Donald Trump recently announced that he is officially running for the Republican Nomination for President of the United States.
And I am simply delighted since I find it most liberating to have a politician who feels free to tell us what he thinks, as opposed to the majority who tell us what they think we want to hear or even worse, cloak their speech in such bafflegab that it is impossible to discern what the hell they are all about.
So I am okay with his run for the Presidency despite the fact that the guy is a loud mouth buffoon and an ego maniac.
And when you stop and think about it – these characteristics too make him quite suitable for political life.
So bring it on dear Donald.
So how do I fit in with this … as in the ‘Donald and Me’?
Well I would like to think that if I became Prime Minister of Canada, I would work to implement the crystal clear platform that I ran on.
And which, dear Reader, in no particular order, would include the following
1. I would axe the Senate;
2. I would increase Canada’s military spending to 2% of GDP as suggested by NATO (currently we wallow at less than 1%);
3. I would bring back the death penalty for those who kill police officers / jail guards and for those who commit fatal domestic attacks on behalf of international terrorist organizations;
4. I would retain only core government services as in Defence, Treasury Board / Revenue, Justice / Regulations, External Affairs, Federal / Provincial Relations, Immigration / Refugee and the rest would be either Shuddered or Transferred to the Private Sector;
5. I would axe all of Canada’s Human Rights Boards, Commissions and Tribunals since in reality they do not protect rights .. they limit /eliminate them;
6. I would make it clear that marriage is a union between a man and a woman as it has been for ages and will continue to be and which has formed the cornerstone of society. Gays can have their own unions and call it what they want – but not ‘marriage’ … that term and definition has been taken;
7. I would make it clear that Freedom of Religion is second in importance only to Freedom of Speech;
8. I would introduce laws to Protect Unborn Children and reinforce laws to prevent Euthanasia.
9. I would build oil and gas pipelines on a War Footing from Coast to Coast to Coast and beyond.
10. I would axe the Indian Reserves – they don’t work and are the cause of keeping natives down in our modern era. They need to go.
11. Once the civil service is downsized I would keep any new growth to below the % increase in overall population growth and below the % increase in the annual cost of living index.
12. In hiring for the civil service I would cease quotas and make ability the sole criteria;
13. I would give Members of Parliament real power to represent their constituents and to work on Parliamentary Committees that can make binding decisions;
14. I would also work on a War Footing to eliminate the National Debt to ensure that our Children and our Children’s Children are not stuck paying off our bills;
15. I would privatize health care and transfer much of the savings to education to ensure that our country has a strong foundation to build on now and in the future;
16. I would sue the major oil companies for price fixing and restraint of trade and keep suing them until the price of gas better reflects a truly competitive market;
17. I would invoke the Notwithstanding Clause continuously in cases where our Courts feel the make law rather than interpret it. The unelected Supreme Court needs to be told that its nine (9) justices cannot replace the Will of Parliament ..full stop;
18. I would institute a pilot on an Annual Guaranteed Income on the basis that the many administrations involved in the current morass of income programs cost more than what actually reaches the pockets of those intended – the poor – the disabled an so on. If, as I suspect, the Pilot bears my theory out – I would apply across the board;
19. I would simplify the Tax Code requiring that all income be treated the same and would eliminate all of the special subsidies, allowances and so on. There would be but three (3) brackets – 20%, 30% and 40% while those earning below a given ceiling would pay 0%; and finally,
20. I would implement the rank ballot method for deciding elections. This would no doubt most adversely affect the right as things currently stand here in Canada but it is the fair thing to do – i.e. rank balloting assures that at least a majority of voters get a say in who their representative is.
That is what I would do and what I would like to see our politicians do.
In the meantime we continue to exist in Socialist Alice in Wonderland where as the late Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher said is okay until we “run out of other peoples money”.
As in Greece.
As I see it…
‘K.D. Galagher’
p.s. maybe I should send this to the Donald?
