OSHA Labor Issues Chemical Hazards, Required Training, Inspections, Fines. They actually do this pretty well.
First of all I think we need Federally enforced Department of Education Standards for testing. Every State should be forced to the same standard, but should be allowed to improve on the standard if they want to deal with it. How can we compare anything if we dont have a Federal standard? Also there needs to be rewards for surpassing standards as in increased funding or grants for Advanced Educational Institutions. Instead of penalizing schools for lower scores just tie the money to the scores. However, a minimum amount of funding should be guaranteed. I understand that some educators may need to be replaced, so there should be stiff punishment for fraud or misappropriating govermnet funds for education.
Drivers Licenses. We should have one Federal standard for all drivers licenses and driving laws. I dont care what they charge for taxes or license fees, but the driving regualtions should be Federal. What we have now is a smorgasboard of driving laws. People tend to be mobile and move around so you should not be able to force new residents to get a new driver's license just because they moved to your state.
Unions vs Labor: I do not think Unions have to go. What I see is there are lots of instances of abuse of power by employers. Without unions there is no protection for the employee. The employer has too many advantages in this power struggle. They can say whatever they want and it is hard to prove them wrong. A formula should be used to determine maximum allowable income. No Union should be able to skyrocket the wages of their members till it becomes out of control. We need rules to control our own greed, both on the side of the union and on the side of the company they work for. Pensions of large corporations should be separate from both the Union and the company. Too much possibility for abuse on both sides. If any organization that has a retirement fund or package files bankruptcy, the employees should be paid first, before one creditor gets a dime.
EPA should have some of its power stripped away. I do not think it is proper or fair or it does any good to make people have an EPA inspection on their vehicle. I say it does not make the air cleaner, it is only one more way to harass the average citizen. Also they should not be able to go around willy nilly and declare a lot of different states and areas be required to have different formulations of gasoline. This is counter-productive. It creates a crunch on supply and demand and can have dangerous consequences on the environment. Certain additives have actually contaminated ground water. A more sensible approach with some common sense is needed. Let them monitor factories and chemical companies but keep them away from Gasoline and Consumer harassment.
Military. Needs to be larger. We need less Reserve and national guard and more active Military Personnel. Let them patrol our southern border when they are in country. Need more bases along the border that are smaller in nature like camps for one or two companies or squad sized patrol units. They should have shoot to kill (if necessary) orders for anyone crossing the border illegally. If someone crosses our border with a weapon they should automatically be considered an invading military force and if caught tried by military tribunal and shot as a spy. In fact there should be a bounty for every person they capture or kill crossing the border.
The Evil Tax Man. . .
IRS. This is the worst government agency of all. Our tax code is a joke. We have too many stupid tax laws, with too many exceptions and special cases. We should probably just scrap what we have and start over. I say a 10% tax on income with no exceptions. Does not matter if the income is form interest, or any other source. Income is Income. All public institutions should be required to have an external audit every year. This includes schools, colleges, and universities.
Social Security - Take SS out of the general fund and have some kind of Commission to run it, which has complete autonomy. It will still be required to have audits. Remove it from the hands of the evil elected officials. Make it a felony for anyone to ask you for your SS number to put on a check or to use the Social Security Number for Identification, or to store in a file as the primary Identification number. Set up a separate account for each person. Allow people to save more in their account as needed. When a US Citizen is born whose parents have legal status in this country put a $5,000 deposit into their account. This will ease the taxation burden on the average citizen. Interst alone will compound the money enough to pay for their retirement. We will still need some taxes to take care of Orphans and Widows. Encourage people to save more.
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