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If you were president, what are 3 things you would change?
I would...
What about you? What would you change?
(And please don't turn this into a debate if you don't agree with what someone would change.)
Assuming the president can unilaterally do anything I'd
- Legalize marijuana and tax the sh*t out of it
- Change the tax code so that charities have to pay taxes on the portion of their budget allocated to "administrative" expenses
- Legalize gay marriage
Fire Congress.
Fire the House.
Re-elect and somehow not allow them to spend more time campaigning for their next election (and thereby pandering and voting accordingly) than actually doing their job.
- Save the arts. Band was a huge influence in my life and it really reached a lot of aspects of my education - math, social, creativity, performance, etc - and I hate the idea that it's going by the wayside so we can all be science robots (ironically, I work in science now, so I also see the value of that kind of education - I just want our kids to be well-rounded).
- Legalize gay marriage - I'm personally religious, but I see marriage legally as a contractual agreement and am appalled that that option isn't out there for consenting adults of the same sex.
- I'd also rethink Obamacare - I am involved in a health field and I want people to have fair, affordable access to healthcare, but I don't think either the system we have now nor the one we're putting in place will accurately depict what we need in an ideal world.
@hisgoosiegirl: lmao, that would do wonders for the economy ;-)
@hisgoosiegirl: ah ok, less fun for me to imagine
Legalize marijuana
Make animal abuse a felony.
Penalize companies that export jobs to other countries and award tax breaks to companies who create jobs in the US.
Stop lobbyists and special interests groups from participating in federal agencies.
Ban oil drilling and fracking in environmentally sensitive areas.
Stop tax breaks for the very rich.
Ensure access to nutritional supplements and alternative therapies.
Ensure the peoples' right to choose to eat the food they want (like non-GMO foods and raw milk).
1 - Legalize gay marriage.
2 - Protect a woman's right to choose.
3 - Do something about the cost of college tuition/student loans. Its outrageous. We're told we have to go to college to be successful but many can't afford it, take out too many loans and wind up worse off than they would have been had they NOT gone.
4 - Try to figure out some way to implement a 4-day work week.
(ok so maybe 3 and 4 are for personal reasons...but I'm president, I do what I want, right? lol)
After further more serious thinking. ......
1.Kill ethanol subsidies and direct the money toward fruits and vegetables instead - making them cheaper and more affordable instead of junk like chips, pop, and processed foods.
2.Extra tariffs/tax on American based companies that export labor and re-import their products (Apple comes to mind but their are many others). Hopefully that would encourage some to bring their jobs back to the States.
3. Torn between implementing term limits or longer terms (to prevent constant campaigning/vote pandering) or killing pork. Each bill can only be about ONE piece of legislation and its related matters. None of this tax blah blah blah tax tax [random bridge to nowhere] tax blah tax blah balh.
@MrsWrangler: I *love* your first answer. I was in band in HS, and my husband has always been involved in music and the arts and has a music education degree. It breaks my heart that he is struggling to find a full-time music teaching job, because that means that school districts are cutting back on the arts, thus depriving students of that enriching experience.
- legalize and tax the hell out of marijuana
- make a Constitutional Amendment that says "marriage" is a religious institution only, and Civil Unions are a federally recognized, legal bond between two consenting adults of any sex or gender.
- Fire all current politicians, including myself - and set things back to how they were intended, where people who have regular jobs/careers briefly serve political office as a service to their country - not to become rich, out-of-touch career politicians
- End all government connections to the oil industries and agro giants like Monsanto
- Make it easier to become a citizen legally, and harder to stay here illegally.
- Have at least 10 hours weekly of volunteering be mandatory to receive unemployment for more than 6 months.
1. Universal and comprehensive single payer healthcare
2. Legalize gay marriage
3. Strenthen animal rights and environmental regulations
@KT808: I agree with all you said, and would also add
No more anchor babies, you come here illegally and you are caught, you are automatically deported with your entire family. Also, no more tax breaks for anyone coming here legally. You come here, that's fine, but you sure as hell aren't going to get any special incentives that I as a natural born citizen can't receive!
I would also require a very stringent system for any government run programs such as WIC, welfare, etc. Mandatory and random drug tests, proof of what you used the money for, proof that you are looking for a job every week, and automatically taken off the program if you get pregnant while on it
There are more I can't think of off hand.
Edit to add: LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE!
lol, can I add one more?
Kill PETA and HSUS or at least not let them push for any governmental regulations on anything.
Replace with a board made up of veterinarians, producers, animal welfare experts (think Temple Grandin) and the like, and allow them to make recommendations on changes.
-higher taxes on american companies that outsource jobs
-fix the welfare system. If you're on it, you'll work for it. That way its less appealing to continue to sit on it and people that ACTUALLY need it can get it.
-hire people that actually know about a certain subject to help fix it. I think an old business dude that has absolutely no idea about the education system has no business trying to fix it( and no your time in school does not qualify you as an expert)
-Legalize and tax marijuana (ohhh...if only ;)
-Legalize gay marriage
-make animal abuse a felony and have dire consequences (I totally second@UpstateCait:)
-Enforce required drug testing to welfare recipients in all 50 states.
-take some pointers for europe w/ regards to healthcare (i.e.: tax goods and services a bit more and use the tax to povide very basic heatlhcare options, with supplemental options available to those who want it)
-change SS taxes...i'm sorry, but if you don't have the foresight to save and plan for your retirement, I dont' think that I need to be contributing to it. Your retirement and SS should be your responsibility, not mine.
ETA: I would also add changes/stipulations for college/graduate-level school loans. I say this because, as the future wife of a medical student and someday-resident, I am so mad that Obama did away with physician loans for physican relocation during residency. Where med students used to be able to defer loans, they can'd do that. Once you walk across that stage and become "doctor so-and-so", your tens (sometimes hundreds) of thousands of dollars worth of loans come due. Multi-thousand dollar payments due each month, while you're making jack shit as a resident. Your credit takes a nose dive and you can't get a loan....that's why physician loans existed. But now that they are gone, I've heard horror stories of people who just could not afford to relocate for their residencies and have to go out and get a normal job...after all that time spent in med school. It's pretty unfair, IMO
Make it illegal to test anything or do any type of experiments on animals.
Strengthen animal anti-cruelty laws
Require DNA samples from anyone arrested for anything
@akp0702: -change SS taxes...i'm sorry, but if you don't have the foresight to save and plan for your retirement, I dont' think that I need to be contributing to it. Your retirement and SS should be your responsibility, not mine.
could not agree more!!1 I hate the fact that I am paying into a program that I will never get benefits from
1. Legalize and tax marijuana
2. Legalize gay marriage
3. Never go to war
4. TERM LIMITS for the House and Senate!!!
@Gemstone: That just makes me so sad. My entire childhood would've been so different (and less wonderful) without musical education.
1. Fire Congress and instate term limits.
2. Legalize gay marriage nationwide.
3. Revamp the education system. No more No Child Left Behind, no more "teaching to the test", no more cutting funding for public schools, instate tuition caps for universities, create more effective special education and gifted programs... oh man Honestly, it needs to be totally redone.
@zippylef: I was about to say "figure out a better education system" but your phrasing is much better.
So yeah, better education. No more NCLB. Also:
- make college more affordable
- make health care more affordable/available
- mandatory vacation/leave time (at least 5 weeks)
- legalize gay marriage
- better immigration laws (make it easier)
@MrsSl82be: "I would also require a very stringent system for any government run programs such as WIC, welfare, etc. Mandatory and random drug tests, proof of what you used the money for, proof that you are looking for a job every week, and automatically taken off the program if you get pregnant while on it."
@akp0702: "change SS taxes...i'm sorry, but if you don't have the foresight to save and plan for your retirement, I dont' think that I need to be contributing to it. Your retirement and SS should be your responsibility, not mine."
@KatyLovesJoey: "Protect a woman's right to choose." & "Try to figure out some way to implement a 4-day work week."
A big fat YES to all of these!
@MrsWrangler: "Save the arts. Band was a huge influence in my life and it really reached a lot of aspects of my education - math, social, creativity, performance, etc - and I hate the idea that it's going by the wayside so we can all be science robots (ironically, I work in science now, so I also see the value of that kind of education - I just want our kids to be well-rounded)."
Couldn't agree more. Choir and theatre were huge factors in my life and I wouldn't be the same person I am today without them. Performing, or even simply just being part of a creative group (stage crew, student directing, etc), really does wonders for a kids confidence.
@MrsWrangler: I completely agree with your point about arts programs. I was in choir, marching band, orchestra and theatre in high school. I also majored in Theatre Education in college. It's sad how many of us can't find jobs because so many arts programs have been cut. :( The arts were/are a huge part of my life and the positive impact on kids is enourmous.
1. universal/single payer healthcare
2. make school funding FAIR (i.e. every student gets the same amount of money from the government rather than students getting taxes from their particular district which makes it so that some school have olympic sized pools and russian teachers and some school literally cannot afford enough text books to give to children). Adding onto that if I can, get rid of no child left behind, etc.
3. Make illegal any law based on religion (i.e. ban on gay marriage, ban on abortion, etc).
Just a question, what is the length of time for paid maternity leave now in the United States if you are only asking for three months minimum? Three months doesn't seem like very much time.
@spicyrutabaga: FMLA makes it 12 weeks (unpaid). Standard seems to be 6 weeks (paid) for a natural birth, 8 weeks (paid) for a c-section.
And no, it's not a lot. But you'd be surprised at the number of people who think that's 'too much'.
*not a mother (yet)
WOW. That's insane. How do people afford to have babies there when you have to pay for the process of having a baby (medical bills) AND pay for your own maternity leave. Do most companies then pay for the rest of the year?
@spicyrutabaga: No, after the 6-8 weeks, most mothers go back to work. And if they are employed, they likely have insurance that is paying for a good portion of the medical bills.
@zippylef: YAY gifted education!! I am in education and it seriously breaks my heart to see some of my brightest kids with IQ's in the 140's sit and have to listen to stuff they already know. I do my best to differentiate and give them what I can, but I'm only allowed to do so much. Every child of every ability level should have the chance to learn something new every day... and sadly a LOT of gifted kids aren't learning anything new in school. :(
I had no idea. That's crazy to me. Nearly everyone in Canada takes a year, which is paid by the government. I've only known one person who went back after six months and that was because she wanted to because she missed working. I can't imagine going back with a child that young, how would a person breast feed? I thought we had it bad as most of my friends in Europe get two years paid Mat leave.
By most of the comments it sounds like most of you would be happy moving to Canada and since you all sound like intelligent women we would be happy to have you!!!
@spicyrutabaga: well, not everyone breastfeeds, but a lot of women will pump at work.
Lol, I've definitely thought about the Canada thing....I'm already in WI, that's pratically Canada, right?
*will stop threadjacking now
Wow. Love the animals... but mine would totally be
1) Chemical castration for pedophiles. The number of repeat offenders after they have been released is unreal.
2) Required reporting for domestic violence, not just children/elders. Creeps who beat thier wives/gfs deserve to rot in jail.
3) Revamp all the social services (Food stamps, WIC, unemployment, HUD, CPS/foster system) ect. They are a mess, people who need help can't get it and WAY too many people abuse it.
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