Political ideas that will keep me from ever being elected

[mikekn]

If elected I will push for the following:
1. $1-2 per gallon gas tax (in addition to all current gas taxes), collected money to be used for alternate energy research.
2. Federal law making smoking illegal in all public spaces (especially bars, restaurants, casinos and sidewalks).
3. $1-2 per pack cigarette tax (in addition to all current taxes), collected money to be used for Medicare (or some other heath care program that needs it).
4. Impose an export tariff on all tobacco products.
5. Legalize marijuana, and make it subject to all of the taxes and restrictions imposed on cigarettes.
6. Term limits on congress.
7. Line item veto for the president.
8. Constitutional amendments supporting same-sex marriages and abortion. And one making the death penalty illegal.

There are probably more, but I think those will do the job.

Comments

[bertana.livejournal.com]

I'm going to guess this is at least somewhat tongue-in-cheek (always hard to tell, online); if not, I think the glaring contradiction between Statement 1 and Statement 2 speaks for itself.

[moirla.livejournal.com]

You have a point.

Mandatory sterilization is probably the most extreme solution to a problem that could be solved if people would stop being so uptight about sex and actually *educate* their children.

Unfortunately, I don't see that happening en masse any time soon.

[bertana.livejournal.com]

[...]that could be solved if people would stop being so uptight about sex and actually *educate* their children.

Hell, I think it would be a great start if more people actually started actively RAISING their children, instead of assuming the TV and the overburdened school system will do an okay job of it.

[moirla.livejournal.com]

yeah, that would be nice, too...