Killer platforms

You are running for the president of the United States/Free World/World. What is your killer platform?

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[Edited on Sep 03, 2004 by euphplayer02]

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talk about killer platforms.... have you seen their digs? ouch!

Kill 'Em All.

Or....

We're All Gonna Get Laid!

Flat federal income tax for individuals who make more than $20k, and corporations who make more than $100k. No deductions, no exceptions, no other taxes.

Mandatory balanced federal budget, after a two-year freeze at current spending levels. After that, budgets must be no more than was collected in the previous fiscal year. All surpluses will pay off the debt until it is cleared.

Line item veto for the President.

Legalization of all drugs and narcotics, followed by by an importation ban of 5 years. In conjunction, an end to any and all farm subsidies.

Abolishment of the Dept. of Education, the CIA, the NSA, the FBI, the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the creation of one unified intelligence agency. The Education department just gets shit-canned.

Repeal of the 17th Amendment.

Federal recognition of marriage as a voluntary bond between two people, both adults, who choose to combine assets and live as one legal entity, henceforth known as a 'couple'.

An open bounty on the head of any terrorist who publically advocates violence against this county. Bounty can only be claimed after DNA match has confirmed their identity. For this reason, we'll accept heads only; no fingers, toes, or organs.

"A bud for every bowl, a chicken for every pot, a license for every couple, a bullet for every terrorist, and a balanced budget to boot!"

I got a hella good response.

Jeff, I don't have a killer platform myself, otherwise I would have.

The only serious answer you've had is from Sadistic_Bastard, and of those, I'm certainly unsure of this one.

I wouldn't balance a federal budget annually; I'd be aiming to balance it over the business cycle so that it acts as a counter-cyclical device during the economy's ups and downs. Of course, that's harder to mandate at law than a fixed rule saying you-shall-spend-this-year-only-what-you-collected-last-year. (Personally, I'd still prefer that the discretion be there.)

Then again, as I understand it, budgets are planned well before that year's revenues are finally received and tallied so I'm not sure how we'd implement a rule about spending this fiscal year based on spending in the previous fiscal year.

I'm also not sure how you'd get from a strict balanced-budget rule, enough surpluses to pay down outstanding debt.

I'm down with the legalising drugs and liberalising marriage business though!

If I think of any killer platform ideas I'll be sure to share them.

Ban All Safety.

That's right. All of it. No more warning labels on hot cups of coffee, no more "don't let your kid put this bag around his breathing holes" warnings, nothing. I'm eliminating it all.

The reason is simple. Only idiots need safety. YOU'RE not an idiot, are you? Of course not. So vote for me. Everyone hates idiots. Idiots are the reasons for all of America's problems. Every. Single. One. Ban Safety = Less Idiots. Less Idiots = Better Living. And you do want to live better, don't you? Of course you do.

So you can see why i'm the only logical candidate for your vote. I figure i'll win on the "Emperor's New Clothes" principle. Vote for me in 2020.

Turn all the national highways into giant bumper car lanes.

But which ones of them are even WEARING platforms????

Sporty has runners on!!!!!

Focus 30 - 50% of our entire civilizations entire resources to creating free energy (or nearly limitless and virtually free energy) for as long as it takes.

Then rapidly build infrastructure of robotic human labor replacement drones while at the same time phasing out money.

Everything will be free since all labor and goods will be intrinsically linked to free energy, the only currency will be time.

And for my next term?

Immortality for everyone

You're going to do all that first part in ONE TERM?

I'm voting for you!!!

Some pot in every chicken.

So did I...and yet for some freaky closet reason, I clicked.

Starship Troopers. That's my platform.

Or a return to the hysterics of Athenian democracy, without slavery. Pottery porn for all my friends!

me too! i'm so dissapointed!

Winner.

"Can't someone else do it?"

No 9/10 pricing on gasoline. I hate that 9/10th of a cent shit!

Oh yeah, and no more changing of the clocks twice a year.

I thought this was about operating systems.

Kill me now.

Yeah, people up north don't like having the sun come up at 4am in the summer.