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pan6467 · 11-09-2007, 09:57 AM

Ok, so we're less than a year away now from the election and months away from primaries. It got me to thinking, what platforms, what issues do you want to see addressed? In other words what would your perfect candidate run on?

Here's mine: My candidate would

- raise import tariffs lower income and domestic business taxes. I'm tired of paying my hard earned dollars while knowing that some guy in a foreign country is laughing at us as his goods get delivered with minimum import taxes. China and Japan get to bring their steel here dirt cheap, and yet our steel industry (that is dying) gets taxed here at home, then gets the Hell taxed out of it elsewhere. Free trade does not work one way, yet we keep doing it. It has to end, we are destroying ourselves by allowing minimum import tariffs and taxing the people and domestic businesses into oblivion. Enough is enough.

- close the borders, perhaps give an easier route to citizenship, but no more illegals. They committed a crime getting here and are a burden to the nation. NO MORE. The cost to taxpayers, jobs and crime rates are horrendous. We cannot support this any longer and the borders must be closed.

- give every LEGAL citizen $1Million dollars. Then completely get rid of welfare, social security, Medicaid and restructure Medicare so that retirees still have some insurance but it is based on income and a sliding scale. That Million is your retirement, investment in health care insurance, and life. What you do, how you spend it is up to you, but if you are 65 and it is gone, don't look to the taxpayers and government for support. If you choose to, the government can and will contract investment firms and invest the money for you so that you can't touch it until retirement or necessary (buying a house, etc.) Education is not a part of this, there is aid for furthering education available.

- Invest more into education, but colleges that raise tuitions more than 3% every 2 years and cannot show a true legitimate reason why, lose accredation and student aid no longer will be allowed at those schools. Colleges and Universities are there to teach and to help generations grow, not to be businesses and fleece the populations. They are a public service and their job is to keep the citizenry educated and competitive on an international level. They need to be kept affordable.

- End the war in Iraq, it's a money pit and hurting us in many ways. America does not need to be the policeman of the world. It is time to take care of our own and start a regrowth.

- End all financial aid to other countries. If Israel can't make it on their own, then all well. If a country needs humanitarian aid, that's what the UN is for.

- Invest in small new companies and growing bigger companies. Open up no interest to low interest loans to entrepreneurs and give them chances to grow by having a 5 year period of tax free growth.

- Work on eliminating the income tax and figure out a true system that will not penalize people for what they make but promote growth and economic stability so that we don't have the drastic economic swings we have been having.

- Regulate security. No open bids for out of country companies to watch our ports, airports, build our highways, etc. We are the UNITED STATES of AMERICA it is time we act like it and let our own work to protect and build our future.

- Strengthen the military by raising wages on the enlisted men, put money into research and development, only companies owned by Americans, with factories in the USA will be contracted to work.

- Rebuild the infrastructure, put the money into the cities and states (match funding) so that highways, water systems, dams, electric plants, etc can be rebuilt. Work on building more nuclear power plants, wind powered, hydro powered dams, etc.

- Invest in fuel research, offer the DOMESTIC car companies some serious R&D monies if they can produce cars that run on renewable fuels or hybrids that get massive MPGs.

Now, if only I can find a candidate that most closely resembles my wish platform, I would be a happy man.

11-09-2007, 09:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Platforms you wish to hear Ok, so we're less than a year away now from the election and months away from primaries. It got me to thinking, what platforms, what issues do you want to see addressed? In other words what would your perfect candidate run on? Here's mine: My candidate would - raise import tariffs lower income and domestic business taxes. I'm tired of paying my hard earned dollars while knowing that some guy in a foreign country is laughing at us as his goods get delivered with minimum import taxes. China and Japan get to bring their steel here dirt cheap, and yet our steel industry (that is dying) gets taxed here at home, then gets the Hell taxed out of it elsewhere. Free trade does not work one way, yet we keep doing it. It has to end, we are destroying ourselves by allowing minimum import tariffs and taxing the people and domestic businesses into oblivion. Enough is enough. - close the borders, perhaps give an easier route to citizenship, but no more illegals. They committed a crime getting here and are a burden to the nation. NO MORE. The cost to taxpayers, jobs and crime rates are horrendous. We cannot support this any longer and the borders must be closed. - give every LEGAL citizen $1Million dollars. Then completely get rid of welfare, social security, Medicaid and restructure Medicare so that retirees still have some insurance but it is based on income and a sliding scale. That Million is your retirement, investment in health care insurance, and life. What you do, how you spend it is up to you, but if you are 65 and it is gone, don't look to the taxpayers and government for support. If you choose to, the government can and will contract investment firms and invest the money for you so that you can't touch it until retirement or necessary (buying a house, etc.) Education is not a part of this, there is aid for furthering education available. - Invest more into education, but colleges that raise tuitions more than 3% every 2 years and cannot show a true legitimate reason why, lose accredation and student aid no longer will be allowed at those schools. Colleges and Universities are there to teach and to help generations grow, not to be businesses and fleece the populations. They are a public service and their job is to keep the citizenry educated and competitive on an international level. They need to be kept affordable. - End the war in Iraq, it's a money pit and hurting us in many ways. America does not need to be the policeman of the world. It is time to take care of our own and start a regrowth. - End all financial aid to other countries. If Israel can't make it on their own, then all well. If a country needs humanitarian aid, that's what the UN is for. - Invest in small new companies and growing bigger companies. Open up no interest to low interest loans to entrepreneurs and give them chances to grow by having a 5 year period of tax free growth. - Work on eliminating the income tax and figure out a true system that will not penalize people for what they make but promote growth and economic stability so that we don't have the drastic economic swings we have been having. - Regulate security. No open bids for out of country companies to watch our ports, airports, build our highways, etc. We are the UNITED STATES of AMERICA it is time we act like it and let our own work to protect and build our future. - Strengthen the military by raising wages on the enlisted men, put money into research and development, only companies owned by Americans, with factories in the USA will be contracted to work. - Rebuild the infrastructure, put the money into the cities and states (match funding) so that highways, water systems, dams, electric plants, etc can be rebuilt. Work on building more nuclear power plants, wind powered, hydro powered dams, etc. - Invest in fuel research, offer the DOMESTIC car companies some serious R&D monies if they can produce cars that run on renewable fuels or hybrids that get massive MPGs. Now, if only I can find a candidate that most closely resembles my wish platform, I would be a happy man. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 11-09-2007 at 10:04 AM..