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 JH> Second, based on what they posted here over the years,
 JH> they've not had an original thought worth discussing.  They
 JH> have never done anything but spew what the Democrat party
 JH> puts out as talking points.

 ...

 This was original, and you couldn't answer this:

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 Things I believe the US Government should do.

 1: Bankruptcy

 Repeal the bankruptcy law changes of the '90s that made it so
 much harder to file bankruptcy. Go back to how it was before
 than, then fine tune what may actually need fine tuning.

 Eliminate all state laws giving property owners or creditors
 exceptional rights above most states. IE: A multi-million dollay
 mansion in Florida should not be exempt from seizuer in
 bankruptcy.

 2: Interstate contracts

 Establish contract laws that eliminate states that are corporate
 havens for abusive conduct. No more of Delaware or South Dakota
 giving corporations a point from which to write contracts that
 bind customers to rules that would never be tolerated in their
 home states. Either contract by the laws of the state where you
 do business, or write federal laws governing interstate
 contracts, superceeding any such state laws.

 3: Unfair Foreign competition

 Establish import duties equal to foreign export subsidies, even
 those which are tax rebates on VATs. Strictly enforce laws
 against the import of products produced by forced labor or child
 labor.

 Tell the WTO to go to hell when they protest. Ok, give them a
 reasonable explanation, once, then tell them to go to hell if
 they continue.

 4: Financial Regulation

 Pass strict laws regulating interstate financial transactions,
 or any transactions involving the Fed. Punish abuses by
 financial institutions of any kind, including those not involved
 in the stock markets or other federally regulated areas if their
 dealings are interstate. Make the punishment criminal, and hold
 those who sign off on the actions responsible and prosecute
 them.

 Essentially repeal the repeal of financial regulations.

 5: Accountablilty and threats

 Do not consider threat of loss of employment as a mitigating
 factor of any degree in punishing those who sign off on the
 abuses.

 For that matter, do not consider threat of loss of employment a
 mitigating factor in any crime.

 6: Standards

 Firmly regulate the standards by which business operates. A
 coffee maker should not be allowed to call a cup of coffee 6oz
 to claim their product makes more cups of coffee. A cup is 8oz.

 Require employers to adhere to time standards, and time zones,
 and not set their time to whatever is convenient. Yes, I have
 seen this. It may only be a minute or two off, but it can be
 annoying when you are looking at three clocks with different
 times. I'll be tolerant of those companies that are tolerant of
 other's on this.

 Punish under criminal law any corporation that advertises or
 sells by anything other than standard measures. A half gallon is
 64oz, not 48oz. etc.

 There is no such thing as a 'face cord' for firewood. You can
 sell it by the cord, or the rick, or by weight for all I care,
 but not invented measures that deceive more than inform.

 Require retail pricing to be at actual coinage measures.
 Gasoline may sell at $2.999/gal, but they don't bill you .7cents
 when the amount comes out that way. Let them round off the
 volume, but give the price in real denominations.

 7: Vigilante groups

 Tighten up drastically on the useage of military identifiers,
 such as the word "militia". Any group that identifies itself as
 a militia should be state approved, or find another name.
 Militias have a long and honorable history, the name should not
 be besmirched by nut cases running around a forest with guns.

 8: Election abuses

 The Federal government should investigate the real election
 abuses. State employees interrogating voters on any basis other
 than their right to vote. And that only on a basis of probable
 cause or randomly distributed surveys.

 Gerrymandering should be stopped as much as possible.

 Elections where the results are clearly in dispute should be
 investigated by the feds. The Florida 2000 vote should have been
 investigated. In fact, it still should be. The Gucci Mob should
 have been identified and prosecuted if found they violated any
 laws.

 The republican abuses of absentee ballots, never denied, should
 be investigated.

 8a: Statue of limitations

 The statue of limitations on election crimes, or crimes in
 office by elected or politically appointed officials, should be
 repealed, or extended to maybe 20 years after he finally leaves
 the office in question.

 Yes, I chose 20 years so you can, if you can prove Clinton
 committed a crime in office, send him to prison. OTOH, Bush will
 probably get a free pass, cause I don't believe he was involved
 in the crimes committed by his people, he was a puppet. OTOH,
 Cheney and other Bush officials could be sent to prison, for
 falsifying the intel that started a war, for blowing Valerie
 Plame's cover, for perjury, etc.
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BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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