
Something must be done to get the corporate money out of this system.

ABORTION:
Womens right to choose.

GAY RIGHTS:
Need to be guaranteed a way to have the legal rights of a spouse --- don't really care if it is called "marriage" or something else.

GUNS:
Banned for felons and those with mental issues. Need a registration system so that responsibiloity for each weapon can be accounted for, just like we account for the responsibility of automobiles.

RIGHT TO DIE:
A person in consultation with their doctor should be able to end their own life.

[iceman81588]

oooh oooh I want Jimmy Carter's head, JFK's body and Bill Clinton's ass! :thumbsup::smokin:

[BlueCat00]

Damn Psycho I am impressed. You hit all the issues right on the mark.

ABORTION- womens right to choose but limit late term abortion.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION keep it but make it based on income and not skin color.

BUDGET & TAXES-make the people at the top pay taxes just like the middle class is doing!

CAMPAIGN & POLITICAL REFORM- NO lobbying!! see senate ethics bill

CRIME, DEATH PENALTY & DRUGS-favor the death penalty for only the most heinous of murders, such as serial killing. question the harsh penalties for drug dealing, noting that selling 15 tablets of Ecstasy is the same class of felony as raping a woman at knifepoint.

EDUCATION-get rid of no child left behind its a joke. Pay the teachers more, repair falling down schools, global competition requires us to revamp our educational system, replenish our teaching corps, buckle down on math and science instruction, and rescue inner-city kids from illiteracy. Our debate seems stuck between those who want to dismantle the system and those who would defend an indefensible status quo, between those who say money makes no difference in education and those who want more money without any demonstration that it will be put to good use.

ENVIRONMENT-gotta be green!

EUTHANASIA ("Right-to-Die")-I'll have to get back to you on this one.

FOREIGN RELATIONS-direct diplomacy with our adversaries, we should take out high-level terrorists like Osama bin Laden if we have actionable intelligence about their whereabouts. renew our global leadership and bring our nation together.
Strengthen NATO to face 21st-century threats, forge a new and lasting framework for collective security in Asia, and work with other countries around the world to combat global climate change.

FIRST AMENDMENT, FREE SPEECH & THE INTERNET-champion of free speech and open-government, expert on understanding of the First Amendment, and constitutional law,
promote use of free speech and political activism to overcome official indifference.NO spying on American citizens.

GAY RIGHTS-believe that couples in civil unions should have the same rights that heterosexual married couples have.

GUNS-enforce the gun laws that are on the books!!

• Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
• Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
• Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.

HEALTH CARE-We all should have it but you have to cut the costs so we can afford it and no one should have their checks garnished to cover it. It should be a choice.

IMMIGRATION- have the kind of border security that we need and know who is crossing our borders! Employers have to be held accountable for hiring illegals. take the illegal aliens who are here, get them out of the shadows, make sure that they are subject to a stiff penalty, make sure that they're learning English and go to the back of the line so they're not getting an advantage over people who came here legally.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE-reform NAFTA, we have to be tougher negotiators with China, invest in our relationship with Mexico so that people in Mexico don't feel they have to come here. Ban toys from China.Have our own safety inspectors on the ground for food.
Human rights,should be part of the trade equation.
Fight for a trade policy that opens up foreign markets to support good American jobs.

LABOR UNIONS, JOBS & BUSINESS-retrain workers for the jobs of the future, invest and make sure capital is available to create new businesses, eliminate tax breaks for companies that are moving overseas, have an intentional strategy on the part of the federal government to make sure that we are reinvesting in those communities that are being burdened by globalization and not benefiting from it.
Make China live up to the fair trade standards.

MILITARY, WAR & VETERANS-End the war, do not send our men into war without a clear entrance and EXIT plan. Make sure our soldiers are well equipped BEFORE we send them to war and make sure we treat them right when they come home.

SOCIAL SECURITY & SENIORS-preserve Social Security by stopping any efforts to privatize it. Work across party lines to maintain Social Security's solvency for generations. Make private saving easier, cheaper, & more automatic for middle-class worker, so there is something to fall back on. Create new rules to force companies to properly fund their pension plans so taxpayers don't foot the bill.

Now heres what will really floor you. All that came from Obama. It is what he believes thats why he is my perfect president. :thumbsup:

[guano68]

seriously, if only Canada would invade th U.S. and force there way of life upon us. Free healthcaree herb tolerance, compassion, Parliametary Government, etc.

Do my fellow US citizen realize that if we had the same system of government as the UK and Canada, we could've thrown Bush out on his ass YEARS ago.

CANADA PLEASE FREE THE U.S. HELP!!!!

[rebgirl420]

oooh oooh I want Jimmy Carter's head, JFK's body and Bill Clinton's ass! :thumbsup::smokin:

Jimmy Carter? JFK? Clinton!?

I can just hear the movie title now,

"The Night of the Living Mega Liberal"

Rated "R"

For really, really bad common sense