If I Were President . . .

        Some of you may have seen the Sunday, September 11th issue of Parade magazine.  The lead article was “If I Were President…”  Several readers of Common Sense, Business & Politics mentioned it might be a good topic for a blog. 

Some of the comments in the Parade article were good:

·       Improve the economy by cutting taxes and regulations that       hurt jobs.

·       Push for term limits in all branches of government.

·       Focus on being a leader, not a reactor

·     Take care of our military veterans and homeless people first. 

·     Every 18 year old should serve a year of service to our            country.

Some were personal, superficial, or nonsensical:

·       Free breakfast burritos for all.

·       Have live comedy tours.

·       Insist on three-day weekends.

·       Pay moms.

·       Tell kids to try their hardest and stay in school. 

·       Create a state-of-the-art national rail service.

·      There is no issue more important than recapturing the health     of the environment.

        Parade polled 6,500 plus readers and some of the results were a little disturbing.  I am uncomfortable with these people voting.

·       10% thought Judge Judy was on the Supreme Court.

·       33% did not know the Supreme Court was one of the three        branches of government. 

·       28% had never read the Constitution.

The top priorities of the poll were:   

1.      Economic growth - This should be a priority.

2.      Health Care - Very important.  It is to bad the government      keeps addressing medical insurance and ignores health            care.  They are two different things.

3.    Defense - Always has been and should be a top priority of       the Federal Government.  This job is changing with the           terrorist threat of radical Islam.

 4/5.   Gun laws - We have good gun laws.  They just need      

          to be enforced.  Criminals don’t observe gun laws, and

          additional laws would achieve nothing.   

 4/5.  Immigration – Legal immigration is great.  Illegal

         immigration is bad. 

    I think it is interesting that no one mentioned the one solution that would solve all the relevant problems facing this country.  If I were President, I would enforce the Constitution and the laws of this country.  One person did suggest making Constitution Day (September 17^th) a national holiday.

The President’s Oath of Office is:

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

        It is time we require our President to live up the Oath of Office.