Running for President Like Many

Running for President

Like many of my fellow Americans, I am dissatisfied with the current state of affairs in my country. Every day I see homeless people begging for change on the streets; I meet other people who can't afford proper medical care; I know many men and women whose full-time jobs don't pay them enough to meet some of the basic requirements for living. Families who can't afford day care services, children who don't have access to the latest textbooks or technologies in their schools: these situations shouldn't exist in the United States of America. For ten years I worked hard as a civil servant in Capital City and later, as a State Senator so that I could contribute whatever I could to the solution. Now I am asking for your vote for President of the United States. As President my platform is clear. I am asking for a complete overhaul of the budget. I want to increase spending on the arts and on education so that all men, women, and children can maximize their potential as unique individuals. I want to eliminate poverty and homelessness, conditions that I believe should not exist in the wealthiest nation in the world. These are just a few of my domestic policies I will implement as President.

Yet I know that being the President of the United States of America isn't all about domestic needs. That's why I served for ten years in the United States military and also as a foreign diplomat. I have traveled all around the world and I assure you that I have what it takes to do the job. I feel that America needs to change courses regarding its foreign policy. The policies of the last administration served only to isolate the United States of America, to lose us allies and win us deadly enemies. I will change that through a strict and firm, yet reasonable policy of diplomacy and right action. We are but one nation in a world with hundreds of other sovereign states. While we must respect the rights of other nations to pursue their own means of prospering and their own ways of life, we must also learn how to live together in the modern world. New policies regarding the environment, world trade, and defense must be created to reflect the dreams of all persons: dreams of peace and prosperity.

And while I do have much respect for national sovereignty, I also know that sometimes we might need to take action against oppression and tyranny in order to make the whole world a better place for all persons. I assure you that I will never put the lives of Americans at risk for unjust or unreasonable causes. I assure you that I will never take preemptive action unilaterally. I assure you that whenever our nation becomes involved in thorny military affairs that this presidency will work together with other world leaders to come up with multilateral strategies and plans of action.

After the events of September 11, many Americans were willing to tolerate measures such as the American PATRIOT Act, which curtailed our civil liberties in the hopes of creating a safer world. However, I believe that the need for surveillance and interference is overrated and has outlived its course. We need to pursue newer, more effective means of creating national security. Surveillance and intelligence gathering have their place: in fact, I intend to increase, not decrease the budget spending on improving the quality of our intelligence services. Within ten years we will run a more efficient National Security Agency.

We all know that the main reason the United States of America retains a controlling interest in the Middle East is because of our dependency on fossil fuels. While I know that fossil fuels and the oils and gases they produce are absolutely necessary to run our factories and our systems of transportation, I also know that around the world, scientists are working toward creating more efficient, less destructive, inexpensive and viable sources of energy and power. Solar and wind power are only the beginning of our energy revolution. My fellow Americans, you are about to witness a complete societal transformation: we are on the brink of new discoveries and new technologies that will change the way we live, work, and breathe. Because the technologies our scientists are working on now will create cleaner air for us and for our children.

This is why I am personally dedicated and committed to putting aside our dependence on foreign oil. We will continue to use oil for a variety of purposes for which the substance is necessary. However, our cars will soon be powered not by oil but by hydrogen cells and other alternative technologies. Our homes will be heated by alternative sources, and our electricity will be generated by non-polluting methods.

In addition to what our scientists are producing in the way of new energy technologies, they are also on the brink of new medical discoveries. As president, I will be setting aside monies for the advancement of all sciences, not the least of which is medicine. I foresee healing of AIDS, cancer, and other diseases. In the not so distant future these diseases will be as extinct as small pox or the bubonic plague.