wmpeebles would make a better President of the United States than StephenPerkins

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." - Socrates What makes me a better theoretical President of the United States than Stephen Perkins?Perhaps it is my unique way of looking at things. Here are my two main long-term goals for improving the nation: Implement a plan to reduce national debt gradually Increase research and funding on biofuels and solar technologies Research and funding on Biofuels: When I look at the idea of fuels being created through plant waste, I see the potential of biofuels to eventually provide a much better overall fuel product when factoring in all the processes required to produce gasoline and diesel fuel. I am highly optimistic about the future of this technology because the sky is the limit in not only increasing biofuel production, but in the research itself. I think this can ultimately lead to not only oil independence, but to oil liberation. This has several benefits to the United States government and the US economy. Oil has a very deep relationship with America. Nearly everything owned by Americans contains some kind of product that is produced from crude oil. Anything plastic is made from oil. Nylon is made from oil just as is many other synthetic fibers [1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com...]. Aspirin, yes, is made from oil too. And there are a whole lot of other products made from oil as well, especially Gasoline and Diesel fuels. The problem with oil is that it is non-renewable and we have to take oil from countries that practically hate us. The latter has a variety of consequences on its own such as being unable to stabilize gas prices and upsetting countries to the point of going to war with us. Both of these are things that the United States cannot currently control, but the last one is causing large amounts of debt to pile up at an unsustainable rate. I think biofuels could solve a lot of the nation’s problems, but I never said it is going to do so easily. I recognize the potential problems of biofuels, but I feel the benefits in increasing research and funding on this technology could mitigate these problems and allow the United States to eventually reduce spending on protecting oil reserves in the Middle East, and allow the money that would have been spent on that to pay off the debt. I will explain more in the next round of the debate. Reducing the national debt: I think both Stephen and I can agree that national debt is not a good thing, so I will cut to the chase: Tax cuts and free entitlements will be going away under my administration. The reason is simple. All government expenditures must be paid for. If the American people want something like Social Security, they still must ultimately pay for their own retirement through taxes throughout their working life. I think it’s best to let people use their money for their own purposes rather than have the government invest their money into failed projects. Since people in this country have the right to life, the only kind of free program I will provide is healthcare only if your life is in direct danger of ending and you need something like an organ transplant and you have no way of financing it. I think it is wrong to let people die if they don’t have enough money to pay for a necessary surgery. If America is attacked by terrorists, war is not going to be an option. The main reason is that war is ineffective at solving the problem of terrorism and it costs hundreds of billions of dollars just to kill one terrorist. And when you consider how much power a terrorist really has, it makes no sense to start a war when our military is strong enough to defend against future attacks. I think the solution is to use the military for defense purposes rather than invasive purposes. I think a lot of money could be saved that way. Some other things I support: Legalization of Marijuana for recreational use.Public education reform