January 29th, 2020 will mark my 35th birthday, unlocking the doors of the Oval Office to me and everyone else my age. I'm an opinionated, somewhat bitter young man and, following the advice of my parents to "make something of myself," I have started working up a campaign for the White House. Here's a breif run down of what goes on in my pea brain.
I will run as an Independent, free of patrisian politics and away from the constant War Across the Aisle. My campaign slogan will be "Screw Politics! Government for the people!" or something along those lines. I will not sling mud at my opponents nor will I engage in "friendly banter" with them on or off the stage. I will concentrate on getting my message out there the right way, and will not stoop to name-calling and petty insults. My campaign will be funded by myself and only by myself, as I do not want kickbacks or illegal campaign funds. Being Independent, I doubt I'd get those anyway.
My platform will be the country and whatever it takes to make it better for everyone that lives here. I will do away with pork and shift spending to places where it is needed. I would finish up whatever war we've started and pull most of our troops back home, as I refuse to let our boys be squandered for useless, stupid reasons. We will no longer be the world's police force, and we will only act in defense of our country and our allies. I will not send aid to third-world countries nor will I rebuild whatever country we crushed in the last engagement. I will ween the country off of imported goods and start getting American made products back on the market. Companies that outsource American jobs to save money will be outsourced themselves, from the top down. Every effort will be made to create jobs and stimulate the economy.
Useless government-funded programs like affermative action will be culled and binned. Appointments to the Cabinet and other various governmental positions will be based off of skill and productvity, not popularity or party affiliation. Should the need arise, Supreme Court justices will be appointed for how well they interpret the Constitution and how able they are to be effective justices. They will not be appointed because they're liberal or conservative. "Touchy" subjects like abortion and gay marriage will be removed from governmental control and/or debate, as they are personal things that should only be dealt with on a personal level. The government should not be concerned with what someone wants to do with themselves or with each other. Religion will be culled from governmental bodies, but "In God We Trust" will remain on monies and other things because we're all used to having it. Anyone wishing for this to be changed will be ignored.
The Constitution will not be changed to suit my needs or the needs of stupid extremists. The Second Amendmet will not be changed or ammended because someone gets shot. I will carry everywhere I go to prove that point. The laws will be upheld and the punishments will be swift and severe. I will disband the ACLU and bring back medieval-type punishments, going as far as I can without breaking the "cruel and unusual" mark. Inmates on death row have five years to prove they're innocent or they will be executed. Stays of execution will be granted only in certain circumstances. Jails will not be full of drug abusers or users, as these folks will not spend years in jail getting "rehabbed" only to violate parole and go back. Prisons will not be four-star resorts and criminals will not get better treatment than regular citizens. Gas prices will be fixed at a reasonable price and Big Oil will deal with it. The Alaskan oil reserves will be tapped and Greenpeace will deal with it. We will build more refineries to process our own oil and cease buying forigen oil. Taxes will be increased on dirty industry to promote a cleaner, healtiher industry.
There is more, but I'm still thinking about a lot of it.
I'll admit, I am not registered to voite currently, mainly because I refuse to vote for someone who thinks they can screw up this country less. Until I see someone who doesn't drool onstage and doesn't babble incoherently about the other guy, I probably won't. The above is a glimpse into my flawed and ignorant logic, and is meant more in jest than anything else.
But you never know...