| 1) ECONOMY: Beyond the short term stimulus | | | | ANTI TERRORISM: Defense against terrorism is |
| package there is a need for improved long term | | | | not war because the terrorist are hiding; you can't |
| performance in the economy for growth. This | | | | have war without knowing where the enemy is; it |
| requires improved competitiveness through Tort | | | | includes battles in which significant military forces |
| reform, education, healthcare insurance, | | | | maybe needed and must be quickly accessible, |
| immigration and tax reforms. Independently each | | | | but it is not a war. It is not a police action |
| of these programs is not the most crucial but | | | | because it is too big and within foreign, not too |
| together, and they are interdependent, they are | | | | friendly, nations and laws, for police action; even |
| the most crucial socio-economic issue facing the | | | | though it should include police action. The primary |
| US. | | | | instrument for anti-terrorism is indeed offense |
| - The energy policy must be about developing all | | | | rather than defense. It is by a covert, with strong |
| sources of energy except for OPEC oil. The focus | | | | intelligence to clearly identify the enemies, and |
| should be plug-in hybrids (and natural gas for | | | | thus probably through the CIA, (with increased |
| trucks) along with nuclear energy. | | | | Congressional oversight), commando force, |
| -TORT REFORM, so that most if not all of the | | | | (coming from current special military forces), in |
| punitive damages go to the government not to | | | | civilian attire, (connected to an expanded NATO |
| the Plaintiffs, because it is the government not | | | | Global anti-terrorist intelligence agency as well) of |
| the victims that should punish, and certainly not | | | | probably no more than 20,000 operating primarily |
| the lawyers. | | | | in Pakistan, secondarily in Afghanistan and Iraq; |
| IMMIGRATION REFORM: Having improved | | | | and also in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran. |
| significantly border control; increase by about | | | | Conflict against international terrorism is |
| 100,000 people, the immigration to US, through | | | | profoundly different than the wars that the |
| H1B level IV visas, of doctors, lawyers, bankers, | | | | military was and is designed to fight. The primary |
| executives, engineers, (and simplify that process) | | | | difference is that the combatants are dressed as |
| and thus help bring the wages down of some | | | | civilians in civil settings. In winning modern wars |
| excessively compensated professions, (helping in | | | | the "moral" high ground and the "story" being |
| reducing Health Care costs as well.) | | | | disseminated to the public is critical. Having the |
| - EDUCATION REFORM: SCHOOL VOUCHERS: A | | | | military or police, dressed as such, operating in civil |
| minimum of 40% of per student cost, mandatory | | | | theaters, while a terrorist sometimes shows up, is |
| school voucher to whomever student qualifies for | | | | by definition a losing "moral" impression to the |
| it and chooses it. Not paying any percentage of | | | | public, becomes a police state, and a losing |
| the costs of those that do not want public | | | | proposition. Conflict with international terrorism |
| schooling and cannot afford all the costs of | | | | unfortunately, requires adjustment of our |
| private schools is too stupid for the health of both | | | | defensive combatants to be in offense, in the |
| the public and private schools. | | | | nations where terrorists operate, but mostly in |
| -HEALTH INSURANCE: Health care costs will never | | | | civil attire and form. Increased presence in |
| be reduced as long as health care coverage is a | | | | Afghanistan is necessary; the Taliban are now |
| cost plus system as it is now. Offer a | | | | operating mainly out of Pakistan. |
| government health insurance (through an | | | | For as long as there are not at least 3000 US or |
| organization that breaks even) that covers 70% | | | | NATO covert forces in Pakistan; preferably with |
| or so of health care costs, no deductibles, no | | | | the private approval of the Pakistani government, |
| tricks and traps. Allow patients to visit any | | | | in exchange for the approx. $1.5 billion assistance |
| certified physician with online records; online billing.) | | | | they get for fighting terrorism; chasing Bin Laden |
| The patient thus has some clear stake (at a | | | | primarily and other terrorist groups and the |
| direct 30% stake) in reducing health care costs. | | | | Taliban secondarily, nothing is being done against |
| Offer 2,000/yr tax deduction per year, per family | | | | the center of terrorism. |
| to those that are not insured due to a | | | | It is expected that the governments of these |
| pre-existing condition and those that are not | | | | nations will publicly refuse and deny the presence |
| covered by corporate health insurance. | | | | of US forces within their territory as part of their |
| Subsidize and/or mandatory health insurance for | | | | national sovereignty. Covert forces are called so |
| all US citizen children. | | | | because they are unacceptable politically or |
| 2) WMD-TERRORISM Renegotiating to amend the | | | | diplomatically as overt, yet are a necessary |
| NPT (with the most critical determinant being the | | | | structural adaptation to the strategies of the |
| negotiation with China):a) For non proliferation of | | | | terrorists. As a result regarding these covert |
| enrichment and reprocessing facilities. A | | | | operations, even though the public may not know |
| moratorium on any not fully operational new | | | | for many years and thus is unable to judge |
| enrichment and reprocessing plants, (including of | | | | whether anything substantive is being against |
| Iran) is the most critical world military safety item. | | | | terrorism, unless the covert forces as above are |
| Did you know that the NPT currently allows | | | | operating in Pakistan, nothing substantive is being |
| enrichment and reprocessing facilities in any nation | | | | done against the center of terrorism. |
| so long as they claim that these facilities are not | | | | Strategic re-positioning of missile defense stations |
| for the purpose of nuclear weapons? And such | | | | and the restructuring of how terrorism is to be |
| facilities exist in Germany, Japan, Netherlands and | | | | fought, without affecting defenses against major |
| Brazil among others? Once one has these facilities | | | | wars, is the most significant strategic US military |
| they are less than six months away from being | | | | defense initiative. |
| able to have nuclear weapons. So that saying "we | | | | 6) DEFENDING US DEMOCRACY: CAMPAIGN |
| don't like you nor trust you" is the essence of the | | | | FINANCE REFORM: Changing the laws on |
| argument with Iran; not a solid legal argument.b) | | | | campaign finance to have all federal Senatorial, |
| for an IAEA bank being a reliable source (not the | | | | House and Presidential elections to be publicly |
| only source) for the supply of fuel for nuclear | | | | financed, mostly through free ad time for |
| energy plants; and for the increased oversight, | | | | Candidates, in the licensee's of public air waves, is |
| control, and disposition of all fissile materials by | | | | the most significant action to restore and |
| IAEA andc) For measured verifiable WMD and | | | | preserve US democracy. |
| nuclear warhead reductions by each nuclear | | | | In terms of sequence this is the first domestic |
| weapons state, | | | | agenda item that should be implemented. The |
| Restructuring the UN, as described in the next | | | | current campaign finance reform (that was the |
| Chapter, will help a lot; Longer term a verifiable | | | | major "accomplishment" of Sen. McCain's last |
| proportionate military expenditures reduction, | | | | Presidential Campaign) has left enormous amount |
| Treaty is necessary. There are only 20 or so | | | | of private money with self-only interest in the |
| uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing | | | | elections. The result is that the new definition of |
| facilities globally. Fissile materials are quite limited, | | | | the best way to screw up any idea is to give it |
| and easily controllable down to the gram; not | | | | to the US Congress. Other than the example of |
| doing so criminal insanity. To do so requires a | | | | Campaign Finance reform that came out as |
| renegotiation of the NPT. | | | | screwed up as it went in, is the current "global |
| 3) DEFENDING DEMOCRACIES: Establish an | | | | climate change bill" in the Senate. I have been |
| economic alliance to include all democratic nations, | | | | advocating cap and trade for a long time until I |
| including (in sequence), North America, EU, Japan, | | | | saw this cap and trade bill, (about 500 pages of |
| India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Australia is | | | | screwing everyone and their mama with |
| the most critical defense initiative for democracies. | | | | bureaucracy.) It is truly disheartening. Campaign |
| Expanding free trade within that alliance should | | | | finance reform that takes all the money out of |
| more than offset trade reductions with dictatorial | | | | politics is a prerequisite to everything else because |
| nations such as China and those within OPEC. This | | | | without it Congress will take each and all ideas and |
| will be a result of appropriate import tariffs for | | | | screw them to the point that they might as well |
| Chinese and OPEC products. | | | | never been offered. |
| Not recognizing that the standard by which free | | | | 7) WEALTH DISTRIBUTION: A one time |
| people should evaluate their actions is "what is | | | | re-distribution of some wealth (about one and a |
| best for the democratizing nations" is a major | | | | half-trillion dollars) through a small (average of |
| lapse in "common sense" among free humans. In | | | | about 15%) one-time tax, on those with net |
| terms of sequence, the increased political, military | | | | wealth of over 10m net, directly to the most |
| and trade alliance among nations that are | | | | vulnerable 70 million, current US citizen children, (all |
| democratic must be the first item because it is a | | | | of the lower and middle class) at about $25,000 |
| prerequisite to all others. | | | | per child, without the government keeping any of |
| There is a lot of chatter about the Georgia-Russia | | | | it, and without increasing but rather, because of |
| conflict and the implications for the West-Russia | | | | the reduced need for governmental programs, |
| relations. Over two years before this occurred | | | | significantly decreasing (by over $50 billion/ year, |
| here is a quote: " The foreign affairs and trade | | | | through cuts and attrition) ongoing government |
| policy treatment by the US of Russia that moved | | | | spending; is the most critical social action within |
| towards democracy as compared to the | | | | the US and within other nations that have the |
| treatment of China that did not, has been terribly | | | | political will. |
| stupid and to the extent that Russia reverts back | | | | This action will automatically solve a series of |
| towards dictatorship it will be to a large extent | | | | structural imbalances that are now manifested in |
| the fault of the very stupid decisions by the last | | | | different ways. For example, the above action will |
| three US Administrations that supported the | | | | automatically solve the current housing crisis as |
| communist-fascist Chinese and not the Russians | | | | over 110 million US citizens will have significantly |
| that attempted democracy." (p. 298, The World | | | | higher equity to allow them to maintain their |
| Anew,2006, by Paul Zecos that maybe found at ) | | | | homes. |
| 4) GLOBAL WARMING: Renegotiating the | | | | Without this action the US economy is extremely |
| environmental Kyoto accord by adding China and | | | | likely to get into an economic depression, because |
| India in the accord with reduced emission | | | | the governmental spending and increased income |
| reduction commitments by them is probably the | | | | taxes by the Democrats will lead there; and the |
| most critical very long term action for the | | | | socio-economic problems and increased military |
| survivability of humanity and of many other | | | | spending caused by the Republicans will also lead |
| species. Establishing a carbon tax (for things such | | | | into a depression. |
| as cars and SUV's with less than 30 m/hr mileage | | | | 8) TAX REFORM: Changing the tax code to |
| and private jets); for the "demand" side and cap | | | | reducing income taxes of only the middle and |
| and trade for national objectives and for the | | | | lower class and simplifying the tax code as shown, |
| "suply" side (which domestically is best | | | | and adding an equivalent in revenue Value added |
| implemented by limiting it to utilities, refineries and | | | | tax (a point of sale tax of about 20%, for |
| iron and steel industry,) are the most critical | | | | not-manufactured here goods, with the exception |
| strategic actions required domestically on this | | | | of those goods coming from democratic nations) |
| issue. The specifics of that renegotiation are | | | | is the most significant trade initiative for the US. |
| discussed in the next Chapter however they are | | | | Strategically, increasing free trade and the |
| not achievable until items 1 and 2 above are | | | | economic, political and military ties with democratic |
| achieved. | | | | nations must be done synchronously while having |
| 5) DEFENSE: MISSILE DEFENSE: Continued | | | | a regularly shifting targeted tariffs, taxes and |
| deployment of the anti-ballistic missile program, | | | | barriers to entry structure, responding to the |
| not in Eastern Europe, that does not need it and | | | | political actions of dictatorships, for products from |
| antagonizes Russia unnecessarily, but as near to | | | | dictatorial nations; specifically with China and the |
| the claimed potential threats as possible such as in | | | | OPEC nations in mind. |
| Cyprus or Afghanistan is critical. This is central to | | | | Simplification of the Federal tax code would be |
| moving Russia from aligning with fascist China. | | | | extremely useful; I suggest the following: |
| Fascist China is without question the major | | | | Rate Income tax bracket One-time wealth tax |
| strategic threat of the free world. | | | | Estate Tax Cap. |