* j. martino's 11-point plan

My One Party (non-Party) 11-point plan:
because why are they partying with our hard-earned tax $$$, anyway?
 
Disclaimer: the chance of you agreeing to all of my 11-point Plan are nil.
Focus on what you like, and simply ignore the rest.
 

1.     No more junk mail: not in your mailbox, not via email, and not on your phone.  That's right: no telemarketers during dinner, no spammers in text. In fact, you’ll be able to easily sue (and easily win $$$) from anyone who sends you anything unsolicited.

2.     No noise pollution: noise ordinances will be enforced.  Excessively loud cars, incessantly barking dogs, etc. will cease, and give way to peace & quiet (especially during Siesta).

3.     An age limit and IQ limit on those running for public office.  The age will be however old I am… upon election, so that I won’t be able to run for a second term.

4.     No stupid signs! Yes, those obnoxious, little political signs (and other advertisements) that are stuck in the ground, sometimes with the same ad, 20-times in a row. Those who advertise that way will pay huge fines to help us clean-up our neighborhoods of litter and advertisement-pollution.

5.     No more lobbying: All “bills” will be free of “riders.” Every bill will be 1-page maximum, and a line-item spreadsheet will show who voted for what (e.g. bridges to nowhere).  Lobbyists will need to find real careers.

6.     No more “voting yourself a raise.”  Citizens (via phone numbers and cellphones), will vote on whether congressmen & senators get raises.  In fact, lawmakers will not even be eligible for a raise unless they do their job (e.g. balance the budget!).   If hard-working citizens (like us) are penalized for not balancing our checkbooks and credit accounts, then congressmen & senators need to do it, too!  Note: this decree will be retroactive, and pensions will be taken away from any congressman or senator who failed to do his/her job at least 50% of the time while in office.  If you didn’t balance the budget, no more free health care for you.  No more pension.  No more free rides.

7.     No more free rides: This means that, in order to receive government support, any individual needs to do something (even if it is cleaning-up litter in the community).  No free money for doing nothing.   Sorry, but this also includes unemployment payments.  If you want $$$, you’ve got to do something for it.  Note: this does not include Social Security, which you have already earned... by working (and paying into the system).

8.     No more gossip-news: If a newsmaker doesn’t know someone personally, and if that person is not in the same room as them (face-to-face, mano-y-mano), then the newsmaker cannot say anything negative about that person.  Stop talking behind the backs of people who you don’t even know!  Yes, this means that all of the gossip mags and most fake-news… will cease.

9.     No fake news: You will get sued immediately and harshly for lying to USA citizens via news channels and outlets.  If you can’t prove it, you can’t ‘report’ it.  We want the truth, so newsmakers must stop the BS-blabbering.

10. 10% flat tax. Everybody pays 10% of their earnings.  NO exemptions.  No more "writing-off" mega-yatchs as "business expenses."  Yes, this would spell the end of that thing we call the IRS.  

    One, simple form.  1/4 of a page.  

Note: In the future, there may be provisions for (up-to) 5 exemptions that must adhere to the following rules:

   a. the exemptions must benefit the individual and the community (including the planet).  example: the installation/use of solar energy. 

   b. same rule as all "bills": limited to 1-page, 1-inch margins (minimum), size 12 font, etc.

11.   No more “tail, wagging the dog.”  This means that, if you happen to “identify” as a “victim” (or a victimized group), you are going to have to prove it.  You can’t just ‘say’ something or ‘feel’ something and expect the rest of the Universe to stop in Its tracks for you.  Suck-it-up, buttercup!

 
😊
-God bless