African-American Woman as the First

¶ … African-American Woman

As the first African-American woman Presidential candidate there will be a focus on issues that are important to the working class and businesses. This means that we are concentrating on four different pillars to include: the economy, immigration, jobs and education. These areas are outlining fundamental priorities of the new administration. To determine the impact of these policies requires looking at the domestic and international implications of these activities. Once this takes, place is when this will highlight the long-term implications of these practices.

The Four Pillars of the Campaign

Like what was stated previously, the four pillars of the campaign will focus on: the economy, immigration, jobs and education. These areas are issues which have been dramatically impacting the middle class. To help improve their quality of life and economic opportunities requires intelligently addressing these challenges. This will ensure that country is able to continue having a prosperous future.

The Economy: To help jump start the economy, there will be a focus on establishing localized agencies to assist distressed homeowners. They will work with these individuals to refinance their mortgage and push lenders to have more flexibility during the process. At the same time, they will take possession of foreclosures and sell them to new buyers. This kind of approach was used during the late 1980s to help alleviate the excess supply on the housing market (after the S&L crisis). While the refinancing, will help homeowners to reduce their payments and protect their investment. When this happens, the banking system and economy will begin to stabilize. This will have a positive impact domestically. Internationally, this will revive the global economy and trade. The way this will advance the agenda is to create greater amounts of stability around the globe. ("Savings and Loan Associations," 1996)

Immigration: Another challenge that the economy will be facing over the long-term is increased amounts of immigration. This is because there is a shift in the labor market with many of the Baby Boomers entering retirement age. Over the course of time, these changes will create shortages for various occupations. ("Retiring Baby Boom Generation," 2012)

To address these issues, a new immigration policy will be introduced. This will involve providing amnesty to illegal aliens in the country. All they have to do is register and pass a background check. This will start the process of them becoming American citizens. In the future, there will be an increase in the total number of work permits for professional and unskilled labor. This will ensure that the nation has access to large labor pool of workers to address potential shortages.

However, there will also be greater powers to arrest, detain and deport illegal immigrants by federal / state / local law enforcement officials. They will take a zero tolerance attitude towards anyone who is caught sneaking into the country. To provide additional support, the military will be utilized to back up the border patrol and local police departments. If this approach is taken, most law abiding immigrants will be allowed to come to the U.S. through legal avenues. Those who chose to break the law will face stiff penalties from the zero tolerance policy. This will push everyone to use the new system to legally immigrate to the U.S.

Domestically, this will address the needs of the nation's long-term labor challenges and illegal immigration. Internationally, the zero tolerance attitudes may not be well received from countries such as Mexico. However, the open legal immigration policy will help to ease these worries by providing another avenue for people to come to the U.S. This will advance the agenda by ensuring that immigration is dealt with and the labor markets have the workers it needs.

Jobs: To reduce unemployment there will be a focus on a massive jobs creation program. The way that this will be achieved is through having a national sales tax and using these funds to have the unemployed deal with critical issues impacting the nation (such as: infrastructure). This will not become another big government program. Instead, the funds will be targeted to American companies and workers. To achieve these objectives there will be series of standards that must be met by contractors. This will help to increase economic activity and reduce unemployment domestically. Internationally, this will make the country more competitive by having updated infrastructure. This will advance the agenda by directly targeting unemployment and improving the prosperity of the nation.