Posted in Politics | December 12th, 2006 No Comments »
BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR”
by Argus C. Zall
Foreword: I explain why it would be necessary for me to be a dictator in order to get any significant reforms or solution to the country’s problems: our political system has degenerated into a chaotic collection of special interest groups each of which is competing to reserve for itself a deck chair on the promenade deck of the Titanic, vetoing any reform that would damage its own position. In eleven chapters, I outline my dictated solutions to the nation’s major [problems.
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Posted in Politics | December 11th, 2006 18 Comments »
CHAPTER 1 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 1: The Federal Budget Deficit
In this chapter I decree a number of steps to eliminate the budget deficit as a necessary first step befor I can tackle any of the other problems we face.
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Posted in Politics | December 10th, 2006 2 Comments »
CHAPTER 2 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 2: Trade Deficit
In this chapter I would solve the trade deficit by decreeing that we can buy from abroad only for cash, not credit; ie only to the extent that we had earned the money by selling abroad. I provide a simple freely-tradeable “export credit” method of accomplishing this.
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Posted in Politics | December 9th, 2006 271 Comments »
CHAPTER 3 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 3: National Defense and Homeland Security
In this Chapter I decree the reinstitution of the draft of all persons, male and female, between the ages of 18 and 21, with no exceptions or exemptions. With this expanded military, I will secure the borders, and all points of entry into the country including the inspection of all goods, and have enough troops to deal with foreign threats.
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Posted in Politics | December 8th, 2006 1 Comment »
CHAPTER 4 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 4: Immigration”
In this chapter I detail how I would close the borders with 5 million troops of a military expanded by a reinstitution of the draft. I institute a national machine-readable biometrically-identified ID card to facilitate identification of illegal immigrants; these would be offered an avenue for becoming legal immigrants and citizens
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Posted in Politics | December 7th, 2006 92 Comments »
CHAPTER 5 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 5: Crime and Punishment
In this chapter I describe how I would reform the criminal justice system by basing it on restitution and revenge rather than the concept of “reform” of the criminal. The municipality would be required to make restitution to the victim, and collect from the criminal, who would be confined at hard labor until he made reimbursement.
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Posted in Politics | December 6th, 2006 No Comments »
CHAPTER 6 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 6 Drugs
In these chapter I describe how I would deal with the drug problem: Dry up demand, interdict the flow of money, and impede the flow of substances.
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Posted in Politics | December 5th, 2006 6 Comments »
CHAPTER 7 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 7 “Health Care”
In this chapter I describe how I would reform the health care system
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Posted in Politics | December 4th, 2006 3 Comments »
CHAPTER 8 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR, by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 8 Public Education
In this chapter, I Federalize the public school system to have an American National System, uniform across the entire country, abolish the private school system, and introduce student-performance-based tracking, and build teacher and administrative accountability into the system
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Posted in Politics | December 3rd, 2006 3 Comments »
CHAPTER 9 OF BOOK “HOW I WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY IF I WERE DICTATOR” by Argus C. Zall
Chapter 9 ” The No-cash Society”
In this chapter i detail a completely electronic system of payments and receipts, and abolish the use of cash. This system, run by the Government would apply a “Transaction Tax” to every financial transaction, and would be come the only tax collected by any government in the country.
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