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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Aw, if one could actually do something if one were president. <g> 
Unfortunately, it seems that the only thing one can really do currently is 
play obstructionist OR start wars.

Let's see, I'd start by only hiring non-political animals to fill cabinet 
positions.  No lifers allowed.

Call a summit of the greatest money minds in the world, NOT just the U.S., 
and build an economic policy from that.  All of their suggestions would then 
be checked and double-checked by great historians cause if we don't learn 
from the past, blah, blah, blah.

No more free rides for dictators etc.  If one hasn't already learned from 
the public school system that throwing money at something doesn't work, then 
it is beyond time we learned that.  Learn from Jimmy Carter's mistake (if it 
wasn't his, then I apologize in advance to him <g>) of giving tractors to 
poor African dirt farmers who really needed an ox or a mule.  Said tractors 
have since rotted into the ground since they didn't have any fuel for them 
and didn't know how to use them.   Find out what the PEOPLE of any given 
area need, not the government.  Fill the need not the coffers of the 
government (ah, poppy fields in Afghanistan come to mind).  Ah, and that 
would include here in the U.S.

Tax the bejeebers out of folks off-shoring.  Reward those bringing jobs back 
here.  Repair or ditch NAFTA.

Remove the cap on SS and rewrite the law so the funds are invested not spent 
to balance the budget.  Put a cap on who can collect SS.

No more corporate welfare.  Ag subsidies to go back to what they were 
intended for and that ain't ag-business or millionaires with addresses in 
NYC.

Fix Medicare and Medicaid.  Stop the fraud leak and you'd about have it 
fixed!  Do bids on drugs like Costco and WallyWorld do.

Then go to work on healthcare which would include fixing the USDA, the FDA 
and the Food Pyramid, since I don't give a dead rat's patooty what the sugar 
or salt industry want on the food pyramid!

My brain is a bit foggy as my IDIOT neighbor has been doing burns for over a 
week now, but it seems to me it was Sweden that "fixed" their pricing 
problems on fuel by "fixing" the CEOs of the companies.  I think it is 
beyond time we followed suit.

End the "War on Drugs."

End the DOE.

End funding being filtered to the NEA.

Begin the fix on the military by doing a Golden Handshake to all those 4 
Stars that collect money for growing moss on their posteriors!  No more 
running the military from a desk!

Pass an amendment limiting terms on Senators and Reps!  There is a term 
limit on the prez, there ought to be across the board term limits!

Truth in advertising when it comes to political campaigns.  And I do mean 
truth!

Gee, and that's only my short list.

Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> It's quite easy to cut everyone down who's running for public office.
> What would you do if you were the president? This isn't aimed just at
> Lynda, but at everyone. We're living in a time of diminishing
> resources and improverished education. If you were in charge, what
> would you do?
>
> If you can't think of anything we can go back to our regularly
> scheduled programming about how to train pasture ornaments, or
> whatever.
>
> Marie, getting old and cranky
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