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http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-teen-kills-eight-knife-attack-reports-102629246.html

The U. S. should learn from this and be pro-active and immediately introduce legislation requiring much hoop-jumping before anyone can purchase, own, use or carry a knife!

inb4 someone tells you, "hurhurhur a guns primary purpose is to kill and a knife's isn't"

I was just pretend trolling, because to be fair, you have to acknowledge the validity of that position even if you support gun ownership which I do.

"These people are too dumb to reason with, just come up with some funny one liners for Letterman tomorrow night and we'll see our polling surge."

What would you people think of this platform:

1a. All products and services sold in the US must be produced in accordance with US law. Agree
1b. The protections of US law now apply universally to everywhere and everyone in the Americas. No. American law should only protect American citizens.

2a. As a condition of receiving a license, corporations are required to observe all regulations applicable to federal agencies, including equal opportunity, equal access [to infrastructure and services], and freedom of information. As long as freedom of information doesn't give away a company's R&D, fine.
2b. Courts, state institutions and licensed corporations are banned from recognizing race or ethnicity, or actioning gender issues. Deal.
2c. Corporations found guilty of crimes now pass personal legal culpability onto all management responsible for the activities, or who benefited in any way, whether they knew or not. I'm fine with this. Put in some incentives for whistleblowers while you're at it.

3a. State governments observe a monopoly on power, water and gas, backed up by federal law. No. I don't like monopolies of any kind.
3b. Private contractors may bid to fulfill this monopoly. Nope, one monopoly is the same as another.

4a. Recall of all US dollars, to be redeemed with a new currency backed by tree-covered land.
4b. Any caches of dollars greater than $50k not previously declared on tax forms and/or deposit records of licensed US banks are void and will not be redeemed for the new currency.
4c. Limit six turn-ins per individual.
4d. Foreign-held T-bills will be redeemed at 75% of their principal. Not gonna go near currency.

5a. Land, sales, income and corporate taxes are dramatically increased, normalized nationwide, and distributed to local governments per capita. Nope.
5b. States are no longer permitted to collect their own taxes. No. The states are just as capable without having the federal government as the middleman when it comes to taxes.

6a. Charitable donations are no longer tax-deductible. No. Never put a roadblock in the way of charity.
6b. Religious organizations are no longer tax-exempt. Deal, so long as its only property taxes. Not sure of any other money involved in religion other than donations, which should be tax exempt at the least.

7a. Candidates for office will receive a lump payment for expenses plus guaranteed airtime from all licensed broadcasters, upon meeting a quorum of 75,000 or one-tenth the voting age population of the region, whichever is less. Not sure how I feel about this. Not sure it would change anything.
7b. Donations to politicians are outlawed. Disagree. If 7a is in effect, this won't matter anyway.

8a. The Electoral College is to be disbanded. Its responsibilities will devolve on the House of Representatives. Nope. I don't like the electoral college, but putting the house, which could be massively right or massively left in charge of the presidential election could be disastrous.
8b. Veterans Day is now Voting Day. Combine the two. Patriotism is high enough on that day for it to be a good election day, and lots of people are off work anyway.

8. Social Security restricted to persons over 65. 70.

9a. Guaranteed housing and payouts for any and all American citizens who enroll in a national labor force. Labor force will be used to build infrastructure, roads and fortifications. Agree. With the caveat that they can be sent home at any time if the projects run out.
9b. Labor forces are organized and paid for by the federal government, but placed at the disposal of state and county governments. Sure.
9c. Any leftover personnel will be subcontracted off to private industry. As well as having some sort of a job placement assistance program for volunteers in the labor force.

10. As a condition of holding a license to practice medicine or law, lawyers and doctors are no longer permitted to work freelance. They must participate in the DKP system described in another thread (bid against their peers on cases and patients in a token economy). Don't recall this system. Seems like that scene in Rome when Titus Pullo needed a laywer though.

11. Personal ownership of guns restricted to weapons that meet three or more of the following criteria:
11a. Firing rate less than five rounds a minute. Meeeeh. Maybe.
11b. Magazine size smaller than ten projectiles (each pellet in a shotgun counts as a projectile). No.
11c. Smoothbore barrel. No. They're categorically more dangerous to the shooter if ill maintained.
11d. Designed before 1910. No.
11e. No automatic loading mechanism. No.

12. National Guard now responsible for maintaining public armories/firing ranges nationwide, and providing mandatory military training for all high schoolers. A bootcamp for a bunch of the nation's youth would be good.

13a. Reduction in military headcount of 2% annually for 20 years. Deal. Starting with the noncombatants who don't do shit.
13b. Reduction in military spending for 4% annually for 20 years. 3%.

14a. All men between the ages of 18 and 30 must serve five years in the Army or Navy. Agreed. 2 if going to college, or trade school after.
14b. Conscript forces are attached to National Guard units and placed at the disposal of state and country governments. Get from volunteers in the labor force first.
14c. Local police forces will get whatever people the military can't use. No. There's a lot of people you really don't want to have a gun and a badge. The selection process for law enforcement is extensive for a reason, even if shitbags still slip through.
14d. Conscripts are forbidden from serving in police forces within 1,000 miles of their state of citizenship. I dunno. 200 miles of home county should be enough.

15a. Public schools and universities will be fully funded and banned from charging for tuition, materials, room or board. Maybe.
15b. Educational system will be defined by standardized exit exams. Sure.
15c. Private diplomas will be recognized as the equivalent of public diplomas only if correlated with the same exit exams. Deal
15d. Tenured educators are required to spend at least fifteen hours a week teaching classes. 18, assuming you mean professors.
15e. Administrators are required to have spent eight years at their respective institution as a tenured educator. Fewer years if they worked longer hours.
15f. Administrators are voted in by all educators at an institution. No. Leadership positions aren't popularity contests. Most qualified is most qualified. Though I wouldn't be averse to a veto power if by 2/3 of the educators vote against.

16a. University professors will cast votes for the chancellorship. The five with highest vote total will be submitted to the host city for direct election by the populous. 5 most qualified go up for votes, after the veto votes.
16b. So that distribution of federal assets per capita to local governments provides adequate revenue, universities will be bound not to cities but to entire metropolitan areas. Agreed.

17. Educated foreigners (determined by exit exams and sponsorship by peers and the chancellor) who complete twenty years of non-tenured research and teaching will receive citizenship and a dacha (built by the local National Guard conscript labor organization). Sure, with the option to then apply for tenure.

18a. Universities will be tasked with research and development on new fields of research: space exploration, bio-engineering, quantum theory, and fusion power. If the schools are science schools, yes.
18b. Research objectives will be tasked to the chancellorship of fixed institutions by the Senate on a eight-year basis, with staggered distribution. Maybe just leave these to the top schools in science.
18c. A new system of medals, decorations and titles will be afforded as incentives for pushing things forward. Deal.

19. All foreign military offensive action requires a declaration of war. No. We've policed the world enough.

20a. Black budgeting is outlawed. Deal.
20b. The CIA, NSA, and DIA are disbanded. CIA/NSA/DIA employees and contractors are to declare themselves and enter the employ of the FBI in the same paygrade. Former CIA/NSA/DIA members can either: Maybe better to just combine them all into the NSA, or the NSA section of the FBI.
20c. seek amnesty for any crimes they may have committed, forfeit any and all future promotions, be required to register with the government as "persons of interest" (cannot leave their state, change residence, open a banking account or own a house), and are forbidden from quitting their jobs. No see 20d.
20d. declare all activities and face criminal prosecution for any misdeeds they have committed. No, clean slate for all or you put families and others at risk from foreign provocateurs.

21a. Marriage is defined as between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation. Couples of the same gender or without children are defined as households, with mutual power of attorney and inheritance. Nah. The practicality of a partnership should be private. Get rid of marriage licenses and let couples get their own lawyers.
21b. Adoption is restricted to marriages for three years. Deal.
21c. Divorce now results in mutual forfeiture of children to the state. Harsh. Might lower the divorce rate though. Agree on a probationary 10 year trial.
21d. The father is recognized as possessing patrias potestas.
21e. Alimony is outlawed. Fucking deal.

22a. Committing eight misdemeanors, three non-concurrent felonies, having an IQ below 90, having more than three children, or serious birth defects now forfeits reproductive rights. Nope.
22b. Children with serious birth defects are to be terminated. This isn't sparta.
22c. Reproductive support is outlawed. If people want to spend the money, let them.
22d. Artificial insemination may only use material from feral human populations. What?

23a. Rape is no longer a crime. No. However, if a rape charge is proven to be false, extremely harsh penalty for the accuser.
23b. Sexual violence is considered an aggravating charge of assault and/or battery. Maybe

24a. Prostitution is legal, but requires a monthly license and bi-weekly testing. Deal. Outside city limits.
24b. Prostitution can only be practiced at licensed facilities, hosted by the state. Closely regulated by the state, but let private institutions exist.

25a. The use of drugs is punishable by a heavy fine and two weeks in the stockade. Sure. Longer for harder drugs.
25b. The sale of drugs is punishable by crucifixion. Cruel and unusual punishment. 20 times the sentence for using the drug, multiplied by amount of drugs sold. Come up with a "serving size" per drug as a standard of measurement.

So, some guy, we'll call him Bob, who happens to be in management, has no idea that his company is doing something illegal to get extra profits. Maybe he's HR management, so while he knows people's salaries etc, he doesn't look at the companies books and in fact isn't permitted to. His superior hands him a bonus "hey Bob, great work last quarter" which he accepts, again, having no knowledge that anything illegal was going on. He goes about his work, shows up on time, is pleasant to everyone, and even donates to charities because he's getting a nice salary and bonuses every now and again.

Then it's revealed that the FInance execs and other top execs working alongside Bob were cheating on the company's taxes, using the extra money to pay bonuses to top managers and themselves. Bob's bonuses came from this.

Bob gets thrown in jail?

Well, when your tax rate is laughable compared to the average person, people making a tiny % of what you do, due to capital gains taxes.....

When you're the richest presidential candidate in history who tries to say you understand the plight of the middle class.....

When your plans are to cut taxes for the wealthy...which is you.....

Yeah......

I think we're also forgetting that Mittens refuses to share his tax returns. Pretty hilarious.

Now, tax returns are supposed to be released

...and will have NO adverse consequences on his campaign UNLESS there is something to hide.

I see what you're getting at here, trying to lower the divorce rate.
But what if some guy is abusive to his wife, sexually assaults her on a nightly basis (spousal rape is real), cheats on her, and is an overall shitstain.
If she divorces him, she loses her children to the state?

22b: WTF harsh man. I wonder if you'd feel this way if you had a sibling with a birth defect or something.
22c: What is the purpose of this? Some people would be wonderful parents and need help to have some kids. Why is this a problem?
22d: WAT?

So, some guy, we'll call him Bob, who happens to be in management, has no idea that his company is doing something illegal to get extra profits. Maybe he's HR management, so while he knows people's salaries etc, he doesn't look at the companies books and in fact isn't permitted to. His superior hands him a bonus "hey Bob, great work last quarter" which he accepts, again, having no knowledge that anything illegal was going on. He goes about his work, shows up on time, is pleasant to everyone, and even donates to charities because he's getting a nice salary and bonuses every now and again.

Then it's revealed that the FInance execs and other top execs working alongside Bob were cheating on the company's taxes, using the extra money to pay bonuses to top managers and themselves. Bob's bonuses came from this.

Bob gets thrown in jail?

You have a small group of people who want to continually limit, or amend to repeal, the constitutional rights of all Americans because, annually, a very small fraction of a percentage of adults misuse their firearms. Fortunately, we have a system in place to punish people who misuse firearms for criminal activity

Except, as Azelma has already demonstrated, the adverse consequence is that Democrats are going to make Romney look "out of touch" or whatever else because of his wealth. There doesn't have to be any hidden, sinister book-keeping and account shuffling. The Democrats looked at the released returns and said, "Ah ha! He's rich! And he donated a lot of money to his church and other charities! So evil!" To some people, success and money are evil things and Romney is aware of that.

1b. The protections of US law now apply universally to everywhere and everyone in the Americas. No. American law should only protect American citizens.

5a. Land, sales, income and corporate taxes are dramatically increased, normalized nationwide, and distributed to local governments per capita. Nope.
5b. States are no longer permitted to collect their own taxes. No. The states are just as capable without having the federal government as the middleman when it comes to taxes.

6a. Charitable donations are no longer tax-deductible. No. Never put a roadblock in the way of charity.

7a. Candidates for office will receive a lump payment for expenses plus guaranteed airtime from all licensed broadcasters, upon meeting a quorum of 75,000 or one-tenth the voting age population of the region, whichever is less. Not sure how I feel about this. Not sure it would change anything.
7b. Donations to politicians are outlawed. Disagree. If 7a is in effect, this won't matter anyway.

8a. The Electoral College is to be disbanded. Its responsibilities will devolve on the House of Representatives. Nope. I don't like the electoral college, but putting the house, which could be massively right or massively left in charge of the presidential election could be disastrous.

10. As a condition of holding a license to practice medicine or law, lawyers and doctors are no longer permitted to work freelance. They must participate in the DKP system described in another thread (bid against their peers on cases and patients in a token economy). Don't recall this system. Seems like that scene in Rome when Titus Pullo needed a laywer though.

15d. Tenured educators are required to spend at least fifteen hours a week teaching classes. 18, assuming you mean professors.
15e. Administrators are required to have spent eight years at their respective institution as a tenured educator. Fewer years if they worked longer hours.

15f. Administrators are voted in by all educators at an institution. No. Leadership positions aren't popularity contests. Most qualified is most qualified. Though I wouldn't be averse to a veto power if by 2/3 of the educators vote against.

18a. Universities will be tasked with research and development on new fields of research: space exploration, bio-engineering, quantum theory, and fusion power. If the schools are science schools, yes.

19. All foreign military offensive action requires a declaration of war. No. We've policed the world enough.

20c. seek amnesty for any crimes they may have committed, forfeit any and all future promotions, be required to register with the government as "persons of interest" (cannot leave their state, change residence, open a banking account or own a house), and are forbidden from quitting their jobs. No see 20d.
20d. declare all activities and face criminal prosecution for any misdeeds they have committed. No, clean slate for all or you put families and others at risk from foreign provocateurs.

21a. Marriage is defined as between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation. Couples of the same gender or without children are defined as households, with mutual power of attorney and inheritance. Nah. The practicality of a partnership should be private. Get rid of marriage licenses and let couples get their own lawyers.

23a. Rape is no longer a crime. No. However, if a rape charge is proven to be false, extremely harsh penalty for the accuser.
23b. Sexual violence is considered an aggravating charge of assault and/or battery. Maybe