My Platform would be the most honest and comprehensive of any of the current announced or unannounced candidates including President Obama. The following are my postions which I think some of esteemed candidates would be wise to consider.
1. The USPS is currently running a 7 billion dollar deficit. Because of this deficit the USPS has had to close many Post Offices around the country. These closings has caused much hardship for rural Americans where they now have to travel ( mostly by car) many miles to just to mail a 44cent letter ( Which in my opinion is still a very good deal to send a letter)
Solution IMHO Congress should propose/create a NATIONAL LOTTERY sold exclusively in all US Postal Offices. This would be a raffle type drawing ( which means there are guaranteed winners with no Jackpot carryover) First Prize would $500 million TAX FREE Paid out @ $50 million a year for 10 years. There would be 1000 second prizes of $1million paid in a lump sum also tax free. The current lineup of States who have Lotteries would obviously complain that a National Lottery would eat into their sales of their lottery tickets. So to mitigate/eliminate their concerns, the National Lottery would have only two drawings per year. One on the 4th of July ( thereby making Independence Day much more meaningful for those who are lucky enough to win) and the other on December 31st ( thereby making the New Year a remakable one) A very conservative estimate of the semi annual sales would be in the range of $100 billion and by paying a 10% commission to the USPS, there would no longer be a deficit. After all expenses are paid ( Prizes, Commisons , Advertising etc. etc. ) 80% goes to fund PELL Grants to those Americans who go to college but need some form of financial assistance. The remaing 20% goes into the USPS gemeral fund to reduce Postal costs across the board ( Stamps, money orders etc.). The way this National Lottery is structured IMHO the rich would play. Plus as we all know the poor, who are the biggest Lottery player,it would be a way for them to contribute to funding Education for the future of America. Which IMO is a Noble cause for America to remain competitive in the 21st Century. This National Lottery could create 50,000 jobs across the country. So IMHO this is a win win win proposal.
2nd. As president I would pardon every non violent drug offender currently serving time in a State or Federal prison . This Pardon would have some conditionsd like, these people must go into a job traing program, so they can eventually become productive tax paying Americans. As an intergral part of this Act, I would legalize Marijuanna and create a mechanism for those Americans who want to be Growers and another mechanism for those who want to become retailers. The hypocrisy surrounding American Drug policies must be removes entirely. The US government would collect the licensing fees from those who want to becoem Growers/Farmers of this plant. The States would collect a licensing fee from those who want to open retail establishments selling Marijuanna to those over the age of 18. Another very important use that would arise form this legalization wudl be those companies who would use HEMP ( a by product of the Marijuanna plant) to make Paper, Cardboard, Clothing and other items currently being made form the destruction of trees. Between Licensing fees, Taxes, and the Jobs that would be created could add $250billion or more to our GDP. Plus the savings from not prosecuting and housing these people in prisons would save another $150-200 billion our Government spends to arrest, lock-up and support these current law breakers. Over all I believ this simple act would add over $1/2 trillion to our economy.
3rd. I would decriminalize all hard drugs and eiminate the "War on Drugs" that this country has been waging for over 30 years with over $2trillion dollars being spent, and no discernible reduction in the consumption/demand for these hard drugs. IMHO drug addiction is a Medical/Psychological problem not a criminal one! This act alone would save the US Treasury over $500 Billion a year ( Prison, interdiction, court time etc) Free those who are now looking to stop the inflow of drugs and place at least 75% of them on our borders. Create drug dispensing clinics for addicts. As an off shoot for this new treatment we would import the processed poppies from Afghanastan. therby giving that country a legal crop to export.
Part of the dispensing of Heroin Cocaine etc. would be psychological counseling along with Job trainng or straight up scholarships for college/education making these former drug addicts/parasites productive citizens. Saving the US government hundreds of billions of money that IMHO is being wasted now under our current laws!
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