I guess I'm gonna run for President. - Democratic Underground

Zorra

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Tue Mar-29-11 02:29 PM
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I guess I'm gonna run for President.

Edited on Tue Mar-29-11 02:44 PM by Zorra

I don't really want or need much, so if y'all just pay me $10 an hour (just for 40 hrs a week, no OT) so I can pay for my food, and some reasonably affordable medical bennies, I'll work for you. I'll live in an RV powered by solar on the WH grounds so I don't have to cost y'all much to support me. I'll use my own car and bicycle, and take public transpo when flying somewhere necessary. I can make my own lunches, too.

I promise never to lie to you. You can put everything I do as President on live video, (except for some hours when I sleep, or shit like critical national security issues that can't be in the open cuz it would counterproductive, but you can televise all the entrances to my place 24/7 and monitor communications if you want) kind of like a reality show, only real reality. I don't really want anything, except for everyone to be as happy as posiible and have enough to eat and stuff like that. So I have nothing to gain except to serve my people and create a better world for everyone. I don't particularly want to do this cuz it will be a real hassle, but I think I would do a really good job at it, so I'd do it for awhile, I don't have much of anything better to do but contemplate existence and that gets old after awhile. And hey, if someone wants to shoot me, no BFD. I'm gonna die someday anyway. Can't scare me.

I will lean on Congress so hard that they will either do what is right for the American people or I will clearly expose their corrupt ulterior motivations (gaining wealth and power through service to wealthy private interests) individually and collectively for everyone to see.

The first thing I will do after my inauguration is issue an Executive Order ending all lobbying of public officials by anyone or anything (corporations are NOT people) and making it a major felony to offer public officials money (other than their salary/bennies of course). In the same EO, I will make it a major felony for a public official to accept money. Punishable by life in prison. I'll shoot it out with SCOTUS later.

The second EO will declare that the recent SCOTUS bench legislation allowing unlimited funding of political campaigns is an imminent threat and clear and present danger to our country, and that the SCOTUS bench legislation is moot. I'll shoot it out with SCOTUS later.

The third EO will outlaw electronic voting and establish a transparent voting system that will be as incorruptible and foolproof as is humanly possible, probably based on the Canadian model.

I'm real good at managing money. If Congress cooperates, I will balance the budget by ending wars, cutting defense spending, and taxing corporations and the wealthy at the same rate that was in effect during the Eisenhower administration. Balancing the budget really shouldn't be too hard if given an honest try. I will assemble a team of talented, dedicated, honest people with no ulterior motives (corporate interests) eliminating unnecessary spending that is not fully geared to the benefit of human beings. Banks and corporations will be regulated beyond their ability to cause deliberate economic harm or any significant economic harm caused by incompetence or unabashed greed. Fines for violating these regulations will be massive enough to be a very strong deterrent to corruption. Severe ciminal penalties will be in place where applicable. No company will want to risk it.

Then, New Deal II begins ASAP, with the cooperation of Congress, of course. Anyone that wants to, and is willing and able to work, will be able to get a job. Might be minimum wage, but that can't be helped. Rebuilding infrastructure and implementing alternative energy systems en masse will be main projects of New Deal II. A major investment in education will be at the top of the agenda.

Universal single payer healthcare will be established during my administration.

The primary key to the success of my administration will be absolute honesty, integrity, incorruptibility (is that a word? you know what I mean if it ain't) and all around ability . It will be all out in the open, no secrecy, no bullshit. Any pol tries to pull dishonest bullshit I'll personally call them out and shame them in public. You'll see exactly where your money is going, and what your government is doing.

I will do everything in my power to protect you from economic, social, political, and physical harm caused by wealthy private interests and any governments or terrorist agents they may employ to attempt to overthrow our government again.

Guess you already figured we won't be wasting our money on unneccessary wars anymore, so we close up shop in whatever countries we're occupying at the time, and bring the troops home.

Anyway, that's a start. We'll have to work some of the bugs out of course. But here's the thing: We can do this. Again, simple honesty and transparency, common sense, reasonable intelligence, will, dedication, imagination, sincere motivation, character, and ability are all we need to retake our government, and create for ourselves a really awesome nation to live in and raise our children in.

If someone caps me, the ball will still be rolling. I guarantee my VP will be smarter, more capable, more dedicated, and better looking than me.

If you want real change, the rough blueprint is above. That's pretty much all I have to say. Oh, yeah, don't ever send me any money.

So, anyway, vote for me, my name is Zorra, and let's get this thing done so I can get back to hangin' at the beach ASAP.

Thanks. Have an awesome day.

Peace