### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ####### ####### #### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## #### ## ## #### # # ####### ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ####### ## ###### [ USA Election 2000 ] [ By Eric Chaet ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ USA ELECTION 2000 (c) 2000 by Eric Chaet If I thought I had a chance, and were running for (USA) national office, November, 2000, the following would be my platform: 1. Revise the tax and subsidy system's perverse incentives: -> more justice (for each CITIZEN, not this or that GROUP whose votes can be conveniently courted with promises of money for this or that advantage) -> alternative energies, less pollution -> REAL education (not test scores, not even necessarily schools, certainly not compulsory for youths) non-required but available (at any age, like public library): - basic skills: reading, writing, computing - basic knowledge base: natural laws, especially physical development, plus the rudiments of commerce - at least enough to avoid being outrageously taken advantage of - insightful history of humanity (context): religion and philosophy (if this proves a sticking point, preventing all the other good reform, leave it out, like now); - introducing technologies of agriculture and other industries, commerce and professions (necessarily sketchy, but presented so that everyone KNOWS that it's sketchy, with a procedure for following up); - basic principles of ecology - non-core: foreign languages, electro-mechanical-electronic principles and techniques, arts, particular science techniques (e.g., use of microscope, calculus) -> health, not "health care," certainly not insurance, insuring access to a crazy system of frantically treating this or that symptom 2. Apply the obligations of citizenship to corporations, holding particular executives accountable for what they do, in the name of shareholders or not 3. Stop arousing enemies world-wide by insisting on USA's right to the lion's share of everything USA-based corporations and USA consumers value, and by supporting unjust regimes who cooperate with USA's insistence on that lion's share, mainly by obsequious and lucrative cooperation with corporations based in USA 4. Get people out of jail whose "crimes" had no victims 5. Tho it would no doubt be abused by many, legalize marijuana, i.e., end Prohibition thereof. What to do about cocaine and heroin, I don't know. But the CRIME should be, if you rob or otherwise injure someone, in order to get your drug. So the law doesn't have to be against possession, or even delivery - only against what you do to injure others, whether you are on drugs or not, or trying to get money for drugs or not. Then, it would be necessary to enforce laws, no favoritism. Corruption of the law would then become the worst crime. Probably you have some ideas to add? I'd be glad to hear them. Email me, please: echaet@gbonline.com. Permission is hereby granted to one and all to copy and distribute the above, provided there is no editing and the copyright notice is included. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #571 Underground eXperts United 2000 uXu #571 http://www.uXu.org/ - info@uxu.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------