If you were put in charge, what economic reforms would you make?

 
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-Legalize the Cannabis!

-Ban the production and selling of processed tobacco cigarettes <β€” You know, the ones they add STUPID, deadly chemicals to.

- Reduced inflated military budget. Stop Congress from giving money to buy tanks even the Army doesn't want!
-I want a damn moon base!

-Remove Obama care, find a better way

-All new houses/buildings built will be required to be virtually energy independent. (Homes and buildings are a lifetime investment). Wind and Solar for example and you can't sell off your extra electricity, but can give it away. Tired of Electric companies buying it from you and then raising other people's electric bill, that's just wrong!

-Go through the law books and purge it of the stupid laws, even the ones that hardly ever get enforced. I don't care if you wash your donkey in your bath tub!

-Create a government, online College system. It will mainly teach you in fields that the government or country as a whole really needs! No stupid degrees like Liberal Arts.


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Just off the top of my head I'd say I'd like to do a trial of no corporate tax, cut agricultural subsidies, create a quick path to citizenship to increase the supply of workers, impose consumption taxes largely in place of income taxes,  a negative income tax in place of typical social welfare programs, legalize soft drugs, nuke Iran, focus heavily on safe fission and funding for fusion, and negotiate a smaller role of America in NATO, to be picked up by our allies, to reduce costs of expensive carrier battle group deployments and overall military spending.


 
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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
Just off the top of my head I'd say I'd like to do a trial of no corporate tax, cut agricultural subsidies, create a quick path to citizenship to increase the supply of workers, impose consumption taxes largely in place of income taxes,  a negative income tax in place of typical social welfare programs, legalize soft drugs, nuke Iran, focus heavily on safe fission and funding for fusion, and negotiate a smaller role of America in NATO, to be picked up by our allies, to reduce costs of expensive carrier battle group deployments and overall military spending.
Love it, love everything about it.


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Dictator level powers or president level powers?


 
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Dictator level powers or president level powers?
Dictator. Do whatever you want.


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Dictator. Do whatever you want.

cool...

1. Cut military spending... only the tanks that the military doesn't even want...

2. No more private jails...

3. Fund the educational system a lot more...

4. Free internet, provided by the government...

5. Free government food (basic things like rice and chicken)

6. Free electricity (putting solar panels on the salt flats)

7. Universal healthcare... (done well, not like obamacare)

8.Legalize all drugs... (then regulate the fuck out of them)

9. Free government clothes... (white tee-shirts, blue jeans, winter jackets, and underwear)

10. Free government made computer (only for basic things... like the internet or Microsoft Word)

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Just off the top of my head I'd say I'd like to do a trial of no corporate tax, cut agricultural subsidies, create a quick path to citizenship to increase the supply of workers, impose consumption taxes largely in place of income taxes,  a negative income tax in place of typical social welfare programs, legalize soft drugs, nuke Iran, focus heavily on safe fission and funding for fusion, and negotiate a smaller role of America in NATO, to be picked up by our allies, to reduce costs of expensive carrier battle group deployments and overall military spending.
Love it, love everything about it.

I nuked Iran just for you, bby.

Off topic, but I've always liked your username because in 11th grade one of my teachers (still my favorite after all these years) had us do a daily log of our class activities, and at the start we'd do something called "metacognition" in which we'd take a few minutes and quietly record what we thought was important about the last lesson, what we'd like to learn more about, and one thing we were thankful for that day. At the start of every class.

I'm not sure where you came across the name, but that's always stood out to me.


 
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1. Cut military spending... only the tanks that the military doesn't even want...
As long as it doesn't drop below 3.5pc of GDP, I could get on board with that.

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2. No more private jails...
I don't know enough to comment on this.

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3. Fund the educational system a lot more...
More funds =/= better education.

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4. Free internet, provided by the government...
Well, nothing's free. I do support things like infrastructural investment in high-speed broadband by the government, though.

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5. Free government food (basic things like rice and chicken)
Absolutely not.

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6. Free electricity (putting solar panels on the salt flats)
Again, absolutely not.

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7. Universal healthcare... (done well, not like obamacare)
As long as it isn't socialised/nationalised healthcare.

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8.Legalize all drugs... (then regulate the fuck out of them)
I agree with that.

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9. Free government clothes... (white tee-shirts, blue jeans, winter jackets, and underwear)
Who the fuck really needs free government clothes?

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10. Free government made computer (only for basic things... like the internet or Microsoft Word)
Over my dead body.


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3. Fund the educational system a lot more...
More funds =/= better education.
While this is true, funding is a real problem. Throwing money at schools wont necessarily fix them, but more and better-structured funding [along with ousting rigged school boards] would.

I feel bad for states who adopted the lottery to pay for schools. In most cases, what actually happened is the state just supplemented taxpayer dollars with lottery dollars - not adding lottery revenue to existing education funding.


 
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While this is true, funding is a real problem.
I'm always sceptical of that claim since Bush expanded the Dept. of Education's funding by 165pc. I'm sure you know more about the U.S. education system than I do, and we both agree that something ought to be done, but I think the structure of it should be looked at first before any funding alterations are made.


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While this is true, funding is a real problem.
I'm always sceptical of that claim since Bush expanded the Dept. of Education's funding by 165pc. I'm sure you know more about the U.S. education system than I do, and we both agree that something ought to be done, but I think the structure of it should be looked at first before any funding alterations are made.
Indeed. Pouring more money into a broken system will only lead to more problems/abuse


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what's wrong with the free computer/food/electricity/clothes?


 
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what's wrong with the free computer/food/electricity/clothes?
It's completely unnecessary, horribly paternalistic and history has shown that government controls over such goods and services don't work.


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what's wrong with the free computer/food/electricity/clothes?
It's completely unnecessary, horribly paternalistic and history has shown that government controls over such goods and services don't work.

it will create more jobs... and it's only basic stuff


 
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it will create more jobs... and it's only basic stuff
No it won't, it'll probably artificially inflate the supply of labour in one sector of the economy because people have a guaranteed customer--namely, the government. Not to mention, how is this financed? Subsidies? You'll create over-supply. Price controls? Fucking with the supply-demand mechanism is stupid.


 
 
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And no dodging responsibility, either; no delegations.

Shit... there goes my plan <.<

I was going to hire you to do all that shit >.>


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1. Abolish income and property taxes
2. Increase gasoline taxes, and use these taxes to pay for infrastructure maintenance/expansion
3. Take a smaller role in the UN and NATO; replace troops in U.S. bases in Europe with alliance forces based in Europe
4. Declassify Cuba as a terrorist state
5. Create a simple path to citizenship (no founding father quizzes)
6. Abolish the minimum wage and end government collusion with unions
7. Reduce military spending and create a limit on how long government contracts to the defense industry last
8. Reduce/remove the financial barrier-to-entry for political candidates
9. Get rid of the half 'n' half healthcare industry--privatize it
10. End federal protection of intellectual property to encourage innovation (this includes pharmaceutical patents)
11. Repeal anti-trust laws
12. End university subsidies
13. End government subsidies to the alternative energy market
14. Reduce/remove U.S. import tariffs
15. Legalize and tax cannabis, LSD and acid, and use those tax dollars to fund rehabilitation clinics for the aforementioned substances as well as heroin and cocaine (which will be legalized at a later date)
16. Create term limits for U.S. congressmen and women
17. Remove Columbus Day and Earth Day as federally recognized holidays
18. Remove the pledge of allegiance
19. Replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Bill Clinton
20. Make a $0.50 coin standard

That's all I have for now.  I might add on to it later.


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Abolishing capitalism and creating a socialist state.


You heard me!

Free university for all, no matter how many years!
Free housing!
Free healthcare!
Free?

Your soul is the price, Icy.


 
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Free university for all, no matter how many years!
Free housing!
Free healthcare!
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> Still thinking I have a soul

I sold that when I started sucking cock


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95% tax on income, pocket all the government money, leave after a year.


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