timmer for president manifesto
at some point timmer-for-president is going to stop being a running gag. and will become a run for office. so best be prepared. ;->
laws, edicts, executive orders, etc:
1. switch to international units. long overdue. use the competitive market. 1% per year progressive tax on all products and services that use archaic units.
2. legalize marijuana. long overdue. criminalizing cannabis is unscientific, racist, and political.
3. abolish for-profit prisons. it turns out that a system where i get paid when you go to jail is just plain bad.
4. abolish the unreasonable seizure known as civil asset forfeiture. it's unconstitutional. period.
5. equal protection under the law freaking means exactly that. equal protection for everyone under the law. sheehs. this isn't rocket science.
6. abolish social security and welfare. replaced by the taxation amendment.
7. intellectual property (copyrights and patents) may be owned by an individual or corporation indefinitely. deprecated by the taxation amendment. allows disney to own mickey mouse forever without making orphan works toxic.
8. apply the minimal amount of regulation to ensure markets are as close to competitive as practical. recognize that some services and commodities cannot be traded in a competitive market regardless of quantity of regulation. like fire, police, some health care. socialize them. and only those.
9. deal with the homeless and mental health problem. crazy people living on the streets is unhealthy, unwise, and expensive. gather them up. we as society must decide if they should be euthanized, drugged, sterilized, educated, rehabilitated, other.
10. replace our punitive justice system with restitution and rehabilitation. implement policies that minimize recidivism instead of maximize it. sheehs. this isn't rocket science.
11. choose life. human life begins at conception. period. anyone who says different is a freaking idiot. no person can be forced to sacrifice their life, body, health, organs, future, wealth for another. period. anyone who says different is a freaking idiot. we can force people to be soldiers during times of national existential crisis. we can never force people to be parents.
12. all treaties with native americans will be re-negotiated. the substance may change a little or a lot. but the focus will be that native americans are in fact not just human beings but are honest to god united states citizens and are fully entitled to all of the privileges and obligations thereby granted. ffs. this isn't rocket science.
13. tax on added sugar. doubled for liquids. easiest possible way to reduce health care costs.
14. rape kits will be used to identify and prosecute rapists. instead of used to pacify the raped.
15. mass shooters will be identified only as some asshole. their faces will never be shown on tv. their ideology will never be repeated on mass media.
16. people cannot be charged with resisting arrest unless they actually resist being legally arrested for some charge other than resisting arrest.
17. switching to and from daylight savings time is stupid. pick one. live with it.
18. abolish qualified immunity - the civil asset forfeiture of your life. it's not just unconstitutional. it's morally wrong.
19. when you exercise your constitutional right to bear arms - you are morally, ethically, and legally obligated to de-escalate situations. escalating to violence is a federal offence. it applies to citizens as well as police.
constitutional amendments:
A. voting rights. if you are subject to our laws, you get a say in what those laws are. you may not vote if:
i. you are a minor.
ii. you are not a permanent resident.
iii. you've been convicted of cheating during a previous election.
B. gun rights. replace the second amendment with the following:
i. states have the right to raise and maintain a milita/army to defend itself from existential threats both external and internal.
ii. states have the right to raise and maintain a police force to enforce its laws and to protect its citizens.
iii. the right of the people to keep, bear, and employ arms on parity with the forces that police them shall not be infringed.
C. inalienable rights. it's embarrassing that this isn't already in the constitution. note: this legalizes gay marriage.
i. the right of the people to define for themselves and pursue happiness shall not be infringed.
ii. neither congress nor any state may pass a law that restricts the actions of individuals unless those actions cause real tangible harm to other individuals.
D. taxes. the current system is unstable.
i. neither the federal government nor the states may tax income. neither individual nor corporate income.
ii. congress shall implement a progressive wealth tax. the rate for each tax tier is fixed. the brackets for the tax tiers are determined by a non-increasing multiplier. for example: 1% of net worth over $1 million, plus another 1% of net worth over $10 million, plus another 1% over $100 million, plus another 1% over $1 billion, plus another 1% over $10 billion, plus another 1% over $100 billion, etc.
iii. 50% of government revenue from all sources are uniformly returned to the people. this replaces social security and welfare. if more is needed, the people may direct the government to fund it from the remaining 50%.
iv. individuals must file tax returns if the total value of their assets is greater than the lowest tax tier. randomly selected individuals must also file tax returns as is necessary to statistically determine the distribution of net worth of the population.
v. tax returns are public records.
vi. tax returns enumerate the values of the filer's largest assets and liabilities.
vii. listing an asset or liability in a tax filing is an offer to sell the asset or liability at the listed value. individuals have the option of adjusting the value of an asset or liability and their taxes prior to a forced sale.
viii. certain assets may be exempt from forced sale in limited ways in order to preserve singular family items like a primary home or business, and to preserve communities like parks and mixed income neighborhoods.
ix. charitable and religious organizations are not exempt from taxation.
E. voting. covers state and federal elections. including president, senators, representatives, governors, state legislatures. but not county or local elections. get the extremists out of government.
i. an open primary is held around three months before the general election.
ii. the three or more candidates with the most primary votes advance to the general election. the actual number is determined by applicable state or federal law.
ii. rank order voting. voters order candidates from first choice to last choice. in a three candidate system, voters may vote for a candidate and vote against another candidate. the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is removed from the ballot. the process is repeated with the smaller ballot until there is a winner.
iv. voting days are state and national holidays.
F. oddly enough, maintaining an air force is not one of the government's enumerated powers.
i. the congress shall have the power to maintain an air force.
ii. the congress shall have the power to make rules for the government and regulation of the air forces.
G. implied congressional approval.
i. the congress has 90 days to vote to approve a presidential nominee. failure is approval.
ii. the house and the senate have 30 days to vote on legislation passed by the other. failure is approval.
H. supreme court justices must be re-confirmed periodically by the senate. every calendar year before a date set by law, one vacant seat is filled. if there are no vacant seats then the justice whose most recent confirmation was the furthest in the past must be re-confirmed. otherwise the seat becomes vacant.
I. replace the 13th amendment with one that actually completely abolishes slavery.
J. government.
i. the census includes how many people voted per year during the past 10 years. every state gets one representative in the house per 100,000 voters.
ii. house representatives are elected as per section E every odd numbered year.
iii. the senate has a number of members equal to the number of members of the house. seats are assigned proportionally by party in a general election.
iv. senators are elected every four years, two years after a presidential election.
v. the president and vice president are elected by the electoral college on years divisible by 4.
vi. the electoral college is composed of one member for each member of the senate, one member for each member of the house, and one member for each non-state territory controlled by united states per 100,000 voters.
vii. senate electors are appointed proportionally by party.
viii. each state and territory allocates its house electors by any combination of winner take all, proportional, or by district.
ix. voters may vote in their assigned district or any physically adjacent district; including districts adjacent at a single point.
x. house leadership, senate leadership, and the president and vice president are selected by their respective bodies by reverse rank order voting. candidates are ranked in order by each member. the candidate with the most last place votes is removed from the ballot. the process repeats until a winner is selected.
K. congress may delegate its policy making decisions to entities it creates for that purpose. - such as the epa. it's embarrassing we need this amendment.
L. people born in us territories are us citizens. it's embarrassing they are not.
