President Forever 2008 + Primaries: Policy Planks

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yes very much so

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well there's a reason china and vietnam are still chugging along

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idk, who do you think?

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i agree with a lot of your conclusions here actually. in regards to social security i'd support sort of a state-capitalist type set up where the government allows for some 'choices'  (e.g. annuity) but guarantees a certain % return. essentially turning the issue on its head and using 'privatization' to transform the program into more of an explicit pension scheme.

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tnf:

balanced budget: i would obviously agree with that critique. in the long run the debt is going to be obviously written down just out of necessity. when and if interest rates go up it will become increasingly difficult to service. especially with the problems of aging population and greater numbers of jobs being lost to automation.

corporate income tax: in terms of business taxation i was thinking more along the lines of abolishing redundant 'corporate income tax' and shifting towards taxing things like land value and dividends more. in any case small businesses and/or cooperatives certainly should not be taxed like multinational corporations.

education: i'm ok with the government allowing for some charter schools and public school choice. although obviously there are issues with fundamentalism and other less savory elements that need to be brought into line by a future state.

energy: 100% agreed there, other than *maybe* fusion which has attracted a lot of cranks obviously.

outsourcing: i'm okay with it if there's some limits, like capital controls to keep foreign speculators and such from buying up our land. of course there are also issues with training and reliability among foreign workers which make it flawed even from a business owner perspective. (also this assumes that energy prices and other costs of globalization will not eventually go up and make that a less viable model...)

same sex marriage: i agree, marriage abolition would be preferable to modern divorce industry and increasingly hilarious debates over things like polygamy.

immigration: not that far off from your pov from the sound of it. do you support a general reduction of immigration levels too?