Vote for Jeff!
Iraq:
I'd like to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by 2009, and possibly divide Iraq along ethnic lines into 3 largely autonomous regions, a la Joe Biden, with parliamentary representation and a state-run oil industry. Establish a firm relationship with the (necessarily secular) United States of Iraq (or whatever they're to be called) and exchange oil for a favorable trade agreement or technology.
Foreign Affairs:
I believe that ongoing wars and US involvement have caused instability across Middle East. I oppose any military conflict with Iran and I think NATO and the UN--not the United States--should be doing more in Darfur. The UN should have more financial aid from other member countries--countries should be taxed on a sliding scale to support the UN based on their GDP. Borders between Mexico, Canada, and the US should be relaxed, but incentives should be offered to companies to operate in the US. I support sanctions against Israel until human rights abuses stop; host increased peace-talks between Israel and Palestine to discuss creation of Palestinian state-within-a-state with comparable infrastructure to Israel. Address realities, not history or rights to the land. Fact is, two cultures live there and they need to get along. Not terribly unlike the situation in Ireland.
Homeland Security:
We should follow the 9/11 Commission blueprint to protect ports, chemical plants and railways. I believe failures during Hurricane Katrina highlight structural changes that need to be made at the department. I want to massively expand the Patriot Act until the federal government has a dossier on every voter and every dissident in these United States.
MUCH more money needs to be spent on domestic infrastructure.
Education:
End No Child Left Behind. I support better fiscal spending with more oversight to improve system. Open more schools and create grants that encourage top graduates of universities to enter the teaching profession as TFA does. Stop giving state funds to ineffective charter schools and end school voucher programs. Create a national pre-kindergarten system and begin foreign languages before kids are ten. Require a year of public service after high school. Make a public service project part of the university graduation requirement.
Energy:
I supports alternative energies as a means to reduce dependency on foreign oil and I suggest we invest in energy and climate change research. Do I look like an idiot?
Health:
I support non-profit, universal health care funded by increased taxes on tobacco, liquor, marijuana, other drugs, and fast food.
Immigration:
I favor a guest worker program, amnesty and giving current illegals a path toward citizenship. I believe that immigration is the life blood of this country and that harming it in any way will kill us all. At the same time, raise the national minimum wage to a living wage and encourage immigrants to open delicious and cheap restaurants near my apartment.
Social Security:
Social Security is failing, partially because it's being unfairly raided to fund other government programs. It needs to be protected and bolstered with favorable interest rates. Or so I hear.
Stem Cell Research:
I support embryonic stem-cell research. Why? Why the fuck not?
Same-Sex Marriage:
I support same-sex marriage. Like I always say, I don't recognize the state's right to recognize marriage one way or the other. All the state can do is recognize civil unions--and it ought to recognize any and all of them between consenting adults.
Abortion:
Pro-choice; fetuses don't have a lot of personality.
Gun Control:
Support gun show background checks. Support licenses for all handgun owners and a ban on assault weapons.
Drugs:
I support the legalization and regulation of most drugs and their taxation at comparable rates to tobacco and liquor. Drug taxes will pay for universal healthcare; people love drugs. Also tax fast food and processed food to subsidize a more nutritious national school lunch program.
Church-State:
End faith-based initiatives. Make schools and public buildings thoroughly secular. Remove this God character from the pledge of allegiance and our currency. As I said before, I support a legal distinction between marriage (as something created between two people and their religious community) and civil union (as something that is a state institution). Civil unions for everyone and marriage for whoever. Also, do courthouses need 'art?' No. Do they need 'symbols' lying all over the place? Again, no. Do away with the ten commandments sitting out all over the place. It's tacky.
I'd like to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by 2009, and possibly divide Iraq along ethnic lines into 3 largely autonomous regions, a la Joe Biden, with parliamentary representation and a state-run oil industry. Establish a firm relationship with the (necessarily secular) United States of Iraq (or whatever they're to be called) and exchange oil for a favorable trade agreement or technology.
Foreign Affairs:
I believe that ongoing wars and US involvement have caused instability across Middle East. I oppose any military conflict with Iran and I think NATO and the UN--not the United States--should be doing more in Darfur. The UN should have more financial aid from other member countries--countries should be taxed on a sliding scale to support the UN based on their GDP. Borders between Mexico, Canada, and the US should be relaxed, but incentives should be offered to companies to operate in the US. I support sanctions against Israel until human rights abuses stop; host increased peace-talks between Israel and Palestine to discuss creation of Palestinian state-within-a-state with comparable infrastructure to Israel. Address realities, not history or rights to the land. Fact is, two cultures live there and they need to get along. Not terribly unlike the situation in Ireland.
Homeland Security:
We should follow the 9/11 Commission blueprint to protect ports, chemical plants and railways. I believe failures during Hurricane Katrina highlight structural changes that need to be made at the department. I want to massively expand the Patriot Act until the federal government has a dossier on every voter and every dissident in these United States.
MUCH more money needs to be spent on domestic infrastructure.
Education:
End No Child Left Behind. I support better fiscal spending with more oversight to improve system. Open more schools and create grants that encourage top graduates of universities to enter the teaching profession as TFA does. Stop giving state funds to ineffective charter schools and end school voucher programs. Create a national pre-kindergarten system and begin foreign languages before kids are ten. Require a year of public service after high school. Make a public service project part of the university graduation requirement.
Energy:
I supports alternative energies as a means to reduce dependency on foreign oil and I suggest we invest in energy and climate change research. Do I look like an idiot?
Health:
I support non-profit, universal health care funded by increased taxes on tobacco, liquor, marijuana, other drugs, and fast food.
Immigration:
I favor a guest worker program, amnesty and giving current illegals a path toward citizenship. I believe that immigration is the life blood of this country and that harming it in any way will kill us all. At the same time, raise the national minimum wage to a living wage and encourage immigrants to open delicious and cheap restaurants near my apartment.
Social Security:
Social Security is failing, partially because it's being unfairly raided to fund other government programs. It needs to be protected and bolstered with favorable interest rates. Or so I hear.
Stem Cell Research:
I support embryonic stem-cell research. Why? Why the fuck not?
Same-Sex Marriage:
I support same-sex marriage. Like I always say, I don't recognize the state's right to recognize marriage one way or the other. All the state can do is recognize civil unions--and it ought to recognize any and all of them between consenting adults.
Abortion:
Pro-choice; fetuses don't have a lot of personality.
Gun Control:
Support gun show background checks. Support licenses for all handgun owners and a ban on assault weapons.
Drugs:
I support the legalization and regulation of most drugs and their taxation at comparable rates to tobacco and liquor. Drug taxes will pay for universal healthcare; people love drugs. Also tax fast food and processed food to subsidize a more nutritious national school lunch program.
Church-State:
End faith-based initiatives. Make schools and public buildings thoroughly secular. Remove this God character from the pledge of allegiance and our currency. As I said before, I support a legal distinction between marriage (as something created between two people and their religious community) and civil union (as something that is a state institution). Civil unions for everyone and marriage for whoever. Also, do courthouses need 'art?' No. Do they need 'symbols' lying all over the place? Again, no. Do away with the ten commandments sitting out all over the place. It's tacky.
posted by jw at
8:06 PM
2 Comments:
Pinko.
Really, I'm a fascist.
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