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  • Posted by $ winterwind 9 years, 11 months ago
    "if nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
    the quotes are because I know it's not original, but the sentiment is real.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 11 months ago
    Reduce intrusiveness and cost of govt.
    2. Reduce Executive Branch power to increase govt in the future.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "truth that the President can't fix all the problems."
    That's a truth people running don't admit aloud.
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  • Posted by InfamousEric 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, I loved this idea, I wish I'd thought of it.

    But that credit goes to Robert Heinlein, from his book "The Moons A Harsh Mistress"
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  • Posted by InfamousEric 9 years, 11 months ago
    First 2 things that come to mind...

    Encourage Congress to create an internal committee with the express purpose of repealing laws. With a simple majority approval.

    Executive Order - Lobbying will be subject to the same penalties as electioneering.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A great start. I wish the candidates would talk more about disbanding agencies. There are so many that are useless.
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  • Posted by $ sjatkins 9 years, 11 months ago
    1) To disband as quickly as possible all federal agencies and regulatory commissions that are not clearly part of what government is supposed to be Constitutionally limited to. This includes FDA, DEA, TSA and others.

    2) Grant an immediate pardon for all persons imprisoned for so-called "crimes" that involved no initiation of force or variants such as fraud.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As I get older I get angrier about it. The amount of waste is staggering. I was just commenting on my other post about how Rand tried to warn people. She knew where this was going to go.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Busy morning. I would start with the tax code and had not thought about those doing time because of the IRS. I would think of them as political prisoners and release them as well.
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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It truly frustrates, Rich, Hundreds of trillions of debt and growing and no candidate calling for the immediate emergency shutdown of government agencies. Ayn Rand's quote keeps buzzing around my head: “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.”
    ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 11 months ago
    I had considered posting a similar question, rich.
    1) Use the presidents power of pardon to release from prison (and refund all fines) all those being held for victimless crimes, which would by definition release nearly all those who were arrested under all gun control acts, all of the drug war, reverse every property seizure (pardon the property), every person or group of people harassed by the IRS for income tax related matters, people harassed by the EPA for making minor changes to their property, and anything else I could include. This would continue every day of my administration. This would have the added benefit of making all those BATF agents, EPA agents, and IRS agents expendable for at least four years.
    2) Use executive orders to reverse all previous executive orders, and to restrict action of all parts of the bureaucracy that reports to the executive branch to the original intent of the constitution.
    Then, after lunch ...
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I like that. It may take years to wind down the government machine but we have to get started. It's out of control.
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  • Posted by Kgardner91 9 years, 11 months ago
    I would cut all non essential government to the Constitutional days and cut taxes. I believe you should be able to live on a piece of land and be self sufficient if that's what you want to do.
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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 9 years, 11 months ago
    1) Slash government spending
    2) Slash government spending even more.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 11 months ago
    For starters I would skip the part of the oath of office which says 'to the best of my ability.' I would replace it with 'without purposes of evasion' the version required of the military.

    One replace income tax with end user consumption tax.

    Two overturn by executive order all Obama Executive Orders where they clearly circumvented, eluded, went around, over, or just through the Constitution.

    Starting with suspenidng any mention of mere 'suspicion of ' as a replacement for probable cause and the one instance where it's been addressed by the court to 'reasonable suspicion' and limited to the 230 year old uncontested practice and Immigration, Customs, Coast Guard acting in that capacity and Border Patrol. wherein the The Court maintained civil rights. I want to be specific on that.

    If I had a third choice it would be to follow the dictates of the Constitution closely in nominating Supreme Court Justices. Which means lawyers wouldn't stand a chance.
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  • Posted by SaltyDog 9 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    With a platform like that, you not only wouldn't get nominated/elected, you'd be fortunate indeed to survive an unfortunate accident.
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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 9 years, 11 months ago
    That I will truthfully and faithfully follow the Constitution. Only appoint Constitutionalist Justices and AG's.
    2. I will tell the truth that the President can't fix all the problems.
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