* Send every citizen a bill showing how much they received in public services (school enrolment, health care system use, share of infrastructure, etc.) vs how much they paid in taxes.
* Make it mandatory to re-test for drivers' licenses every 5 years.
* Scrap open liquor laws.
* Set federal penitentiary inmates to work on constructing an enormous obelisk in the far North - something that will be visible from space.
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One permanently make today's date the date forever. That way my one day as a dictator is an eternity
Reform education, bring back homework. A well educated drone is an efficient drone
Put my scientists to work on building super weapons and robots, what good is power if your at risk of losing it to a coupe thrown by you the little people
Bring back the Kings rights at all weddings.
Put a ton of money into entertainment and subliminal message research
Create a massive jobs program around building me a palace with anti-gravity and a statue 3000 feet high that constantly yells "Remember me"
Clean nuclear power
Expand my empire beyond this planet, create a space program based around bringing my message of peace to the rest of the galaxy at gun point.
repeal the law of gravity
Work on that whole robot labor force.
Order the arrest of Donald Trump on charges of threats to the stability of my empire. Then hold a public head shaving followed by throwing him down a well. His daughter Ivanka will make an excellent imperial concubine.
The banning of names, all citizens will be assigned a number at birth. Individualism gets in the way of serving the common good.
All hipster clothing and their music shall be banned. Those who wish to follow that religion will be shot into space on colony ships to be the first people to explore the sun.
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Build a bullet train that follows the Trans Canada Highway through major cities. Or at least Western Canada via Vancouver, Calgary, Regina and Winnipeg. Improve tourism within our country.
Build super research facilities in Alberta for energy, Saskatchewan for science/medicine and a self sustaining anti-zombie/pandemic human survival facility on the Sask/MB/NWT/Nunavut border to be mostly funded via tourism.
Sustainable energy projects, year round farming projects in our Northern communities (Territories and provinces). Farm station projects that include plant life and cattle. Mainly research facilities for researching space colonization. Hemp probably would be a staple test crop up there.
Massive improvements to care for aging individuals and those with mental illness. Europe has started research and development on closed communities that allow individuals with dementia to wander around and live normally under medical supervision. No fear of individuals wandering off and getting hurt, but full autonomous living. People from the outside can visit just like they could at any normal senior home. Perhaps we could also set the communities to be research hubs for things like low powered self driving cars/assisted driving, medical research etc.
Deal with some low income/senior projects in the same way Europe has. Start placing students in living arrangements at senior centres. I have read of projects where students live "rent free" but are required to interact and help out around the facilities. This can help improve quality of life for the elderly, increase checks and balances for the medical staff and reduce some of the work/overworking of medical staff at such facilities.
TL;DR - Make Canada a world wide leader in research and elderly care. Also increase ease of travel from one side of the country to the other side.
If I had a command that I could issue as dictator for the day, it would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.
If I had two commands that I could issue as dictator for the day, the first would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of harmony and peace.. and the second would be for $30 million a month to be given to me, tax-free in a Swiss bank account.
You know, if I had three commands that I could make as dictator for the day, first, of course, would be for all the children to get together and sing.. the second would be for the $30 million every month to me.. and the third would be for all encompassing power over every living being thing in the entire universe.
And if I had four commands that I could make as dictator for the day, first would be the crap about the kids.. second would be for the $30 million.. the third would be for all the power.. and the fourth would be to set aside one month each year for an extended 31-day orgasm, to be brought about slowly by Rosanna Arquette and that model Paulina somebody, I can't think of her name, of course my lovely wife could come, too. She's behind me 100% on this, I guarantee you.
Wait a minute, maybe that sex thing should be the first command! So, if I made that the first command, because, you know, it could all go boom tomorrow, and then what have you got? No, no.. the kids singing would be great, that would be nice. No, no, who am I kidding! I mean, they're not gonna be able to get all those kids together! I mean, the logistics of the thing is impossible! It's more trouble than it's worth! So, we reorganize: here we go. First, the sex - we go with that; second, the money. No! We go with the power second, then the money, and then the kids. Oh, wait, oh geez! I forgot about revenge against my enemies! Okay.. revenge against all my enemies, they should die like pigs in Hell! That would be the fourth command! And of course, my fifth command would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of peace and harmony. Thank you, everybody.
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Build a bullet train that follows the Trans Canada Highway through major cities. Or at least Western Canada via Vancouver, Calgary, Regina and Winnipeg. Improve tourism within our country.
Build super research facilities in Alberta for energy, Saskatchewan for science/medicine and a self sustaining anti-zombie/pandemic human survival facility on the Sask/MB/NWT/Nunavut border to be mostly funded via tourism.
Sustainable energy projects, year round farming projects in our Northern communities (Territories and provinces). Farm station projects that include plant life and cattle. Mainly research facilities for researching space colonization. Hemp probably would be a staple test crop up there.
Massive improvements to care for aging individuals and those with mental illness. Europe has started research and development on closed communities that allow individuals with dementia to wander around and live normally under medical supervision. No fear of individuals wandering off and getting hurt, but full autonomous living. People from the outside can visit just like they could at any normal senior home. Perhaps we could also set the communities to be research hubs for things like low powered self driving cars/assisted driving, medical research etc.
Deal with some low income/senior projects in the same way Europe has. Start placing students in living arrangements at senior centres. I have read of projects where students live "rent free" but are required to interact and help out around the facilities. This can help improve quality of life for the elderly, increase checks and balances for the medical staff and reduce some of the work/overworking of medical staff at such facilities.
TL;DR - Make Canada a world wide leader in research and elderly care. Also increase ease of travel from one side of the country to the other side.
Any thoughts on how to pay for all that stuff? Or just let he next generation figure it out?
Any thoughts on how to pay for all that stuff? Or just let he next generation figure it out?
I like DoubleF's policies so I'd fund them by removing all corporate tax loopholes for large corporations.
No more funneling money through various parent companies to avoid taxes, no more offshore tax havens etc.
If your products are sold in this country and you are profiting off our citizens, there has to be a means of taxation beyond GST.
I would also reintroduce wide ranging regulation to close a bunch of loopholes regarding monopolies and unfair business practices. For example, telecom providers would have to break up and would no longer be able to monopolize information by owning all of the channels, tv, internet and cell phone providers etc.
I would be extremely hard on large companies that force their "employees" to work on a contract basis to avoid paying benefits etc. But I would also do everything in my power to ease burdens on small businesses with the hopes that innovation would flourish and prevent the large companies from squashing the competition through unfair business practices.
I would curtain union powers to prevent the frequent and rampant abuses of their union members' money but would also increase workplace standards in an effort to render unions obsolete and unnecessary.
I would change the way universities operate. I would put a tremendous amount of emphasis on job training, while trying to leave enough room for free thinking and expanding knowledge of young people. I would incentivize universities to offer cheaper tuition in programs that are lacking according to our estimates of future needs for our workplace. I'd put in place programs to reward teachers who want to teach and are good at it, as opposed to bright researchers who only teach to get the grant money from the university and hate it that they are basically extorted into teaching when they don't want to and are no good at it.
I have lots of other unfeasible crazy ideas I'd prioritize if I was a dictator. But realistically I'd probably just get insanely selfish and frequently interrupt Flames games to declare them the winner and insert myself into any number of sporting events, demanding that the other competitors allow me to become champion, no matter how bad I am. And the women...My palace would be a who's who of famous models and actresses.
1) Do away with publically traded companies. Companies would be limited to having an ownership group of no more than 50.
2) Place restrictions on CEO pay
3) Ban all private money in politics- if you want to contribute you pay money and it goes equally to all parties
4) The following courses would be mandatory for everyone 16 or older: money management, raising children, driving (every few years), basic science facts
5) Increase taxes on fast food, packaged food, alcohol, cigarettes, red meat
6) Legalize and regulate marijuana
7) Make possession of all other drugs a non-criminal offense but with mandatory treatment and education rather than incarceration
8) Increase R&D into renewables
9) Anyone receiving welfare/EI payments for more than 6 months would be mandated to do volunteer work in the community every week and for additional volunteer hours worked would be offered vocational training
I came to say this. When I was in England....those guys drink like they're afraid someone is going to take it away from them.
I was in London the Summer they banned drinking on Public Transit and until the law was enforced they just got leathered in some sort of ill-advised protest.
You mean we drink like this?
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Any thoughts on how to pay for all that stuff? Or just let he next generation figure it out?
I'm only dictator for a day, that's not my problem.
Although I guess I could try to be more forward thinking. Maybe control all marijuana production, and corner the global market. Use funds to pay for public works. I don't think citizens would be too upset at a ration of bud in exchange for their hard work either.
Many pot smokers seem to turn into engineers trying to make a pipe to smoke with, so everything might look like a pipe... which coincidently actually aren't too different to the shape of igloos! I think this change could actually also be somewhat cultural.
1) Do away with publically traded companies. Companies would be limited to having an ownership group of no more than 50.
2) Place restrictions on CEO pay
3) Ban all private money in politics- if you want to contribute you pay money and it goes equally to all parties
4) The following courses would be mandatory for everyone 16 or older: money management, raising children, driving (every few years), basic science facts
5) Increase taxes on fast food, packaged food, alcohol, cigarettes, red meat
6) Legalize and regulate marijuana
7) Make possession of all other drugs a non-criminal offense but with mandatory treatment and education rather than incarceration
8) Increase R&D into renewables
9) Anyone receiving welfare/EI payments for more than 6 months would be mandated to do volunteer work in the community every week and for additional volunteer hours worked would be offered vocational training
10) Enforce truth in media
11) Money, women, power, etc.
This is a pretty hilarious list. First you ban public companies, then say you want financial literacy and finally mandate R&D. Thanks for the morning laugh!
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This is a pretty hilarious list. First you ban public companies, then say you want financial literacy and finally mandate R&D. Thanks for the morning laugh!
Oh yeah, because as we all know, all publicly traded companies use their profits to fund financial literacy and R&D, not huge executive bonuses.
Oh yeah, because as we all know, all publicly traded companies use their profits to fund financial literacy and R&D, not huge executive bonuses.
Well if you want companies to be able to raise money to do things such as R&D, build enormous facilities like you see in Ft. McMurray or those skyscrapers downtown, they have to be able to raise money. Any idea of how they can do that these days?
