There's much that I should post before this but I'll get to those things and this is on my mind right now and may need editing later....
One of the things that governments, at all levels can so to achieve a result it feels is in the best interest of the greater good, is a system of incentives and disincentives; in effect bribes and punishments. We do it with our children all the time, mostly without thinking. "If you keep your room clean for a week, we'll go ...." (add whatever reward you want here) Or, "If you don't clean up your room, you can't..." (add your favorite threat here.)
We get tax exemptions for the number of children we have. Is that not an incentive to have children? We have deductions of the interest on our mortgages. Is that not an incentive to buy a house? We fine corporations for polluting. Is that not a disincentive for polluting? Probably not enough of one since they still do it.
I think it's a very effective way of getting people to move in the direction you want. Yes, my friends, manipulation is human nature.
It's certainly a method I would use. Being a citizen of a country, a member of a society, means you have to conform, to a degree with, what I think, some general norms and behaviors. The Constitution lays out some very general norms, others are codified in statutes, laws and regulations.
So, if I were President, there are incentives and disincentives I would propose. Some would be different than those now existing.
