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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Deepblue on February 08, 2004, 11:42:04 pm
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what new laws would you pass?
(Clever and serious welcome)
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Governor of... where?
My state? I'd pillage the treasury and go live in some nice little tax shelter that doesn't have an extradition contract with the US for the rest of my life. An actual, interesting state? Reenact all the old laws from around when people would stone each other for sassing their parents and thought that anything bad that happened was the fault of witches. And then a series of bills granting myself absolute power, and setting up a Stalinist socialist legislative system. Just because I don't like people in general all that much.
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Okay....
This is actually a school assignment and is bugging the heck out of me considering I need 10 laws and I can only think of 5.
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I'd apoint myself God and comand my people to wage a bloody war of conquest across the other states, old school style, you know, kill all the men rape all the women.
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Originally posted by Bobboau
I'd apoint myself God and comand my people to wage a bloody war of conquest across the other states, old school style, you know, kill all the men rape all the women.
Marginally better than my "Rape all the men, Kill all the women" plan.
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1.) Pass a law that helps the cottage industry more than the corporate industry
2.) Raise taxes for the rich....WAY up
3.) Lower taxes for those under a certain income
4.) remove all the current university laws/policies that make it so #)$(@$ expensive and allows only rich fools to go in.
5.) If in america, I would remove the laws and judges that allow for the stupidest mistakes, and will rudely remind the people who object that this is 'reality', not America.
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Steal all the nukes, steal all the money, kidnap and rape all the hot women, genocide everyone who wasn't Mongolian.
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Originally posted by an0n
Steal all the nukes, steal all the money, kidnap and rape all the hot women, genocide everyone who wasn't Mongolian.
Shockingly enough, I agree. Hear hear!
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Originally posted by an0n
Steal all the nukes, steal all the money, kidnap and rape all the hot women, genocide everyone who wasn't Mongolian.
The end-times are nigh! I agree with an0n[/i]!
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I'd place the Sweden system for everyone...
State support for everything!
No more live in the hands of any corporation!
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:lol: @ an0n
seriously tho ;P
Are we talkin state govena or president?
im goin with state cuz its alot easier.
1: Repeal state income tax on citizens, replace it with a flat sales tax
2: Cut wastefull spending (u know what i mean)
3: Legalize drugs and other substances in small amounts ;7
4: Make schools much more privatized
5: Let georgia citizens vote on their goddam flag
6: Nuke alabama
7: various other laws to right-wing-libertatrian cause
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Oh yes, the best way for having the greatest social disparity ever seen...
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Originally posted by Drew
4: Make schools much more privatized
Elaborate on this one.
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probly a voucher system
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Originally posted by Zarax
I'd place the Sweden system for everyone...
State support for everything!
No more live in the hands of any corporation!
Oh, the irony! ;)
Originally posted by Drew
4: Make schools much more privatized
Do you mean vouchers? I hope not: I wouldn't want public tax money going to any private organization for education. All you have to do is look at the Texas voucher system as an example of why this is a bad, bad thing.
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Outlaw the color green.
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You got something against trees?
Or do you just wanna see all that hot pine-on-oak prison-sex?
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I'd put a tax on anything with 3 legs.
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I'd put a tax on anything with 3 legs.
Damn tripods.
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I'd put a tax on anything with 3 legs.
Including bar stools?
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Yes. They're just Fighting Machines during R&R.
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Originally posted by an0n
You got something against trees?
Nah, I'd just outlaw it to be an ass. :p
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Yes. They're just Fighting Machines during R&R.
Explains why they're so pissed off all the time. Wouldn't you be annoyed if some big fat arse was always parked on your head when you're trying to rest :)
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well if i was governator for 10 days, i wouldn't do a thing since the changes would probably be reversed after the period is up
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Originally posted by Drew
1: Repeal state income tax on citizens, replace it with a flat sales tax
I would almost agree with that, however, just to keep the job market growing, I'd do something a tad different:
0.5-0.85% state income tax on citizens, flat sales tax of about 0.5%. Prohibit any other taxes from being implemented, or any current taxes from being increased. Net result: if the government wants more income, they have to make more jobs. This results in more residents spending their income on commercial items, which helps feed the sales tax.
And the income tax would scale up slightly as the overall income of the resident increases. And the forced increases in the number of in-state jobs means you'll have a larger follower base for when the revolution comes. :D
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Originally posted by mikhael
Oh, the irony! ;)
Regardless of anything you think about me, i always use my own head.
While i'm a conservative on technology i'm pretty the opposite when it comes to politics.
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Originally posted by JC Denton
I would almost agree with that, however, just to keep the job market growing, I'd do something a tad different:
0.5-0.85% state income tax on citizens, flat sales tax of about 0.5%. Prohibit any other taxes from being implemented, or any current taxes from being increased. Net result: if the government wants more income, they have to make more jobs. This results in more residents spending their income on commercial items, which helps feed the sales tax.
And the income tax would scale up slightly as the overall income of the resident increases. And the forced increases in the number of in-state jobs means you'll have a larger follower base for when the revolution comes. :D
Also put high tarriffs for inports and outports (other states in the US included, as is the rest of North America, to hell with NAFTA) so that jobs are kept within the state.
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Oh, lol... that would be a road to self destruction...
How would you finance your mighty army and nuclear arsenal with that misery?
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Ace, you do know that States can't tax each other, don't you? You probably do, but since I agree with you on the NAFTA thing I have to make sure.
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Originally posted by StratComm
Ace, you do know that States can't tax each other, don't you? You probably do, but since I agree with you on the NAFTA thing I have to make sure.
I do, but JCD's plan would work better if other states were taxed too :drevil:
Oh, lol... that would be a road to self destruction...
How would you finance your mighty army and nuclear arsenal with that misery?
A strong internal economy can create quite a nasty war machine, look at WW2 Germany or Japan for an example.
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Well, you need to remember that Germany and Japan at the time had to import (and continue to do so, I guess) vast quantities of raw materials. So a certain amount of trade is required.
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BTW you only have ten days because you obtained the position of governor through murder/deceit and the feds are coming in to boot you out.
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Abolish (well, not abolish since that's not within the powers of a governor, but reject) the Partiot Act, as some states have already done.
Push through some legislation to get in good with big businesses. They'll owe me in the future when I am again a powerless nobody.
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Nuke alabama
Why? What'd we do to you?
1. Institute Term Limits on ALL major public offices, senators, congressmen, judges, the works.
2. Throw out the current tax code, instead using a federal sales tax. This is the only truely fair consumer tax as it only taxes those that spend money.
3. Delete all unfair to America trade agreements such as NAFTA and GAT.
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Kali-Fornia?
Teh illegal aliens--dey vill be terminated!