| Let's face it, my friends. The Federal Government | | | | Lift all bans on domestic oil exploration.o Lift all |
| in its present form is irretrievably broken. No | | | | bans on nuclear power plant construction.o Shrink |
| tinkering, no new President, no new laws will fix | | | | Supreme Court to three Justices who serve at |
| the Federal Government of the United States of | | | | my pleasure. Who needs nine old duffers arguing |
| America. If the USA wants to avoid mass state | | | | amongst themselves? Besides, they have no |
| secessions, a radical change must be embraced. | | | | power to enforce any judicial decision. The power |
| We need to go in a new direction. Actually, to be | | | | is all mine.o Give back all Federal property to the |
| more accurate, in an old direction. | | | | states. Let them decide what to do with it.o |
| Absolute Monarchy. | | | | Cancel all treaties with other nations. Negotiate |
| Think about it. A King is one guy. He only has | | | | new treaties if I think we need them...and if I |
| about 18 hours each day to do kingly stuff. So, | | | | have time. A King's gotta sleep, you know.o |
| he can't meddle in very much simply because he | | | | Dissolve the Federal Reserve.o Cancel all Federal |
| doesn't have the time. Everyone in America would | | | | gun laws and regulations. Once again, it's up to the |
| be a lot freer with a King on the throne. | | | | states.o Get rid of all intelligence agencies except |
| So, I nominate myself, Russell D. Longcore, as the | | | | CIA. Rename it the King's Intelligence Agency. |
| new King of the United States of America. | | | | Then figure out what kinds of "intel" we really |
| I don't want to be King forever. I'll take the job | | | | need if we're minding our own business. The KIA |
| on a one year basis. I want complete, | | | | may become just me and about six other guys, |
| unchallengeable, absolute power for one year. | | | | plus a couple secretaries in case we need to write |
| Then, at the end of that year, the states can | | | | something down or need coffee and a bagel.o |
| have an election to see if I get my job for | | | | Place Federal money on the gold and silver |
| another year. And on it will go until I don't want to | | | | standard. Only issue gold and silver coins and |
| be King any more, or get voted out of office, or | | | | paper money equal to our national precious metal |
| get assassinated by an unemployed lobbyist. | | | | holdings. Allow the price of gold and silver to be |
| As the first Candidate for US King, here is what I | | | | determined by the free market. No Federal price |
| pledge to do in my year. I have written this list in | | | | control.o No subsidies for anything. No price |
| no particular order of importance, only as the | | | | supports for anything.o Cancel all Federal debt. |
| ideas came into my mind:o Set the salary of the | | | | The Federal Government is bankrupt. If debtors |
| King at $100 million per year. That's still less than | | | | want to get paid, tell them to take it up with the |
| some corporate executives make.o End the | | | | guys I just fired. We pay our bills out of income, |
| personal income tax: On my first day as King, | | | | not borrowing from the world.o We will trade with |
| income taxes are gone.o Dissolve Congress: Who | | | | everybody around the world who wants to trade |
| needs Congress when I'm King? Rex Lex and all | | | | with us, and stop meddling in their affairs.o By the |
| that.o Tell all the States that they are on their | | | | way, Federal income will come from tariffs and a |
| own for operations, including the coining of money | | | | 10% national sales tax. If God can get by on 10% |
| and taking care of the roads.o Dissolve All | | | | so can the King.o Dissolve the FDIC. If you put |
| Cabinet-Level Departments except State, | | | | your money in a bank, you assume all the risk for |
| Treasury, Defense & Interior: Then, I'll shrink | | | | what happens to it. Don't pick bad banks. End of |
| those remaining Departments to about one-tenth | | | | discussion.o Dissolve the DEA. End the "War on |
| their size, maybe less. I promise they won't have | | | | Drugs." Make all recreational drugs legal.o Give |
| much to do.o Dissolve the Army: I'll close the | | | | Hawaii back to Hawaiians if they want it.o Enforce |
| Pentagon and sell the building or raze it. We'll go | | | | our border with Mexico with shoot-to-kill-on-sight |
| back to using state militias just in case Canada | | | | orders.o Completely stop immigration for one |
| invades us. I'll close West Point, too.o Shrink the | | | | year while we figure out how to do it.o End all |
| Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to about | | | | Federal holidays. If you want a holiday, take one |
| 50,000 members each: If we're only protecting | | | | on your own.o Anything else that comes up, I'll |
| our own borders, we don't need all that hardware | | | | figure it out later. |
| and manpower.o Mothball 50% of all military ships | | | | OK, Americans. Here I am, ready to be your |
| and aircraft just for a start.o Order the | | | | benevolent Monarch. Just tell me what day you |
| dismantling of 90% of our nuclear missile | | | | want me to move in at the White House. I'm |
| inventory.o Close 75% of domestic military bases | | | | going to need a throne, though. Are there any |
| and give the properties back to each state.o | | | | really big chairs in the White House? If not, I have |
| Close all foreign military bases, apologize to each | | | | leather chair with an ottoman here at home that I |
| nation, give back the property to the various | | | | can bring with me. A throne could be really |
| nations, bring all troops home.o NASA is gone. If | | | | expensive. |
| you want to go into space, pay for it yourself.o | | | | |