WHAT I WILL CHANGE (OR TRY TO)


THERE ARE ALWAYS THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE RECENT VOTING FIASCOES, WE NEED TO ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. LET'S FACE IT, RIGHT NOW, YOUR VOTE MEANS NOTHING, BECAUSE THE ELECTIONS DEPEND ON WHAT ABOUT 500 PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU, AND HOW ALMOST 200 MILLION PEOPLE VOTE AND WHO THEY VOTE FOR IS ABSOLUTELY MEANINGLESS. GET RID OF THE COLLEGE AND HAVE PRESIDENTS WHO ACTUALLY GET VOTED ON BY THE PEOPLE. Because people have become accustomed to the idea of the Electoral College, I proposed the following replacement---each state gets three "voting agents", regardless of population. These agents cannot abstain from voting, thereby guaranteeing that a winner will be voted in.

IF SOMEONE IN OFFICE IS STILL WANTED BY THE PEOPLE, HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE RE-ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT HIM. THIS COUNTRY IS SO MESSED UP BY NOW THAT 8 YEARS IS NOT ENOUGH TO TURN THINGS AROUND. IF A CANDIDATE REMAINS POPULAR ENOUGH TO BE RE-ELECTED 5 OR 6 TIMES,  LET THE PEOPLE'S WILL BE CARRIED OUT.

TOO FEW OF THE PEOPLE CONTROL TOO MUCH OF THE MONEY.  WE NEED TO ASSIGN A "MAXIMUM" SALARY SOMEONE CAN GET.  LET'S ASSUME, FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, THAT THE PRESIDENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE COUNTRY. PRESIDENTIAL SALARY IS CURRENTLY $400,000 A YEAR.  BASED ON THAT, NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE MORE THAN $200,000 A YEAR (PLUS VARIOUS BONUSES).

HOUSING IS GETTING EXORBITANTLY PRICED, AS ARE GOODS AND SERVICES.  WITH THE REVISED PAY SYSTEM, WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE $5 MILLION HOMES BECAUSE NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM---SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THOSE $200,000 CARS. GOVERNMENT WILL ESTABLISH COMMITTEES TO REGULATE PRICES.  ONE PRICE THAT EVERYBODY AGREES IS ALSO OUT OF CONTROL IS FUEL.  OIL IS PRODUCED BY A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF COUNTRIES WITH A PRICE STRANGLEHOLD ON MOST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.  AS i WRITE THIS TODAY, THE PRICE OF OIL IN AMERICA IS $52.34 A BARREL. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A WORLD COUNCIL FOR THE PRICE OF OIL. i RECOMMEND WE START AT $50 A BARREL AND THE PRICE CAN'T GO UP UNLESS 60% OF MEMBERS AGREE ON THE INCREASE. WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO PAY, SO WHY DO WE LET A SMALL MINORITY OF COUNTRIES DIRECT HOW MUCH OF OUR MONEY WE SHELL OUT?

WE NEED A GREATER EMPHASIS ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.  OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE BEEN OBSESSED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.  IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING STUDY ON THIS, WE NEED TO BOOST SPACE EXPLORATION. WE ARE RAPIDLY RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES HERE AND SHOULD SEARCH FOR NEW ONES ON OTHER PLANETS. SPACE WILL BE OUR FUTURE, BUT WE MUST CONCENTRATE ON IMPROVING THINGS HERE AS WELL. CAN WE REALLY DEVELOP FERTILE FIELDS FOR FOOD WHERE THERE IS NOW ONLY DESERT? CAN WE REINTRODUCE FISH TO OUR OCEANS TO MAKE THAT SOURCE OF FOOD MORE PLENTIFUL? MAKES MORE SENSE THAN WASTING MONEY ON FINDING OUT WHY SOME SPECIES OF INSECTS ONLY MATE ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF CERTAIN MONTHS.

i HAVE OTHER SUGGESTIONS ON OTHER PAGES ON THIS SITE, AMONG THEM GETTING RID OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. NO, NOT ALL THE CURRENT REGULATIONS NEED TO BE ABOLISHED. WE NEED TO KEEP SOME IN ORDER TO MAKE A SMOOTHER TRANSITION..........

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