What I believe and feel and what I would try to do, if I were President.
I'm for term limits. Career politicians were never conceived of. Of course, neither was the complexity of modern life but career government employees pretty much take care of that anyway. And, I mean limits, two terms, consecutively or otherwise. 8 years to do damage or good is enough. The complexity of modern life make it tempting to extend that so "experienced" people continue their work but let's resist that temptation.
I'm OK with a death penalty as long as it's lethal injection. But, its up to states, unless it's a federal offense.
I have a complete and comprehensive welfare plan that does more but is for a limited time with a lot of controls. I was a single mother from day one with zero child support ever. I was on welfare for about 6 months when my son was an infant and I went back to work before he was weaned.
We need to get back to standards:
- Standards of civil behavior.
- Standards of quality for just about everything.
- Educational standards.
- Work standards.
So many things....
Exacting economic control depends on government standards and regulations. You have freedom to do business but no assistance without meeting standards and regulations; that includes licensing, etc.
I insist on separation of church and state.
Public, especially elected officials may NOT serve on national anything unless they provide a clear, easy means of feedback and communication from THE PUBLIC.
ALL Executive Branch Departments will be required to present 2 televised reports to The American People a year: The first to present the mission, goals and plans for the coming year; the second to report on the outcome of those missions, goals and plans.
The pay of ALL elected officials will be, by law, voted on at each election.
ALL government contracts will require of any proposed contractor:
- a current (reviewed and updated in the past 3 years) personnel manual that is available to all employees.
- a current (annually reviewed and revised) pay scale for all classes of employees, including executive class.
- an acceptable gap between classes of employees to be decided among congress and Fair Labor Standards Board.
- Fair Labor Standards will be returned to humane standards and reviewed periodically.
- standards for products and services will be enforced.
Election standards, regulations and laws will be reviewed and, hopefully, improved. Federal elections basics will be paid for from the General Fund. Certain regulations will govern campaign activities not covered in that budget in an effort to control excess "dark money" in the election process.
All agencies will develop standards and criteria for their area of activity. Standards will be available on departmental web sites. They are not mandates, nor laws, however, federal funds will not be given to those who do not meet them.
I am for elected suicide. A person's life is the one true thing we own; it's nobody's business when we leave.
I think each person, at birth, has the right to have their DNA sequenced and registered as proof of their existence and their ownership of that DNA and life. This is based on a televised documentary where a corporation obtained the rights to the DNA of a person with a rare disease and refused to pay for the right with free treatment with drugs obtained from that DNA. Should never have happened.
I am against gender reassignment surgery before the age of majority.
I am against discrimination of any kind in any circumstance.
Publicly funded agencies, services, etc. will not change their policies, hours, content, fees, activities, etc. based on the objection of individuals served. If someone is offended by something, input will be collected and, if enough evidence of a problem exists, a PUBLIC hearing will be conducted to determine an outcome which may include the removal of public funding and shutting down service to everyone. In the meantime, people who are offended can find those services elsewhere.
It expected that actions have consequences and that everyone will accept the consequences for their actions. Everyone does not behave responsibly and there must be consequences.
To be a patriot means to accept the laws of the country you live in, receive services and protection from but work to improve by example, by voting, by participating locally and up through the various levels of government.
Paying taxes is one way each citizen contributes to the vast array of services and protections all our levels of government provide: roads, sidewalks, streetlights, sewers, water, police, fire, schools, libraries, railroads, the military, and more. We don't receive all the services, all the time, but jointly, we get more than we pay.
We each have our own perception of the world, our way of doing things, our own tastes, our own opinions. Sometimes we forget that everyone has their own as well and it's none of our business.
ALL life is sacred. The energy of life is eternal but physical life is finite.
War is wasteful and stupid but, unhappily, sometimes unavoidable.
