Requirements For The Next President

These are the traits I want my next president to have:

1. Pro-choice

Let me be clear here, because I'm not just talking about abortion. I'm talking about the freedom to choose contraception, abortion, but also the freedom to NOT choose those things. The next president should actively support a culture that allows a woman to become pregnant when she wishes, provides the healthcare necessary to ensure her and her child's health, and supports her afterwards with a minimum of six-months paid maternity leave and an assistant who comes in once a week to help the new mom with breastfeeding, making meals, doing laundry, and running other errands, so Mom can focus on her child. I'm also talking about the freedom to give birth outside of a hospital, without the threat of jail time or losing her child. Think I'm kidding? Check out this site (Advocates For Pregnant Women) which describes a hospital that obtained a court order to force a mother to have a c-section because the child was supposedly too large.

2. FairTax

The next president should focus on getting the FairTax passed. This tax will abolish the IRS, repeal all current taxes, and replace them with a 23% sales tax on all new goods and services. This will cause companies in the U.S. to have a 0% tax burden on exports - something no other country can compete with. It will give Americans 100% of their paychecks to spend as they please, allowing them the freedom to decide just how much in taxes they want to contribute to the U.S. government. It would cause Medicare and Social Security to be funded by every person who spends money in the U.S., including tourists. It expands the tax base to everyone, thus creating equality across the board. It also provides prebates - a monthly government check that covers the cost of taxes on necessities, like food and healthcare, while still allowing those who purchase more of those items than is necessary to contribute to those programs. This is just the start of the benefits the FairTax offers, with little to no reduction in current revenue levels. Want more information? Please check out FairTax.org.

3. Online K-12

The next president will recognize the value of online K-12. By supporting this service, billions of dollars could be saved by reducing wear and tear on current classrooms, requiring fewer teachers, and ensuring that kids get the tailored education they need at the pace they can best absorb it.

And those are just the direct benefits. Education is one of the three main causes of the housing crisis. By freeing good education from the boundaries of school districts, families will be able to choose the houses they can afford, instead of purchasing the largest house their income can buy because it's in the best neighborhood. For information on free, public online education in your state, you can visit K12.com.

This is just the beginning. I suspect this list will expand as I do further research into various other issues (immigration, military, etc.).