If I Became President.....
70A question was asked by Writerly Yours . What would you do if you were president of the United States? Well, here's my answer. It's probably going to anger some people. Maybe it'll make some laugh. Either way, this is what I would do.
First, I would cut spending. Then I would tell all the department secretaries with the exception of Education, Homeland Security, and Defense to stop all spending. Then I would cut taxes.
The Department of Education would be eliminated. The states should be taking care of education, not the federal government. There's no need to send our money to Washington only to have them send part of it back to the states. Makes no sense. I know. That's an understatement.
The Department of Homeland Security would be disbanded. Their mission has five main areas of responsibility. They are:
1. Guarding against terrorism
3. Enforcing our immigration laws
4. Improving our readiness for, response to and recovery from disasters
5. Maturing and unifying the department
Two, three, and four are a joke right off the bat. This applies not only to the present administration but the last one as well. Lets face it. When it comes to securing our borders,
enforcing our immigration laws, and improving our readiness for, response to and recovery from disasters, our federal government couldn't find it's collective butt with both hands and a map. What makes us think they're going to even try. Number five makes no sense so that only leaves number one that they've successfully managed to do. If I had an employee that could only do one of the five things they were assigned to do after years of employment and flat out refused to do two of them, I'd fire their butt in a New York minute.
All the Czars would be out on their ears. I'm being nice by saying ears. They should've never been there in the first place.
There would be a flat tax for everyone and the IRS would be cut to the bare bones.
The military would be fully funded and given orders to remove the gloves of political correctness, win the war, and come home. Spec Ops and the CIA would be turned loose to find and kill Osama Bin Laden once and for all.
On securing our borders, there
would be two walls built along our southern border, 20 feet high, 50 feet apart, with land mines between them. Snipers would be posted every mile.
All
illegals would have 30 days to get their affairs in order then
go home. You're welcome to return but LEGALLY. At the same time, the process to come in would be streamlined. If you're found here illegally after the 30 days, you'd get 1 year in jail then deported with no option to return legally for at least five years.
Political correctness would be out the window. Sounds simple but just be nice and treat others the way you want to be treated. I realize that sounds a little pie in the sky but if you think about it, it could work.
Since I have to show my son's birth certificate
for him to play on a sports team, all people from this point forward would have to show their birth certificate to become president. Am I a Birther? NOPE!!! It's just seems logical that if I have to do the first,
a presidential candidate should have to do the second.
Again, I realize some will not like this simple approach to running the country. It would need some tweaking along the way. It's broke and it's time to fix it.
I'm Longhunter and I'm running for President of the United States of America. Are you scared yet?
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You have my vote!
Thanks for the compliment, Mousumi, and for stopping by.
Thank you for the vote, Mr. Starr.
Looks we are cut from the same cloth, Longhunter; except that my bolt wound up in Memphis.
Good to hear from a fellow Tennessean, DiamondRN. Thanks for stopping by and reading my hub.
I think we need to start a "Common Sense" party...Longhunter YOU can be our first candidate for the POTUS....you plain and simple use common sense.
This would never work, it makes way to much sense. If you ran on this platform the voters would be very confused with this concept of having answers to problems. But you would certainly have my vote. Great Hub.
Hmmmm, a Common Sense Party. I think OP may be right, CMerrit. There's about 45% of the population that couldn't handle it. They would go into brain lock and mentally shut down. Oh, wait, some of them already have.
Thanks for the comments, gentlemen.
Just be careful about using the word "Change" in your campaign speeches, I think most of us caught on to this one already. Change is not always a good thing.
Excellent hub (and ideas) Longhunter... answered the same question and had the same idea to do a hub about it, but since you beat me to the punch, I'll hold off for a while on that one, lol.
Poolman, how about the words "drastically reduced" before the words "spending", "taxes", and "government". Then there's "Common Sense" as CMerritt put it.
Seriously, it's long past time to return this government to whom it belongs. The president and Congress work for the people of this country, not the other way around, and it high time these elected officials understand they are employed by us, the American people.
ShynSly, come on, man, lets see your ideas. God knows Washington can use all the help it can get.
Longhunter, I could not agree more with your comments. One of my favorite hub writers rachellrobinson just did a hub on this very subject. The reason we are in this mess is voter apathy. Many don't even know whom their elected representatives are, let alone communicate with them or look at their voting records. They say what we want to hear, then vote the complete opposite. In her hub, Rachel took the time to identify the ones that voted in favor of a very controversial food bill. It is only by making contact with these elected representatives and letting them know we are not happy with their vote that we can begin turning this around. As long as they believe we are not paying attention or could care less, they will do as they wish and the wishes of the citizens doesn't matter. They would certainly be a little more careful as to how they vote if they knew we were watching. We need a way to remind them that they work for us, and this situation can be easily changed by the voters at the next election. Sorry for the rant, but I for one am fed up with this situation.
Poolman, all good comments and there's no need to apologize. I feel the same. I'll have to check out Rachell's hub.
Perhaps a wise man such as yourself should write a hub about what you'd do if you were president. That would be a good read, I'm sure.
Thanks for the comments.
Longhunter, thanks for the wise man comment, and I am toying with that very idea. We need a vehicle to get the message out to citizens on how their own representatives voted on some of these controversial issues. We need to let these elected officials on the local, state, and federal level, know exactly how we feel about their performance, or lack of performance. They also need to be told when they are doing a good job, if that ever happens. I will keep you in the loop because until this type action gets started on a mass scale, nothing will ever change. Bottom line, they work for us, we shouldn't ever feel we work for them.
Longhunter, here is a link to Rachel's hub.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Now-that-the-Food-Safety-B
More factual hubs like this is something we need badly in this country.
Poolman, all good points and thanks for the link to Rachell's hub. I've made sure it shows above so others who come here will hopefully go to her's as well.
My hub was more of a rant rather than anything else. I agree that we need something showing us how our representatives actually vote in comparison to what they say to us. If anyone knows of something that already exists, please let us know.
Thanks for the comments, Poolman.
Longhunter, check out:
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?
It appears they do all the hard work for us...........
Hubber "Mr. Tindle" wrote a pretty good article about keeping tabs on the goober-mint's hyjinx, had quite a few good sites to check out.
Let me know when you launch your campaign. With policy positions like yours, I would LOVE to support your candidacy!!!!!
In the words of an old military officer, I'll give you two outstandings and a real fine! WB
Good try - but things are not that simple.
You don´t get rid of the 14 Trillion accumulated deficit by just cutting administration costs. 60% of every years budget deficit is literally borrowed from the world through trade deficits. America is no longer commanding itself.
So you may want to be president of the world? Then you can give thoughts on the 20 chinese living in barracks, but sponsoring the life of an average US household with a pool in the backyard.
Beware: This is a short comment from outside the US, not from China.
Sherri and Wayne, thanks for the comments. Don't go anywhere. I'll be looking for cabinet appointees.
Chris57, I stated in my hub that things weren't this simple. I also understand you don't reduce deficits by only reducing administrative costs.
As for America, you obviously aren't from here. Americans will never be ruled by anyone without one hell of a fight. As for the world, no, I don't want to be president of it, just this country.
The Chinese remark made no sense and perhaps it is you that should beware. Others have messed with this country only to find they've awoken a sleeping giant. Don't kick a sleeping lion in the ass unless you're willing to deal with the end that has the teeth.
Longhunter for prez!!
Thanks for the comment, swb78. I'm just trying to interject some common sense into a situation completely devoid on any.
Hey Longhunter, you got my vote!!
Thanks for the comment, kindacrazy, and for your support.
I'm in where do we sign up for your campaign! Great hub.
Thanks for the comment, Tom.
You definitely have my vote.
Thanks for your support, Smalgov.
Well, there goes...
Air Traffic Control, the Space Program, Cancer Research, Aids Research, the Center for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, the ATF, the FBI, possibly the CIA, the Pell Grant (and other fed education programs), the Veterans Administration, Agricultural Protection/Subsidies, Federal Funds for the Interstate Highways.
Overnight we would become the shit-stain of the world. How much spending do you actually imagine is not needed? Medicare, Welfare? I do believe that comes to a total of 28% of the budget, and you leave people without medical care, or the adequate necessities for life. This even includes WIC programs for feeding the next generation.
Change? Yes. This way? No.
I appreciate your comments, MPChris. All the programs you mentioned are good and needed programs. I'm sure we both know there is also a LOT of fat that could be trimmed from these and other programs. Some may actually need to get additional funding.
What needs to happen is a top to bottom assessment of each and every program, agency, and department.
If it can be rolled into another program, do it and streamline the process of getting it to the people who need it.
If it needs additional funding do it but not without cutting where cutting can and should be done.
If it's antiquated and obsolete, cut it.
Do you think you could agree with that?
Thanks for the comments.
I not only would vote for you...I did. Vote you up that is. Flat tax yes. Fund the military yes. Win it and come home - yes. But what is your position on a standing army? I think we need to maintain a sophisticated and fairly large one because when the army is needed, you need to have enough professional soliders to train the new recruits and to achieve success in early critical missions. Keep up the good writing.
Billrrr, in the words of the great Ronald Reagan, "Peace through strength."
In my opinion, our military should be the strongest in the world. We already have the best Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines and I don't want to leave out the Coast Guard. We MUST equip them with the best training, arms, and technology available and, while we're at it, their pay should be doubled. Even then, it wouldn't be enough. Before the screams of where is the money going to come from start coming in, as I stated to MPChris above we need a top to bottom assessment of each and every program, agency, and department then cut ALL the fat.
Simply put, every terrorist around the world should quake in their shoes, boots, and sandals at very mention of the name United States of America.
Thanks for the comments, Billrrr.
I will surely support you!
perfect.
Minutecreature & Ty, thanks for the comments and support.
Right on Dude!
Lambservant, thanks for the comment.
I can't believe you wrote all that and not mention the Federal Reserve(private bank), high price of cotton, bartering for food, fire ants and jack@ and elephants acting like turnips....
but if I see your picture on the ballot...
you have my X.
I think your ideas are brilliant! I will vote for you in a heartbeat. Your Hub is well done. Bully for you!
James, If I became president, D.C. would be set on it's ear. I would either be the most loved president by some and the most hated by others or I'd be shot, probably by someone in Congress. I wouldn't have a problem at all with physically throwing one of those idiots out of the Oval Office.
Thanks for the comments.
You've got my vote. I wish someone running for president agreed with you all the way down the line.
Need a campaign manager ?? Concise and logical ... What a concept .... Thanks !!!
WannaB Writer, sorry so late but thanks for the read and you support as well as your comments.
I could use a lot of things, Ugly Honest. We could all use a president that's a true American in his/her heart. That's something we don't have right now.
Thanks for the comments and welcome to HP.
Mousumi Paul 16 months ago
Good job