The Ideal Presidential Candidate

Who would be the ideal candidate? I think it is someone that is not only pro life, but is also pro child and pro family.

That means that the issue is not a matter of rhetorical banter. Instead, the candidate is willing to do away with policies that do not benefit children and families.

It means that children and families get the tax breaks.

It means educational policies are not discriminatory on the practical level although they might seem egalitarian in theory.

It means that healthcare for children and families is not an issue whose outcome lobbyists determine. Hillary Clinton might think lobbyists represent us, but did Chelsea ever have to go without health insurance? I don't think so.

The ideal candidate understands the need for graduated taxation, where everyone is taxed according to his means. Obviously, the middle class should not be taxed more than the rich and the poor should not be taxed as much as the middle class, but the rich should not be taxed less than everyone else.

The ideal candidate understands that ours is an aging population. The amount of retirement-age citizens in America is far surpassing every other American age group (combined). That candidate must look long and hard at Social Security policy.

Privitization is ridiculous, especially now that an oncoming recession appears imminent. What is one possible solution? Shrink the size of government, and re-apportion those funds.

Why do we need a Department of Homeland Security when we have a Department of Defense, a Department of Energy, a Depart of Justice, a Department of Transportation, etc.? Some of these folks working together amounts to a Department of Homeland Security.

Why do we have close to twenty intelligence agencies in the Intelligence Community? If we can't do the job with CIA, NSA, and DIA, there is something vitally wrong with these particular agencies or with the politicians that believe we need more than three of four.

Is domestic eavesdropping the best way to spend our money when Social Security is virtually unsustainable? The ideal candidate would look into that.

As the 2008 presidential election approaches, which is probably the most significant election in American history, we might keep the stated issues in mind when choosing a candidate. Of course there is more room to expand on what makes an ideal candidate, but everyone ought to consider it themselves and make their own wish list.