Very few people are talking about the issues. We, instead, hear a lot of lies and fearmongering such as being told that Haitians eat pets, Democrats harvest unborn babies for adenochrome, or that Washington arrived on the Mayflower and immediately knelt down to pray at the World Trade Center. And when the lies get proven false, people say, "I don't care, I just care about the policies". But then they never talk about the policies or issues because in truth, they want the lies.
But I want to talk about the policies and issues. Please don't talk about political parties or specific individuals. I know I can't enforce it but this discussion should focus on policies and issues, not parties or politicians.
The following are the ways I would handle different policies and issues if I was in charge:
Abortion: On the one hand, I do believe that abortion is wrong. However, I believe that these abortion bans are way too strict. In the name of preventing the murder of one third of a baby, abortion bans cause the death of women. Women die trying to give birth because complications often occur during those nine months. Abortion bans commit murder in the name of preventing murder. And there should be no laws preventing non-abortive forms of contraception.
Border: We should close the border to illegal immigration but we should open a door to legal immigration. Most immigrants are law abiding citizens that improve life for everyone. We just need to filter the incoming immigrants to separate the good ones from the bad ones. A wall is not the answer since people will get past the wall anyway but we need to come up with some form of effective border control.
Racism: Racism does still exist and there are a lot of racists. We have made significant progress in that there is much less racism now than there used to be but there is still more that needs to be done.
Immunity: No politician, police officer, or business owner should be above the law. All immunity must be eliminated. People complain about a petty thug that steals a thousand but when a billionaire steals billions, for some reason people think the billionaire stealing billions is not committing a serious enough crime to be convicted over. But who do you think these billionaires are stealing from? They're stealing from you, oh American citizen. It is not that we need to lower taxes but we do need to stop politicians and business owners from using your taxes to bribe one another into looking the other way while they gouge prices and steal even more from you.
Cost of Healthcare: The real reason for the high cost of healthcare is not insurance. The real reason for the high cost of healthcare is that a few executives have practiced unfair business practices in order to eliminate the competition, monopolize the healthcare industry and then gouge prices to double or triple or even ten times what the prices ought to be. Big Pharma is real and we need to crack down on Big Pharma and hold it accountable.
Foreign Relations: We did once have allies. Now understand, we do need to stop being the world police. We do need to put America first but not to the degree that we completely alienate our allies. Our allies used to buy things from us but because we imposed such high tariffs on them, they stopped buying from us. It's a very bad business practice to drive one's customers away. We also need to remember who our allies are. Trump tells the story about the snake. How ironic is it then that Trump keeps trying to build alliances with snakes like Russia, Iran, North Korea, Hungary, and the Taliban? But I don't want to talk about Trump. I want to focus on restoring our alliances with Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, China and Japan, more honorable, less snake-like allies. I know China is a little snake-like but China isn't nearly as snake-like as Russia and North Korea are.
Taxes: We don't necessarily want cheap taxes. The way it should be is that you get what you pay for. If you don't pay much in taxes, you shouldn't receive much in terms of roads, healthcare or protection. But our current tax codes are very lopsided where the wealthy pay zero taxes and reap all the benefits while the poor pay high taxes and get denied the benefits. We don't necessarily need lower taxes but we do need reform to make taxes more balanced and fair.
And of course there are other policies and issues that need to be addressed but this is a good start.
But I want to talk about the policies and issues. Please don't talk about political parties or specific individuals. I know I can't enforce it but this discussion should focus on policies and issues, not parties or politicians.
The following are the ways I would handle different policies and issues if I was in charge:
Abortion: On the one hand, I do believe that abortion is wrong. However, I believe that these abortion bans are way too strict. In the name of preventing the murder of one third of a baby, abortion bans cause the death of women. Women die trying to give birth because complications often occur during those nine months. Abortion bans commit murder in the name of preventing murder. And there should be no laws preventing non-abortive forms of contraception.
Border: We should close the border to illegal immigration but we should open a door to legal immigration. Most immigrants are law abiding citizens that improve life for everyone. We just need to filter the incoming immigrants to separate the good ones from the bad ones. A wall is not the answer since people will get past the wall anyway but we need to come up with some form of effective border control.
Racism: Racism does still exist and there are a lot of racists. We have made significant progress in that there is much less racism now than there used to be but there is still more that needs to be done.
Immunity: No politician, police officer, or business owner should be above the law. All immunity must be eliminated. People complain about a petty thug that steals a thousand but when a billionaire steals billions, for some reason people think the billionaire stealing billions is not committing a serious enough crime to be convicted over. But who do you think these billionaires are stealing from? They're stealing from you, oh American citizen. It is not that we need to lower taxes but we do need to stop politicians and business owners from using your taxes to bribe one another into looking the other way while they gouge prices and steal even more from you.
Cost of Healthcare: The real reason for the high cost of healthcare is not insurance. The real reason for the high cost of healthcare is that a few executives have practiced unfair business practices in order to eliminate the competition, monopolize the healthcare industry and then gouge prices to double or triple or even ten times what the prices ought to be. Big Pharma is real and we need to crack down on Big Pharma and hold it accountable.
Foreign Relations: We did once have allies. Now understand, we do need to stop being the world police. We do need to put America first but not to the degree that we completely alienate our allies. Our allies used to buy things from us but because we imposed such high tariffs on them, they stopped buying from us. It's a very bad business practice to drive one's customers away. We also need to remember who our allies are. Trump tells the story about the snake. How ironic is it then that Trump keeps trying to build alliances with snakes like Russia, Iran, North Korea, Hungary, and the Taliban? But I don't want to talk about Trump. I want to focus on restoring our alliances with Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, China and Japan, more honorable, less snake-like allies. I know China is a little snake-like but China isn't nearly as snake-like as Russia and North Korea are.
Taxes: We don't necessarily want cheap taxes. The way it should be is that you get what you pay for. If you don't pay much in taxes, you shouldn't receive much in terms of roads, healthcare or protection. But our current tax codes are very lopsided where the wealthy pay zero taxes and reap all the benefits while the poor pay high taxes and get denied the benefits. We don't necessarily need lower taxes but we do need reform to make taxes more balanced and fair.
And of course there are other policies and issues that need to be addressed but this is a good start.
