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Would this politician have your vote?

Poll - Total Votes: 5
Yes, I am a Republican and like this politician
Yes, I am a Democrat and like this politician
Yes, I am an independent and like this politician
No, I am a Republican and dislike this politician
No, I am a Democrat and dislike this politician
No, I am an independent and find this politician too liberal
No, I am an independent and find this politician too conservative
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- Willing to compromise with political leaders of both parties as needed. High energy. Never been in elected office before. Believes current political system is corrupt and broken and doesn't serve the needs of Americans.
- All campaigns to be government-funded. Individuals can make donations but PACs, candidates, and businesses cannot. Only staffers employed by the candidate can create propoganda for or against candidates or political matters.
- Supports three-term limit in Congress.
- Supports significant reduction in involvement in UN. Wishes to reconstruct NATO to encourage European nations to defend themselves and will look to withdraw the US and European nations with adequate defense if after two years over 25% of the GDP in NATO is held by nations that don't properly defend themselves.
- Supports hiring of more and better public defense lawyers.
- Businesses to be tax exempt. No capital gains tax. Flat income tax.
- Abolition of federal minimum wage.
- Redrawing of borders in Middle East based on religious and ethnic lines, but no theocracies. Governments of Iran, Iraq, and Syria to be removed. Strong foreign aid but no military presence unless needed in Middle East. Israel's territory expanded while respecting Palestine's right to exist.
- Significant subsidies for US allies purchasing weapons from US.
- No federally provided or subsidized health care except for those who are below the poverty level and have preexisting health conditions. Deregulation of health care industry. Limits but does not ban discrimination based on preexisting conditions. Will open competition across state lines.
- No federal gun control policy - entirely up to states.
- Companies must look at US citizens first when hiring unskilled labor. Immigrants must find job before coming to US and deported if lose job or commit crime.
- Illegal immigrants deported if in US for less than five years, with criminal record, or unstable work history. All others allowed to become citizens. Children of illegal immigrants granted full citizenship.
- Privatization of Social Security, police, and education. Police and education to be paid based on performance by federal government. One school resource officer per 400 students in high school, 600 in middle school, and 800 in elementary school. National curriculum to be set by teachers, certain exemptions given to high-performing schools if they prove they are using a better/different curriculum. Curriculum to be updated yearly.
- No affirmative action from federal government. State governments may do as they wish.
- US tariff rate to be 50% of that as if the produce were being sold from US into the other country. No trade restrictions on imports from Middle East or communist nations.
- Moderate on environmental issues.
- Pro-life but supports Planned Parenthood.
- Supports gay marriage but allows churches to deny it. Gender identity laws may or may not be included in anti-discrimination policy, to be determined by state.
- Repeal of Muslim ban. No immigrants to be accepted from nations with which the US is not allies except for refugees. Refugees to be sent to screening camps within US.
- Universities to give no need-based financial aid, government to meet 100% of demonstrated need. All universities must be need blind.
- All cabinet positions to be given to current employees in that department. Will keep some of previous presudent's appointees. Will select a traditional experienced VP

Please state why or why not in comments.
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GlassDog · 46-50, M
No. The withdrawal from the UN is what it is, but to imagine the UN would want to continue to have headquarters in a nation that has withdrawn shows diplomatic inexperience to an incredible degree and naivety of the the other 96% of the world that isn't your country.

You lost me on point two, but if you hadn't have done, you certainly would on point four. And for the same reason.
Xuan12 · 36-40, M
There's a lot wrong here...I didn't read most the list because so many of the points are just asking for disaster.
@Xuan12: like what?
Xuan12 · 36-40, M
Firstly I think US participation in the UN is minimal enough. We actually have a lot of sway in it for rather little effort. A good deal I think. And there aren’t any European nations in NAFTA, so I’m really not sure…wait, you mean NATO. I do like NATO. While some nations do need to pick up the pace a little, I still think the alliance is worthwhile.

I also don’t think a flat tax is the most beneficial model of taxation.

I do think that federal minimum wage needs to be altered, it should be something more like Federal Flex-Wage, adjusting the minimum based on local economic profiles, but the ground work of this should be handled by states, and merely supervised by the federal government.

I’m not for drawing any borders in the middle east, let the people of the middle east figure it out. Even when they settle on something, I’m pretty sure there will be more fighting anyway, but in either case, there’s no reason to bother…unless we want to meddle for our own benefit, but that can have unintended consequences.

I don’t think weapon sales to allies should be too subsidized, unless there’s a direct need of it at the time, then something can be worked out, but otherwise try to be near market value.

I think the healthcare plan is awful. Medical care is just too expensive in this country, and if the government isn’t going to stop pharmaceutical price gouging, then it ought to provide subsidies to basically all citizens. And insurance competition across state lines isn’t going to help. insurance companies make deals and contracts with healthcare facilities, the facilities they contract with make up their network. These networks are localized based on where their clients live. An insurance plan offered in Alaska has a medical network in Alaska. If a customer in Florida wanted this policy, the company would have to extend their network contracts into Florida, or go through negotiation every time a bill came up. It’s actually very expensive, and not feasible. Besides, insurance companies are already allowed to operate in any state they like, all they need to do is meet the state’s requirements. Now we could use the federal government to override the states and offer standard packages everywhere…oh wait, that’s what the ACA did, and apparently everyone thinks that’s a bad idea. There’s not really anything to open, and it won’t help. Besides, from the last point, why should we subsidize weapons for other nations, if we wouldn’t subsidize healthcare for our own citizens?

I really disagree with privatizing social security, police, and education, ESPECIALLY the first two. For one, how is introducing a private profit motive into SS going to help? Maybe they’ll catch a little fraud, but they’ll also have to turn a profit. There probably wouldn’t be any benefit at all, and possibly a loss. And as for police, paying them by performance is difficult. How do you measure that? If the crime rate is low? But that’s not fair, it’s OTHER people who choose to commit crimes, why should the police get paid less for working in troubled, more stressful neighborhoods? Or is it by the number of iterations or arrests they make? Because if it is, you can expect to see a lot more of both, because now, the cop gets $$$ for slapping cuffs on you. Similar problem for education. Teachers can try very hard, but many ultimately end up working against a unfair conditions. How could we figure out what’s fair to pay who?

Those are my biggest issues. Everything else is okay enough.
Youre right I meant NATO good catch!
xKybax · 26-30, M
There's a lot of stuff I really like here but a few things that I don't. Namely the privatization of the police, flat income tax, and tax exemption of business.
Rewrote some parts of it. Does this change anything?
Rewrote some of it and reposted
dumpstermeow · 41-45, F
Healthcare killed it for me
@dumpstermeow: if it wasn't for that what would be your vote?
dumpstermeow · 41-45, F
@CSYLFM: still no

 
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