What would you do?

• dlazz

  If elected president, what would be your first order of business?
  
  Mine would be a flat tax. 10% across the board, no exceptions.
  
  Religious institutions included.
  
  Non-profit organizations that give up to 75% back to the community (Red Cross) will receive a 5% tax rate, and that money will be rolled back into grants that fund smaller non-profits.
• Con_Alma

  You plan on legislating from the Executive Branch?
• dlazz

  Con_Alma;1552435 wrote:You plan on legislating from the Executive Branch?

  I'm president. I do what I want
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Con_Alma;1552435 wrote:You plan on legislating from the Executive Branch?

  
• ernest_t_bass

  

  If I could do whatever I want, I'd
  
  - Institute term limits across the board.
  - Eliminate lobbying, and make it illegal. Kind of along the same lines as insider trading.
  - Create tax benefits for companies who choose to not outsource to other countries, hoping to bridge the financial gap.
  - Eliminate the minimum wage, and let the free market determine wages.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  ernest_t_bass;1552446 wrote:

  We established he's on the spectrum.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  ernest_t_bass;1552447 wrote:If I could do whatever I want, I'd
  
  - Institute term limits across the board.
  - Eliminate lobbying, and make it illegal. Kind of along the same lines as insider trading.
  - Create tax benefits for companies who choose to not outsource to other countries, hoping to bridge the financial gap.
  - Eliminate the minimum wage, and let the free market determine wages.

  This would cause a huge spike in unemployment.
  
  I 1000% agree with your first statement.
• queencitybuckeye

  Wet down an intern.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I'd also get rid of unions.
• Con_Alma

  Present a budget to Congress, over and over until one is finally agreed to.
  
  Begin what prior Presidents have recently failed to do, uphold the Constitution.
• queencitybuckeye

  dlazz;1552441 wrote:I'm president. I do what I want

  There's certainly precedent for this.
• sleeper

  

  dlazz;1552441 wrote:I'm president. I do what I want

  /Obama'd
• Con_Alma

  queencitybuckeye;1552461 wrote:There's certainly precedent for this.

  
  Unfortunately that's so very true.
• sleeper

  

  I'd make it so you have to pass a test in order to vote. I'd also put financial incentives for desirable people(read: people with good jobs, well educated, not a Democrat) to have children so we can pay for all these worthless boomers and provide a retirement for myself. I'd get rid of EOE and remove the income tax entirely. I'd slash defense spending by 20% overnight and allow educated immigrants an easier pathway to citizenship. I'd eliminate all federal student loan programs and allow only federal grants for low income students regardless of race. I'd also give black people $10,000 each so they can stop crying about how life is unfair.
• Me?

  

  Con_Alma;1552460 wrote: Begin what prior Presidents have recently failed to do, uphold the Constitution.

  THIS. Most, if not all problems are solved by doing this and this alone.
  
  And removing the minimum wage would absolutely NOT lead to a major bump in unemployment--that isn't even logical, much less found in any economic theory or practice. MANY more jobs would become available, especially for those who can't integrate into existing jobs for whatever reason. The minimum wage is one of the worst economic policies that a government can institute.
• TedSheckler

  

  I would accept bribes from everyone.
• queencitybuckeye

  Me?;1552475 wrote:THIS. Most, if not all problems are solved by doing this and this alone.
  
  And removing the minimum wage would absolutely NOT lead to a major bump in unemployment--that isn't even logical, much less found in any economic theory or practice. MANY more jobs would become available, especially for those who can't integrate into existing jobs for whatever reason. The minimum wage is one of the worst economic policies that a government can institute.

  Better solution to eliminating it is to get the economy to a level where it becomes moot.
• Me?

  

  queencitybuckeye;1552481 wrote:Better solution to eliminating it is to get the economy to a level where it becomes moot.

  I think that's putting the cart before the horse personally.
• queencitybuckeye

  Me?;1552483 wrote:I think that's putting the cart before the horse personally.

  Yes, but you don't know the simplest economic principles, as proven in other threads, so we'll take that for what it's worth.
• Me?

  

  LOL...
• Me?

  

  And your basis in economics is essentially what has been applied and tested, and look how well it works.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I'd get rid of the Fed. DOE. Leave it to the states, and make states compete with one another (if they wish). Who gives a flying fuck about world-wide educational rankings, when not everyone is educated in the same manner?
• Con_Alma

  ernest_t_bass;1552498 wrote:I'd get rid of the ... DOE. Leave it to the states, and make states compete with one another (if they wish). ...

  I couldn't agree more.
• Heretic

  

  I'd be the Roose Bolton of presidents. A peaceful land; a quiet people...due to my particular blend of brutally enforced martial law.
• Devils Advocate

  

  My balanced budget: