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What Would You Do as Dictator?

Ryan Cramer

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If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)
 
If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)

Stimulate the economy with increased consumer spending. Increase consumer spending with $15 an hour minimum wage across the country. Initiate a tax responsibility based on a sliding scale, the higher your annual gross earnings, the higher percentage tax rate you have to pay. Increase consumer spending with lower interest rates on home mortgages and credit cards.

That's just a few I'd start with.
 
Raise the taxes back up on corps and very high income individuals, while slightly lowering taxes on middle and working class. Close many corp and high income loopholes.

Then mandate E-Verify, while putting serious teeth into the laws against employers for illegal hiring, including making a few good examples to get the ball rolling.

I'd place a small tax on overseas corporate subsidiary monies, to stimulate the repatriation of funds.
 
If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)

Since Donald Trump is not a "dictator," and the US Economy is in no threat of "bankruptcy," you have started your thread with two false premises.


Meanwhile, if you don't like the current President, and think the US Economy needs some work, then run for office and get a supermajority in both Houses of Congress. At that point you can do what you think best... for at least four years unless you get impeached. :coffeepap:
 
Since Donald Trump is not a "dictator," and the US Economy is in no threat of "bankruptcy," you have started your thread with two false premises.


Meanwhile, if you don't like the current President, and think the US Economy needs some work, then run for office and get a supermajority in both Houses of Congress. At that point you can do what you think best... for at least four years unless you get impeached. :coffeepap:

Rough day, Cap? ;)
 
I'd get rid of Citizen's United and banish lobbyists from D.C. for starters.
 
Rough day, Cap? ;)

Yeah, I'm getting a bit put off by the multitudinous anti-Trump threads littering the Forum these days...even this one which had to add the unnecessary "Trump is a dictator, if you were one what would YOU do" nonsense.

It's why I am posting less and less in the Forum, sadly.
 
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Yeah, I'm getting a bit put off by the multitudinous anti-Trump threads littering the Forum these days...even this one which had to add the unnecessary "Trump is a dictator, if you were one what would YOU do" nonsense.

It's why I am posting less and less in the Forum, sadly.

Maybe I am being overly generous but I didn't read it as him saying Trump is a dictator. I read it as him saying YOU get to replace Trump AND you get to have the powers of a dictator at your disposal to get done what you want. Unless he has made anti-Trump posts in other threads, which would color the tone a bit.
 
What would I do? Get up late and have a good breakfast. Then resign and go for a bike ride.
 
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Yeah, I'm getting a bit put off by the multitudinous anti-Trump threads littering the Forum these days...even this one which had to add the unnecessary "Trump is a dictator, if you were one what would YOU do" nonsense.

It's why I am posting less and less in the Forum, sadly.

I don't care about Russia Collusion, and all the FAKE news CNN crap, Trump has increase the deficit to 1.5 billion a year.

Just look at July 2017 to July 2018.

When Reagan Took office, the total DEBT was 1 billion dollars.

This was the total accumulation of debt in 204 years.

If you adjust for inflation, Trump is spending the same in one year, as it took 204 years to accumulate before Reagan.

I hate TRUMP for the right reasons. He's not cutting spending, and draining the swamp to improve economic efficiency.

I hate Trump, because he's not conservative enough.
 
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If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)

Free peach ice cream for everyone and let the economy keep on rolling. And another political myth bites the dust.
 
If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)

The US cannot go bankrupt so that would not be my concern at all. If I were a dictator I would make sure that after I resigned no other dictator could ever be chosen or put in office under any circumstances. Some of the things I would like to see done are:

1. End the War on Drugs.
2. Legalize all drugs focusing on treatment.
3. Release all federal prisoners incarcerated on drug related charges of a non-violent nature.
4. Forbid all asset seizures unless guilt is proven in court and assets are clearly the result of illegal gains.
5. Mandate energy efficiency standards for all new buildings, fund retrofits for existing buildings.
6. Close off all public lands to any form of private exploitation such as mining, logging, etc. Make existing users reapply and go through EIR process to regain such rights.
7. Negate all prior water rights everywhere in the nation, claim imminent domain on all fresh water above and below the ground.
8. Define national right to vote for everyone not currently in jail for an act of violence or murder.
9. Completely overhaul the Social Security system to modernize it for efficiency leading to a national ID and employer verification.
10. Stop all mandatory sentencing guidelines.
11. Medicare for all with supplemental insurance options.
12. Vast decrease in military spending.
13. Ban any weapon capable of firing more then six shots without reloading.

That would be a good start.
 
If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)

The first thing I'd do would be to move the capital from DC to St Thomas. DC is too drab and dreary most of the year plus it's a lot easier to keep the riff raff off an island.

Second, I'd start a national program to build a roller coaster that started on Pike's Peak and ended in Dubuque where it turned into a log ride that ended in Port Eads.

I'd redo I-70 so it was surfaced more like Talladega and close it down to ONLY traffic involved with some form of Cannonball Run.

I'd add an extra Friday to the calendar.

And I'd probably save a whale or hug a tree or something to make everyone else happy.
 
Free peach ice cream for everyone and let the economy keep on rolling. And another political myth bites the dust.

Just hang on there. What do you have against strawberries? I see the ugly face of bigotry raising it's head already here, and you haven't even been office more than a few minutes. Show me your tax return.
 
Just hang on there. What do you have against strawberries? I see the ugly face of bigotry raising it's head already here, and you haven't even been office more than a few minutes. Show me your tax return.

I prefer blackberries. I like spitting the seeds at strangers. So be it.

Tax returns? You don't get no stinkin' tax returns! Feces on tax returns!
 
What Would You Do as Dictator?

first off, i wouldn't want to be a dictator or a democratically elected president. the senate is more my speed. as an intellectual exercise, though, i will answer the question.

i would look at the nations with the highest standards of living who are well above us on the quality of life indexes and then enact their social and tax policies. i would also devote more resources to taking care of our veterans and less to policing the world. i would end political gerrymandering, abolish the electoral college, and take the control of elections out of the hands of states until they can demonstrate to a neutral third party that they are conducting their elections freely and fairly i would consider abolishing political parties and requiring all funding of candidates to be fully transparent. money would no longer be considered speech, and corporations would no longer be considered to be people. i would also begin a public / private moonshot to replace fossil fuels, and i would center much of that effort in the areas which would be hardest hit by the transition.

i would maintain my dictatorship for a period of time long enough for the country to stabilize, but no longer than eight years. after that, i would call for an election in which i would play no role in other than to ensure its fairness. then i would retire. well, let's not bull**** each other. i'd probably be killed long before that, but like i said, it's an intellectual exercise.
 
End the war on drugs by legalizing all drugs. End the war on terror by withdrawing all our troops and bring them home. Dismantle the Fed Reserve, the EPA, DEA, FDA, and 80% of all other federal agencies. End Social Security (its a ponzi scheme) and Welfare. Immigration reform and work to make health care more affordable. End all government subsidies on everything. Demilitarize the police. Get rid of the income tax.

There- America is great again. :mrgreen:
 
The first thing I would do with my powers is to restore democratic institutions to the country as dictatorship is just plain wrong.

Then resign.
 
The first thing I would do with my powers is to restore democratic institutions to the country as dictatorship is just plain wrong.

Then resign.

First, though, we should throw the previous dictator, and all of his cronies, in jail. ;)
 
I'd get rid of Citizen's United and banish lobbyists from D.C. for starters.

If you are a dictator in the hypothetical scenario, what relevance does Citizens United have now that elections are meaningless?
 
If you are a dictator in the hypothetical scenario, what relevance does Citizens United have now that elections are meaningless?

I think the idea here is to be a "good" dictator, for only as long as it takes to solve the problems our democracy faces. Corporate money affecting the outcome of our elections is one of those problems. Same with campaign finance in general, as it is done today.
 
If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)

As a dictator, like all dictators, my first priority would be making sure I stay in power. It wouldn't matter if I tank the economy so long as I'm protected. As many a banana republic has demonstrated - Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Myanmar - the country can be poor as hell but the leaders can cling to power.

So I would replace the judiciary with sympathetic judges, threaten the press with jail or closure, stir up anger against foreigners, pander to the moneyed elites, restrict or deny voting rights and encourage thugs to do violence on my behalf.

The economy? I can just take credit while it's doing well and when it tanks, blame that on my predecessor. But my job doesn't depend on it if I'm a dictator.
 
If you we allowed to replace Donald Trump as dictator, what would you do to Save the US economy from bankruptcy?

You still have democratic institutions, but you can overrule any policy you want :)

The first thing I would do to establish my reign as President is slam gavel.

This is how I would share my association with Congress, from the bull pulpit.

I would not leave Washington unless a hurricane was bearing down on Florida and then I would be out on the beach and turn it.

I would install my rainmaking method to wildfire fighters putting them out of work, so I'd give them some severance pay.

I'd use the fireside chat and ask people if they wanted it warm or cold tomorrow and then tell them it was going to be cooler and wet, because of the method.

Then I'd take my patent and make death valley a lake and the Sahara and Middle East an oasis.

The Aquifers would re-fill and agriculture would blossom.

To pay the debt you must cut health care and military by fifty percent.

This is very difficult, because these are jobs and money that goes into the economy.

Both health care and military are diet related, so I would institute a Federal vegan program.

Schools, hospitals, penal institutions, retirement facilities and the military would serve a garlic and onion free menu.

If Congress likes, we can repeal subsidies and outlaw the slaughter of dairy cattle.

Any excess sheep**** can just grow vegetables.

I'd run on improving the quality of your beef and make you pay more from it.

I haven't calculated the consequences of all this, I would just summarily do it because I could and I like to hurt myself because I am schizophrenic (a big demon).
 
Require the federal courts to respect the tenth amendment.
 
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