What Would You Want to Accomplish As a National Leader?

[Japher]

Then that would be my platform... The Status Quo President

[Patroklos]

Once you get there, you'll find out you can't get anything done.

They haven't seen my "management" style yet.

[Master Zen]

I'd kill every ****ing racist.

[VetLegion]

Says the Mexican-supremacist

[LordShiva]

Re: I would like

Originally posted by pchang
to have sex with the hottest woman in the nation!

This is what I thought as soon as I read the thread title.

Then I would invade other nations and have sex with their women too.

[DAVOUT]

Interesting question, Patroklos.
As a potential voter, this what I would think about your program :
- the railways project, particularly under the new energy and environment constraints, would be not difficult to achieve;
- the reduction of the federal bureaucracy should be done only after it has improved certain serious deficiencies (New Orleans);
- foreign aid is a rather small project, and would primarily requires to split the compassional aid given without expecting any return, and actions that are tagged "aid" but would not be done if american interests were not concerned (as all nations are doing).

Personnaly, in five years, I would attack only one point : the present education which is unsatisfactory in my country. Any significant improvement in this area would bring tremendous results.

[Berzerker]

I'd get us out of the Middle East and end the drug war

[Starchild]

Statues. I'd have lots of statues of myself built.

[Colonâ„¢]

I'd realign the Belgian borders to its natural frontiers between the Rhine and the Seine.

[Blake]

I'd ruin the economy.

[Lonestar]

(1) Institute a "Manhatten Project" of electrified railways bewteen much of the country, in addition I would cut, drastically, government payouts to Airlines. (i.e. "none"). This will Be my "Transportation" policy.

(2)Energy Policy: Nukes= teh Good. Put increased milage restrictions on POVs, with a goal to cease private ownership of cars that use petroleum products for fuel.(This dovetails into my "**** the Middleeast" foreign policy)

(3)Space Policy: Direct NASA to cease all manned operations in LEO, unless it entails preventive or corrective maintenance on assets in orbit. NASA is to concentrate efforts on manned exploration of the Solar System, starting with Mars.

[Lorizael]

Honestly, after the rousing success of the League of Nations, I can't think of anything else that really needs accomplishing.

[CrONoS]

Re: Re: I would like

Originally posted by LordShiva

Then I would invade other nations and have sex with their women too.

invading the world with Shiva genes! You're such a Gene Supremacist!

p.s.: God That I love my name

[CrONoS]

1- I would stop subsidizing many things, I would do many free trade agreement.
2- I'll help grass roots organization(by raising their fund,etc) to help people with mental and physical disability, young with psychological problem, etc..
3- I'll ban MTV
4- I'll ban many reality show
5- I'll ban Paris Hilton
6- I'll raise the fund for genetic and spatial research.

[Patroklos]

- the reduction of the federal bureaucracy should be done only after it has improved certain serious deficiencies (New Orleans);

It is my opinion that most of those deficiencies were due to the bloated bureaucracy. Too many agencies stepping on each others toes. To much duplication. Nobody really knowing what authority they have. Too many things needing a commitee decision.

Paperwork. I understand accountability, but do we need to account for things 8 times (like where I work)?

And most importantly, too many middle/upper managers coasting along in jobs hoping their intended services are never really needed, not to mention mucking up the communications/money/decision making chain.

foreign aid is a rather small project, and would primarily requires to split the compassional aid given without expecting any return, and actions that are tagged "aid" but would not be done if american interests were not concerned (as all nations are doing).

I don't know why we would not expect any return. If all aid money was directed to Latin America for instance, I think a couple dozen billions of dollars could do a lot of good in short order.

Note I did not say abandon the other areas, just make the first world nations in those areas take care of their own backyard (Europe=Africa, Japan/SK/Australia=Asia, etc.)

Personally, in five years, I would attack only one point : the present education which is unsatisfactory in my country. Any significant improvement in this area would bring tremendous results.

I thought about education, but I doubt my rather draconian solutions would be possible

Since the thread is not really booming I will list some more of mine.

4.) Legalize Marijuana. That’s right. Bet you didn't see that coming from me. That drug is no worse than alcohol, and honestly the amount of drug enforcement time and money that goes into countering it is retarded. Legalize it, regulate it, and tax it. It will never be as big a commercial item as cigarettes because it is much easier to grow your own weed than tobacco, but I bet the convenience of picking up a pack of joints from your gas station would generate a good bit of revenue.

And more importantly, it would increase by an odd 35% instantly the resources available to combat drugs and narcotics that are actually dangerous. Not to mention a pet theory of mine is that off the bat, since marijuana will be legal and easy and non dangerous it will absorb a good bit of demand for the other drugs anyways.

You get the idea though, we can discuss the specifics in another thread.

5.) All military projects advancing us 2 generations over the nearest competitor should be abandoned. The F-22 is nice, but the F-15 can already clean the floor with any potential threat out there right now. Weapon systems take 20-25 years to mature these days and states like China are hitting that wall, they are not going to surprise us anytime soon.

While a battalion of active camouflaged, Crusader wielding, Osprey flying grunts would be cool, two divisions of currently equipped troops (already a generation (sometimes two) ahead of our rivals) for the same money is more useful.