What are some "changes" you want the next president to make?

Question

That's assuming you want change from the way things are now. How would you rank your overall happiness/quality of life on a scale from 1-10? Thanks.

Answer 1

The changes that I would like made is for the next President to begin following the advice of the man below:----

Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes?  He's now 82 years old and has a new book, and here are some excerpts.

Lee Iacocca Says:

'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the h**l is our outrage?  We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course.'

Stay the course?  You've got to be kidding.  This is America , not the damned 'Titanic'.  I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'

You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have.  But someone has to speak up.  I hardly recognize this country anymore.

The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs.  While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do.  And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions.  That's not the promise of the 'America' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for.  I've had enough.  How about you?

I'll go a step further.  You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged.  This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis !  (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, crisis being the first.)

Leaders are made, not born.  Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself.  It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.

On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history.  We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes.  A h**l of a mess so here's where we stand.  We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.  We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country.  We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs.  Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.  Our schools are in trouble.  Our borders are like sieves.  The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership.

But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?'  Where are the curious, creative communicators?  Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may=2 0be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?  We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.

Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm.

Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy.  Storms happen.  Deal with it.  Make a plan.  Figure out what you're going to do the next time.

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing.  Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies?  How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it?

Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening.  But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.

I have news for the gang in Congress.  We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity.  What is everybody so afraid of?  That some bonehead on Fox News will call them a name?  Give me a break.  Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?

Had Enough?  Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here.  I'm trying to light a fire.  I'm speaking out because I have hope I believe in America.  In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America's greatest moments.  I've also experienced some of our worst crises: the 'Great Depression,' 'World War II

Answer 2

I would like the next president to stop this unnecessary spending through worthless legislation and earmarks.  Really, economics studies tell us that taxing more doesn't help...but it would be almost irrelevant if the gov't didn't waste so much money.  So, please, Mr. NextPresident...try to actually save money and not spend it on useless c**p.  

Answer 3

I would like to see Integrity as part of his platform. The status of the United States has suffered greatly on the international level, under the present administration. I'm at a 2 right now.

Answer 4

Bring Jobs back from over sea's

Answer 5

I would like him to end the war, reduce taxes and reduce the deficit.

Answer 6

I would like him to legalize Marianna :]

&nd stop the war

PEACE is what we need :]

Answer 7

repeal all these stupid laws that deny our freedoms

get rid of judges that make law, (that is not there job)

pass the fair tax