Sky Watcher for President 2008

Sky Watcher is the Native American name of Jonathan Vigh, a Seneca Indian who currently lives in Colorado. After becoming frustrated with the corruption and special interest peddling in national politics, I decided to get involved in the solution. Here is my platform for my run for US President.

No, I'm not actually running for President (although if things keep getting worse, I could consider running, maybe 2012, 2016, 2020, who knows). I do however, feel that the candidates chosen by each political party suffer from a dearth of fresh ideas.

Here is the platform that I would run on:

Fiscal Policy

Works towards a sustainable and healthy economy which yields benefits to all

Eliminate federal budget deficits by restraining spending until it comes in line with government income

Repeal many of the unsustainable Bush tax cuts, including the partial estate tax cut and the dividend tax cut, and other cuts involving questionable deductions

When the deficit has been zeroed out, and we are making progress on other problems, direct excess revenues to paying down the national debt

Reform and simplify the tax code, first by streamlining individual income tax procedures, later by replacing the individual income tax by a combination of consumption and energy taxes

Security Policy

Restore and protect basic freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution including the writ of habeous corpus

Enforce current immigration law and clarify the rights of non-citizens and illegal aliens as they relate to immigration

Secure our borders, ports, and transportation systems using effective and nonintrusive measures

Maintain a strong and vigilant intelligence community that operates under strict ethical guidelines

Clearly and honestly communicate with the American public in all my administration's dealings

Reduce terrorism by not creating enemies through effective and fair National Defense and Foreign policies

Defense Policy

Reduce and eventually eliminate the occupation of foreign countries by US troops

Maintain a "no first use" policy on nuclear weapons

Determine America's defense posture to other countries based on fundamental and fair principles

Energy Policy

Lead America to energy independence by:

increasing our national energy efficiency through powerful economic incentives, mandatory regulation, and new transportation technologies

increasing the use of renewable energy sources (hydroelectric, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass)

allow the development of domestic energy sources including oil, natural gas, and coal in an environmentally sustainable fashion

increasing the use of clean coal technology which sequesters CO2

increasing the use of safe nuclear energy power

Develop a public-private 'Manhattan Program' to develop and implement renewable and alternative energy sources, including research towards a 'Hydrogen economy'

Environmental Policy

Strengthen the 'Clean Air Act' until our air is really clean

Set tough standards on drinking water

Develop a national Greenhouse gas emissions policy driven by the best climate science, not International pressure and protocols

Protect wildlife and sensitive eco-systems

Foreign Policy

Treat other countries as we would hope they would treat us: The Golden Rule

Set our policies towards other countries based on principles of fairness and principle

Stop allowing our geopolitical interests (like reliance on imported oil) from causing us to befriend countries which abuse human rights

Encourage the proliferation of human rights, freedom, and democracy through effective diplomacy and support programs (rather than through invasions)

Improve the lives of people worldwide through effective aid programs

Transportation Policy

Maintain and improve the nation's transportation infrastructure including highways and air travel

Start building a new national Maglev network to replace our failing passenger rail system

Build innovative new transport modes for urban transport such as Personal Rapid Transit

Social Policy

Stop stealing from the Social Security Trust Fund

Keep health care costs affordable

Make sure that future generations aren't burdened by our mistakes

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