Submitted by Gene, Jan 11, 2008 10:59

My changes if elected as President:

1. Placing America first and foremost by imposing a very large import tax on any company that moves it manufacturing jobs to a foreign country.

2. Inform every country that America has decided to stop spending it´s money and blood to protect their freedom. Either they help with the fight on terrorism from a financial and boots on the ground policy or America pulls all its troops back to America.

3. Foreign aid - always a loss for America. We have spent billions in feeding people around the world with the money always going into a black hole without any accountability from the governments responsible. Specific money for a specific project with results that can be achieved and that become self running.

4. Social Security - an improved package that allows people to contribute more to their retirement with the money in a trust that cannot be used for anything but paying for retirement. Make it tax free against income taxes. Using 401k´s, individual retirement plans like the Keogh. Empower the people to save more.

5. Fiscal management of federal money. Every budget must show a savings that reduces the national debt until it is paid off entirely. Even governments must save money for a rainy day.

6. Illegal people must be deported and allowed back in through the legal system where they pay taxes just like everyone else. Companies and managers who hired illegal workers must be punished by jail time and fines. Americans first and foremost.

7. Education - America was a great country to get an education until it went to the social system of passing a child to keep them with their peers. American children are not dumb. They are smart enough to abuse the system because the teacher allow them too. Start with making the classes smaller so the teachers can handle the load. We have some excellent educators but they need help.

8. Health care for all is a package that must be addressed through a public/private partnership otherwise it will bankrupt America. A simple way is employer pays half, employee pays half, unemployed are carried for 6 months and then the Federal government takes over until the person gets a new job. Retirees use a system of Medicare and private. Employer gets a tax deduction for his half to make it appealing.

Just a few ideals that would help American people more.

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