I want to be one of the first to announce my intention to run for president of the United States in 2020. I thought I should announce my platform straight up. I don’t think I have a chance in hell to gain any traction in this. But if you read the following and have experience as a campaign manager and think I make sense, please contact me. I’m not looking for donations, nor even supporters at this point. That will come in the future, if you are interested.
I’ve tried to list my platform by things I find most important first and the things not as urgent later on.
#1 Eliminate the Electoral College for a primer on the Electoral College please follow this link. If you remember high school civics class, our founding fathers were so brilliant, I think they were probably the same aliens that taught the Egyptians how to build the pyramids. I had forgot a lot of what I learned in civics class until recently with things that occurred with President Obama and now Trump. As the news outlets have talked about the brilliance of our Constitution, I am in aware of how brilliant our founding fathers were. At our nation’s founding, most Americans had never attended formal schooling and couldn’t read and write. This is the reason the Electoral College was formed. We could debate how well our school system is, but by far most Americans can read a newspaper, watch the news on whatever devise they are comfortable with and be informed.
#2 Eliminate PACs, corporations are not persons and have no right influencing our electoral process.
#3 Fund job growth by moving subsidies from fossil fuel interests to renewable. China is bragging they intend to be the largest solar producer in the world, we need to take this advantage.
#4 Create jobs by stimulus geared towards water and sewerage replacement instead of roads. Make local agencies create 50 year replacement plans to qualify for infrastructure grants, so we don’t again get our basic necessity water and sewage so severely compromised again.
#5 Take subsidies from for profit rail lines and put that money towards road and bridge replacement. Separate for profit rail line designation from commuter rail.
#6 Prohibit drug manufacturers from trying to tell doctors how to do their jobs through demand pull advertising.
#7 Free four year college degrees for students that maintain a 3.0 GPA
#8 Eliminate capital punishment. Besides killing someone is wrong and much of the world has already done this. The cost for special housing on death row and the legal costs are two other reasons. Substitute life in prison without the possibility for parole.
#9 All federal agencies will be required to reduce their budget by 10% each year through efficiencies, not service reductions. Things like Allegheny County Community College has less enrollment than in the past. Instead of paying for the up keep for the unused Visual Arts building on the corner of Galveston and Lincoln Avenues, they leased the property to the Pittsburgh Police Department as their new training facility. If we force agencies to think like a business, (I turn my heat down to 50 degrees when I don’t have guests. I’m comfortable at that temperature with my long sleeved t shirt and hoodie and save money on my heating bill.)
This is my initial platform, if you have any suggestions or want to suggest additional planks, please email me at ed@j1c.852.myftpupload.com
Thanx and have a great day,
ed
