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  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    Good question. I'd have more federal money go to states to be spent specifically on bicycling infrastructure. I'd take the first step in developing a single payer healthcare system that borrows from what works best in Europe and Canada. It would really be developing what that would look like and selling the idea. The pushback from private insurance companies will be so strong that it will take a minimum of 20 years to be put in place.

    And most importantly, I'd open wilderness areas up to mountain biking (winky).
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    Education, infrastructure , health care, less violence.

    I would reform welfare, plus a mixed bag of spending cuts, tax increases and reforms in the tax code.

    None of this really matters if we don't have a functioning and healthy planet to live on though. So sustainability is probably the most importent yet the least likely issue to be addressed by whomever.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    CH156378 said:

    Education, infrastructure , health care, less violence.

    I would reform welfare, plus a mixed bag of spending cuts, tax increases and reforms in the tax code.

    None of this really matters if we don't have a functioning and healthy planet to live on though. So sustainability is probably the most importent yet the least likely issue to be addressed by whomever.

    What would you change with regard to welfare?
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    Go Beavers said:

    CH156378 said:

    Education, infrastructure , health care, less violence.

    I would reform welfare, plus a mixed bag of spending cuts, tax increases and reforms in the tax code.

    None of this really matters if we don't have a functioning and healthy planet to live on though. So sustainability is probably the most importent yet the least likely issue to be addressed by whomever.

    What would you change with regard to welfare?
    Nothing specific. Everyone knows there are abuses of the welfare system. Cut waste where you can. Better oversight. Better welfare programs. More welfare to work type programs. Like maybe if your getting $700 a month in food stamps you could do some volunteer type work if your able.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    CH156378 said:

    Go Beavers said:

    CH156378 said:

    Education, infrastructure , health care, less violence.

    I would reform welfare, plus a mixed bag of spending cuts, tax increases and reforms in the tax code.

    None of this really matters if we don't have a functioning and healthy planet to live on though. So sustainability is probably the most importent yet the least likely issue to be addressed by whomever.

    What would you change with regard to welfare?
    Nothing specific. Everyone knows there are abuses of the welfare system. Cut waste where you can. Better oversight. Better welfare programs. More welfare to work type programs. Like maybe if your getting $700 a month in food stamps you could do some volunteer type work if your able.
    $700 is a really high amount. The issue with fraud is that more people need to be hired to investigate the fraud, so you get push back when the state agency wants to hire more people.
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    Go Beavers said:

    CH156378 said:

    Go Beavers said:

    CH156378 said:

    Education, infrastructure , health care, less violence.

    I would reform welfare, plus a mixed bag of spending cuts, tax increases and reforms in the tax code.

    None of this really matters if we don't have a functioning and healthy planet to live on though. So sustainability is probably the most importent yet the least likely issue to be addressed by whomever.

    What would you change with regard to welfare?
    Nothing specific. Everyone knows there are abuses of the welfare system. Cut waste where you can. Better oversight. Better welfare programs. More welfare to work type programs. Like maybe if your getting $700 a month in food stamps you could do some volunteer type work if your able.
    $700 is a really high amount. The issue with fraud is that more people need to be hired to investigate the fraud, so you get push back when the state agency wants to hire more people.
    Lol. I bet.
  • ehbaconehbacon Posts: 1,971
    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
    It's easy. A constitutional amendment.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    CH156378 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
    It's easy. A constitutional amendment.
    I think you may be missing the point of this thread.
    Unless you can describe how you will do things it does no service to anyone to state a grand idea.
    Most politicians have grand ideas but no concrete plan for implementation.
    A constitutional amendment? - tell us how
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    CH156378 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
    It's easy. A constitutional amendment.
    I think you may be missing the point of this thread.
    Unless you can describe how you will do things it does no service to anyone to state a grand idea.
    Most politicians have grand ideas but no concrete plan for implementation.
    A constitutional amendment? - tell us how
    This one could be challenging. Imagine your boss showing up to the office one day and asking the employees to decide to have their job end in 2 or 6 years. Good luck.
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    CH156378 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
    It's easy. A constitutional amendment.
    I think you may be missing the point of this thread.
    Unless you can describe how you will do things it does no service to anyone to state a grand idea.
    Most politicians have grand ideas but no concrete plan for implementation.
    A constitutional amendment? - tell us how
    No. I answered how he would change the constitution in regards to term limits. Answer: An amendment.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    CH156378 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    CH156378 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
    It's easy. A constitutional amendment.
    I think you may be missing the point of this thread.
    Unless you can describe how you will do things it does no service to anyone to state a grand idea.
    Most politicians have grand ideas but no concrete plan for implementation.
    A constitutional amendment? - tell us how
    No. I answered how he would change the constitution in regards to term limits. Answer: An amendment.
    How do you as one person get this done?
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    CH156378 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    CH156378 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
    It's easy. A constitutional amendment.
    I think you may be missing the point of this thread.
    Unless you can describe how you will do things it does no service to anyone to state a grand idea.
    Most politicians have grand ideas but no concrete plan for implementation.
    A constitutional amendment? - tell us how
    No. I answered how he would change the constitution in regards to term limits. Answer: An amendment.
    How do you as one person get this done?
    Impossible. It takes a village.
  • ehbaconehbacon Posts: 1,971
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ehbacon said:

    Probably get rid of reelection altogether so politicians can finally start thinking of how to benefit the country and not themselves

    So how would you go about doing that?
    Simple, Obama is going to appoint a liberal justice whether or not the republican senate wants to admit it or not. Odds are during my presidency another justice will die and I'll appoint another liberal justice, and we'll have the majority in SCOTUS. I will then executive order a law stating that government officials cannot strategize together for means not pertaining in any potential or existing bill. Once this law is unavoidably broken by every politician in congress, a public out cry will ensue, creating the perfect opportunity to present a plan that seems rushed and shocking to the general population, but circumstances will be so rough that the public will support anything their leader does with the right propaganda presented to them (Iraq *clears throat*). The plan will be to amend the constitution and take away reelections for government officials. The liberal SCOTUS will rule in my favor and bam!
    Listen to some of my music here (if you want to): [url="My soundcloud"]
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    My number one issue would be to work to protect the oceans. Everything starts with the oceans. If the oceans go, everything goes- and not just environmentally because without an environment suitable to human life there will be no social issues to address anymore. This may seem like a rather cut and dry response but it truly is a cut and dry issue.

    How I would accomplish this:

    The Navy and Coast Guard. The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard are one of our most wasted resources. If our Navy did what the Mexican Navy recently did, which was to assist Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in removing an illegal gillnet that had gotten tangled in a whale and threatened its life, we would be getting a much greater return on all the millions of dollars spend on those military branches. I would instruct a large portion of both branches to patrol international waters and put an end to all illegal fishing and whaling.

    Schools. I would ask our Secretary of Education to immediately coordinate the development and implementation of interesting and informative classroom education regarding the beauty and importance of our oceans and the inherent right to life for all sea mammals. Part of the curriculum would be geared toward helping kids understand that current fishing practices are unsustainable and inform them that a great deal of unintentional marine death occurs from these fishing practices, including a vast number of sea birds.

    Health. I would immediately confer with our Secretary of Health and Human Services to find ways to educate the public about the imminent collapse of the vast majority of marine life and the danger of ingesting ocean fish due to high levels of toxic material.

    Embargoes. An immediate embargo on all trade with other countries who engage in illegal fishing and whaling, especially Japan.

    Moratorium on ocean fishing. I would immediately work to place a moratorium on all ocean fishing including ocean fish farming in order to give the huge number of endangered fish speciels time to recover their populations.

    Ocean Garbage Patch Clean Up. I would direct a great deal of national and international energy into cleaning up the Great Pacific Ocean Patch. The longer we wait to do this, the sooner large plastics in the ocean will degrade into small particles of plastic which are very difficult to remove from ocean environments and which endanger entire ocean whole food webs.

    An immediate ban on plastic bags and a huge reduction in plastic containers. See "Ocean Garbage Patch Clean Up" above.

    OP, you asked for a serious response. This is as serious a response as any I have ever made on this forum. If we don't do a great deal more to protect the oceans, we put ourselves and all large animal life forms on this planet in ever continuing and exponentially greater peril. Nothing else is of more immediate concern- not even global warming.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,982
    mass funding and subsidies and awareness of alternate fuels. electric cars. I read somewhere recently that someone invented a vehicle that runs on salt water. seriously. fuck big oil. no more oil? no more american-led wars.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    not really an answer. but i think it points out a big part of the problem. republicans just won't stay out of peoples' lives.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5hlil50vi4
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    hello

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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    All these brilliant ideas cost money.

    Many are misguided but still cost Money.

    USA is country that's gets things done. Without a strong economy, I can't hug a tree or post on a forum with Internet bullies and moderators who censor

    How to become a "mod" 101

    So, all these ideas above require enforcement and oversight and who pays?

    Entrepreneurs, they pay.

    Take away the carrot, no money for all these socialists to spend.

    Few leaders. Respek!

    Woot
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    usamamasan1 said:

    All these brilliant ideas cost money.

    Many are misguided but still cost Money.

    USA is country that's gets things done. Without a strong economy, I can't hug a tree or post on a forum with

    Why is it so hard to understand that if the oceans die off too far and the environment becomes inhospitable to all or at least most humans then there will be no economy, no countries, no forums, no you, no me. It's a simple concept really, if you think about it.
    usamamasan1 said:

    Internet bullies

    Pot/kettle/black
    usamamasan1 said:

    and moderators who censor

    No mods=no forums.
    usamamasan1 said:


    How to become a "mod" 101

    So, all these ideas above require enforcement and oversight and who pays?

    Entrepreneurs, they pay.

    Take away the carrot, no money for all these socialists to spend.

    Few leaders. Respek!

    Woot

    Of course it takes money to do these things. That's why some of us are paying for these kinds of efforts while others spend their money on other pursuits. But don't worry, I will neither ask nor expect you to change or help out. It would take all your fun away and who want to be a spoil-sport, right?

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    How much money have you spent to #savetheoceans

    How much

    Selling used books from the back of a Prius doesn't change the world.

    As an alternative, I choose to help by growing the economy of my country.

    Call me USAstimulator

    Trade and immigration is the talk of the town

    Git. Go on now git.

    That's it

    Work for it.

    How many bags of trash can we pick up from the beach?

    Those literers are evil doers.

  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    No police=no lives matter
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    usamamasan1 said:

    How much money have you spent to #savetheoceans

    How much

    Selling used books from the back of a Prius doesn't change the world.

    As an alternative, I choose to help by growing the economy of my country.

    Call me USAstimulator

    Trade and immigration is the talk of the town

    Git. Go on now git.

    That's it

    Work for it.

    How many bags of trash can we pick up from the beach?

    Those literers are evil doers.

    FBI agent to Captain Paul Watson: "You really like to get close to stepping over the line, don't you Watson?"

    Paul Watson: "Yeah, I get as close to the line as I can without crossing it".

    You could learn from this man because by attacking me personally and disparaging and falsely describing what I do professionally, you prove that you do not possess the sense to know where the line is.

    But don't worry, I won't rat you out. Who wants to be a spoil sport, right?
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Rat? To who?
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    I cross the "line" everyday.

    If you don't live on the fringe you never see the edge. That is what entrepreneurship is.

    Risk tolerance leveraged with education, hard word and pure winning!
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Back on topic

    Flat tax

    Everyone should pay.
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Abolish the IrS
    Easy peasy
    But wait, where would the communists get their money? Or the liberals? Or the socials its?
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    I gave up the fringe a long time ago. I've learned that it is not always a good idea to get to far out to see.

    "Risk tolerance leveraged with education, hard word and pure winning! "

    Incomplete sentence.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Old books are history
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