My Platform for Election 2005

Since I will be running for President sometime between 2024 and 2032 I will be posting an annual update of my platform issues. This is the first installment. This is if I were running for President this year.

1- Balance the budget at 90% of tax revenue and pay off the national debt using the remaining 10%.

2- Install a flat income tax of 10% across the board. This is equal taxation for all with no write-offs. This will allow the near dissolution of the IRS, which will save money.

3- Find and eradicate wasteful government programs. Be aware that this will cost some government employees their jobs.

4- Invest heavily in clean, renewable energy and energy transmission research.

5- Put a $10,000,000,000 bounty on a cure for AIDS.

6- Consolidate every government agency that does the exact same thing into a single, more efficient agency. Who needs 20+ intelligence agencies anyway?

7- Banish the estate tax.

8- Make laws to make frivolous lawsuits nearly impossible or impossible to file while protecting valid ones.

9- Protect the Defense of Marriage Act.

10- Bring the Iraq war to a swift close by concentrating massive military force in Iraq, sealing the borders to prevent new terrorists from getting in, wiping out the insurgency with extreme prejudice, then bringing our brave servicemen and women back home with full honors.

11- Pull all support of any kind from Palestine and give Israel our full backing in their national defense against terrorists.

12- The UN will shape up or we will abandon it and kick it out of our country.

13- Seek the reunification of Korea under democratic rule. In other words get the North integrated into the South. This may take buying off North Korea’s leaders, or possibly imposing a trade embargo while cutting off foreign aid until they capitulate. They have been a split nation for too long.

14- I believe it is possible to remove Castro and his cronies from the country with a huge cash payout and relocation for them. We can then either consider the country bought and make it a territory or new state in the Union if the people are willing (and I think they are) or we can help them rebuild and set up a friendly democracy. This is a bloodless way to get rid of an enemy in our own hemisphere.

15- Seal off the southern border so none may cross except at manned checkpoints. Then either find and deport every illegal immigrant in our country, or follow the plan I have outlined in my previous posting “A Solution to the Border Problem”.

16- Set only two possible sentences for murderers, rapists, and child molesters: Death, or banishment to any country that will have them under the condition that they lose their American citizenship and that they will be executed without trial or appeal if they ever set foot on American soil again.

17- I will only appoint strict Constitutional Constructionists to any US court. No liberal activist judges.

18- As much as I hate regulation I hate exploiting needy children even more. That is why I propose caps on the cost of adoption. It should be easy, fair, and affordable.

19- Minimum gas mileage standards on all new vehicles.

20- Ensure that all revenue raised through gas taxes are used for road construction and maintenance only. Use no other source of tax revenue to pay for them. Adjust gas taxes accordingly, hopefully down.

21- Since PETA supports terrorists who are busy teaching people how to become terrorists right here on American soil, I will declare PETA to be a terrorist group. They should not be paying arsonists and bombers to spread their foul message.

22- Exempt the EPA from lawsuits. Currently a gigantic portion of EPA funding is being wasted fighting lawsuits from environmental activist groups. That money would be better spent protecting the environment.

23- The second amendment should not be abridged.

24- Exempt farms from taxes on revenue raised due to farming activities.

25- Offer incentives and assistance to farmers for switching from traditional farming techniques to conservation farming. It’s good for everyone.

26- Privatize all schools K-12 and switch to a voucher program so that even children from poor families and bad neighborhoods can compete with wealthier students for admission to the best schools at no cost to them, thereby leveling the playing field based on individual merit rather than financial status. I have outlined a plan for this in my previous posting “Down with Public Schools”. See also “Big Government for Public Schools”.

27- 26 makes a huge Department of Education Unnecessary. Reduce it to just the personnel needed to handle the standardized tests that will be used to rate schools and release annual performance reports on the schools.

Okay, that’s a pretty ambitious agenda. However, being the responsible man that I am, I am most willing to listen to the suggestions of my constituents for additions and revisions. Obviously I will not champion causes I am opposed to or are unconvinced of their value.

So, would you vote for me?