IF I WERE PRESIDENT

Below, you will find what other visitors would do, if they were President. Decisions and views published do not reflect the opinion of the site managers. Published in reverse chronological order of submission date.

• I would put Bush in prison along with his accomplices for killing all those American on 9/11. I would hold the politicians involved in the decisions to start this war accountable for war crimes. I would bring our troops home. I would provide free medical for all our first responders that are dying from lung diseases now after 911 and are being refused medical assistance. I would require all politicians to take lie detector tests before taking oath of their positions.  I  would shut down all the hundreds of military bases we have all over the world trying to police and bully other countries and bring all those troops home too.  I would stop giving all our money away to foreign countries and concentrate on our people here that need help. I would stop medical robbery by eliminating all insurance for medical and giving free medical to our citizens like most other countries do. I would change the Federal Reserve Banking system and begin getting our country out of debt caused by the loaning of our money to our country! Every dollar we have was loaned to us with interest by these crooks and as long as that system is in tact there can be nothing but debt. That would stop them from loaning money to both sides of every war and watching while we destroy each other.  I would stop the One World order and their plans to rule the world.
  
  How would I do all this? I don't know but I do know that knowledge is power and with the truth out in the open to this country ...the complete truth...then those very intelligent and honest people that I know are out there can help brainstorm ideas about how to make this happen. That was the beginning idea of the constitution but it has been trampled to death and taken over by evil and powerful people.
  
  Don't believe what I am saying is true?
  
  Go to infowars.com
  
  google 911 was an inside job
  
  Posted by Suzan (USA) on 5 September 2008.

•  If I were President of the U.S.A. my first order of business would be a swift and huge military invasion of Mexico. I would love to have Mexico as the 51st state of the union. Next I would invade and conquer Canada and rename the United States of America to the United Countries of America.
  
  Posted by Aaron Hill (USA) on 4 September 2008.

• I'd do away with the IRS totally and say that every working American would pay 2-3% of their wages per week that would go into a fund; part would go into a savings account for each person to be able to withdrawl when they retire and the other half would go for health care for every American, and there would be no special deals for the rich and I would pay companies an incentive every year so they would bring jobs back to America instead of sending them to overseas companies.
  
  Posted by Richard (USA) on 4 September 2008.

• Work to dissolve not only party lines but also territorial lines.  Work to build alliances with countries outside of our ever-waning network of who we now call our allies. Work to unite with other countries on issues, especially the ones of humanitarian nature.  Work to bring more funding to the World Health Organization to at least provide simple effective health care such as medicine for malaria and food to starving people, clean water supplies that is so readily available here in the states but is so scarce in many parts of Africa, Asia and other parts of the world
  
  Posted by Chele (USA) on 3 September 2008.

• my first act as President would be to start a disaster fund. After hurricane Katrina, it wasn't easy to rebuild the city, we should have funds for something like that...
  
  Second of all, I would try and make peace. There shouldn't be ANY war with Iraq. We all know Bush is just over there because of the oil fields. He is unnecessarily and selfishly sacrificing the lives of innocent people.
  
  Posted by Aaronjw (Canada) on 1 September 2008.

• If i was president
  Of good ol u.sa
  you know i'd turn our churches into strip clubs
  and watch the whole world pray
  i'd give the working man back his money
  i'd make the dirty politians pay
  to all the women raisin our children
  i'd give em a vacation every year
  to our good women raisin our children
  give em a paid vacation every year
  while all the good gals are relaxin
  us daddy's will be out lookin at titties and drinkin beer
  if i was president
  even for just one day
  ya know i'd make my birthday
  one of our nations new national holdiays
  if i was president
  i swear i'd get the job done
  ya know i'd uphold the freedom of speach baby
  and our rights to carry guns
  i'd give my state of the union address
  from a mile high smokin a join on air force one
  if i was president
  i wouldn't lie or sneek around
  if i was president
  i would have sex in the oval office
  then lie about it all over town
  i'd put tv cameras in the lincholn bedroom
  so the whole nation could watch me layin it down
  and monday night football on every tv
  and lynard skynard on every radio
  i'd give myself a pay raise
  
  Posted by TooBIG (USA) on 1 September 2008.

• I would bring back capital punishment!  Eye for an Eye.
  
  Maybe then will our criminals think twice before they decide to break the law!
  
  Posted by Tired of Crime (USA) on 29 August 2008.

• If I were President I would bring the troops home immediately, like tomorrow. I would go and visit foreign leaders to talk to them, they are people afterall, even if they are dictators. I would tell the automakers that they need to make Hybrids and I would make driving huge gas guzzlers so expensive that nobody could afford to drive them anymore, but I would give everybody who is willing to trade in their car, a free hybrid. I would promote peace around the world, but NOT with WAR or PEACEKEEPERS.  I would work to clean up the environment, make wind and sun power the new "electricity".
  
  Posted by Kathy (USA) on 23 August 2008.

• I'd reform taxes and come up with a flat tax plan. I'd reform health care and model it after other countries, making it possible for everyone to receive decent health care. That's a start!
  
  Posted by annie (USA) on 23 August 2008.

• i will make teaching ppl to recycle a compulsory subject in school, set up school for the poor, make every company only produce recyclable plastic and make everyone recycle everything.
  
  Posted by mimmy (Malaysia) on 23 August 2008.

• I would strip corporations of their power, remove all subsidies and make corporate officers more accountable for their company's actions.  I would also make the 3 essentials: food, health and energy gov't regulated for prices and access to them.  EVERYONE deserves all three.  With those basics, our country's moral and contributions would far shadow any expense.
  
  Posted by onegratefuldad (USA) on 22 August 2008.

• of the USA i would kill my self and stop making sheet.
  
  Posted by audrey (Brazil) on 21 August 2008.

• the value of the presidency.
  
  The voice and opportunity of the presidency would be the greatest of advantages. To be a President of the people and for the people. When a government is self ruled, the rules should be made by the people that are the recipients of those choices.  Then if they don't like the outcome and where those choices lead, there is no one to blame but themselves. The President should be nothing more than a "traffic cop", directing and enforcing the directives of the population. The truth is that in a free society where the decisions are made by those who appropriated the foundational platform and rule, would and should get the leadership they deserve..Whether good or bad the leader should be a reflection of his people that voted him to office. So then what would happen is that the nation would rise or fall based upon the strength of there choice, and their resolve to carry their policies out.
  
  Posted by danandsandycan (USA) on 19 August 2008.

• I would put prayer back in school.
  
  I would strive to end abortion.
  
  I would try to lower taxes.
  
  I would support a one man one woman marriage amendment.
  
  Posted by Mark Brown (N.A.) on 17 August 2008.

• I would feel REAL sorry for those who pissed me off when I am on the rag.....
  
  Posted by Dee (N.A.) on 15 August 2008.

• I would institute the FairTax bring back manufacturing to the US and restore America's strength!
  
  Posted by Hector (USA) on 13 August 2008.

• I would put an end to the corrupt powers at work,Like the bilderberg group whom plan to dominate the world.Check it out http://www.infowars.com/.
  
  Posted by soul2skin (USA) on 13 August 2008.

• I would change the way people in power always seem to be given too much money and I'd be the first to settle down in a house that is size-appropriate for the size of my family. I'd probably still need some security around me but that would literally be the only luxury.
  Money spawns corruption therefore a lack of monetary advantage in powerful positions would mean less corrupts tempted and better people coming forward who actually do care about the people. I'd set the trend.
  
  Posted by aliska (United Kingdom) on 11 August 2008.

• I would make oil companies lower prices by 70%.  I would give every LEGAL American citizen a monthly food allowance, and incorporate a national health and dental plan that accomodates everyone.
  
  Posted by Booboo (USA) on 10 August 2008.

• I would reduce petrol price, donate money to everyone in need, increase all employees salary and ban taxes!
  
  Posted by Happy Feet (Malaysia) on 7 August 2008.

• For one thing, I would bring those troops home... right now in a heartbeat to stop them from being killed left and right.  President Bush sentenced them to death when he started sending them over to Iraq and Afghanistan for a pointless war over oil fields, that has resulted in... NOTHING!  There were never weapons of mass destruction (as he said there were), he basically duped the UN and the American people over this one and failed miserably.
  
  I would open up the oil reserves so that American people can get a break at the pump.  Of course, President Bush doesnt have to worry about that since all his transportation is taken at the expense of the American people so he wouldnt care about the increase in gas prices, he just cares about his own bottom line as in his oil stocks that is making him millions.
  
  The economy sure wouldnt be in the shambles that it is in now.  People wouldnt be losing their houses all over the place and they could actually get a break from not having to pay so much because the cost of housing is way out of control.  What average American can spend $500,000 or more on a basic house?? sure as heck not me...I have seen too many people around here losing their houses because of Bush's economy.
  
  I can't wait for January when we inaugurate a new president and hopefully for the sake of this country... it is NOT McCain.
  
  When we had a Democrat in office, the economy was good, gas prices were great, and no one was losing their houses like they are now.. let's hope that another Democrat gets elected to get back to what we had before while Clinton was in office.  At least the only thing he was guilty of was getting a blow job (which millions of men get every day and who cares...)  At least he got his job done, had a high approval rating, and was there for his country.
  
  Thats all I have to say!
  
  Posted by Bren (USA) on 4 August 2008.

• I would abolish money, power would be judged by contribution to society... that would be unlikely so I would cap EVERY large corporate companies profits and put that into free healthcare, education and subsided housing
  
  Posted by matt (N.A.) on 2 August 2008.

• I would ban all sexual activity on local TV,and ban offensive lyrics in music,all music and videos will be clean.This world has gone from respect for each other to no respect toward anybody even our young children.
  
  Posted by gia (N.A.) on 2 August 2008.

• I would legalize marijuana.
  
  Posted by DrCord (USA) on 2 August 2008.

• i would make the world a better place, make underage sex a bad thing, bring the troops home in 2010, and kiss every baby that a mother asked me too
  
  Posted by Warren (USA) on 29 July 2008.

• If I were president, I would first take our country's money and use it for our poverty, on another countries. They couldn't give a damn what happens to us. Second I would let U.S. citizens vote on if our country should go to war. Not the politicians. They don't care if every soldier in america was killed.
  
  Posted by Bo (USA) on 26 July 2008.

• Abolish special interest groups
  It's time to start representing the working class
  before they are all gone.
  
  Posted by Sheba77 (USA) on 24 July 2008.

• I would bomb Iraq..and China...and Mexico...and Denmark!
  
  Posted by Kitmaru (N.A.) on 23 July 2008.

• I first have to state that I live now in Canada.  One thing that I cannot stand is warmongering.  I; if I attained presidency would make a law that the first groups of soldiers sent out to war would be those of the politicians...So they would have to think a lot harder before wars were started.
  
  Posted by Gipsy (Canada) on 22 July 2008.

• I would set up a free medical service for all americans that will apply for it.
  I would call back the troops from iraq.
  I would set up a fund for disaster where everyone who loses his home will see it rebuilt for free in less than six month.
  I would invest money and resources to gain back usa credibility internationally, with help for the poorest countries.
  I make sure no one dies anymore in DARFUR and remove the scumbag that rules the country now.
  I invest money and resources to make america a great Country again with roads school parks .
  I will do anything  to lower the gas prices to 1999 prices.
  
  Posted by piodalcin (USA) on 20 July 2008.

• Well seeings on how the president is just an illusion for congress to hide behind I guess I would try to rally the people to make congress start making changes that we all would like to see. Such as end the war , Lower gas prices and loosen up on inflation. Owe and also stop all they lobbying in washington.
  
  Posted by woody821 (USA) on 20 July 2008.

• I would stop allowing immigrants (who speak foreign languages) into our country and certainly build a wall along the Mexico/USA border and then I would make sure that anyone who couldn't speak English be sent back to their own country.  We have too many American citizens who are losing their right to the middle class lifestyle because too many immigrants are stealing our American dream.  Look how many Dunkin Donuts you have in your neighborhood...then stop in and see how many of those who work there can speak English as their first language.  How are these foreigners getting government grants to start businesses while the rest of us have to fight to get any assistance?  I would make sure that the welfare system, SS system and any other governmental system stopped publishing in any other language but English.  If you can't speak English, you're here illegally and you don't deserve government handouts.
  
  Posted by Sarah (USA) on 19 July 2008.

• before anything else could be done, I would find that stupid piece of paper that the idiot BILL CLINTON signed into being called NFTA - translated EVERYONE SENDS AND SELLS IN USA - EXCEPT AMERICANS OF COURSE.
  then kick everyone and everything out of our country that resulted from this idiotic scheme. That was the beginning of our downfall from which there is no return
  
  Posted by wallbounced (USA) on 16 July 2008.

• I would make it ILLEGAL for pregnant mothers to drink or smoke. Automatic Jail Time and a hefty fine.  Also any parent caught smoking in the presence of an infant/ toddler/young child, Automatic jail time and hefty fines.
  Protect those who can't protect themselves.
  P.s - Pedophiles and abusers would automatically get at least 25 years, because they for sure ended that child's chance at a good life. Would probably let them wear a freaking DOG collar too , to announce their status.
  CAN YOU TELL I'M A MOTHER!
  
  Posted by Islandempiress (Cayman Islands) on 15 July 2008.

• Lets go back to the beginning,to the founding of this "what used to be great"Country. Our founding Fathers saw fit to base all of our laws, principles, and morals on Biblical Truth,and everything they fought for has been changed or amended by our so called public servants, who according to the original design of our government were volunteers, as true public servants should be.
  I would do everything in my power, with the help of God to take us back to where ,according to our Constitution, we should be. Therefore we would no longer be supporting politicians ,who steal more money from the citizens of this country than any other form of governmental waist. Once we got back to a government by the people , and for the people, instead of "for a paycheck and anything else they can swindle from the people , any and all problems I can think of would cure themselves! God Bless ISRAEL and whats left of the U.S.A. !
  
  Posted by PARSDISE/RC (USA) on 15 July 2008.

• if i could vote in a president i would want that person to want to help the USA VETS make sure they get the medical and other things they need.. they put there lifes on the line they get our best..then the old get the best medical care and houseing.  i want a president that will make sure the schools have the money to pay the teaches and buy what needed for each student to learn.  and that means field trips and band and other things the kids want to learn.  i like to see a president make tax one price..  to hear what the people are saying and voice back what he hears so we the people know he hears us.  every child get food and clothes and no welfare work force instead.  we have streets that need cleaning and bathroom in goverment building that need cleaning.  trash need to be picked up you want goverment money you work for it.. and if you get food stamps we need a way to make sure the childrend are getting it not being sold for drugs.   i want a president that will keep our money here in the USA.  not over seas.. we help our own first then if some is left over we help others.. USA FIRST USA FIRST THAT WHAT I SAY AND THAT WHAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT.  OF THE USA
  
  Posted by YVONNE (USA) on 12 July 2008.

• I would do everything in my power to encourage better working relations between the two major parties.  The president's role is to lead and, at least in general, it is not to take stands on individual issues.
  Solid leadership entails bringing about the most productive environment for those that do deal with the details of individual issues.
  I wonder how many different ways this type of opinion has already been stated...
  
  Posted by Jeff (USA) on 8 July 2008.

• You couldn't pay me enough to be President.
  
  He doesn't run the country, congress and billionaire corporations do.  If it makes them rich or puts another dollar in their accounts they pass the law.
  
  They pull the strings that make the President dance, and anything the Pres tries to do or change has to be passed through them first.
  
  Our beloved Government looks to their own personal welfare first, at the cost of it's own citizens.  There is no morality in the Government anymore, and no common sense.  It's about the almighty dollar and who can get more.
  
  If you were President and tried to change things and put right what they've screwed up you would be assassinated, because rights don't make money.
  BUT, if I had the power to make necessary changes:
  
  1) Stop worrying about the rest of the world until we get our own citizens taken care of.
  
  2) Stop listening to bleeding hearts and making crap nonsense laws to satisfy them.  Just because they don't like something doesn't mean it's bad and has to be changed.  They just need to learn that sometimes things in life don't appeal to everyone.  Don't like whats on tv or the radio? Change the channel.  Don't like someones opinion on a subject?  Talk or listen to someone else.
  
  3) Find a way to make healthcare available to all, even the poor, and stop making something that is such a necessity a monopoly.
  
  4) Serious crimes deserve serious punishment.  Castration for Repeat rapists and child molestors and/or implanted chips to track even first time offenders(if you don't agree then you must be one).  Automatic death for murderers and serial killers (they lost any rights when they took a life, they don't deserve to live themselves and I personally don't want the worries of having them in my neighborhoods, my family and friends are more important then that).  And so on.
  
  5) Toughen or close borders until a system is in place and a thorough scan can be done on anyone entering.
  
  Racial profiling only destroys this because it's the racists themselves who employ it as a psychological tactic to get what they want, like a child making a parent feel guilty.
  
  6) Education should be more important then our current Government makes it out to be.  Yes, they say its important to make us feel like we matter and to get our votes, but they never act on what they say once in office.
  
  On the other hand, less education means less extra-curricular activities, and that means our children go looking for other ways to vent their frustrations.  Crime goes up more and more, and so do our taxes, and guess who makes more money?  Heheh, tricky S.O.B.'s working the system.
  
  There is no perfect system, too many people couldn't handle a system with common sense laws and rulers.  But it can be improved.
  
  A short reign of Anarchy might open some eyes.  Who knows.
  
  I say Power to the People!  A revolution to kick the government in the ass and let them know that we aren't going to take the screwing they seem to think we like.
  
  Posted by ATruthfulTelling (USA) on 7 July 2008.

• i would do what the USA should be doing helping the people of the USA.  the elderly are sick and cant buy food.. there are kids that have no shoes and no food and cant even go to school.. yes right her in the USA.  I think we need to take care of our own frist then we can reach out and take care of others.. the first i would help would be the indians.  i would drill for oil any were we could find it i let the stuff in storage go too..  i would give the power back to the people and make the people in the capital think twice about voteing for CRAP like to save the frog and make the farmer lose his land becasue he cant plow it.  i would make it so any one that want to be married could.  i mean who cares.  i put the money back into the schools.. and take away the pay raise congess get each and every year..  i would try to put the USA back to the way it was.   and if any one did not like it they could leave.  go find someplace they like better..  pay for the airplan ride.  and no they would not get to come back.. i would pass a law that said if the people vote down something in there town they A** Ho*es that are running it cant go and do it any way.   i would talk to the men and woman that have a bussness that makes money tell me how to get out of the red.  i would turn the prison in to prison.. no tv nothing but work sleep and eat.. i would make sure they had good medical care and i make them grow there own food.  you work you eat.. you sit on your A** you get bread and water..  and if you are on death row.. you dont get 15yrs or more you get 3 to 5 and then down you go..  i make sure the animals shelter were stocked with what they need to take care of the throw away animals..  i would tell the countys that want more from us to go suck eggs..  i teach them to fish but i would no long give them food..  well i sure i will never be president.. LOL
  
  Posted by yvonne (USA) on 6 July 2008.

• If I were president would try to look not only for my country but for the world. Try to make projects that would impact in the world we live. Help no governmental organizations and also non profit ones. Take care of health and education. The most important things in a society. But also look for the enviroment. Take care of the planet it´s also very important.
  
  Posted by Deborah Katy (Brazil) on 4 July 2008.

• I would create a body of honest, ethical members to force big business, political, military, religious and all so called "power-people" accountable for their actions. Many have big heads and fat pockets that pay their way into being too far above the law and need to be bought back down to reality of the life they are creating .. or should I say destroying for everyone around the world.
  
  Posted by Missi (Australia) on 4 July 2008.

• I'd look beyond all the crap people are telling me, and focus on what's really important to real people.
  
  Which, simply, are: Health, Education, Economy, Safety, and Transportation.
  
  That's it. No more.  No less.
  
  I'd implement the best systems from all over the world.  Like British Doctors bonus based on patient's blood pressure results.  Like high-speed rail networks reducing depency on gas.  And not be so arrogant to assume we have the best of everything already.
  
  I'd provide the best education for all, which ensures future compeitiveness in a global economy.  That means no more hoarding your property tax dollars to fund only your elite schools.  But real sharing so that every child with potential can see that potential realized.
  
  Posted by shshao (USA) on 1 July 2008.

• I would put billions into the development on new technology that would take us from dependence on foreign oil, to independence and save the average american hundreds of dollars a month in gas prices.  This would be achieved through fully electric autos that would cost less to charge on each charge and maintain that level for double the typical mileage our current cars make.
  I would put billions back into education, leteracy programs for the illterate, the prison system and true rehabilitation for inmates.  Billions would go to the states for the rebuilding of new bridges and maintaining of the ones that are failing, as well as rebuilding of roads, and the personal and equipment to get us on our way to where we need to be in our respective states with our highways and bridges.
  Money will be given at the recommended levels to all agencies that take care of our country and keep it going.
  I would attempt to enact new laws that don't let Corporate crimals and white collar criminals get off so easily and cost our nation dearly for their crimes.
  I would lift the rule that says that if u want to buy prescriptions in Canada then you can't.  I would allow this to be an option for all who are strugling.
  I would lower the tax for those making over 250,000 a year from 40% to 33% down to 25% to 30% and also fully tax them for social security.
  Abortion would be legalized only if it is not believed to be alive by a medical doctor.  This would mean that second trimester abortions would not be legal or allowed, because this would be killing a living developing human.
  
  Gay marriage would be allowed or civil unions would be allowed....though we might have Christian values that conflict with this, we must still allow the fact that others have rights and might not agree with out ideas or values.  This is a free society, and that means that Gay couples are entitled to their rights.
  Gun owners would be required to pass screening for criminal history or mental history when that person has been deemed insane by the courts, or found to be they dhould not be allowed to own a weapon until they have recovered fully for at least on year.  Gun owners should also be informed of their rights to defend themselves, but be given a booklet in each respective state abou their rights involging self defense and gun ownership.
  
  We must also not spend hundreds of billions of dollars on other nations due to our negligence in determing the potential threat that nation was.
  
  Posted by Chris (USA) on 30 June 2008.

• Close the country...until further notice...LOL Meaning that instead of taking care of every other countries' citizens, we'd take care of our own first.  Second, since we supply 2/3 of the world's food, I would raise the food costs on the foods that we ship to the oil producing countries...fair is fair. The next thing I would do is to make ganster rap music illegal because it is making our kids stupid.
  
  Posted by Kathie (USA) on 24 June 2008.

• I would take care of our elderly. I would stop giving our tax dollars to countries that hate us anyway. Close the boarders and revamp this thing called welfare.
  
  Posted by Big Momma (USA) on 23 June 2008.

• First off, we all must understand that any president elected after the year 1871, was  merely a manager representing the queen of England's corporation known as THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to her, they all  answered to. Period!
  (If you require evidence of this, see Jordan Maxwell's' 50 years of research here, copy  http  : // focusonrecovery . net / hijackofamerica / index . html then paste into your browser, removing the spaces)
  If we use the Hebrew Bible as our guide, (realizing its roots steam from the more ancient Samaritan text) we discover the first offspring of the first created men, known to most as Adam(s).
  Some claim the first Adam(s) were created or placed here 7 to 10,000 years ago, I find difficulty with this, as there is evidence of mankind's existence on this plant for thousands, if not millions of years.
  However, within this blood line was introduced a blood line of control, or a spirit of dominance by one of Adam(s) sons.
  The spirit, or bloodline of this son has sought  dominance, clear up to this very day.
  (If you seek further evidence, see this page;
  http : // www . focusonrecovery . net / mattersoffaith / Serpentseed . html )
  As long as this spirit, or bloodline wishes to control others by use of terror, rather than tarra, no man has the ability to govern others without eventually becoming corrupt with this spirit of greed.
  Every king in our recorded history eventually became possessed by the spirit of greed, therefore causing him psychosis, that always led to his demise, and with no exceptions.
  It appears as if this is by divine design of a Creator who wishes His creation to have freewill in their creations.
  However, in the first stages of our development, mankind is incapable of self-government, as self-government has always  lead to self-destruction because of the rogue emotion of control based fear.
  When I use the term "New World Order" the first thought that comes to mind is control. This is because we think of those kings who have controlled us by way of fear and terror.
  However, it has been noted that a time is upon us when this spirit of control will reach its maximumious, unable to feed on the fear it creates within us, thus becoming starved, unable to survive.
  Therefore, if someone were to ask me what is the first thing I would do if I had the power to do whatever I felt was best for the betterment of mankind, I would say; "First force the Vatican to open its endless information vaults."
  I would then make all this knowledge available to all the people of the earth, knowing only this knowledge has the ability to set mankind free from those who have sought to enslave him, via, man made religion, from the time of the Garden of his Eden.
  So vote for me ;0) rather than another CFR member wishing only to control the way you view yourself and the world around you.
  You are a co-creator. A co-creator with the unique ability to transform your own reality, therefore, the unique ability to transcend your current reality.
  http // : www . focusonrecovery . net
  
  Posted by TravisK (USA) on 23 June 2008.

• If I were president
  I would try to restore some sort of sanity to our world.  I would try and encorage the news and media to stop sensationalizing the news, which only alienates parts of society and terrifies other parts of society.
  I would be a lot more stringent about the ownership of guns.
  I would try to promote the fact that happiness is more important than wealth, and that every job is valued. That each individual is special and important.
  I think the majority of the worlds problems are caused by either people who have to much money and believe thay are above everyone else or those who have  been made to feel worthless and powerless.
  I would try to put a break on the profit no matter what the social cost society that we are all forced to live in.
  Where the media promotes gangsters, druggies and the stuppidly rich and innane celebrities  as icons because it turns them a quick buck, with no thought to , how in a society where youngsters are growing up with the feelings that the world is coming to an end ( due to global warming, or an asteroid or the million and one other threats that we are shown in the media ) , that money and power is everything no matter how it is acheived , we are encoraging our children to emulate this.
  Is it any wonder that young people want to live for now,  that they want to emulate the gangster rapper on drugs  who is able to treat women like dirt, live the high life murder at will  and have the media drooling over them .
  When I write this it just makes me more sad that we shape society by what we allow, since I was 14 and I am now 42. I have seen the way we have promoted so many bad things.  Computer games based on stealing cars, killing policemen, being a gangster. Images of women acting and being treated like whores and being called whores  in nearly every music promo.
  You may think I am a christian or a muslim or some other belief , but I am not. I believe that there must be somthing, but know I am not clever enough to know what  . I am just a 42 year old woman, who has realised that we are making our world the way it is by what we allow.
  I believe in the freedom of speech, but what use is the freedom of speech if Gangsters, murderers, and  inane celebrities  sell more copy , than the reasonable well ajusted majority.
  What use is telling your children its wrong to take drugs, or steal or murder, when every day in the papers these people are treated like heros and gods.
  What sort of society do we live in where the fact that your product is the latest  no 1 thing to steal is seen as a good thing. Where we pursuade people that you are nothing if you do not own the latest bit of tat.
  Its all mad, we ship in food from thousands of miles away and its cheaper than food grown down the road.
  If Iwas president. I would try to get back some sanity for us all
  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak my mind, in a world where thought is shaped by the media its nice to find somewhere where you can speak your mind and still be seen
  
  Posted by rattytatty (United Kingdom) on 23 June 2008.

• I would make the citizens of the United States my first priority.
  - I would do away with the current taxes and start a flat rate tax. This would be far to everyone.
  - I would not support any financial support to other countries to give them better health care and other services that some Americans don't or can't afford to have.
  -Make Universal Health Insurance Plan that everyone could afford.
  -Make it mandatory that High School Seniors must take a semester of financial management prior to Graduation.
  -Restore the Social Security System and stop borrowing money from it. If properly restored I  would lower the retirement age to 20 years of service or by age 55.
  -I would void any reparation laws because we shouldn't be paying for something that our ancestors did.
  -I would do away with the Department of Homeland Security. Since it was started alot of money was taken away from local emergency services and I would restore the money back to the place where it needs to be with the local services. I would make sure that everyone got thier fair share. Under the current administration the bulk of the money goes to the larger cities and the smaller local towns and community get rejected for funding.
  
  Posted by Stewart (USA) on 22 June 2008.

• I would learn from the recent disasters around the world and here at home ie Katrina, Marimar, China.  I would understand that there are 3 things people need to have for the 2-3 weeks they will be on their own and they are; water, shelter, communications.  I would put emergency water stations near firehouses, historical homes would serve as emergency shelter systems and every kid from 6th grade to 12th would be equiped with portable micro FM radios as they are the only viable means of getting the word out in a disaster
  
  Posted by freebiz4u (USA) on 20 June 2008.

• i would give papers to all the illegals
  
  Posted by Latinos rock (USA) on 20 June 2008.

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