If you were in charge...
POSTED BY: SoupCatcher
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 08:30
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Keep them coming 
. We're over 100 and counting.
And, since I'm feeling a bit goofy, here's some less serious ones...
1. Filibusters can be stopped by administering a wedgie or bra snap to the person conducting the filibuster - but you have to get to them first. Let's see that minority party play some defense! (I'm talking about you, Senator Byrd. And no foreign objects allowed, Representative Preston Brooks.)
2. Gross offenders of the new MLB drug policy will be traded to the All-Steriod Wiffle Ball League.
3. One White House Press Conference a week will be conducted through the art of mime.
4. All campaigning for national office will be conducted from the sidecar of a motorcycle - which is the only mode of transportation allowed.
5. Every time Microsoft releases a Critical Security Update, Bill Gates gets a spanking.
6. Captured feral cats will be released inside the Fox Executives Office building.
7. One cigarette in each pack will be a joint - cunningly disguised of course.
8. Our foreign policy will be run by Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase the same way they did at the end of Spies Like Us . (Yeah, I know Dan's Canadian but we'll make an exception 
).
9. Everyone gets to select one person to be temporarily taken out of the gene pool (five year minimum - unisex Norplant gun). But you only get to do this once in your life, so choose wisely.
10. Repeat drunk driving offenders will have to drive a bumper car in the padded drunks-only lane.
11. If your child accidentally shoots anyone with your firearm you lose both index fingers, Yakuza-style.
Okay. I'm winding down now. I feel like I should say, "I'll be here all week" or something like that. But I'm afraid the Sandman is coming, or the hook, or the gong warming up. .
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Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
3. One White House Press Conference a week will be conducted through the art of mime.
Or charades. Now that would be fun, having the press corps having to yell out what they think the word or phrase is.
If you can be an idiot, I can be an idiot. - D'Argo
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Originally posted by montanagirl:
Or charades. Now that would be fun, having the press corps having to yell out what they think the word or phrase is.
Ooh. That's even better
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Originally posted by Connorflynn:Quote:
Originally posted by piratejenny:
where do people live now, No you wouldn't necessarily have to clear any forest new housing could easily be built, or taken over....not everyone would have to live in basic housing units or in a basic housing unit program...its simply that as a country we would have a standard of what is exceptable living and everyone would at the least be garunteed that standard!!
Germany has a simular program!!!
as for space, I believe we already have a standard for how much space is exceptable per person, that same standard would apply.for example 4 people are allowed to a two bed room dwelling!!!
amenities would not necessarily be included,computers, washers and dryers things like that..no not included!!
I didn't say anything about getting vehicles!!
It wouldn't be fair if everyone didn't have a decent vehicle.Quote:
I didn't say it would be free, I said it would be garunteed, and payment would be based upon income.
So If I choose not to work, because the pay doesn't meet my personal minimum requirements $250,000 a year, I'm GUARANTEED free "Decent" housing and board?! Sweet!! Sign me up!Quote:
for those who earned good money, they wouldn't even have to give the program a thought, but if they ever found themselves in hard times they would know that there was a basic standard of living that they could count on...
But what if my house isn't as nice as somebody who doesn't work for a living but has that GUARANTEED housing? I want nice living conditions too!Quote:
and that it would be safe clean decent housing, food , and healthcare, certainly not homelessness or thirdworld living conditions!!
Who will do this cleaning? Who will be the doctors who give out this healthcare and will they be paid well or will they be required to work for free?Quote:
Also as long as we are doing if I were in charge
I would build the 1rst modern futuristic city in the united states it would be a cross between something out of the LOTR, like Rivendale and an alliance city in Fifefly
I think America is ugly...not the natural beauty of America..but our buildings and such there just isn't anything breath taking or inspiring, we don't have any castles or cathedrals or manors ..mostly everything is just boring and ugly..so I would definetly do something like that if I were in charge!!
There's nothing like living in a rural community. The people are grounded and much friendlier. There are things like animals,trees, grass, flowers and water bodies free of pollution (except for the occasional cow poo).
I've lived in big cities and hated it. The level of consumerism and angst is unsettling. Not to mention the filth LOL. The cost of housing in big cities is downright ridiculous as well. $1000/month for a 600 sq ft studio apartment in a big city. For $1000/month you can get a house in a rural community.
At any rate PJ, it's a good thought and an honorable one, but completely unrealistic.
SOMEONE will have to pay for these things and someone will ALWAYS be unhappy and declare that living conditions are horrific, whether they are or not. Our welfare system has been abused horrifically and those who could and should benefit from it, don't. I live in NY a.k.a. The Welfare Capital of the world. We have people collecting welfare, that are millionaires. Ever heard of O.D.B.? He collected welfare for months while he was collecting payroll checks, until he got caught. He's just one example.
Then we have those who are referred to as generational Welfare cases.
I come from a Welfare background, born and raised on welfare. My step father was a generational welfare case. We lived for the 1st and 16th of every month, when foodstamps and a small monetary stipend would come. I got my first job when I was 16 and had to turn my paycheck over to my parents, because our welfare checks were pro-rated to account for my income. I had to quit my job because the deductions for working were more theNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME