My Candidate for President and why he/she cannot win

My choice for President would launch their campaign similar to this. "my administration will work to loosen the shackles of the things that get in your way. I will not try to fix your lives. I will not fix your schools. I will not fix your Universities. I say this because as a thinking, intelligent person to promise that would be a lie.

My administration will provide for the common defense. If needed we will provide troops on foreign soil. These troops will fight for American interests, not the worlds interests. If I get the opportunity to select a Supreme Court Justice they will convince me that they will not make laws. I am against abortion, and think that Roe Vs Wade is bad law, and should be repealed but not because it is about abortion. It is bad law because it was not based on a single constitutional principle. I also believe if it were repealed it would not result in a single abortion not to be committed. Fifty states would in short order pass their own laws as to what to regulate and that would be the correct course. To stop abortion women would need to decide in their hearts that it is wrong. As a President I can urge them in that direction but cannot make them, no matter how many laws we pass and I sign. If we have not stopped murder yet, we will not stop abortion through a law. The people however can decide at the state level as to how much of this brutal procedure they will tolerate. Politicians running for office will have to be on the record as to how much of this brutal procedure they will tolerate rather than the meaningless "Women's right to Choose".

I will speak out about Free Markets. I will not promise to you that I will stop off-shoring. Short of making private enterprise illegal, I as a human cannot do that. I will request Congress to repeal the federal minimum wage, phased down and out through the next ten years. This will allow businesses to pay workers whatever they like, and workers will have the right to accept or not accept the job. If a region has too low of a standard of living, workers would have the right to move to a region that has better opportunities (which they have now by the way). The people who govern in regions that lose large numbers of people would either change their regulatory environments, or be seen as the people who emptied their region of workers and companies.

I will promise to phase the government out of health care. I know that this will be unpopular, but only this can bring down the cost of health care, and not merely the price. The first step is to allow people purchase insurance out of their state. This involves interstate commerce so it is within the commerce clause. This would allow the insured to seek the best policy for them, and not what is best for the states' regulators.

I would request that Congress eliminate the IRS with a Constitutional Amendment and replace it will either a flat tax or a consumption tax. In my administration I would not sign the replacement until the IRS is eliminated with the Amendment. Congress cannot be trusted to not bring back the traditional tax so the people must require it through the Constitution.

I would request Congress to eliminate the Department of Education and take that money and return it to the states in the proportion that it was paid. I could make the states act responsibly with this money, but I would encourage the people to hold them accountable, and replace them if they do not act accordingly."

My candidate would respect religious people, but I could care less whether they are religious or not. My only requirement is that this person respects liberty and freedom. I do not know of such a person running for office today. I know of many people who believe this way, but none that are running for President. I would vote for this man/woman, but I suspect they would not service the first primary. As a society we seem to want a nanny, or maybe a genie. We want a person that will promise to fix our lives, whether they have any chance to do it or not. I hope someone will step forward that will do a few of the things I proposed. I am not confident that will happen though.