If you were President of the USA, what would be the top 10 things you would change?

[wingattebaby16]

One of the best POTUS that put America First!

I got asked by an older friend recently, if I were POTUS (not the Puppet of the United States), what would be the top 10 things I would do when I got in Office to FIX our country?

They told me their's.

Please be polite and tell me what your top 10 would be. Here are mine:

#1) 10% flat income tax. No loop holes, no deductions.
#2) 1 Bill, 1 Law. No putting other things into a Bill to become Law. No more hidden pay raises. Laws would be approved or denied faster.
#3) Close the Border! If you want to come to the USA, do it through approved Portals of Entry.
#4) Round up and Deport all Illegal Aliens. Not just mexicans, but all of them. California already gives them Driver's Licenses and they register as Undocumented. Easy for ICE to look them up, find them, and send them "home".
#5) 100% Voter ID required. To be a citizen, you have to read, write and speak English and have an ID. This means no more ballets in languages NOT in English. NO ID, No Vote.
#6) Term Limits on all members of Congress and the House. NO more Pelosi, Kennedy, etc serving for "essentially" life and becoming rich off of the citizens!
#7) Put America and it's citizens First. No more money to other countries, Until our citizens are not poor, living in poverty, living on the street, etc.
#8) Honor our Veterans. Free Healthcare, and financial Support if they cannot work. No more of our Veterans living on the Street and in poverty! They fought for our country! They deserve to be taken care of for the rest of their lives!
#9) Cut Welfare! It was initiated by Roosevelt as part of his New Deal to get people back on their feet. It was for Widows, orphans, and the disabled. No more paying women to have babies some baby daddy doesn't want to support. (you can be on Welfare assistance for one year. During that time, you get trained to do a good paying job, but no more free money for some other man's kids. AND OMG, Food Stamp/EBT cards are to be monitored closely. I dealt with many guys that pay $0.50 on the dollar in cash to get a woman's EBT Card so she can buy cigarettes and beer, while the guy uses her card)
#10) Reorganize our Governmental structure so there are not duplicate departments doing the same work! This cuts waste of money, corruption, and like in the movie Dave (Kevin Klein was an actor standing in for the dead president), cut useless spending on things corrupt politicians are using to line their own pockets! (remember in the 1980's the $700 toilet seats, $42 # 2 pencils, etc.)

[FunkyMonkee]

Re-open the pipeline
Finish the wall
Round up all the illegals and ship `em back to Mexico
Trade California for Japan.
Set up a firing squad
Put Joe, nutty Nancy, Schiff, Nadler, AOC, Hitlary, mad Maxine, Camel Hairs and any other worthless crooked politician in front of the firing squad.
Round up all the criminals roaming the streets and send them to the firing squad; they're OBVIOUSLY worthless human scum that doesn't deserve a second chance!!
Rescind EVERYTHING that Joe put into action!!
Have the White House fumigated and deloused!!
Have ANYONE that supports blm, antifa or de funding the police, shot on sight without question!!
Completely destroy the fed and start printing REAL money backed with gold and silver. Completely dis-band all government agencies that DON'T work FOR the people!!
And have the letter, M, removed from the English alphabet!!
(Well, you HAVE to have just ONE crazy thing to show them you're serious! Yeah, right! Have the White House deloused!! LMFAO!!)

[ADFSDF1996]

• No more extradition for suspected cyber crimes as innocent people can fall victim to wrongful extraditions
• Stronger constitution so not even the feds can infringe on a person’s rights. We especially need to strengthen the 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th amendments
• Schools will no longer be allowed to indoctrinate students with Marxist drivel
• No more death penalty
• Stronger self defense rights so citizens can defend themselves, others and their property from criminals without worrying about legal issues
• Reform psych wards to give patients more rights
• Reform prisons to be more like Norways prisons
• Fund research into technologies that have been paused by skeptics
• Decrease power of federal courts, reform federal authorities to actually work for the people instead of against the people
• A mandate to make schools teach about Asian-American history as it’s often ignored by most schools.

[TheLoneTerran]

People accredit the President with far more power than they actually wield. They sign bills into law or veto them, they make sure the laws that do pass are executed, influence diplomacy, and act as Commander in Chief.

The President can issue executive orders but they have no actual staying power. An executive order can be struck as Unconstitutional and are easily, and often, rescinded by the next President.

If you want government policies to change, that's all in the hands of Congress. Presidents can certainly be figure heads like FDR, LBJ, and Nixon, for large policy changes, but the policy changes go through Congress.

When you hear a story about a President "ordering" a change to something or something to be created, they're getting the ball rolling on the project, usually with an Executive Order, but if Congress doesn't cough up the funding, the project is dead. It's why there was so much outrage went trump ordered a state of emergency so he could dip into emergency funds to start the funding of the wall. But state of emergency doesn't last forever and there was too little funding to complete the project.

A President can order this, that, or whatever they wish, but they're not going to get what they want if Congress doesn't agree. They control spending. They allocate the budget. The President writes up a budget of roughly what they want and how they wish to see funds are distributed and the budget is only approved by a Congressional vote. Then the President can sign it, making it the official budget for the next fiscal year.

It's the whole checks and balances. It's not perfect, obviously, but neither are people. People like to attribute the President with the successes and failures of their times, but with how things actually work, the President has little to do with any of it. People may say the economy did better under one President or another, yet the President doesn't control the economy. The government can influence the economy, but it's not able to bend the economy to its will. The economy and stock market do their thing, the President can make their thoughts known, and lobby Congress to pass laws that affect the economy, such as the laws that were in place to stop another 2008 from happening. That is all Congress, they hold the purse.

The President is not responsible for how the stock market plays out, they certainly don't have control over the price of gas. The President may have suggested something but for something with government spending, it relies on Congress to decide what the government does. The President doesn't have control over inflation, again, that's Congress, the Federal Reserve, and banks. The President does not have control of the day to day runnings of the military or federal offices, the government is far too large and even in the extremely early days of the Republic, it wasn't the President's job to run them either, that's what heads of departments were appointed for.

It's not to say the President is not influential but they do not manage the day to day running of the nation. Those tasks are all delegated to department heads who then delegate, and so on and so on, with each level held accountable by the level above. It's one of the reasons President Truman had the placard "The Buck Stops Here" on his desk. Rightly or wrongly, the perception is that the President is in charge. They are not, having a President in charge would completely defeat the purpose of the whole Revolution and separated powers of government. They can suggest, they can influence, they can get the ball rolling with EOs, but unless Congress approves and the Supreme Court does not find Congress or the President acting in violation of the Constitution, only then can something proceed. Suggestion, influence, lobbying Congress (and Congress doesn't need to listen to or heed anything the President says in most cases), signing bills into law or veto'ing, basic overtures of diplomacy, and Commander in Chief.

[TheLoneTerran]

The Executive Branch is slowly growing in power because of the age we live in, where information travels at the speed of light through fiber optics under the world's oceans and as radio and radiation between satellites, which results in needing decisions in moments, where there is not enough time for Congress to debate and decide, they can and do, often hand over individual situations or whole categories that the President "is in charge of" but Congress can, and have, revoke the power of decision making from the President and back into Congress's purview.

Every single one of your suggestions are not within the power of the President to accomplish. The President can attempt to issue an EO, but it can be struck as Unconstitutional or being an overreach of the President's power and reprimanded by Congress. Again, checks and balances.

For real, meaningful change, elections are important every time they come around, not just Presidential. The President is influential but by design, is not the end all be all of government or policy. If you really want these type of changes, you need to vote in your local elections, that effect the reps sent to the State and alter how the State generally votes. And from those people, the ones sent to D. C. are chosen. And if they're in the House, then every two years it's up to you. The politicians in D. C. don't get to where they are from nowhere, they start somewhere within a State's political body. You have to research the candidates and choose the ones that best represent you. Ignoring non-Presidential elections or voting straight ticket will change nothing.

[TheLoneTerran]

Not even 100 years ago, politics were large events that also served as entertainment. Votes were decided by people engaged in the politics of their local area. To increase the chances of the candidates you support winning, you will need to be engaged too. You will have to go out and call attention and campaign for your candidate. Or we can continue to have over a 90% incumbent re-election rate and absolutely nothing will change.

The power isn't derived from the President, not all of it, not even close to most of it, it comes from candidates being sent to Congress, chosen by the state, that hold the most sway. If the President had the unilateral ability to affect so much with a simple command or EO, they would be a tyrant. And not in the emotional "extremely evil autocrat" meaning, but an actual tyrant, someone's power which are largely non-limited, which would be a disaster and we would not be a democracy. And technically, we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic, which is under the overhanging banner of democracy.

[TheLoneTerran]

Because being the President wouldn't give you any power to make the changes people have listed. That's all on Congress.

[Friendlybro79]

@TheLoneTerran thank you for the well thought out, articulate and accurate comment regarding what the president actually impacts. I hope at least a few people learn something.

[TheLoneTerran]

@Friendlybro79 Thank you, living up to your name!

[jennyPuss]

1) i would end this "equal pay for equal work" crap. there's no such thing. you can't even get equal work out of identical twins. don't tell me you're walking in the door and in 5 minutes you're doing equal work. hogwash.

2) guns. more of them. big guns. little guns.

3) locks on school doors. it's really sad that i have to say this but we have morons in charge of taking care of our kids.

4) ending no-fault divorce. divorce is killing our country. and men can simply walk out of a family for no reason and nobody can say crap as long as he pays child support. that's not moral or right. women are fleecing good men and shutting them out of the children's lives.

5) i would pass a constitutional amendment if i could declaring medical autonomy over a person's body. no medical procedure can be made a requirement as a condition to express one's personal liberties or right to engage in commerce or associate in private

6) i would end all property tax for the first 6 acres of land plus domicile. and senior citizens would be completely tax exempt and can never be evicted from their homes.

7) i would abolish the IRS and the income tax system in favor of a flat across the board sales tax- with no exceptions or exemptions for anyone or any business. you can't get out of taxes if you have to pay them when you spend money. look at the madness... they just spent BILLIONS of dollars to search out and find every crumb too small for a mouse. it's a broken system that cannot be fixed any nobody will ever think is fair. a flat sales tax is the only way to go.

[VanillaSalt]

Oh hell yes you got good points.

1) first thing is destroy income tax. No income tax. Multiple the sales sax 10 fold. Then tax based off what you spend not what you make.
2) Get rid of the alphabet organizations in the government...
3) Outlaw omnibus bils. I want 1 bill per problem not LGBTQ funding in a military spending bill. Its supposed to be hard to pass new legislation.
4) Bring home industry.
5) our home not chinas. Outside countries cannot own land in the states only rent.
6) close the border and deport anyone that dont come in within 6 months for papers.
7) legal citizen question on the census.
8) return power to the states.
9) place limitations on welfare. People cannot live on welfare their whole lives. Removing it outright would leave people without options and as someone thats received it before... Its necessary. But i grew as a person when i lost the ability to have it so while necessary its dangerous so limitations.
10) Remove draft and replace with 4 years of travel outside the united states to vote. The united states are locked inside their own little world and dont understand the difficulties of the programs they push and the suffering of others outside the west. Some people still starve. People die of illnesses we have cures to and yet our citizens say were so bad cause we dont call them her instead of him?

[Snsl153]

My top ten as President (not necessarily in order of priority).
1. Finally fix the border problem with Mexico. I mean, borders exist for a reason, don't they?
2. Reduce "defence" spending by approximately 80%. It's wasted money. The military-industrial complex has become far too bloated. Eisenhower warned us about this.
3. Convert the country to the metric system. The entire world uses metres and litres, not feet and gallons. It's time to emerge from the 17th century.
4. Properly fund NASA. Our future lies in space, not here on the ground staring at our shoes.
5. Stop meddling in the affairs of other nations. No more regime-change wars!
6. Abolish most government departments, like the CIA and NSA. There are far too many spy agencies anyway (like 17 of them).
7. Energy independence would perhaps be my number one priority. We need to stop "going green" and fire up more nuclear and fossil fuel plants.
8. Outlaw the teaching of critical race theory to anyone under the age of 12.
9. Introduce a modern healthcare system (Medicare). It isn't "socialised medicine", it's just common decency. Civilised societies don't allow the poor to just die on the streets because they can't afford an operation! That's immoral.
10. Get rid of the Second Amendment! Strike it out!

[AviatorTom]

Under the US Constitution, POTUS has limited powers, envisioned more like the captain of the ship, providing direction... someone else (in US government, the Congress) actually drives the ship.

I would never be POTUS, it's a thankless job that only the power-hungry seek, and that's not me.

If I somehow were POTUS, 10 items would be too many to manage. I'd have 3 items:
1. Everyone pays 15% flat income tax to the IRS on all of their earnings, no deductions or exemptions.
2. Elections would be held on election day, no early voting, and all polling places would be open from 5am to 10pm local time. That gives everyone enough time to vote. In order to vote you have to register (proving you're a citizen) and on election day, you have to provide proof of who you are. If you do not vote in two successive elections, your name is removed and you would have to re-register.
3. Decrease the number of federal employees and each department's budget, by 25%, 5% per year for the next 5 years. Each department head would be tasked with cutting, each year, 5% of the department's employees, and 5% of the department's budget. Requests for annual department budget increases would be allowed, with a 5% increase cap, subject to a majority vote of the Senate.

[AviatorTom]

... and maybe a fourth item:
4. POTUS would be required to propose a balanced budget for the next fiscal year. Congress can change the budget, so long as it remains balanced, no planned surplus or deficit. At the end of each fiscal year, the actuals would be accounted for, and any surplus would automatically go to reduce the nation's debt, while any deficit would automatically reduce the following year's total budget amount.

[HighValue]

1. Voting must be in person with a verified ID.
2. Election Day is a national holiday. All votes must be counted before midnight on election day.
3. 15% income tax regardless of income level.
4. Tariff on all products coming from foreign countries of 15%.
5. Allow drilling in US territory.
6. Borders closed and anyone caught trying to enter illegally will be arrested and be banned from entering legally for life.
7. To gain legal immigration they have to have an employable skill.
8. No foreign aid except to countries that greatly helped the USA in past wars. (Ex. UK.)
9. Merit based system for employment, college admission, grants, etc. Any employer violating that would be subject to double taxes for that year and any following years when that person remains their employee after being hired based on race or gender. Colleges that base admission on race or gender would have all federal grants revoked.
10. Term limits for Congress. Max of 12 years. 2 terms in the senate (12 years) or 6 terms in the House (8 years) for a total of 12. Or 1 term in the senate and 3 terms in the house.

[EmyyWolf]

I wouldn’t marry the gays!
Underage pregnancy illegal!
I’d sterilize half the country because overpopulation.
Id sterilize the homeless.
I’d make all the illegal Mexicans clean the oceans.
I’d figure out how to use water for gas.
Every single house in the Hottest States needs a Solar Panel, every single one.
Every single car would have to run on water or electricity.
Every house forced to grow some type of food.
Id put up a hundred walls on both US borders. You have to get to this country like a normal f—king person.
Rapists get their balls removed, + 50 year prison.
P3DOS get their balls removed and life in prison.
Obligatory Mental-Health for all prison mates.
Anyone who committed murder immediately gets terminated.
Thief get their finger removed , the next another finger, the third time their hand, and so on.
Anyone who’s been to prison is identified by a obligatory tattoo underneath their chin.
Same with Drug Dealers, Same with Drug-lords and such.
Ciggarette illegal. Marijuana illegal, Vaping Illegal, alcohol illegal. Except on Friday.
Over 400pound OF OBESITY illegal and deserve to be locked up.
Having more than 2 kids. Illegal!
Anyone who is suspected to be racist. Their credit score drops immediately.

1 Billion dollar reward for info on those involved in child-trafficking or human-trafficking.

Police, Military and Security obtain unbelievable benefits.

[yofuknutz]

You're a sick ass hole

[EmyyWolf]

@yofuknutz
LMAOO!!
Then you’d have to leave my country. You can stay at one of those third world country. F—ING CUBA!

[yofuknutz]

Actually it's the other way around you should go live in those third world countries boy your response is real quick hey how is Stan doing?

[IronDr4g00n]

@yofuknutz This is why you're a little bitch incel, faggot. Women want a strong man not a dick sucking n** lover like you

[captain_voidwalker]

Eliminate the following agency's. FBI, NSA, IRS, HOMELAND SECURITY, FEDERAL RESERVE, AND CIA. Thier functions are either superfluous and should be eliminated or can be merged into relevant law enforcement and military structures.

2nd, completely eliminate social security. This can be administered or not on a state by state basis
3rd completely eliminate Medicare same reason as social security
4th Eliminate the federal income tax
5th immediately recal all troops stationed over seas
6th tell nato to eat a dick and cut all funding towards it
7th redeploy military along the southern border with shoot to kill orders for illegal border crosses
8th reinvigorate our space exploration programs and work in tandem with private companies to begin an American led push into space.
9th re establish the gold standard to stabilize inflation rates.
10th light up a cigar and pour myself a scotch and watch the nation prosper

[wingattebaby16]

i agree with you 7,8,9, & 10... without 1-6, we are ripe for attack from other nations.

Thanks for the list

[Agagagagaga]

@captain_voidwalker I’ve been saying #7 is the only solution for decades. They could just take National Guard units for their annual training and just deploy them to the Southern border. By rotating out troops you run less risk of them becoming corrupted and bribed by the cartels and human traffickers. Finally, but most importantly, shoot to kill. The goddamn country is just being completely overrun. Once a few people get clipped you’ll see that suddenly caravans of thousands will turn right around or suddenly decide that Mexico ain’t that bad. I bet the “asylum claims” will also go down dramatically.

[captain_voidwalker]

Lol I putty the country that tries to invade us, guns outnumber people 3 to one. They'd never stables control. Also not sure why you'd want social security to stick around. You know that shit is bankrupt and you will never see a cent of it right. That the government just uses it to tax you onto of your taxes.

[Sixgunsound]

Number one: close the IRS/restore the treasury.
Number two: close the federal reserve, and restore standards back to currency.
Number 3: close the Export-Import bank.
Number 4: close the ATF.
Number 5: Close Homeland Security Department.
Number 6: Make Maine’s welfare program federal law.
Number 7: Significantly raise the standards of what qualifies for closed door sessions in public government.
Number 8: Term Limits. No exceptions.
Number 9: single page tax code.
Number 10: close the federal department of education.

[Snakeyes7]

Since I don't live in Maine, what is their welfare program?

[Sixgunsound]

@Snakeyes7 if you aren’t in job training to get skills to take care of yourself or working a minimum number of hours to build skills to take care of yourself you are off the program. Lifetime benefit time limits. They follow the original intention of the program , I. e. help people to help themselves not become a public burden.

[NorthwestRider]

Unlike the clueless conservatives, I would be hands off the cultural wars and social issues. I believe in freedom and fixing the real issues.

1. Make the country have the best education in the world
2. Legalize every drug
3. Make the country have the best Healthcare in the world
4. Make the country have the best infrastructure in the world
5. Make the country have the best economy in the world
6. End the wars
7. Make the country have the fastest internet speed in the world
8. Put an UBI system in
9. Make the country have the cleanest air and water in the world
10. Stop giving weapons to other countries

[Lochlan]

This is all around the best answer.

[NorthwestRider]

@Lochlan Thanks dude, this is the real MAGA not Trump fake version

[888theGreat]

1) Tackle National debt by selling all Gov't land , start a Federal Lottery , Add a 1% Federal Sales tax on all items purchased , and lower income Taxes to 5%.
2) Pay all troops $40,000 a year
3) Eliminate Dept's of Government like Education.
4) Make Voter ID a law for Federal elections.
5) Develop laser defense to keep nukes from hitting US and Asteroids from hitting US
6) Quit printing money like monopoly money
7) Eliminate all inheritance taxes
8) Allow 100% of Health Insurance as a business expense for small businesses
9) Make LLC's illegal to make people responsible for fraud and damages, liabilities
10) Reduce spending and make cuts

[888theGreat]

Also term limits and no ex Senator or Congress Rep can be a lobbyist

Corporations can not give money to candidates running for elections

Limit who comes into America and become citizens

[exitseven]

If we sold all government land we would have no national parks. I think it would be a loss for all of us.

[lucas262]

In no particular order
1Make America resource independent
2Try to restore peace in the world through strength
3 revise the American education system
4Repeal federal income tax along with any excessive taxes
5 remove censorship. Promote free speech
6 work on race relations
7 secure the southern border
8 raise wages for military and 1st responders
9Unionize businesses with more than 100 employees
10 restore the republic pull it away from the democratic oligarchy it has become.

[007kingifrit]

1. close the border, artillery will be used on migrant caravans from now on
2. deportation of all illegals
3. outlaw all immigration from those with less than millionare status already
4. one bill one law (this was a good idea im stealing it)
5. return the equal time rule to all communications. including social media. if you criticize someone you must allow them an equal amount of time to post on your youtube channel, tv show, or radio show.
6. an internet bill of rights protecting free speech online even against private companies
7. the annexation of Canada
8. you cannot spend more than 10 years in prison in a lifetime without getting a death penalty automatically
9. parents gain extra votes for the number of kids they have until they are of voting age
10. voting age raised to 30, military service, or the birth of your 3rd child

[VanillaSalt]

Oh god imagine the left having 16 kids just to elect a new president… I can see it easily.

[007kingifrit]

@VanillaSalt they would never use their body to a long term goal. it defies what the left is

[VanillaSalt]

I’m not trusting voting authority to a slut to pops out kids XD

[007kingifrit]

@VanillaSalt sluts just abort. families have more at stake than does anyone else

[VanillaSalt]

And when having kids is the difference between your president or the enemy’s… who’s more likely to start having tons of kids the conservatives or the left?

[007kingifrit]

@VanillaSalt... the right

[nawtee_me]

1. Increase oil production
2. Get military supplies into Ukraine
3. Stop the ban on menthol cigarettes (I don't smoke)
4. enact a law making it mandatory that every person after turning 18 years of age goes into the military service for two years. (unless medically unable to)
5. Increased spending for federal highways and infrastructure
6. make it a priority to find the leak into the supreme courts and to those who put the addresses online.
7. Secure the borders
8. deport illegals
9. Jail any illegal caught a second time in the USA.
10. Increase military spending

[bradfordro]

1. Remove all illegal immigrants/ everyone who can’t speak English or understand it.
2. Make the porn industry illegal
3. Make all digital content illegal
4. Remove all political parties
5. Remove all taxes including state and federal
6. Give veterans free healthcare
7. Once your retired you will be financially stabled
8. Give the police back there respect and support
9. Bring back the draft
10. Make becoming a citizen a 2 year commitment and then they have to go back to there country

[VanillaSalt]

Ouch… yeah no sorry but… free healthcare… without taxes? No political parties? No digital content? I can live with that hypocrisy but taking my porn is a hell no for me.

[Jltakk]

Audit the fed, commence the alaska pipeline, attack the housing market and infrastructure ASAP. Bring the end of post-war suburbian living and encourage vastly superior urban planning. Investigate the business running through and associated with China, encourage competitive tech and automotive industries. Stay the fuck out of WHO until an investigation is conducted on the head officials and connections to the Chinese and North Korean government. The focus will be on self sustainability and not relying on corrupt nations that open chances of potential debt slavery. Also, clearing the fraudulent student loan debt system that was crafted by scam artists. It was a failure and set the education system back. Acceptance is by merit. NCAA will be investigated as well. This is all general by the way and in a fantasy world that resources were readily available to undo all of the bullcral and horrible habits that screwed us over for generations.

[CandiceK]

After reading your title, I was about to start writing my list. But then I read your list, and I think you are my doppelganger. lol But I'll add...

11. Universal healthcare for all citizens and green card holders. It would be paid for by sin taxes. You want that six pack, maple bar, or carton of smokes, you're going to be donating to healthcare. We already have free healthcare, but it's called the emergency room. I've seen a woman go to the ER because she had a blister on her toe.

[meetkitty123]

.50 cents thats cheap. I've heard of corner stores chargering $1to $2 on the dollar for ebt exchange on cash. But the cases I saw was for diapers, baby soap, baby lotion and wipes which cannot be bought on food stamps. Regardless you bring up some good points.

[invalid1]

1- Rebuild infrastructure
2- Rebuild infrastructure
3- Rebuild infrastructure
4- Rebuild infrastructure
5- Rebuild infrastructure
6- Rebuild infrastructure
7- Rebuild infrastructure
8- Rebuild infrastructure
9- Stop the poisoning of Michagen people
10 - Withdraw influence and bullying from foreign policy before someome kicks my ass.