Interactive: You are elected POTUS. What is your agenda for America?

[publicunofficial]

-All surveillance and combat measures against US Citizens must be approved by a federal judge through the issuance of a warrant.
-The NSA is almost entirely scrapped.
-The TSA X-Rays luggage and makes you go through a metal detector, that is it.
-Close Gitmo. Every prisoner is either freed or moved to a mainland federal prison.
-State and federal district lines must be drawn by a California-style non-partisan citizens commission.
-Citizens United is repealed either by a new SCOTUS case or by constitutional amendment.
-Voting becomes an entirely mail-in system. Registration is automatic.
-Marriage Equality Amendment enacted. Gays can marry, adopt children, donate blood, ect.
-Expand the healthcare system to include a public option
-End the Drug War. Marijuana is fully legalized for recreational and medical use. Other drugs are still illegal, but with users being sent to rehab instead of prison.
-End the use of capital punishment.
-Combine Social Security, food stamps, welfare, and disability pensions into a Guaranteed Minimum Income.
-Change the minimum wage into a living wage
-Reduce military spending dramatically.
-Open more schools in highly populated areas in order to reduce the average class size.
-Establish the NIRB in order to fund the complete renovation of America's roads and bridges.
-Establish a high-speed rail line between America's major cities.
-Repeal Taft-Hartley + Hatch Act. Significantly strengthen labor unions in general.
-End the era of "Too Big to Fail/Jail" by splitting up major banks. My DoJ would focus heavily on Wall Street-related crimes.
-National adulthood age is 18. Vote, drink, smoke, ect.
-Bring tax code to pre-Reagan levels of progression.
-Establish a Carbon Tax and a Bank Tax. 


Hopefully I could get this done in 4 years before I lose re-election to some dipsh*t "moderate" with an authoritarian streak.

[Blue3]

So... what exactly is interactive?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

So... what exactly is interactive?

you get to have your proposals criticized.

[Blue3]

So... what exactly is interactive?

you get to have your proposals criticized.

But isn't that what the entire forum is for?

[angus]

So... what exactly is interactive?

you get to have your proposals criticized.

But isn't that what the entire forum is for?

Used to be, about ten years ago.  Then one of these schmucks asked Leip if he could be a "moderator."  Others followed.  Free and open criticism pretty quickly became a thing of the past.

[barfbag]

Elections:

small states vote in early march
medium states vote in the late march
big states vote in 3 groups throughout Tuesdays in April rotating every election cycle
Allow for a recount if a state is within 0.25%.

Term Limits:

Two six-year term limits for senators.
Six two-year term limits for representatives.
Keep two terms limits for president.
Federal judges limited to five year terms but can serve again.

Campaign Finance Reform:

Candidates must disclose all donors.
Candidates limited to $200,000,000 for president.
Ban on soft money from corporations and unions.
Limit of $2,500 for individual donations.
Super PACs may not air until September.

Government Reform:

Constitutional Amendment requiring a balanced budget every year.
Ban on earmarks.
Allow states to allocate electoral votes based on congressional districts rather than winner take all.

Taxes:

Flat federal tax of 11.5%.
Allow states to regulate user fees and raise taxes in order to turn power back over to states.
No VAT or national sales tax.
Require companies to take correct amount of taxes out of paychecks.
Eliminate corporate tax in order to bring back jobs from overseas.

Free Trade:

Maintain free trade agreements with two year term limits.
Place higher tariffs on imported goods from companies who send jobs overseas.
Place higher tariffs on imported goods from countries who manipulate currency.

Unions and Labor:

Non-union members may not benefit from union negotiations.
No employer interference with unionization.
Provide time off along with time and a half for overtime.

Environment and Energy:

No Kyoto Treaty.
No arctic drilling.
Companies may not opt out of cap and trade through taxation.
Stop considering manure a hazardous threat.
Include greenhouse gases in mercury clean up.
Use eminent domain to protect national forests and parks.
No speeding up approval for forest thinning projects.
Provide grants for beach clean up to promote more tourism.
Strengthen prohibition of organized animal fighting.
Expand use of nuclear energy.
25% renewable energy by 2025.
Tax incentives for corporate energy conservation.
Tax credits for alternative energy projects.
Reduce emissions to reduce dependency on foreign oil.
Provide loans to states for cleaner water.

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I would pursue a whole lot of changes at once. Which is why I would never be allowed near the Presidency.

[barfbag]

Provide flexible block grants for crimes.
Enforce penalties with less parole.
Subsidize optional job training programs for prisoners.
Limit punitive damage awards.
Limit class action lawsuits.
Ban death penalty and replace it with life in prison.
Repeal federal speed limits and leave it up to the states.
Harsher penalties for pill mill operators.
Legalize marijuana and regulate it like we do alcohol.
Lower drinking age to 19, but remains 21 for drinking in bars.
Subsidize attorneys for domestic violence.
Require DNA testing for executions in death penalty states.
More prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crimes.
Set up military border patrols to battle drugs and terrorism.
Needle sharing should be a crime in addition to possession.
It's God's job to judge if punishment fits the crime.
Keep sentences for hate crimes and include gays.
Give offenders a second chance.
Implement federal three strikes law.
Those who commit violent crimes against other individuals such as rape can never vote again.

[barfbag]

Affirmative Action is great for colleges and the workforce, but not quotas.
I support same sex marriage, but leave it up to the states.
Issue commemorative postage stamps of famous minorities.
No funding for female and minority owned businesses.
I support an anti-flag desecration amendment.
Require Pledge of Allegiance to our country as our nation provides the education.
Allow for gay adoptions.
Gays are ok in scouts, but the scouts are allowed to have their own private organization.
Allow gays to share benefits.
Increase penalties for hate crimes involving sexual orientation.
Prohibit employment discrimination against gays and orientation.
Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender.
Civil unions should be legal.
Patriot Act should be kept for now but not made permanent.
Prohibit sexual identity discrimination in schools.
God's children includes everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, orientation, or religion.
End racial profiling at federal, state, and local levels.