What If?
"What If?" I love "what if" questions. With the political season a series of lies on both sides and fear producing on both sides, I asked myself a "What if" question. "What if, we changed the whole campaign process. What if, who ever wants to be President of the United States has be pay a 1 million to 5 million entry fee. The money from all the interested candidates would go into the US Treasury for help pay off the national debt. The interested candidates would write a essay explaining why they wanted to be President. Their party, their gender, their race, their identity would not be revealed. The citizens of the US would have three months to read the essays and vote for their favorite.
The accounting group that keeps the Oscars a secret, would be responsible for keeping the essay writers a secret. The essays could be printed in Spanish or other languages for those unable to read English. This seems to me to be as good a way to elect a President as we have now. I don't have a problem that maybe the best writer, or the candidate, who gets the best writer would win.
The person who wins the election could than choose their Vice-President as they do now.
When you look at our past Presidents, this essay political system seems to me to be as good a way as we do now. And we would not spend the ridiculous amount of money that we now spend.
What do you think?
Jana Ruth
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About Me
- Funny Woman, Humorist and Motivational Speaker
- At Arizona State University, Jana majored in theater and mostly was cast as a funny old woman. Now that she is getting closer to that age, she will now know how to play the part. After graduating from Arizona State University, Jana took time off to raise two kids and a husband. After the kids had gotten old enough, and there was little hope for the husband, Jana started performing again. First in theater and then she ventured into stand-up comedy. For the past twenty years Jana has been combining her theater and stand-up comedy experience with her professional career as a Speaker, Author, and Facilitator. Jana has performed for and been a speaker for business, government, and civic organizations.
3 comments:
Jana . . . Great blog. Don't really like the idea of selling chances to be a candidate - but - like the idea of an extended essay bering required of every candidate, with the same questions asked of each with a limit of (one-half page) for each reply.
I understand that without some kind of oversight these people would tend to find ghost writers. How about a public monitored WRITTEN quiz - with no more than 5 minutes allowed per question?
Yes, I know that the complicated kind of answers would be tough to do - but are we getting the candidates real ideas, opinions, and plans in the speeches? Nah. We get what the candidates read from their teleprompter. Their advisors have sanitized politically correct answers to every question.
You have to wonder if this is the best we can do? Since there appears to be no limit to the amount of money these candidates are willing to spend, why can't the voting public require speeches without personal attacks on the adversary, debates strictly on issues, and short essays (as I've described) on pertinent questions to be written side by side in election pamphlets for distribution.
Sure.
When donkeys fly. . .
Dixon
Very nice post.
Thank you for sharing.
I am so sad to hear that Jana has passed on this morning. I hope she creates much laughter and joy in heaven as she did while on this earthly plain. I always smile when I think of her and I always will. Luv ya, girl, and I will miss you.
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