A question for Americans...

[dads revenge]

legalize prostitution and tax it (it will generate enough to feed the poor)
place toll boths at the border (will collect enough to house the poor)
fortify the US Canadian border (I don't need a reason I'm president)
free stultus
move the capital to Florida (easier to buy votes)
get cheerleaders for baseball teams (plenty of room on the side of the diamond for them)
fire congress (more housing and food for the poor)
replace congress with Rudy (should get me impeached in time for hockey season)

[HateTheFake]

money it was well deserved :P

[Dabram]

Of course, this reeks of communism, which is probably banned somewhere in the Constitution.

Actually what you said sounded more in the line of free market thinkers like Adam Smith and Ricardo..
Ideally I think we should work to a free world market, and countries will more or less produce their abundant products/services.. howeverrrrr... it's never that easy with countries having developed A LOT differently from each other and with the developed countries protecting especially their weaker industries (tariff walls, subsidising). I kinda like the EU integration policy in theory though.. not sure how it works in reality, in most countries being more competitive so you produce more for trade/gain more from trade, just means less taxes, less rights for workers, lower wages for workers, and more uneven wealthdistribution... so yeah.. it's never easy.. also I can't imagine how our world system could possibly work when all countries/ppl would be developed/wealthy.. always need ppl who want to do the shitty jobs for low wages..

Anyway I'll back away from this thread again because a) it wasn't adressed to me, and b) the starter showed he's incredibly retarded and/or racist...

[Money]

lol nolimit u wooped me in booty

[Dameon Angell]

Nah, mine will be airborne where I can command my peasantry.

[stark]

I'd pull powers and create a dictator ship, call my self the new Caesar of the West (or Czar, I haven't decided)

[GuruMeditation]

In the long run (over the course of a few lifetimes) a xenophobic approach with the establishment of the 3 job markets (agriculture, manufacturing, services) creates a strong imbalance of wealth, featuring few strong countries and many poor countries. However other factors (climate factors, creativity and in some cases war) can shift these wealth poles between different countries. The leader of today won't necessarily be the leader of tomorrow as we're currently seeing with riches shifting to oil producing countries and cheap labor sources such as India and China. A future shift will occur when oil runs out for the countries who became rich off oil but don't invest that money correctly. We see two different approaches of investing for the future today with Chavez policy of giving oil money to the poor, trying to create a better working class to give themselves a better chance in the future. On the other hand the rich folk of Dubai see their best chances in being a tourist destination and a haven for the rich, fueling the hotel and tourism industry with wealth in the hopes that in the future people will come over and spend their money there. If Chavez tried this approach it would be doomed to failure.

A great deal of the bedrock of American wealth/economy was built on cheap agricultural and industrial labor; starting in the 15th century with slave labor and maintained an extensive presence until the mid 1900's. Today it's less prevalent with mostly only illegal immigrants being severely exploited financially and minor exploitation with regards to different pay structures for women, people of non-white ethnicity or school experience (someone with a Bachelors will get paid more for the same job than someone with just a HS diploma). The absence of cheap labor combined with the greed of executives means that in order to be profitable they're exporting labor.

Exportation of labor pools (and a general global spread of the economical market) is negative in the short term for rich countries. However in the very long term it would create a balance of wealth shared among countries. A system akin to this is going on in Europe, with populations migrating between countries depending where the work is, and clients going to certain countries depending where they can find resources. Agricultural goods (the UK produces 70% of it's food requirements and France produces over 120%) and Manufacturing being the early examples. This is now extending to services such as electricity (France's nuclear power stations produce an abundance of electricity for exporting), financial services and in the near future health care (laws are being drafted to, for example, allow British citizens to go to France for health care treatment, and in turn France could bill the UK). In the long run a balance of wealth would be achieved. Some countries would produce goods (and the labor pool would be used for creating said goods) and others who don't have the means or ability to create goods would provide other services.

Of course, this reeks of communism, which is probably banned somewhere in the Constitution.

Edit: Good god I'm just a source of inane babble today <_<

[HateTheFake]

It would serve them right, specially since most of the world doesnt like the US. When their economy falls and ours triples they will be begging us to help them.

[Galleleo]

4) I would make a law stating that any corporation wishing to sell their merchandise in the United States must move all corporate/factories into the USA. By us using Mexico, Canada, India, and China. We are losing money that should be used in America. This would decrease unemployment and increase the economy

Chances are, this will kill their international competition abilities in an ever more globalizing world. I don't see how that is good for your economy.

[Dameon Angell]

I'd pull powers and create a dictatorship, call my self the new Caesar of the West (or Czar, I haven't decided) ... (or maybe make up a new name, I dunno) and put everybody in line, because the system as it is right now has too many hoops to jump through to get any shit done.

-Centralize Health Care
-Force domestic automotive companies to push for Hybrid on ALL cars except for: Mustangs, Corvettes, Vipers, Chargers. We still need those for the people to believe they have freedom on the road.
-Then, contract a company to create a People's Fuel Cell that runs off of Hydrogen, Bio-Diesel, or something.
-Build Ties with China and Cuba, as well as our friends in the Middle East. A friend in need is a friend in deed, but a friend who will take your exports is better.
-Colonize the Moon
-Homeland Security actually meaning something. Pulling out the troops at a gradual pace from Iraq, keeping our footholds in areas we have already back down to pre-9/11 levels, and then posting the newly formed Centurion Guard within the American boarders to secure the country from rebellion.

[DoTheFandango]

If I was president I would just "accidently" call martial law on most of the USA because my last name is Marshall, so "Martial Marshall" is a kick ass nick name.

[HateTheFake]

lol guru

[GuruMeditation]

1) I would make it illegal for any automated system to say "Press 1 for english"

I don't think you have a problem with "Press 1 for English." If I were you I'd be more worried about "Press 2 for English."

[bubbles19518]

1) I would make it illegal for any automated system to say "Press 1 for english"

I could be wrong, but I think the United States has more pressing issues than whether or not the phone systems should be bilingual.

[HateTheFake]

Born and raised in Phx AZ just moved to Arkansas 1 year ago