David Garrison

President Garrison

**David Garrison** (July 5th, 1930 - May 3rd, 1984) was born to a below average income family in Dallas, Texas. He would become the 39th President of the United States of America. He is most commonly known for his adoption of Garrisonomics and his untimely death in 1984. His death was caused by multiple engine failures on a 8 man-crewed space mission. David Garrison was the last Ace Pilot ever, becoming one after killing 5 enemy jets in the Vietnam war.

## House Tenure

David would then announce his run for Representative in the 13th Texas District in 1970. He would easily defeat his opponent by a 45% margin. David Garrison would be a new face on the block, being a moderate he would work with the Rixon administration immensely. He would help push for the end of the Golden Standard, decreased interest rates, and decreased tariffs. David Garrison would be a chief supporter of the entrance of Japan into WAFTA, and would help fight back against Radical Leftists who wanted to get rid of the Trade Agreement entirely. He would then be a chief fighter against Racial Busing, citing that it caused Federal Interference in a State Issue. Even though David did not support Busing, he was still a chief advocate for the Black race, fighting to end segregation.

## Governor Stint

**First Election**

   David Garrison after a somewhat successful 4 years in congress would announce his intention to run for governor of Texas in 1974. He would barely squeak by and primary incumbent Governor Dolph Briscoe winning by 2,000 votes. David would then run a campaign on fighting government corruption. He would lead out in the polls by 5% in July, then jump up to 7% in October. During the debates he would attack his opponent Larry Lawrence for "being in bed with Rixon" and for being "out of touch" with the Texan Worker. After the debates he would lead in polls by 12% showing that he had managed to win the heart of Texan voters. On election day he overperformed winning with 56.5% of the vote compared to Lawrence's 36.1%.

**Re-election**

It was speculated that David Garrison would run in the 1976 Presidential Race, but he declined citing that he wished to fill out his remaining term as governor. He would not be opposed in the Democratic primaries. He fought off Bill Clements in the 1978 Governor race and defeated him in an unprecedented landslide. The main reason for his victory was due to his popularity among both conservatives and liberals for enacting fiscally sound policies that both sides enjoyed and the overall destruction of corruption and crime in Texas. Bill Clements had very limited attacks against David, and was performing poorly in the polls on average losing by 20%. No one could of saw the sheer destruction that David won by though, with him finishing with 70.6% of the popular vote compared to Clement's share of 28.2%. This marks the last time every county in Texas voted Democratic.

**Tenure as Governor**

As Governor of Texas, David Garrison would implement sweeping changes to the state. He would decrease welfare spending, open up fracking to private investors, and cut taxes. This would cause an economic boom in Texas. David would also ban busing of black students into white schools, instead focusing funding towards improving black schools. He would also put his foot down on drugs in the state, toughening the border with Mexico and stop the rampant influence of the cartel in southwestern Texas. David would implement voluntary school prayer into Texas schools. In an attempt to fix employment problems, David Garrison would relax restrictions on immigration from the Mexican border.

## Presidency

David Garrison would be elected president in 1980 after beating Johnathan Burt is a close election. He would carry 291 Electoral Votes, and 50.6% of the popular vote. During his first and only term as president he would have an average approval rating of 63.5%, making him the most popular president of all time.

**Garrisonomics**

Garrisonomics was the economic theory created by David Garrison, which was first introduced into Texas, then onto the rest of the country. The model follows decreased spending while maintaining low tax and interest rates on the lower and middle class, while having somewhat higher taxes on the top earners, which equivalates to a balanced budget. The system also allows Government Intervention and regulations on big businesses to prevent unsustainable Bank runs. Overall this model increased Consumer power by 14.5% and GDP per capita by 4.2% in the span of 4 years, and a 200 Billion Dollar surplus.

**Prison Reform**

In 1981, David Garrison would implement rehabilitation efforts into prisons to decrease the chance of someone committing a crime again after being arrested. This program saw decreased sentence times, the usage of locking the Death Penalty to only violent crimes, and banning prisoners from performing hard labor. Federal Prisons funding would be doubled, and state governments would be heavily encouraged to do the same.

**Détente**

While the recognized era of Détente formally began under the Nixon presidency, there were prior instances of relationship relaxation between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War. However, relations betwen the Soviet Union and America where stalled after America's support for Tibet in the 2nd Chinese Civil War. It wasn't until 1982, when President David Garrison met with Soviet Secretary Yuri Andropov to calm down relations and sign another Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The period of Détente in the Cold War saw the ratification of the major disarmament treaties such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the creation of more symbolic pacts such as the Helsinki Accords. An ongoing debate among historians exists as to how successful the détente period was in achieving peace.

**Garrisoncare**

The increased coverage was due, roughly equally, to an expansion of Medicaid eligibility and to changes to individual insurance markets. Both received new spending, funded through a combination of new taxes and cuts to Medicare provider rates and Medicare Advantage. Several Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports said that overall these provisions reduced the budget deficit, and that the law reduced income inequality by taxing primarily the top 1% to fund roughly $600 in benefits on average to families in the bottom 40% of the income distribution

**Gun Restrictions**

In 1983 President David Garrison signed the Common Sense Regulation Of Firearms Act, that created universal background checks, closed loopholes on buying and selling guns, and banned the creation of firearms without a license from the Federal Government. These reforms where generally supported by the broad public, but right-wing groups such as the NRA and GOP despised it heavily.

**1983 Labor Strike**

In the year 1983, a large coalition of labor unions tired of David Garrison's refusal of overturning the Taft-Hartley Act lead to large scale labor strikes across the nation. Garrison angered and hoping to end this chaos would deploy the Army squashing the strikes and labeled many of the leaders of the striking unions as "Members of the disguised Communist Syndicate." However after this to prevent another widescale strike, he and Senate Majority Leader Ross would enact the 1983 COASWFW Act which increased minimum wage, but implemented multiple right-to work laws.

**Death**

On May 3rd, after recently announcing his plan to run for re-election; David Garrison would board the Champion IV Rocket. The Rocket planned to land on the moon, however would never reach outside of orbit. At about 18 minutes after launch, the first and third engines both failed, and then the second and fifth both stopped working. The Rocket began rapidly decline until the fourth engine exploded, causing the rest of the ship to be destroyed. David Garrison would die due to this explosion, and no pieces of his body where found.