Voting? Who do you want as president?

I can't respond to your survey, you forgot to include me on the list.

 

You got it wrong, I want to be the one standing for president.
Having read your reply, it looks as if I would have to apply for American citizenship first..... Shucks.

PS, Would you vote for me. ??????
My manifesto would simply be, stopping sending all the $$$$$ along a one way street to China.
Everyone would have jobs, the government would have more money and less social welfare to pay and Detroit could rise from the ashes.

 

where is the none of the above option?

 

Vote for me. I promise every day will be Christmas, nobody has to work again-ever, millions of dollars will be printed and sent to every citizen, speed limits will be raised to 150 on the freeways, seventy five in school zones-(got to protect the kiddies), prostitution will be legal--a whore on every corner, everyone will have to drive their cars full speed backwards on Thursdays, Fridays will be demolition derby day--run into anyone you want, Saturdays will be open warfare--keep score--there will be prizes, and many more reasonable laws to be announced when the peanuts get ripe. (Candidate curls lip)---thank you--thank you very much.

 

True, but I see the level of Chinese imports as the key to bringing industry back to the US and putting money back into the workers pockets to afford to buy the goods that they are producing. Henry Ford made America the only country where workers could afford a car, the same could happen again.
My objective would be to balance the money going into China with the amount returning to the US. At a guess, this would cut the imports by around 70%
A large part of the current problem lies with the importers who make billions of dollars every year. In my mind, they are nothing but parasites to the country.
I have little doubt that they are the people who discredited Trump, the moment that they realized that his manifesto would derail their gravy train.
Taxing the remaining 30%, would also give the government the funding to resolve many of the other problems that you mentioned.

The most important part would be to bring the people onboard from day one. When they see light at the end of the tunnel, they will jump onboard.
It happened during WW2, when people accepted FAIR wages to keep America safe. It could happen again.
Once people are happy and feel secure, they will work, drink less alcohol, eat less junk food and crime will be seen as socially unacceptable.

Resolving the current situation would be a vast undertaking, taking more than a decade, but however long that I think about it, I come to the same conclusions.
Hopefully, once the US set the example, western Europe would follow, possibly led by the UK, since leaving the EU opens the path to reciprocal trade with the US.
Since America brings vast amounts of money into the UK, it would be a win, win situation.

The irony is that Trump has already seen this. For all his faults, I still see him as a loyal citizen of your country. He realizes that to rebuild America, capitalists hold the key, I think that many people have got his basic intentions all wrong. A handful of small businesses will not change the economic future of a great nation.
I know that you don't agree with me, but give it a little thought. The power of the media can easily sway the public.

PS, I would forget the great wall. That was not a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, it was a nuclear bomb to crack a peanut.

 

I think that you agree with the end of the forth paragraph of my last reply.
Perhaps you don't agree that it is NOT trump pulling the strings,

 

Anyone who isn't a narcissistic racist and respects the constitution.

 

I got a bit excited about Tom Steyer but he entered too late and that fizzled out.

 

If I can't vote for Mohandas K Gandhi (and unfortunately I can't), I'll vote for Biden.

 

There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines everyday
All the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings

All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall
The wind don't blow

You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And of whiskey too
You can paddle all around them
In a big canoe

The jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again
As soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels
No axes, saws, or picks
I'm going to stay
Where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work


-Harry McClintock

 

I'm glad I'm Canadian and don't have to vote because neither one impresses me. If I had to vote and had to pick between just those two candidates, I'd go for Biden because he's actually qualified for the office, whereas Trump never was. That should hardly be considered a ringing endorsement.

 

With a choice of only two people, Biden is the obvious pick..

 

Add God to the list! America needs his help.

 

Your right...we need all the help we can get!

 

I think I'm gonna sit this one out. It will be the first time doing so since I became of age in 2004. Nothing good can come of it and I see no value in participating

 

it may just be the end of democracy if you don't