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

[paquerette.livejournal.com]

Yeah, because sterilization surgery is completely without risks, always reversible, and good for your health even if things go properly. Not to mention how all of society agrees upon what constitutes fit parenting and what doesn't. And all of us who had fucked up parents would prefer if we'd never been born.

[moirla.livejournal.com]

well, I certainly don't think we have the healthcare technology to back up that kind of policy NOW, that's for sure.

I know it's a very extreme and unpopular viewpoint, and I think it probably works far better in my head than it would in application. It's really based more on the fantasy of "wouldn't it be nice if all children could be born to parents who are healthy, financially & emotionally able to support them, and who CHOOSE to have them."

I love my niece and nephew to pieces, but my sister is really struggling right now with a lot of things. I just wonder if they wouldn't have all been happier if they born under the above circumstances, instead?

[mikekn]

Given the basis of the comment (Bujold story) we're talking science fiction right now, so it would be without risk, reversible and fine for your health. That said, the rest of your comment still holds.

[paquerette.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm probably the only person around here who's not really a scifi reader. ;)