First President You Voted For: Nobody I ever voted for became president.
politician from the past that you wished were running today: Teddy, FDR, Kennedy, and I'd like to see how Jefferson or Hamilton did things today. We are in desperate need of Goldwater, even Gingrich!
Favorite current Senator: Obama (He's got to cash in on his popularity)
Favorite current Congressmen: Pelosi: because she deserves some credit for winning the house back. (I'm saying this like it's a done deal) And hopefully she handles it like Newt.
If you were President for one day, what would you do? Instigate a Self-Sustainability Initiative that pushed for new renewable energy technologies in transport and power in general, that extended into building codes and zoning laws (hence, architecture).
Then, I'd tell Isreal to give half of their USaid to the Palestinians and install a water pipe plant there!
I think that before I got to the white house I'd have a laundry list of bills ready to be signed (if congress could only work that fast):
privatise Social Security (so our generation and the following ones have some money);
Gay rights,
legalize drugs, except set up the anti steroid agency,
gun control,
cut the military budget in half,
then give half of the half to education (making sure 75% goes to teachers, schools and students rather than the bureaucrats),so really, reduce the Military by 75%,
give the soldiers a raise!
Get rid of the star wars budget (give it to NASA),
invest in super trains (Planes polute way too much, plus Megan hates them)
Bolster Mexico's economy with infrastructure investment (include them in the self-sustainability initiative)
Get religion out of school and put a memorial for Darwin on the mall
Cut the price of college tuition to a price afordable by those working parttime minimum wag jobs. (A little economics would be needed here)
Install a program for apprenticeship to companies (everything from welding/machining to brokeraging and accounting and lab work too) (Kinda like France's mandatory youth service.) (Ours wouldn't be mandatory, only a good oppurtunity for those who, at 18, don't know which way to go.)
Correct the tax code! Only tax business and capital gains. But less. (I'd need a calculator and an economist who knows the numbers)
Reduce the budget
National ID card
Get rid of military bases abroad!
PAy the United Nations
Fund the African Coalitions and help in COngo, Somalia, Darfur, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Northern Kenya, Nigeria... etc.
Get rid of AIDS.
Limit Campaign spending to the amount a worker getting page Minimum wage could afford. No Soft Donations and special interest money (Even if it is against our right to freedom of speech) ... ban tv commercials and install a national channel for debate.
Oh, I forgot: 1 day? With Congress?... hmm, I'd shake some hands. Mention a few ideas, and listen to excuses.
Favorite Washington Monument: Lincoln
If you were a lobbyist, which issues would you like to lobby for? I'd lobby for the death of lobbyists!
Politically appointed job you would like to have? Secretary of State
Favorite First Lady: Elenor Roosevelt
What would you rather see the billions being spent in Iraq spent on? Education, Middleast conference, pipe plant in Iraq, electricity in Iraq. infrastructure building in Afghanistan... investigation/audit of Haliburton and KBR and other contractors to see what we got for our money.
I am crossing my fingers that Democrats take the Senate next Tuesday.
