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Thread #51148   Message #779337
Posted By: NicoleC
08-Sep-02 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bushwah and Bush War: Part 3 (Bush, Iraq)
Subject: RE: BS: Bushwah and Bush War: Part 3
Uh, folks, the Prez doesn't get to pick the Speaker of the House. That'd mean Doug was the senior member of the majority party of the House. Green Prez, Republican Congress... nothing would ever get done. Sounds about right for the government :)

If we're gonna start a what-would-you-do, just the domestic agenda:

1) Flat tax, no deductions of any kind.
2) Single-payer healthcare system, not including cosmetic and fertility services; private health insurance companies welcome to compete. (Yeah, yeah, I know. The country's not ready for it. This is fantasy.)
3) Elimination of all subsidies and special tax breaks for fossil fuel energy providers and makers of equipment that uses it.
4) Redirect tax incentives as grants and funds -- temporarily -- to energy companies and makers of equipment who invest research and development into renewable energy sources. (Like the CA Fuel Cell Partnership.) Big help for early adopters, no help for laggards. Additional funds for national public awareness campaign, similar to the highly successful recycling and forest fire campaigns.
5) Forget the rhetoric and actually work toward a more flexible, smarter military. Billions for failed projects are gone, but enlisted men need to get salaries that can support a family. The fact that many of our enlisted men have to use food stamps and welfare to support a small family is shameful.
6) Moritorium on genetically engineered foods pending thorough safety trials. Medicinal plants grown in clean-room conditions excepted; they've already undergone clinical trials.
7) Work with existing NGO gun clubs and safety organizations to establish a basic gun safety licensing test along the same lines as a driver's license test.
8) Strengthen National School Lunch Program to provide *healthy* meals, not just any meal. A bagel for breakfast and a piece of pizza for lunch does not meet the mandate to provide nutricious food.
9) Roll back direct government influence of non-citizen groups, like corporations and special interest groups. These groups are free to influence voters, but since they do not have the same responsibilities as citizens they should not have the same priviledges.
10) Increase public interest in government by reaching out to teenagers and college students and other groups which are either typical disenfranchised or will be entering the voting pool soon.

Egad, I could go on and on...