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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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