King of USA - what would you do.

[Zebo]

You have one wish, not three like djinni says, what would you do?

Zebo- no property taxes.

You work, "buy", then are basically renting your property WTF - even if you pay cash for the house, income is still needed to rent it.

 

[manimal]

Bring back the original star trek cast for a whole new series.


If I cant have that I would settle for campaign finance reform with equal time for all candidates and very short elections. Like a 3 month presidential election with caps on spending..

 

[Zebo]

Bring back the original star trek cast for a whole new series.

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Uh no. I can't bear to see Shatner in skin tights, again. It was bad enough in 1984 or was it 6..

 

[JoshGuru7]

Benefit/cost calculations published for ALL government spending.

 

[Kappo]

Fairtax.

 

[Zebo]

Fairtax.

Some expository would be good. I don't even know what fair tax is. Fair trade I do know.

 

[Brigandier]

Benefit/cost calculations published for ALL government spending.

I was thinking of a simple wish that would help me express everything I am, and well, I think this is it. Every person in America lives by benefit/cost ratio, if it doesn't jive, we don't live. I think if the government lived like that we'd be a lot better.

 

[Zebo]

Benefit/cost calculations published for ALL government spending.

Difficult and subjective. What's a child going to school not hungry worth? (i.e. school lunch program) Human cost is incalculable. And I've taken calc 1-2-3 and linear algebra.

 

[yllus]

Drop all foreign aid to nations that don't at least aspire to democratic values.

Legalization of marijuana, decriminalization of the rest.

Vastly simplified tax system. Can't cheat the system if it's dead simple to calculate.

New rule: All laws that impose a criminal sentence if broken must be renewed by majority vote every X years (maybe twenty), else they expire.

New rule: All laws that require new spending must be renewed by majority vote every X years (maybe ten), else they expire.

New rule: Those facing charges in the criminal justice system do not have their names published in the national media. If they're truly innocent before being found guilty, let their names remain relatively unsullied until a judgement goes against them.

Repeal the can't vote if you're a felon law. You serve your time, then you're done. The right to vote shouldn't be revoked for good.

Repeal affirmative action in government.

The girlfriend peeked over my shoulder (we're too lazy to go out tonight in this humidity) and added two more: Teaching mandatory nutrition classes in high school complete with cooking stuff up, and deportment (personal conduct, behavior) classes. I'd add mandatory debate class.

 

[Zebo]

Drop all foreign aid to nations that don't at least aspire to democratic values.

Legalization of marijuana, decriminalization of the rest.

Vastly simplified tax system. Can't cheat the system if it's dead simple to calculate.

New rule: All laws that impose a criminal sentence if broken must be renewed by majority vote every X years (maybe twenty), else they expire.

New rule: All laws that require new spending must be renewed by majority vote every X years (maybe ten), else they expire.

New rule: Those facing charges in the criminal justice system do not have their names published in the national media. If they're truly innocent before being found guilty, let their names remain relatively unsullied until a judgement goes against them.

Repeal the can't vote if you're a felon law. You serve your time, then you're done. The right to vote shouldn't be revoked for good.

Repeal affirmative action in government.

The girlfriend peeked over my shoulder (we're too lazy to go out tonight in this humidity) and added two more: Teaching mandatory nutrition classes in high school complete with cooking stuff up, and deportment (personal conduct, behavior) classes. I'd add mandatory debate class.

You are my hero Yellus even though you can't count to one.

 

[yllus]

Oh, whoops. I've gotten used to only reading titles around here.

 

[Hacp]

I would relinquish my title by taking my talents to South Beach and playing second fiddle to Dwane Wade.

 

[manimal]

I would relinquish my title by taking my talents to South Beach and playing second fiddle to Dwane Wade.

Princess james sounds good now doesnt it..

 

[bfdd]

I'd step down because with a king it would no longer be the USA.

 

[sandorski]

I would declare this the Year of the Vuvuzela!

 

[5150Joker]

You have one wish, not three like djinni says, what would you do?

Zebo- no property taxes.

You work, "buy", then are basically renting your property WTF - even if you pay cash for the house, income is still needed to rent it.

My wish would be for welfare/disability recipients like Zebo that troll AT forums all day long to be put to work in labor camps.

 

[MJinZ]

You have one wish, not three like djinni says, what would you do?

Zebo- no property taxes.

You work, "buy", then are basically renting your property WTF - even if you pay cash for the house, income is still needed to rent it.

Take over the world.

 

[Craig234]

Top of my head, eliminate all constitutional rights for corporations, particularly those which allow them a role to influence politics against the citizens. They're not people.

 

[Moonbeam]

Because I know that I know nothing and any thing that I imagine would be good would be a disaster, if I were king and had one wish, I would wish to be who I am instead of king, and since I am who I am, I was doubtless once a powerful king or if not a powerful king, than certainly very luck. Can you even begin to imagine how incredible you have to be to be the ideal wish of the most powerful king? Eh, probably you can't. I know you folk pretty will and I'm sure you'd just wish for something or other that would fuck you in the ass.

 

[Brigandier]

Because I know that I know nothing and any thing that I imagine would be good would be a disaster, if I were king and had one wish, I would wish to be who I am instead of king, and since I am who I am, I was doubtless once a powerful king or if not a powerful king, than certainly very luck. Can you even begin to imagine how incredible you have to be to be the ideal wish of the most powerful king? Eh, probably you can't. I know you folk pretty will and I'm sure you'd just wish for something or other that would fuck you in the ass.

My huge issue with being king is having to decide what is good for everyone. I only know what is good for me, what kind of king can I be?

 

[Taejin]

if i was king of the USA i would set all nukes to launch at every major city in the world and then sit back and watch the fireworks.

i mean cause srsly, governing is too hard

 

[Bateluer]

The girlfriend peeked over my shoulder (we're too lazy to go out tonight in this humidity) and added two more: Teaching mandatory nutrition classes in high school complete with cooking stuff up, and deportment (personal conduct, behavior) classes. I'd add mandatory debate class.

Would just bring the whole debate quality down, I would think. Dead on with mandatory nutrition courses though. However, I would also want to see mandatory PE courses for all 4 years of high school. I mean real PE courses, not classroom/book work. Either you participate in a sport or you do a gym class where you participate in various exercises/sports/circuits/etc. Something to keep active. Ingrain the fitness mindset young.

Not sure about personal conduct classes though, I'd say that's more of the parents job to instill rather than the school's. For better or worse. Unless the PTA, or similar body, approves the curriculum for such a course.

 

[Red Dawn]

Annex Canada and sell it to Chine to pay off our debts.

 

[ebaycj]

I would enact the following:

Two term lifetime limit for all elected officials, regardless of term length.

Campaign contributions limited to $1000 per citizen, $1000 per organization.

Get rid of the electoral college. A straight-up popular vote would be counted instead.

All laws must be seperate and distinct. One law may not modify another law. If "modification" is needed to another law, that law must be seperately repealed and re-enacted with the modifications. Require a publicly available "Version Control" (think CVS / Subversion / VSS) of all laws.

All laws passed must have a five year (or less) duration of action, after which the law loses effect. To stay in effect the law must be reviewed and re-enacted.

All laws passed must have a detailed description (in english not legalese) of what the law is trying to accomplish (why it was passed in the first place). This way we can keep track of why things are the way they are, and whether they are working or not.

Amend the constitution to make personal privacy an explicitly stated right of citizens.

Abolish all overtime exemptions.

Repeal DMCA and reduce copyright back to it's original 20 year period, retroactive to the beginning of time.

Repeal PATRIOT act.

Prevent banks from charging any fees related to accessing your money in your account (ATM Fees, Teller Fees, etc..) Also, require balance transfer fees (between credit lines) to be a fixed dollar figure (no percentages), that is no more than twice the bank's actual cost of creating a new account and transferring the debt.

Nullify all contracts that allow the contract to be modified in any way. Need a contract modified? Draft a new one with the modifications, sign it, destroy old contract.

Require a declaration of war before any hostile military action is taken.

Require that the USPS provide an option to opt-out of recieving any mail not addressed directly to an individual. Also make a "Do-Not-Mail" list similar to "Do-Not-Call".

Make the civil courts a "loser pays both" system.

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And these from sully:

Legalization of marijuana, decriminalization of the rest.

Vastly simplified tax system. Can't cheat the system if it's dead simple to calculate.

Those facing charges in the criminal justice system do not have their names published in the national media. If they're truly innocent before being found guilty, let their names remain relatively unsullied until a judgement goes against them.

Repeal the can't vote if you're a felon law. You serve your time, then you're done. The right to vote shouldn't be revoked for good.

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And this from JoshGuru:

Benefit/cost calculations published for ALL government spending.

 

[shira]

Zebo- no property taxes.

And how would local governments raise revenues to pay for schools, police, roads, government services . . . .? It doesn't matter if you don't like "big government;" there's SOME level of government that's necessary, and that level has to be paid for.