Taxation Without Representation

It occurs to me that, were I President, with the support of Congress, I could fix many, many of this country's problems within the eight years of my two terms. I often joke that I simply need to be made dictator for ten years like Caesar, except that I'd be assassinated like him before my work could be finished. Now, what I mean is that I hold some basic ideas about leadership, philosophy, and principles. I do not consider myself prepared to lead the executive branch of the government or be commander in chief. (Although that isn't stopping countless others from running, and becoming, president these days.) I simply have the right ideas, understanding of history, economics, politics, and on, to set this country straight. I have not been indoctrinated into "beltway politics," I am not corrupted, I owe allegiance to no one. The uncommon sense that eludes our leaders has not abandoned me. There are many like me, and the majority of Americans would support us (true conservatives) if we got a chance to run just as soon as we laid out our ideas. However, political office is quickly becoming a national country club. Not just anyone can run for office anymore, you apparently have to be a sellout first. I sometimes wonder if it was ever that way. Regardless, true conservatives like me would win hands down in the arena of ideas, if only we had elected representatives out there. I stand by those words. What does a true conservative want? Allow me to present a list, probably incomplete, of how we would, and could, save America. A list that the majority of America is dying to hear from its leadership.


Immigration Policy
This is an easy one, which is why I am starting with it. I also happen to have a lot to say on the matter. It is also one of, if not the THE most important issue facing the country. Our nation can survive if we lose in Iraq, we can even survive another 9/11, but we cannot survive being invaded and outnumbered by foreign nationals. I repeat: we can not survive when we are invaded by foreign nationals and outnumbered, unless they leave. So...

The borders need to be closed. Duh. The fact that the southern border of the United States is still, still wide open is all the evidence anyone needs to lay claim that we do not have a legitimate government. We have greedy self serving power hungry corrupt scum leading this country from top to bottom with little exception. They will not even protect us from foreign invaders, as is their responsibility per the constitution. Most of history's dictators cared more about preserving their country than our leaders do. Anyway, were I president, here is what I would do.

Day one, I would call up the national guard, and what military I am told by my generals that I need. All of them. I would send them to the border, they would patrol it, and no one would get across. They would turn back any and all foreigners attempting to invade. I would tell congress that until the wall is built, the soldiers will not return. Furthermore, should any invader give any trouble, the soldiers would be authorized to use lethal force. Is that so harsh? They will be given a chance to turn back. If they neglect it, then they are invading our country and the military needs to respond.

As far as getting rid of the invaders that have already nested in, well that is simple, but not easy. None the less, it needs to be done, here is how you do it. First, you make the penalties for employing, harboring, aiding in any way, an invader, too huge to ignore. It is not hard to set up a system that you can check the employment status of a person, one probably already exists. You also make the penalties for fraud and identity theft that the invaders are using huge, such that any invader caught doing so is either thrown in prison, or deported. As far as deportation goes, you take fingerprints, retinal scans, DNA samples, whatever you need to make SURE you know who that person is. That person will never, ever, be allowed within our borders again, barring only the most extreme of circumstances. If they get caught here, they have blown their chance, period. If they are caught a second time in the United States they are thrown in a crappy prison made just for them. They will be treated humanely, but it will be, as close to as possible, a self-sufficient prison. The prisoners there will not be allowed to leave, but since they came here to work, after all, they can farm their own food, and do other forms of labor to help if not completely pay for the cost of their incarceration. These policies will inspire most of the invaders to leave by their own accord, leading me to my next point...

All those wishing to leave will have the option of declaring themselves illegal, in which case they will be deported, with the fingerprints and all that taken, but they will be allowed to apply for citizenship if they wish. However, they go to the back of the line like everyone else. They are bankrupting our nation piece by piece via theft, and worse criminal activities, so I would be willing to assist them in leaving, it will save the Unites States billions if not trillions (I am not exaggerating) of dollars in the long run. Probably the short run, too.

As far as those who do not leave voluntarily, law enforcement, if given license and permission, (as they often do not have in so called sanctuary cities), could catch them all. Most, once the free ride is cut off, will have no reason to stay, but the rest, such as the gang members, the other criminals, and maybe just the hard headed, will be rounded up. They can be sent to the same prison mentioned above, work enough to pay for their incarceration and deportation if possible, then deported to their own nation. Naturally, those who get caught before voluntarily being deported will never be allowed in the country again. Think of the prison as a half-way house for deportees. They will be made to pay our country back what they take from it via deportation costs, if possible, (that ought to get manufacturing jobs back within our own borders), then they will be kicked out to never return. They had a chance to leave with our mercy, they blew it. Of course, any violent criminals and those types can go ahead and live out their lives farming their own food and doing manual labor.

Briefly, I have to mention that this is not slavery or indentured servitude or anything like that. It is incarceration. Today's prisons have what? Cable television, weight rooms, "yard time" for inmates to play basketball? I don't think so. Maybe if we got serious about rehabilitating these people, we'd make them earn their keep and be responsible for themselves, while they learn a trade (farming or whatever other manual labor they come up with) so they aren't left with "no choice but to return to crime" as all you libs always complain about. So consider this a sub section of my post about how I intend to deal with the prison system.

Finally, as one of my earliest posts goes, I would push to have the 14th amendment repealed, and have a new constitutional amendment put into law. (Please read the post: My Immigration Amendment.)

Also, any rogue elements of the Mexican military giving aid to any invaders, especially criminal invaders, would be taken care of by America's own military. If Mexico has a problem with that, too bad. Control your military or we will have to, I would say. Also, if the Mexican government continues to aid its citizens in invading, then the Mexican government is an enemy of the Unites States, and should be dealt with. Now, I don't want to topple the government, or even attack it. But some form of payment ought to be extracted. Perhaps for each dollar that it costs the US to counteract their actions of aiding invaders, we ought to blockade as much from them, or demand as much money's worth in oil that it costs us to counteract them. I do not insist on that, but something must be done, and it probably needs to be harsh if we are to deter the Mexican government from assisting criminal activity in our own country.

Now, many may say that these measures are too extreme. Well, I would bet anything, including my political career if I had one, that once I had explained how exactly these policies would work, why they are necessary, (see the amount of money we lose alone to the invaders), how humanely everyone is actually treated (unless they don't head warnings when they try to cross our border), and how they would actually be better for all in the end, the majority of the American people would be behind me. The policies above are fair, just, give everyone a second chance if they want it, and most of all: FIX THE PROBLEM. Don't tell me we can't do it, this is America. We can do ANYTHING! Make all the excuses you want, it is the best thing for the country. The fact is this: the point of no return is approaching quickly, and the longer we wait, the more drastic the measures will be that need to be taken, or the country will succumb to its own stupid extreme ultra-tolerance.

Quickly, another issue with immigration: what ever happened to Ellis Island? It used to be a place to screen every one for diseases, and quarantine them if necessary. That prevented diseases from being brought to the US. We wiped out Polio in those days. And the measles. These days, thanks a lot to our impotent president, there are no screenings. Sure, bring that TB right in, we don't mind. Bring in some super straings of staph while you're at it. Bush himself pushed for and got passed the LOOSENING of restrictions of AIDS carriers who want to enter the country. Yes, he feels it is wise not only to leave a wide open border, across which cases of TB and who knows what else are being brought into our country, where it once was eradicated, but also to let in AIDS infected people in droves. The American people, I assure you, do not want this. But no one in Washington says anything.

Here's another immigration issue the libs will attack left and right, (go ahead, call me racist) but once properly explained, rather than the biased media being the only voice about it, the majority of America would surely endorse. It is based on one politically incorrect yet very true idea: all immigrants are not equal. Some come from cultures that encourage moving up the social ladder, making something of oneself, and intend to become Americans; and some come uneducated from countries bringing with them negative attributes ranging from the harboring of disease and the lack of sanitary habits, to being potential terrorists. Is it just a coincidence that immigrants from India always perform extremely well in school, while the highest percentage of immigrants dropping out of high school come from down south of the border? There must be a reason for that. And I don't think it's the bigoted white male either. No, we need to regulate immigration numbers, of course, but we also need to bring in the greatest quality of people. That is not to say that a man from India is automatically better for our country than a man from Mexico, but we all know the odds. Not that it even matters in the end- no matter where the immigrant is coming from, he or she should be able to provide his or her worth to this great nation as a citizen. It's quite simple: if you have to choose between an immigrant who was an engineer in his old country, already speaks English, and has already been studying for the citizenship test, or one who speaks no English, has less than a high school education, and actually doesn't know that it is more sanitary to wash your hands after going poop, we all know who the better person is to take.


Energy Independence
This, also, is not hard at all. Oil needs to not be bought from our own enemies. Again, duh. So we drill our own oil. Do I have to say duh again? Did you know we send half a billion dollars or so a day to OPEC? As president, I would actually communicate to the people (there's an original thought, huh?) exactly what the environmentalist lobby is doing to us by blocking every attempt at offshore oil drilling (as well as everything else- the subject of another post.) I would show how they do it, how much oil we could have, how much we buy from Saudis who help wage war against us, how much money goes to the Wahhabists, and thus our enemies, what that money actually funds, and how it would actually be safe and okay for the environment to drill off our own shores. If necessary, (if at all legal), I would have the Navy go set up the offshore drilling for themselves. Let businesses come as they want. I can command the Navy to do that, I am commander in chief, right?

I don't think this would be necessary, though, because I would push policies that offered ridiculous tax incentives for any American company wanting to drill there, as well as keep it from being blocked by anti-American special interests. Once properly articulated, the vast majority of Americans, I believe, are smart enough to demand offshore oil drilling. It would be so profitable, no company would not want in on the action. Gas would be so much cheaper, only the most insane of the environmentalists would complain. Company bids would come in left and right, and with a little time, we'd have our own oil supply lines all to ourselves. There you have it, in the long run America would no longer buy any oil from Islamic extremist enemies, or anyone else. Of course it wouldn't happen over night, but the ball would be rolling, and I dare to say that by the end of my eight years as president, it might even be done, if not almost.

Also, coal has become a huge issue with people because it is so "dirty." And every now and then coal miners get trapped in a mine, which is terrible, but they did know the risk, and it is not even clsoe to being the most dangerous profession in America. (It is just treated that way by the nightly news.) Fact is, technology is making coal power cleaner every day. It provides something like half of the country's electricity. It is necessary. Right now, due to the issues we face with oil, coal power ought to be expanded, since we can- right now- get our own coal. In the short term, it is absolutely necessary for nationa security, and I would push for it- at least until we can get the oil going, as well as the following source of energy...

Nuclear power! Of course, it has to be safe. I am sure that, with enough attention, it can be made safer than safe. If France does it, for God's sake, so can we. You want the price of gas to go down? Stop buying SO MUCH from OPEC, let us produce our own energy with nuclear technology. Supply and demand is not a hard concept for anyone to understand. Again, the case can easily be made to the American people that environmentalists are liars about what nuclear power really is, and that using it would benefit everyone.

These policies alone would make us almost if not completely energy independent by themselves. It isn't about forcing car makers to produce more fuel efficient (translation: less safe and powerful) cars and trucks, let the free market determine those features. We need our own resources, it's just that simple. Leftists will lie left and right about each point I made, but those living in reality can easily see that it is all true, especially once I showed proof. A real conservative, and a real leader, would illustrate this to the American people, would get it done, and America would be better off for it.


Foreign Policy: The Middle East
I am so sick of these throwback idiots having so much power. They get their money primarily from us! The energy independence policy above is a huge step itself, cutting off their funding significantly, after that we can just fence off the whole place and let them kill each other for a change. If they still want to mess with us at all, we go in fast, hard, and destroy the threat and any potential of the threat.

Who is they? Iran, for instance, will not be allowed to develop a nuke, period. I would also want to encourage a revolution there, unofficially, for there are enough pro-Western minded people there that want the freedoms we have to pull it off. While I do not believe in foreign aid, (more on that later), the exception to that is aiding the enemies of our enemies. Also, while I prefer to not intervene in the internal affairs of other countries (founding fathers taught me that), it is, unfortunately, sometimes necessary. A nation can not survive by ignoring threats to it by its enemies.

Iraq, meanwhile, is already our problem, so it needs to be fixed. Passing the buck, or giving up and abandoning the whole thing, is not the responsible thing to do. It's what children do. If made President tomorrow, the press would be kicked out. The military would truly be unleashed (as it has not yet been) to clear the place out. Iran would be given one week to stop all aid to the terrorists in the country, and if they didn't, (which is likely), they would see the wrath of God, or Allah, if they prefer, from above like never before as America's Air Force moved in to cripple and destroy their military infrastructure. I wouldn't even have to invade- if they chose to invade Iraq after that, let them come. They would hardly have any tanks left, let alone the gas to fuel it, and my finally unleashed military, a fighting force greater than any the world has ever seen,would make very, very short work of them. People worry about the possibility that an attack on Iran might help them increase their power. I assure you, when I was finished with them, they would have virtually no military power. They wouldn't even be a regional power. Maybe that will spark that pro-Western revolution we keep hearing is supposed to happen.

Also, I do not care how guilty anyone feels, no refugees would be taken in if I were in charge from anywhere in the Middle East, except for non-Palestinian Israelis. (Then they would just be immigrants anyway.) It isn't about race or religion bigotry, though we're kidding ourselves if we don't think that such things are factors, it's about potential terrorists; and anyone with half a brain knows that a Jew from Israel is not likely to plan another 9/11, but an alleged Iraqi Arab (who knows where this "Iraqi" is really from) may well be Osama's next favorite martyr. It's not racist, it's true.

Oh, one more thing. Iraq is not giving us any oil, but they ought to be. There is no reason they should not be funding their own liberation, since they can. The fact that they award power plant contracts to the Chinese in unacceptable, and should not be allowed. If they insist, then we SHOULD pull out completely. If they want our help, they ought to be appreciating it too. Don't give me any crap about free enterprise and all that, they can have that when we leave. Right now, they owe us big time. I don't see any Chinese soldiers or any Chinese funds helping the Iraqis rebuild and stabilize their country. No, if they want to act like spoiled children, they should be treated as such.

Afghanistan, also, needs to be set up correctly, and that seems to be going pretty well overall. Let me add now, concerning Middle Eastern policies in general, that in both nations currently occupied by the US, we should be educating the people in the philosophies of the West. Yes, in this way, our culture is superior. The writings and ideas of Plato, Locke, and countless others, need to be taught to the Arabs, Persians, Palestinians, Kurds, Turks and whoever else, because without such understandings, thoughts, and ideas, freedom and democracies/republics (basically good governments) can never be maintained. I mean that, and anyone with a brain knows it's true. Most of Middle Eastern culture is not quite ready for the freedoms we have, because they do not have the education and ideas we have. They need to be given them. Call it indoctrination, call it "forcing democracy" (God I am so sick of hearing that one), call it whatever you want , it is the only way to make it work. Most of these people cannot even read, and when they can, they are only allowed to read the Koran. We have Aristotle, they have the Koran. We have Thomas Jefferson, they have the Koran. We have Descartes, they have the Koran. We have Benjamin Franklin, they have the Koran. We have the Magna Carta, they have the Koran. We have the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States, they have the Koran. Oh, a narrow, misinterpreted version of the Koran at that. You get the idea, I hope. Read this paragraph again, and think about it. For once I agree with the libs that some people simply aren't ready for freedom. But unlike those whiny, complaining commies and useful idiots, I actually have a solution.

Then there is Israel. Oh, Israel. A friend and ally they may be, they also need to get their act together- a lot like America. I agree with the founding fathers that entangling treaties and such is a bad thing for the country. I do not mind helping them by doing business with them, they are a free and democratic country like no other in the region. But the seemingly unlimited aid we give them has got to go, it is not helping anyone, not even the Israelis, anymore. If they can not make peace with their neighbors somehow, what can we do? Besides, they would be better off buying our weapons and fighting without our interference, because the US all to often tends to hold them back when they should be going all out- kind of like our own military. Bottom line, they need to become more independent. This is not to say we should never work together; Israeli and American intelligence services have helped each other to both countries' benefits more than once. But if they fall, let it be of their own doing, not ours. I hope they don't, I think the country is a beacon of light in a region of darkness, but it should no longer be our responsibility instead of theirs.

Again, the above will be cast as "extreme" by the left, (except the Israel thing, they hate them), maybe even the Republicans these days. Fine, come debate me. Let us come up with a REAL solution for once. No dodging issues and questions, no more bumper sticker quotes, let's actually debate this. (Ooo, those are scarey words to the libs.) What we are doing now is stupid, and history will record just that. A true conservative like me, and there are many of us out there, and even more that would follow us willingly if given the chance, strives for true solutions. Almost no politician out there seems to be after one, but I am. Come prove my ideas bad, let's see what you have that's so much better.


Foreign Policy: China
Make no mistake about it, China is after our place in the world (as greatest nation). To sum up quickly, they are building up military technologies, they are militarizing faster than the Nazis pre-WWII, they are constantly engaged in anti-American espionage, they are attacking our economy... they are planning, as Sun Tzu would be proud, to take over and conquer us without firing a shot. Or at least not many.

First, economically, harsh tarriffs ought to be imposed immediately on Chinese imports, that would double every year, until they stop fixing their currency to ours, which induces a permanent deficit. Deficits are far worse than debts, mind you. You see, debts can be paid off, but deficits compound debts each year, and are very hard to reverse, especially when one side isn't playing fair and gets away with it. Each year that passes we crawl further into China's pocket, and for no good reason except that our politicians are selling us out.

Second, a freeze on all Chinese purchasing, directly or indirectly, of American companies, ESPECIALLY those that have anything to do with our national defense (it's amazing that this is happening as we speak, isn't it?) would go into affect. In fact, make that for all nations. It is far past time for them to stop stealing our industrial, computer, nuclear, missile, and other classified secrets, as well as blatantly ignoring our patent and copywrite laws. They should never be allowed to contribute in any way to anyone's campaign, more on that in a moment. Also, as president, I would have an investigation done into all those politicians who have so obviously had shady dealings with the Chinese. These people include Sandy Burger, who stuffed classified documents down his pants and stole them during the Clinton years, Loral and Hughes company, whose electronics engineers have sold secrets to the Chinese, Hillary Clinton herself, who (an investigation will EASILY turn up) has recieved so many illegal campaign contributions (we used to call those bribes) from the Chinese in one way or another she makes a Roman governor look good. And that is just a start. Purging our leadership, political and industrial, of sell out traitors and spies is something that should have already happened.

One more thing. The biggest deterent to China moving in on us or our interests as a great big, vastly superior military. We need to always be techonologically superior to them, because they have the numbers on their side. Billions of them. Our aircraft need to be at least one generation better than theirs. We need the ability to intercept Intercontinental Missiles every time they come at us. We need to have better missiles than them. We need to have weapons in space, since the Chinese are going for it despite an agreement not to. We need to have an infrastructure that cannot be hurt by them, including sattelites for communication, computers and other military technologies that are shielded from electromagnetic pulses. (Detonate a nuke in the stratosphere, it kills no one but destroys all electronics on an entire CONTINENT! Look it up!) I do not want a cold war with China, but I see one coming, and I want to be prepared. Wishing it away is such a stupid thing to do only a lib would try it. I will say it again, this is AMERICA. WE CAN DO ANYTHING. We can surely beat a communist (more or less) dictatorship nation in a battle of technological growth. Make no mistake about it, they are coming for us. Not in your typical military invasion, something far more sinister and deceptive. We need to be ready to stop them.


Campaign Finance
Any Republican who wants to say that campaign finance reform takes away freedom of speech is an idiot. Running for president these days, or any office for that matter, is about little more than who can raise the most money, thus, who caters to more special interest groups. No more. I would just as soon have a tax funded (and if you know me, you know that I HATE taxes funding almost anything) campaign for the party nominees with a low cap, than what happens today. I would at the very least demand full disclosure of all assets and funds, and worth of any kind, of ever person holding political office. This would have to last for at least ten years after leaving office, so to ensure a stoppage of "you scratch my back I'll scratch yours (later)" payoffs and bribes. One way or another, and I am open to suggestions, the way campaigns and everything political is funded is corrupt to the core. Only when it is about competing ideas, rather than competing bumperstickers and lame TV commericals, bought and paid for by the environmentalist lobby and the Chinese government, can the system be fixed. It all has to change.


Second Ammendment Rights
Now here's contraversial one. Call me crazy, I would like to see the average American able to own a modern automatic assault rifle. The ban on such weapons as anything automatic made after 1987 is a threat to national security. The founding fathers knew, they KNEW that an ARMED POPULACE could not be put under the foot of the government, while a disarmed populace could. Well, we are more than halfway unarmed already. Shotguns and handguns and rifles do not match what the military now has. If the US government starts pulling a Nazi Germany, it would be a lot easier to stop them with real weaponry. Of course, people should be qualified to own such weapons and so on, but to ban them outright is nothing but a threat to American citizens. No limits should be placed on non-criminal American citizens who are competent with the weapons they wish to own. Libs (who would prefer a dominatable society all around, if you look at it) would call assault rifles, and even pistols, threats to national security. I consider the lack of those weapons' availability a threat to national security, and I have history on my side.


Foreign Aid
Liberals are only ever generous with your money. Therefore, they feel that the government (with your tax dollars) needs to help every sob story in the world. Well, no more. Charity is a fine thing, if people want to give to the unfortunate, let them. It is a good and moral thing to do, and I commend anyone who does it.

It's an interesting coincidence, too, that as far as charities go, the religious-based ones are by far the best. Go to the tsunami a few years ago, or an earthquake, or anything, you will find a Catholic presence there. You will find a Mormon presence there. You will find other denomination Christian presences there. (No Muslim aid ever seems to be around, hmm...) And, if you look at the numbers, religious charities are by FAR the most efficient. Higher percentages of money donated to churches get to needy people (minus administration costs) than other secular, or government ran aid programs. Take the Children's Christian fund, they get 80 to 80% of the money donated to the people in need. Think the government that runs the DMV cna match that? No, religious guys do it better. This doesn't matter, though, for just as the Soviets made religion illegal so to replace worship of God with "worship" of the state, the libs would replace religious charities with government aid. Again, just as with communism, it is a less efficient and effective way, and it is no longer voluntary. This is ridiculous, it only hurts those who need help, and above all, it is an affront to freedom and waste of our money.

As far as tax dollars, none, NONE should to go any foreign aid projects unless it is in America's direct interest to do so. Giving aid to a country that will reciprocate with resources is one thing, and both sides win. That's called trade. Just giving it out to whoever and whatever, billions upon billions of dollars, that almost ALWAYS ends up in a dictator's hands rather than a hungry child's mouth, is just stupid. Look at the "oil for food" program that saw North Koreans still starving at the hands of Kim Jong Il, while the dictator, as well as Kofee Anon (head of UN) and many others got rich off the corrupt program. It is time all this nonsense stopped. Let Americans keep their money, and give it to what charities they see fit. Let what few tax dollars that ought to be collected be spent bettering the country from whence they came.


The UN
I do not propose dropping out of the UN, it is useful to have a voice in a global forum. However, they are almost always anti-American, so I would cut off all funding to the UN. The US funds most of it, but why? No good reason I can think of, it doesn't help us any, so they get no more money from us. Also, we will never heed to their will and do what they want unless we would want to do so anyway. As president I wouldn't give a second thought to a UN resolution (ooo, scarey, they say things they can't enforce!) coming my way, no one else does anyway. To the impotent UN, slaps on the wrist are too harsh. They shake a finger. The UN can't get a thing done except for the occasional lining of corrupt dictators' pockets at the expense of the truly poor- something America doesn't even have- and the dipersal of misinformation campaigns of corrupt politicians (see global warming, or now they call it climate change.) If they want to kick us out for that, so be it. They can take their headquarters out of New York while they're at it. I'd like to turn the building in to a park or school for well behaved inner city youths or something.


Guantanamo Bay Prison
What's that you say? There is no prison and Guantanamo. I don't know what you are talking about. No, we do not interrogate any one there outside of the rules of the sections of the Geneva Convention to which the United States signed, I can assure you of that. There are no uniformed combatants there at all, in fact. As for other individuals being held there, I can not say for sure, all I know is that no American citizens are there except for the soldiers that are stationed at the base. I have no knowledge of anything beyond the base itself at Gauntanamo. Prison you say? Wow, apparently you know more than me about this issue...


Domestic Policy: Welfare
This crap has got to go, it really does. At the very least, a person who recieves aid of any kind should do so agreeing to give up his or her right to vote for the next two election cycles. Otherwise, they will always go to the people giving them handouts, and thus votes are blatantly bought by politicians with YOUR tax dollars. I'd like to see it required that welfare be paid back, as well. Also, thing like food stamps SHOULD ONLY BUY FOOD! NOT PEOPLE MAGAZINE! And only the healthy and nutritous food at that. No more buying magazines and Dreyer's Ice Cream with my tax dollars before you get your nails done and read about Paris Hilton.

Still, I would like to see an end to welfare all together. To me, it is not acceptable to hold a man responsible for another man's financial well being. If the states want to have welfare policies, let them. As far as I am concerned, welfare on the federal level is against the constitution. Go read the tenth amendment, then admit it: I'm right. Do not think me completely heartless, though, I have a compromise.

My idea: anyone who can not get a job or needs help will instead be relocated to where work is needed. You want to tell me that Americans won't do certain jobs, and that's why we have the invaders from down under? Cut off their welfare, let them face starvation and homelessness (and no more cable TV!) if they don't do that job, then see what happens. You see, Americans just won't do it for a dollar an hour, that's all. That bumber sticker slogan "doing the jobs Americans won't do" is about nothing more than greed. No, no, they'll pick some cotton and work in the fields when they are actually required to provide for themselves or else. Right now, they get money for not working and still have big screen TVs and cable or sattelite. Yes, the statistics show that the vast majority of them can afford cable! So that's my plan, eliminate welfare, offer relocation. Is it so crazy? I bet if we openly debated it, again, the American people at large would be with me. It's just so simple it might actually work.


Domestic Policy: English
It is time to set a national language and enforce it a little. Anyone studying geography, history, or politics, should know that a national language is key to national idenity, which is key to a nation's survival. English is the language of America, officially, in fact, and it should be such that no language except English is ever used on any government document or program. Anyone at the DMV or the Social Security phone line should be required to refuse to speak any langauge but English. No, this is not a freedom of speech issue, don't spit on the founding fathers with that garbage. You can say what you want, but if you want to be in America, it would behoove you to learn the language. If you want to vote, you should be able to speak English. Period. If you want government aid, by God you should be able to ask for it in English (before you're told to move instead, har har). If you want to go to the doctor and get a prescription for some medications, you should be able to describe your symptoms in English, and read the labels in English! Just because a lable says "take once a day" and some Spanish speaker reads it and thinks "once" means eleven, like in Spanish, it isn't America's fault! It's theirs!


Domestic Policy: the FDA
The FDA is more in bed with drug companies than you probably know. The entire system needs to be restructured. The fact that Prozac and Ritaline are supplied in such numbers to children says it all. I would have the entire organization, from top to bottom, analyzed, investigated, and reformed. The FDA does not do an adequet job of protecting our children, or our sick. Pharmacutical companies should make money, lots of money. IF they do a good job. To push drugs that are not needed on people who would be better off without them is not acceptable behavior, and would not be tolerated by me or my regime. Drug companies should not be able to contribute money in any way to any politician. Too many children are on amphetamines, that is, speed, (Ritalin- or Crystal Meth Lite, I like to call it), and mood altering so-called antidepressants (that often, paradoxically, lead to suicide and school shooting massacres), it will soon be considered weird to NOT be medicated. If American parents really knew what was going on, they would revolt tomorrow.


Taxes and Spending
While I do not know how, exactly, the tax code needs to be simplified if not redone completely. There are many ideas floating around among conservatives, such as a flat tax or consumption tax, and they should all be debated openly and fairly until a new, good, fair tax code can be put in place. The only thing I know is that everyone, from the richest to the poorest, pay too much in taxes. Government programs are running amuck, while the federal government (in my opinion, state governments too, but let them decide for themselves- see separation of powers) should only pay for a very few things. Things that the government is made specifically to do- that the private sector can't do. There are not many things that fall in to this category, but the libs would have you think everything does. The only things the federal government should be responsible for are things like the FBI, being federal law enforcement; the military and other national defence agencies, meaning the intelligence services and such, and finally, (although I wish things had gone differently) interstate infrastructure, like the highways; and of course the duties spelled out in the Constitution, like making laws, maintaining federal courts, etc. These few things are the ONLY thing the federal government should be paying for. Not education. Not socialist welfare policies like Hillary-care. And surely not to redistribute the wealth from the "rich" to the "poor," (which usually means from "those who made something of themsleves" to "those who are jealous and lazy") as the Marxists like {insert any leader of Democrat party, politician or not} would like.

The founding fathers intended America to be governed by the principles I have discussed- they wrote specifically into the Constitution and Declaration of Independence their ideals. They wanted America to be free, the government to be limited and small, and the people to be independent and self reliant. More over, the stances on the issues above reflect how the majority of America truly feels. I repeat, the principles of the founding fathers, such as those listed above, ARE WHAT AMERICA WANTS. Alas, this is nowhere near what America is now. And there is not a politician out there who articulates these ideals. The common person has given up on ever achieving them, as they now seem such lofty if not impossible goals. America has become an overtaxed and overregulated country, whose leadership is almost completely corrupt from top to bottom. Our enemies circle us, and we plug our ears and close our eyes. No one can fix it, it seems, because the corruption runs so deep, that only corrupt people can become leaders, with very few exceptions. Even then, honest politicians are shut out, or corrupted themselves once they enter the "beltway." We pay huge portions of money in taxes that ought to remain in our pockets to a government that refuses to act according to our wishes. So much for of the people, by the people, and for the people.

And that, finally is where this posts name comes from. The same offense is occurring that happened to the colonists/founding fathers that brought about the American revolution. Taxation without representation. It's going on today. Oh sure, we still get to vote for someone thinking hey, I voted for him, he's my representative. But Congress does not represent the people. They represent their own self interests, and the special interests that buy their loyalty. They are mis-representatives. The presidency is no better. Somehow, with all this lobbyist money, the presidentail front runners always fall short of what America truly wants, don't they? We the people are starved for leadership, but we don't know which way to turn. One thing is for sure: they take our money and use it for their own benefit. (Is it any wonder we aren't allowed to have assault weapons?) We are being taxed, but we are not being represented. I truly understand how enraged the colonists must have been. We are losing the country, losing our representation in government, and losing our means and freedom to taxes and laws that we don't want. Just look at congress' relentless persuit for amnesty, despite the country's CLEAR opposition. Look at the constant attempts to create socialized medical care, again, despite America's wishes, let alone the Constitution's tenth ammendment forbidding it. They just don't care what we want!

Bottom line, the true conservative majority of people like me need more voices and more organization; ultimately, the country needs some kind of revolution. I don't think an armed takeover like the colonists did is appropriate, perhaps a third party come in and replace the idle, impotent Republicans. Not a social revolution like Marx's insane dream, but a political revolution. Or re-revolution, as it is. Perhaps a new movement within the Republican party (the Democrats are too far gone, let's face it.) I really don't know for sure. What I do know is that somehow the true majority of Americans, the true conservatives, need to take back the country and its government, because they have been edged out. A candidate who has the stances on the issues listed above, as incomplete list that it may be, would win by a landside if he ran for president. Reagen sure did. That is, of course, if such a candidate could ever even get close to the ticket these days. Right now, no one has the courage to take such stances because the media would portray them as crazy and politically suicidal, even though the exact opposite is true, and every front runner that surfaces cares more about being liked by CNN than being a real leader. All the views relayed in this post reflect what America used to be about, ought to be about, and what the American people would prefer it still be about. We can only tread water for so long. If the conservative movement doesn't get swimming soon, we'll drown.