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Dog-faced pony soldier
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: A Rock Surrounded by a Whole lot of Water
Posts: 34,187
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- For every new law enacted, two must be stricken from the books until some reasonable number of total laws is reached, then it can become 1-for-1.
- Every new law must have some kind of expiration date or "sunset" provision
- NO right of citizenship for anyone. Citizenship will be earned by people upon completion of a mandatory two-year civil service program upon completion of high school or their 18th birthday (whichever applies). These programs will give young people a choice of military, public works improvement, administrative, law enforcement, search/rescue/public safety or other programs. When they complete the programs, they will have EARNED their citizenship (at age 20) and now have the rest of their lives to pursue interests, college, career, whatever.
- Requirement for a balanced budget every year by federal, state and local branches of government.
- Re-instate (and expand) tax credits for high-efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles.
- Build more solar, wind and nuclear power plants. Expand domestic U.S. refining capacity in the short term. If the NIMBYs don't like it, they can move.
- Strict GLOBAL term limits. For sake of argument let's say 15 years. That means a person can only serve a total of 15 years in ANY elected office. Five years as dog catcher, three years as a neighborhood council member and four years as a state representative (for example) means if you get elected to a six-year term in the U.S. Senate, you're done after that. "Experience" in politics is overrated. Necessary to a point, but overrated. More important to get rid of career politicians/bureaucrats.
- Reduce government budgets by 20% a year until they are at most half of what they are today. Preferably more.
- Immediately levy a 50% tarriff on all goods imported from China until they de-peg the Yuan from the U.S. dollar. After that, make it 30%. If they don't like it, tough.
- Create a program rounding up and deporting illegal aliens. Upon arrest, give them a choice of six months in prison (followed by deportation) or six months helping to build the wall and other border security elements along the U.S./Mexico border. If they complete the six months, they get a chance to plea their case for becoming a LEGAL immigrant to the U.S. on the basis of good behavior and hopefully being a productive member of society - just like prospective immigrants coming over "cold turkey".
- The official language of the U.S. is English. End of story.
- A large-scale (someone said "Manhattan Project-like", which is good) initiative to completely rid the U.S. of dependence on foreign sources of fuel/energy within 40 years.
I'm sure I'll think of more. . .
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