Would you ever run for office and if so what would be your platform?

Answer 1

Let's say I was running for the senate.Platform would be:
Health Care:Instead of preaching insurance for all,i would first control costs.Insurance company's are guaranteed a profit by law(little known fact).I would rescind that statute and set up government over-site of the insurance industry to ensure that competition does exist and i would also do away with the 2 tier billing system the health care industry currently uses.(if you have insurance you are billed at a lower rate than the uninsured) I would also set up a system of reasonable charges for most procedures and through law,ensure that taxpayers are not being ripped off by health care providers.

Taxes:
rescind the current tax code and utilize a national sales tax for individuals.For industry,I would penalize global outsourcing and offer significant tax savings for domestic expansion.

Expenditures:
Tie expenditures to the Gross Domestic Product Index.GDP goes up,expenditures can go up.GDP goes down,expenditures go down.

Could go on but this should suffice for now.

Answer 2

I ran once as a write in and was able to secure nearly 400 votes as a write in, so I was very happy.
My platform would be simple, although a platform would vary depending on what level of a position you were running for:
1. Base my decisions on the consensus of the citizens, not personal opinions. If I felt different, I would discuss my opinions with the citizentry before the vote took place.
2. Outlaw anything even resembling gun control. An armed society is a polite scoiety.
3. Disband the Federal Reserve. This causes us more problems than anything.
4. I would take care of business in Iraq. I disagree with some who say we need to pull our troops. But I also disagree with how it is being ran. It needs to be treated like a war instead of a police action.
5. Try to get back to Judeo-Christian ethics. I'm not talking Holy roller here. However, our country was based on these principals. People can still live by these principals as intended with the Constitution and not be Christian. They are a great set of rules to live by whether you believe or not.
6. Try to install good old-fashioned American work ethic back in our country. There are still some that exist, but not like it used to be. We demanded higher salaries and produced lower quality products on a whole for so long that now it is biting us in the ***.
7. Balance the budget but never attempt to reach a government surplus. When you think of it, if there is a government surplus, such as was claimed by the Clinton administration, then that meant they had MORE than they needed. By contrast, you don't want to spend more than you have. You balance with tax payer dollars should always be $0

Answer 3

No, I would not ever run for office. I am far from having a pristine past - and all that would be dragged out in public and my name through the mud. No thanks.

Though, if I did, it would be about government restraint. The government needs to keeps to the confines of its charter, on any level, whether city, township, county, state or federal. A government that exceeds its authorizations is a danger to the freedoms, liberties and rights of the people.

The second aspect would be about promoting sound economic policy. Excessive taxation, especially of investment earnings, diminishes growth and prosperity. Excessive government spending also hampers growth.

A government that acts within its limits, and spends in a restrained manner, will foster freedom and prosperity.

Answer 4

I did. Twice. My platform was simple. I wanted to re-establish the social contract that once existed between the voters and the elected official. Lost both contests. Couldn't compete with the financially well-endowed.

Answer 5

I ran ... and lost in '06. My platform was that communities need to work to start and maintain healthy dialog across as broad a cross-section as possible. This process is essential in order to make decisions together. Decision-making at the local level has the greatest potential to approach a democratic ideal. This is fairest, and will attract our best and brightest to leadership roles.

Answer 6

No I would not run but one of my best friends keeps telling me that when she retires she wants to run for Congress. The issue is she wants me to be her chief of staff. Even though that is a position I dreamed of when I first went to college I now see the political beatings candidates take from the bloggers from hell and the Hollyweird elitists that I'm not sure if I want her put to that meat grinder because I am sure I would snap and go off on one of the mindless liberals who would attack her conservative policies on foreign affairs and the economy.

Answer 7

I probably wouldn't. The system is too corrupt and too full of good ol' boys for my taste.

If I did run for anything, my focus would be on heathcare, education, the environment and childhood obesity.

I wouldn't be afraid to change with the times, either, shifting my focus to more pressing issues as they arise.

Answer 8

My platform would be America first. An end to globalization and the wholesale sellout of the American working class.

NO NWO!

Answer 9

Yes I have thought about it.
It takes some one who can take the heat and not back down.

It would be America first love it or leave it.

Answer 10

Decode this lyrics " I will follow him"
With the "Lady in red"