What would you do if you became the POTUS?

[SkaterTheDJWolf]

Resident Fascist made a thread like this, and the idea is interesting, but he's banned, so...

 

If you won our election, what policies would you instate? Who would be your administration? How would you deal with issues such as North Korea or Syria?

 

If I became president, I would immediately resign and leave it up to my vice, I don't want the job, thank you very much work to fight against tyrannies like the Syrian government, expose any and all government conspiracies, and work for the betterment of society through anti-crime legislation and a morally good administration.

 

[Sunshine Jesse]

Pull us out of every military engagement ASAP regardless of what comes crashing down, and work on rebuilding our infrastructure without selling us out to private interests. We need to make our country a better place to live before conquering every other nation that dares try to compete with us and give our citizens reason to be proud again. Dicking around in other people's business doesn't make anyone (smart) proud when our own country is falling apart before our eyes.

 

You know, an actual MAGA agenda and not the garbage one we supposedly have now.

 

I'd do a lot of other things, mind, but a lot of them aren't exactly something I'd run a campaign on.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

A lot of what I said last year in Shard's thread probably still holds, but let me look at what I mentioned and see what changed between then and now.

 

[spoiler=Policies]

1. Commit to clean and renewable sources of energy instead of relying on coal.
   1. Coal, while providing more power, is unsustainable. Granted, this is also influenced by my coursework in environmental engineering and visiting a waste-to-energy plant in January, but yeah, just use our trash to produce power. It doesn't generate as much power, yes, but it's sustainable compared to fossil fuels.
   2. Reduce CO2 emissions, which also means cutting our dependence on fossil fuel / coal.
2. Fix the education system and make sure students are properly educated for school, college and when they enter the work force so they can be competitive on the international stage.
3. Fix tax system to help the middle and lower classes in the long run. I would say make it proportionate to your income, so you're not getting forced to sacrifice all of your earnings just to pay things.
   1. I mentioned earlier about cutting tax breaks for corporations and ultra billionaires who do not invest in this country.
4. Infrastructure: Do something about aging roads, bridges, etc and help people get off the street from being homeless.
   1. Prioritize the needs of the USA before others. In the regard towards housing, make it more difficult for outside interests (mostly businessmen from China/outside the country from buying up land that's needed for local development). From my experience, mostly a lot of guys from East Asia and abroad buying up property in this state and jacking up real estate prices. 
5. Only intervene in military conflicts if it is absolutely necessary or supports our interests. However, this doesn't mean screwing over our allies abroad because we need their help to handle global issues. Obama had the right idea by withdrawing our troops from Iraq, but the rise of ISIS prompted other things.
6. Fix the healthcare system so it's affordable for everyone, but needs to be done without raising taxes too much. Shouldn't be forced on people either, though if you want to pay full charge for your health services without insurance, then that's on you. 
7. Separate private interests from the government.
   1. Government should run on its own without being influenced by outside interests such as the NRA, Trump's businesses (assuming he hasn't already severed ties with them for the moment while he is president) and large corporations.
   2. Also do things to keep other countries from meddling in our affairs, including the Russian hacking from 2016.
8. Fix the judicial / police system.
9. Address Hawaiian sovereignty issue
   1. This is a low priority because it's a terrible idea for us to become a separate nation again (we also hold Pearl Harbor, which is another roadblock); also because of all the sacrifices that were made to actually get us statehood as opposed to being a territory.
   2. However, I'm not blind to why this is a big deal because I live here, know about the state's history during its kingdom days and what happened after 1893. Granted, Rubio did say that he'd figure out something if he were elected; something the other candidates in 2016 failed to say.
10. Societal issues such as the ones that land up being discussed in this section due to being sharply divided opinion-wise.
    1. Some things of note would be handling LBGTQ+ rights and not discriminating against them, child support, women's right to choose / gender equality, political correctness (because I honestly don't agree with a lot of things that gets censored in this country).
    2. It may be impossible to tackle everything that needs fixing, but something would need to be done. 
11. Immigration issues.
    1. This would need some planning, but idea would be to remove those who don't belong here and only mean to cause problems. For DACA recipients, figure out something to keep them in here or make it easier to obtain citizenship if they can contribute to our society.  
12. Crack down on government corruption.
13. Fix our internal issues first before meddling in other countries. This doesn't mean isolationism, but it'd help if we clean up our own messes first. 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Cabinet]

I would prefer to have people who have extensive knowledge in the area that I'm making the heads of, have a good track record of handling things related to the subject and be trusted to lead the department.

 

However, the latter two are the ones that I would care about: (1) Can they lead the department [and the country, by extension] in the right direction and (2) 

 

This would probably amount to those who have a degree in that field because they understand how regulations are made from a scientific approach (which is mostly in places such as the EPA, Department of Transportation, Infrastructure and some other fields that require this). For what it's worth, Tillerson would probably get a position in transportation or infrastructure, given his CE background (and yes, those two subjects are included in civil engineering curriculum); I'm not saying this out of bias because of my major (which is also this, but with environmental). 

 

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(Like some of my professors have mentioned a couple of times, half the positions in the government that should be headed by engineers aren't. Yeah, they aren't the best communicators and are limited to handling projects and not governing the entire city/state/country, but they do know why things are designed a certain way.)

 

I'm straying a bit off-topic with this.

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Yes, it may be impossible to find people who have the appropriate credentials for ALL of the departments, but main thing is not choosing someone who knows nothing about how to handle matters or someone who ignores published evidence that things are happening. Like, I wouldn't put a climate change denier in charge of the EPA (and yes, this is technically directed towards Pruitt given his track record of being anti-regulation).

 

tl;dr:

 

Anyone in my cabinet would generally be people who can lead the department in the right direction, BUT also know what the hell they are doing and approach things from an objective / scientific perspective. Doesn't mean they have to be experts in the field, but it helps so they can do the best for the country.

 

 

 

I wrote a lot and several of the policies definitely need some fleshing out, but a general framework. There are other things that I didn't put in here, but there's a bunch of things that need to be addressed internally for the US. A lot of things didn't really change from last year, except maybe some details in some of them.

 

 

As a general reminder for everyone (if this wasn't already clear in the section rules):

 

Be respectful to other members in this thread and their thoughts of "what they would do if president". 

[vla1ne]

a bit on the older side, but seeing as it's still first page, it counts. 

 

i would also invest money into a program called the Sunrise initiative, ensuring that america stays ahead in the race to build the most powerful mobile suits, going down in history as the strongest president on anti zeon policy.

 

spring boarding off of jessie's idea, while i'd pull out of as many foreign engagements as possible (no point protecting others if we end up killing ourselves) i'd actually help out mexico. as our neighboring country, they have too many problems within, and as we see time and again, the issues in mexico are so damn numerous that they are continuing to spill across our border to this day. i'd work to repair our jobs and establish proper american infrastructure, with perks for american based businesses, but beyond even that, i'd stop sending money overseas, be it for wars, or foreign aid, it'd all need to face cuts. maintaining the military is fine, we need to have the ability to act should it come down to that, but deploying them far and wide as we currently are, is something our country can't afford while it's this deep in debt. nor can we afford to sustain other countries while we struggle to pay for our own

 

in addition to this, while hopefully trump will get around to it like he claimed, i would close as many loopholes as possible for million and billionaires, but try to provide new ones, at fair rates, based upon them leaving money (and keeping workers hired at fair wages) in america. i know we can't afford to give free tax breaks, but without them, you can't really keep businesses interested in staying.

 

back to mexico, while i'm still in agreement with the wall, it would only be a stopgap on the issue, mexico, as our neighboring country, has become far too foul with corruption and drugs. if i were to lend aid to any counry, in an attempt to improve it, my target would be mexico. much of the drug problem in america, is filtered through mexico, as are many of the illegal weapons and many illegal immigrants. improving mexico, would be like taking care of the weeds in the garden next door. it may not solve everything, but it would at the very least, be a solid start.

 

lastly that i can think of, i would attempt to work with state legislature, to ensure that the wil of the states, and the will of the federal government, not only reflected the will of the people, but was capable of upholding all principles of the constitution. and by this, i mean wiping out as much corruption as possible within all levels of government, to the best of my ability, be it weakening the hold of lobbyists, or removing the ability for legislature to contain more than one general topic at a time. no more unrelated bills coasting by under the shadow of things that the people truly want, no more lobbyists or large businesses holding more power in their words than the people themselves. and no more politicians who are dug too deep in their own corruption to hear what actual people are saying. that said,i would also not jump to and fro with the will of the people. mass kneejerk reaction does not make for good legislature.