Interview On My Political Stance, If I Were To Run For President This Year

Before I begin, i would just like to thank my close friend Echo Tunney for having me complete her interview questions, I could use this for a great essay of some sort one day. Also I hope this helped your grade a some. It was fun doing it, even though it took me an hour and a half or so to write lol. Good luck!!

1. When did you first become interested in politics?

I became interested in politics back when i was in the 5th or 6th grade, although, i wasn’t very aware of the issues, but i read up on them and watched the news a lot, which has in turn influenced the way i feel about certain issues such as taxes, U.S. foreign policy, and things of that nature.

2. How do you plan on getting involved in politics?

Right now, basically what im doing is looking to get a job as a Page, and a Page is a person (normally a student) who works as an aid for a Congressmen. If i can get a job for a congressmen as a Page, then that will be my ticket to getting to know other senators, voicing my opinion, and really being able to make a difference in the State of Michigan and maybe even the United States. If i don’t obtain a job as a Page, then I will write to senators, congressmen, and the presidential cabinet on issues that i feel strongly about, and hope to bring about someone change to this country (a plan i am going to execute regardless of if i get a job as a page or not).

3. If you were running for office in this coming election, what would your platform be?

Well a platform would consist of a number of issues and stances on those issues. Right now, the current MAJOR issues that the United States is faced with today are rising unemployment, economic recession, taxes, social security, education, national security, and foreign relations.

Rising Unemployment- The unemployment rate has skyrocketed since the beginning of President Bush’s term in office. It reached a record 7.3% (give or take one or two), the highest its ever been since the great depression of the 1920’s. This rise in unemployment is a result of corporations sending jobs overseas so that they may make more money and pay less for production. I believe that we need to bring those jobs back to America WHERE THEY BELONG by giving corporations tax breaks, lowering corporate taxes, which would in turn give the corporations no reason to send OUR jobs to other countries. This would only effect big business. In order to deal with small businesses run by ordinary people, I believe that commercial taxes should be lowered, giving business owners more money to keep their businesses running, and if businesses have enough money to continue to run, that creates a need for more employees, but ALSO to compliment this, personal taxes must be lowered as well so that businesses can actually profit which also increases the need for jobs. The more money people have, the more they will spend and demand will increase, the more they spend, the more people would be needed to take care of that demand.

Economic Recession- Again, this goes hand-in-hand with taxes and unemployment. Jobs are being shipped overseas, not only does that create less jobs here in America, it hurts the economy because the citizens don’t have the money in their pocket to positively simulate the economy and encourage growth, so it becomes stagnate and begins to recess. I believe that the government should lower taxes for middle income families, and corporations, and increase taxes on the wealthy because right now, it is set up where the rich are really the ones benefiting from the tax relief when it should be focused on middle class America, where MOST of the money comes from to stimulate the economy.

Social Security- This in my opinion is an issue that will always be an issue because of the complexity and dynamics in dealing with social security. A lot of factors affect it, which affects us all. The economy has a direct effect upon Social Security because in times when the economy is doing well, social security benefits aren’t a scarce commodity. By this I mean, there is actually enough money to take care of not only the elderly, but families, children, and people with disabilities. Another direct effect on Social Security is the amount of money the government actually allocates for the social security program, however, this nation is at a $500 billion deficit which means there is less and less money available to pour into this program, and the money is being used up, and sooner or later, there wont be any left to benefit us, our children, their children and so on. I believe that the government should spend less money on national defense and helping restore Iraq and Afghanistan and more money on social security. The people from those nations shouldn’t receive money that is DESPERATELY needed here in America, and the fact that billions of dollars are being poured into helping develop those nations is just absurd, not that they don’t need help, but we should focus on taking care of our OWN people before trying to go out abroad and helping people from other nations.

Education- The economic recession is hitting America like a sledge hammer. Everything is suffering, and education is one of those things that have been hit hard. Because of the economic recession, states have less money to allocate towards building new schools, hiring more teachers, and placing more cutting-edge technology at the hands of our young children. Right now, the effect is opposite. Schools are being closed downs, teachers laid off, school systems going into debt, and honestly, its sad. Education should be at the TOP of the list of issues to handle right now. Our children are our future. We must provide them with the best education we can give them so that they can live happy prosperous lives. In order to deal with this and get our education systems back on track, I believe that the federal government should pour BILLIONS of dollars into education programs for children, rebuilding of schools, hiring of teachers, providing new technology for the students, and in the long run, this plan would have paid for itself many times over. In the long run, it would stimulate our economy. Our goals should be focused on the long run, not the immediate present as that is a bad political strategy that could lead this nation farther down the hole than it has already gone.

Foreign Relations- Right now, the world isn’t too happy with the United States and the actions in which it has taken in the past 4-5 years. The united states has become a somewhat neoimperialistic nation that takes unilateral actions, and totally disregarding the rest of the international community just because we have more “muscle” than the other nations. The United States has developed an “I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, wherever I want” attitude, which is hurting our relations with not just friendly nations, but our closest allies such as England, Germany, France, Turkey, and Spain. Our wreckless behavior has as John Kerry stated in an interview with MTV, “pushed our allies away”. We need to bring them back, and to do this I believe we must first listen to what they have to say. Take multilateral actions dealing with international issues. We must gain the support, respect, and trust of our allies or we will push them so far away, they will no longer wish to remain our allies, and that in itself could be the true downfall of the United States.

National Security- This is a BROAD topic, therefore I will only focus on one major issue, and that is the United States changing of foreign policy to allow itself to proliferate nuclear weapons that would be used on a CONVENTIONAL basis. By conventional I mean used as a normal weapon in everyday warfare (on a tactical level) instead of in strategic warfare. The United States should practice what it preaches and stop being such a hypocrite. We try to push nations to stop pursuing nuclear weapons, stop funding research to produce nuclear weapons, and stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. We have done this since the end of the cold war in the early 1990’s. We have made SIGNIFICANT leaps in controlling the proliferation of nuclear weapons by signing and having other nations sign treaties limiting nuclear weapons, preventing nations from obtaining and producing nuclear weapons, and setting nations already with such weapons up to eliminate them completely, however, in the past few years, the United States has been SECRETLY planning, researching, and pursuing more nuclear weapons, something that was not made aware of until January of 2003 when it was leaked by Pentagon and White House officials. I believe that we need to continue in our quest to eliminate these weapons of mass destruction. We should become more aggressive on the destruction of these weapons WORLDWIDE. What message would we be sending to other nations if we ourselves break our own treaties, promises, and pledges to eliminate our own weapons. That only gives those nations the incentive to create their own, using the excuse that “If the united states can create more, who says we cant produce our own”.

4. How would you over come the racism aspect to become President?

The racism issue, believe it or not, is still HUGE here in America. You would think that after decades of advancement for minorities such issues would not affect what person form what race would win a seat to the White House, unfortunately, it is still affected. I think that the message of a UNITED America should be one of the main focuses of my campaign. Remember, there may be many different races within the United States, but we are ALL still PROUD American’s. There is only ONE culture, that’s AMERICAN culture, not African American culture, not white culture, not even Hispanic culture. AMERICAN culture. I would not be able to stress that point enough in my campaign. We are one people, under god, indivisible, and equal.

5. How would you show your country that you would make the best President?

I would show my country that I would make the best President by showing them that I have a true understanding of the issues. I would LISTEN to the people and what they have to say and base my actions around how the people feel about certain issues. I would show the middle class families that I know what they are going through, because I too went through the same hardships that they are and I would show just how much I care for the American people and how they feel.

6. How would you change relations with Canada?

Well, relations with Canada have been really well for as long as I can remember. We are cooperating on a number of levels, including border patrols, defense, space initiatives, and trade, especially with the NAFTA which was passed under the Clinton administration, which greatly improved the already good relations between the United States and our close ally Canada. The best think I could do is try to create more trade between our two nations. It would benefit the economy of both.

7. How would you change relations with other countries?

I would use trade , humanitarian aid via the USAID program, and increased international cooperation with other nations to strengthen them. For African nations, humanitarian aid is SEVERELY needed in those countries, and I would provide MORE aid than we are giving them now to build strong ties and relations with them, and help take care of the people there in those nations.

8. Where do you stand on the issue of abortion and the death sentence?

I am against abortion, except in cases where the mother is abused in some way or another (rape, or anything along those lines). Sometimes such experiences can cause life long trauma that the mother could never get through and could end up harming herself and possibly the child, therefore, with that option being there (only for those reasons), the mother and child would not have to go through that.

As for the death penalty, I am for it. Like they say, an eye for an eye, an tooth for an tooth. I don’t believe that a person who can rape a person, kill a person, or both should be given the luxury to live, whether it be 20 years or life. In my opinion, justice would only be served when the person who killed or raped was put to death.

9. What would you do to change it?

I would introduce bills to Congress legalizing abortion ONLY if the mother was sexually abused, and I would introduce bills to congress FORCING states to use the death sentence to punish those who are vicious rappers and murderers

10. Do you agree with President George W. Bush about the war on terrorism?

Absolutely. We must confront the infidels who whish to bring down democracy using religion as a false pretense in which to do so by murdering thousands of innocent men, women, and children. We must act if we wish to maintain some level of security. We cannot let the terrorist get away with their attacks, only to let them attack us again and even worse. ACTION MUST BE TAKEN!!

11. Is there anything you would do differently?

The only thing I would do different is take multilateral actions against nations. Use diplomacy more to root out terrorists and use war as a last resort.

12. What do you think about the education system?

The education system is OK. Teachers should put their best effort into teaching their students. They should push them to do their ABSOLUTE BEST at ALL times.

13. What would you change?

I would pass legislation to change how often teachers are certified to teach to every 2 years, and for those who do not make the certification should be sent back to college to learn the skills they need.

14. How would you improve health care for your country?

Well, I would press congress to pass legislation making health care FREE to all citizens. This program would be funded by the federal and state governments.

15. I understand you're interested in space, what would you do to improve exploration in space?

FUNDING, FUNDING, FUNDING! Today, the United States pumps less than 1% of the total federal budget into the national space program, compared to 4% back in the 1960’s to aid in placing man on the Moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be given MORE money so that it could do more research that would benefit man, such as allowing more space based medical, scientific research, and commercial research. MOST of everything we have and use today was in some way shape or form designed by the space program FOR the space program, but transferred into normal domestic use, kind of like the Military’s GPS system, developed expressly for the US military, and now it is used by the entire world for various reasons (commercial, personal, etc.). Not only that, we could obtain our long range goal of send man to Mars, and further unmanned exploration of the solar system and the Universe so that we may TRY to find out the origins of the universe, man, and possibly our purpose for being here.

16. If you had the chance to go into space, would you?

Absolutely, without a doubt. Space has been the final frontier since Sputnik was launched by the Soviets (Russians) in the 1950’s, and it will remain as the final frontier for as long as man shall inhabit the vast expanse of the universe.

17. Where in space would you want to go?

Personally, id want to explore the whole universe if it was possible. I have seen breath taking pictures of far away nebula’s, stars, and galaxies and to actually be able to see them from a distance and experience that, would be something worth dying for.

18. What would you do to improve the world?

Global unity. I would bring the world together, just like Americans are one people, all human inhabitants of this world are one people, one culture, with the goal of living their our lives as best as we can and to the fullest.

19. Most importantly, when you do run, why should people vote for you?

People should vote for me when I run because I understand the issues that America is faced with. I understand what is needed to get this nation back on track, and even though it will be sometime before I do actually run for president, I believe that I will still have the answers to making America an even greater and more united nation. What America needs is a strong leader who would represent the nation and provide for the needs of the citizens, and I am just the person for the job.

20. If you were a citizen and someone just like you was running, would you vote for them?

Without a doubt. I would want someone who genuinely cares for the people of not only this country, but people from other countries. I would want someone who is competent and capable enough of running the government, bring about great positive changes and reforms for the benefit of the people, and someone who really wants to make a difference in America and the world. Only leaders who have those qualities are worthy of receiving my vote.