02-16-2022, 11:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-17-2022, 02:47 AM by JasonBlack.)
I'm most interested in a pragmatic approach: how you would change things given the present circumstances, rather than what you would want them to be ideally (though you may include this as well after the fact).
I'll start:
generational archetype: Civic
political leanings: libertarian conservative
Some of my changes are as follows.
Overall Policy Goal: reward personal freedom and ambition as much as possible provided checks and balances and civic and environmental sustainability are maintained (I know that's kind of vague. More specifics listed below)
1) All political contributions over $100 are banned, and candidates can only spend a designated sum of their own money (say, $2,000,000) which would be regularly adjusted for inflation. You get success by achieving high performance, not by buying up the referee to rig the game.
2) Welfare is contingent on acts of community service. We will help you if you're willing to work, not if you aren't.
3) Weed is legalized and taxed. So are all other drugs. That money will be used initially to fund reparations for people incarcerated solely on drug charges, followed by funding a crack down on gangs of all sorts (from human traffickers, to Crips and Bloods, to Aryan Brotherhood)
4) Executive Orders are legal only a national emergency as declared by Congress
5) A Constitutional Amendment for data privacy and other forms of related privacy.
6) If you genuinely want to leave, we don't want you either, so we will be willing to pay for your relocation to another country. That way, if you stay, it is because you have chosen to do so.
7) Pay homeless people to plant trees. We don't have wait for fancy green technology to begin implementing common sense solutions. Naturally, they would be overseen by professional ecologists in order to reproduce the biodiversity of the native flora and fauna.
8) Corporate tax would be medium-low (low enough to keep jobs, high enough to give smaller businesses a leg up), and the proceeds would go largely toward grants for entrepreneurs to start small businesses, increase competition and encourage greater self-sufficiency, ambition and value creation for the local community.
9) Healthcare would be left up to the states, and the rest of the country could watch as 50 different experiments in healthcare policy took effect in order to watch the results.
10) Reasonable funds allocated to green technology R & D, but not to be implemented until both better infrastructure and more cost effective solutions have been developed (the culture of shaming poor people for burning fossil fuels in order to survive is disgusting and indecent)
11) Everyone takes an ASVAB-like test at 18. The higher you score, the more your vote counts. You can retake the test at any time to improve your score, and you get small bonuses for consistent years of being a net tax contributor, as well as larger bonuses for active duty and entrepreneurship/creating jobs. The test would all be multiple choice, with an encrypted test ID number so it would be impossible to discriminate based on race, sexual orientation, etc.
12) Abortion is illegal in cases other than rape or threat to the life of the mother. Sorry not sorry. Stop having sex with irresponsible bad boys and society.
13) Immigration policies that take advantage of brain drain (and for that matter, values drain). You get expedited citizenship of you get above a certain IQ score, come with STEM credentials or create a certain number of jobs by opening up a business.
14) ALL educational materials, if not free, are tax-deductable, including all non-fiction books.
15) At least 3 semesters of debate, 2 semesters of public speaking, 3 semesters of post-secondary life planning (college, trade school, budgeting skills, etc), are required to graduate high school.
16) Also included is a required internship once per week for grades 9-12.
17) Alimony cannot exceed the minimum for a living wage. None of this "I got $400,000 a year just by getting a divorce" nonsense....
18) All weapons, martial arts training and fitness-related expenses are tax deductible.
19) While we're at it, so are most art/music related expenses (with a few exceptions. ie, not $50,000 sound equipment for non-professionals, that has the potential to get a little absurd).
20) Grades K-12 would include 4 yearly trips to elderly homes with games and refreshments to encourage different generations to understand each other.
21) Required 2 years public service (doesn't have to be military. it can also be Peace Corps or an approved charity or volunteer organization).
22) Polluting activities are taxed in proportion to damages.
23) Police are federally funded, must complete a 2 year associate's degree, have regular mental health screening and wear body cams, but will receive a pay increase and additional pension benefits for the extra hurtles.
24) It is illegal to publish articles about alleged crimes until the person has been convicted. Rumors about alleged criminals only lead to trial-by-media, witch hunts and potential harm to persons who may be innocent.
I'll start:
generational archetype: Civic
political leanings: libertarian conservative
Some of my changes are as follows.
Overall Policy Goal: reward personal freedom and ambition as much as possible provided checks and balances and civic and environmental sustainability are maintained (I know that's kind of vague. More specifics listed below)
1) All political contributions over $100 are banned, and candidates can only spend a designated sum of their own money (say, $2,000,000) which would be regularly adjusted for inflation. You get success by achieving high performance, not by buying up the referee to rig the game.
2) Welfare is contingent on acts of community service. We will help you if you're willing to work, not if you aren't.
3) Weed is legalized and taxed. So are all other drugs. That money will be used initially to fund reparations for people incarcerated solely on drug charges, followed by funding a crack down on gangs of all sorts (from human traffickers, to Crips and Bloods, to Aryan Brotherhood)
4) Executive Orders are legal only a national emergency as declared by Congress
5) A Constitutional Amendment for data privacy and other forms of related privacy.
6) If you genuinely want to leave, we don't want you either, so we will be willing to pay for your relocation to another country. That way, if you stay, it is because you have chosen to do so.
7) Pay homeless people to plant trees. We don't have wait for fancy green technology to begin implementing common sense solutions. Naturally, they would be overseen by professional ecologists in order to reproduce the biodiversity of the native flora and fauna.
8) Corporate tax would be medium-low (low enough to keep jobs, high enough to give smaller businesses a leg up), and the proceeds would go largely toward grants for entrepreneurs to start small businesses, increase competition and encourage greater self-sufficiency, ambition and value creation for the local community.
9) Healthcare would be left up to the states, and the rest of the country could watch as 50 different experiments in healthcare policy took effect in order to watch the results.
10) Reasonable funds allocated to green technology R & D, but not to be implemented until both better infrastructure and more cost effective solutions have been developed (the culture of shaming poor people for burning fossil fuels in order to survive is disgusting and indecent)
11) Everyone takes an ASVAB-like test at 18. The higher you score, the more your vote counts. You can retake the test at any time to improve your score, and you get small bonuses for consistent years of being a net tax contributor, as well as larger bonuses for active duty and entrepreneurship/creating jobs. The test would all be multiple choice, with an encrypted test ID number so it would be impossible to discriminate based on race, sexual orientation, etc.
12) Abortion is illegal in cases other than rape or threat to the life of the mother. Sorry not sorry. Stop having sex with irresponsible bad boys and society.
13) Immigration policies that take advantage of brain drain (and for that matter, values drain). You get expedited citizenship of you get above a certain IQ score, come with STEM credentials or create a certain number of jobs by opening up a business.
14) ALL educational materials, if not free, are tax-deductable, including all non-fiction books.
15) At least 3 semesters of debate, 2 semesters of public speaking, 3 semesters of post-secondary life planning (college, trade school, budgeting skills, etc), are required to graduate high school.
16) Also included is a required internship once per week for grades 9-12.
17) Alimony cannot exceed the minimum for a living wage. None of this "I got $400,000 a year just by getting a divorce" nonsense....
18) All weapons, martial arts training and fitness-related expenses are tax deductible.
19) While we're at it, so are most art/music related expenses (with a few exceptions. ie, not $50,000 sound equipment for non-professionals, that has the potential to get a little absurd).
20) Grades K-12 would include 4 yearly trips to elderly homes with games and refreshments to encourage different generations to understand each other.
21) Required 2 years public service (doesn't have to be military. it can also be Peace Corps or an approved charity or volunteer organization).
22) Polluting activities are taxed in proportion to damages.
23) Police are federally funded, must complete a 2 year associate's degree, have regular mental health screening and wear body cams, but will receive a pay increase and additional pension benefits for the extra hurtles.
24) It is illegal to publish articles about alleged crimes until the person has been convicted. Rumors about alleged criminals only lead to trial-by-media, witch hunts and potential harm to persons who may be innocent.
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