I don't know about the vapor cigs. I have had a couple of friends whose doctor's have suggested a morning cigarette or two would help with appetite and ease their morning pooping. These are people who ended up having several feet of their intestines/bowels removed and things were pretty dire for both at the time.
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I just made you King of the USA for a day and you get to make 3 laws - what would they be ? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Stealthycat
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1. End the war on drugs.
2. Put body cameras on all police officers in the field.
3. Get rid of all occupational licensing requirements.
(Numbers one and three could stand a great deal of nuance, but I like my laws to be able to fit on bumper stickers.)
2. Put body cameras on all police officers in the field.
3. Get rid of all occupational licensing requirements.
(Numbers one and three could stand a great deal of nuance, but I like my laws to be able to fit on bumper stickers.)
Gawain
Footballguy
The leg bone's connected to the hip bone, the hip bone's connected to the...red thing. The red thing's connected to my...wristwatch...uh oh.
Don't worry, Homer. I have a fool proof strategy to get you out of here: surprise witnesses, each more surprising than the last. I tell you, the judge won't know what hit him!
If you think only qualified people should be hired for certain important tasks such as performing hip-replacement surgeries, well, you're entitled to your opinion ... which happens to also be my opinion, so I guess we agree on that. But "licensed" and "qualified" do not describe identical sets of people. It's probably pretty close in medicine*, but probably not very close at all in something like cosmetology.
*Although maybe not. If medicine is like law in this regard, it's possible that nurses could competently do a number of things that only doctors are currently licensed to do, or that technicians could competently do a number of things that currently require at least a nurse's license.
Gawain
Footballguy
Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too? And remember, if you're not sure about something, rub it against a piece of paper. If the paper turns clear, it's your window to weight gain.
cosjobs
Footballguy
They make other humans a bit more tolerable and keep my hands from shaking. Plus I look cool
The Future Champs
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
4. Get rid of toll roads and toll booths.
5. Columbus Day, gone.
6. Dollar bill replaced by dollar coin. Penny, gone.
7. Hikers who go to dangerous areas prepay for their rescue. Reimbursed if not needed.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter on 1-6.
However, 7. would keep bobcats from eating hippies. I don't think I can get behind that.
The Future Champs
Footballguy
Columbus Day matters to the Italians, and they're generally pretty low maintenance and fun to drink beer with, so I'm not getting on board with #5.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
8. No New cemeteries. Waste of perfectly good real estate. The existing ones can stay if it would make the Italians happy.
9. Death With Dignity laws nationwide.
Righetti
Footballguy
Righetti
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Righetti
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NorvilleBarnes
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NorvilleBarnes
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Jayrod
Footballguy
1. Mandatory 2-week paid vacation for all employees working at least 25 hours/week and mandatory 4 week paid maternity & paternity leave.
2. Decriminalize possession of all drugs.
3. Dramatically divert public funding for college students toward STEM degrees & trade schools (like 90-95%) as these are the fields that will be the most beneficial to our future society.
2. Decriminalize possession of all drugs.
3. Dramatically divert public funding for college students toward STEM degrees & trade schools (like 90-95%) as these are the fields that will be the most beneficial to our future society.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
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NorvilleBarnes
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12. Replace the Pro Bowl with something interesting (e.g. 2 worst teams play for the 1st round pick).
the moops
Footballguy
2 weeks paid vacation is garbage. Should be 4+ weeks.
4 weeks paternity I can get behind, but maternity leave should be in the months, not weeks. No way we should have women going back to work so quickly after giving birth
Jayrod
Footballguy
Lots of people don't get any or get only 1 week paid vacation, even after a year or two. This would be a dramatic change in some industries and 4 weeks would be a very tough pill for employers to swallow without some kind of federal assistance.
Also, the maternity/paternity needs to be equal, IMO. Limits some of the hidden gender gap issues and allows for fathers to be more involved with their children. Also, many employers have either no policy or a 2-week max paid. Many women just use up their vacation/sick time or take it unpaid. 4 weeks would be a pretty dramatic improvement, especially if the father gets time as well.
If you're the QB of one of those teams, do you throw a bunch of picks intentionally?
Bogart
Footballguy
Teams have to switch QBs to avoid this type of shenanigans.
And I would make it that the winning team (losing QB) gets the number one overall pick, meanwhile the losing team (winning QB) is picking number 32. Really make it worth something.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
1. Reinvent the FDA and provide a real food safety framework versus "generally recognized as safe".
2. Reinvent infrastructure commitment to preventative mental health care.
3. Establish a loophole-free federal revenue collection process that eliminates the robber baron class.
2. Reinvent infrastructure commitment to preventative mental health care.
3. Establish a loophole-free federal revenue collection process that eliminates the robber baron class.
Zow
Footballguy
Wait, you're for banning tobacco but opposing vaccine mandates? Assuming my understanding is correct, can you please explain how you distinguish the two issues?
Stealthycat
Footballguy
I think it will be years before we know everything about these covid shots
What we do know is that they don't keep you from getting the virus - they're not a vaccine in the traditional sense. We know that many many who have had the shots were not going to get covid bad anyway and we can toss those numbers out the window because they're irrelevant.
I personally believe that of the almost 1 million who've died from covid, a large % would have anyway regardless of the shots.
I'm not against the vaccines decades proven, the mRNA ones are new, they were rushed through and so because of all that and the above, I'd not mandate them.
Zow
Footballguy
I appreciate the response. I thought maybe you saw a philosophical difference between the two but it sounds like you distinguish the two for factual differences as opposed to philosophical.
Frankly, unless my perception of your political leanings is wrong (I understand you to be conservative), I'm surprised that you are in favor of the government restricting somebody's choice as to whether to put something potential harmful in his or her body.
Stealthycat
Footballguy
I do believe in freedom, I've lost a lot of faith in people making sane choices
I mean I'm going to sell you a product - and I'll tell you up front it causes cancer, it'll harm your health overall like skin, teeth, lungs, sense of smell/taste etc, your hygiene will suffer, it'll cost you tens of thousands of dollars because you'll get addicted and likely will not quit, ..... and millions of people say hell yes, I'll take me some of that good stuff !
its idiotic - ESPECIALLY since the lungs are not designed to breath water, lava, dirt or SMOKE
I'm against killing innocent life - but if we can ban harmful things like asbestos and lead paint, DDT and Roundup ... why tobacco is allowed like its allowed baffles my mind
(HULK)
(Smash)
Lots of interesting suggestions with the goal of improving the country. However, I think you're all playing your hands incorrectly, here are my 3 new laws:
-An unrepealable tax of 2% on ALL income (corporate and individual) above one million dollars annually goes directly to me
-A perpetual and enduring grant of complete and total legal immunity to myself
-A grant of all federal lands to me
Pretty sure I could actually do more to improve the country with these 3 laws than anything else. Or, I could chose to be selfish AF with it. Up to me
-An unrepealable tax of 2% on ALL income (corporate and individual) above one million dollars annually goes directly to me
-A perpetual and enduring grant of complete and total legal immunity to myself
-A grant of all federal lands to me
Pretty sure I could actually do more to improve the country with these 3 laws than anything else. Or, I could chose to be selfish AF with it. Up to me
FairWarning
Footballguy
Yeah, figured that was the intent. If I'm the QB, I assume I'm more likely to lose my starting job if my team drafts first. "Oops, I definitely didn't mean to throw a pick-six there!"
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
1. 4 day work week.
2. Flat tax rate thinking 18-20% (don't hold me to that number, just throwing something out there). No deductions or loopholes.
3. Federal and State government budgets must always be balanced.
HM: 4. No foreign aid while we have National debt. I'm not debt financing donations to other countries.
2. Flat tax rate thinking 18-20% (don't hold me to that number, just throwing something out there). No deductions or loopholes.
3. Federal and State government budgets must always be balanced.
HM: 4. No foreign aid while we have National debt. I'm not debt financing donations to other countries.
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
Who made you king?!
Mozzarella isn't so bad, at least as cheese goes.
If someone only ate protein that can be unhealthy so tax protein too.
quick-hands
Footballguy
To find out what I'll do after I'm king. You'll have to make me king.
quick-hands
Footballguy
James Daulton
Footballguy
I like most of these. Not 100% behind the no foreign aid one, but I get the idea.
Love the 4 day work week and I'm really coming around on a flat tax
Which flat tax?
"Flat Tax" = No deductions, all types of income treated identically, just divide by the rate
--or--
"Flat Tax" = All people pay the same rate, regardless of income/wealth
1) A bipartisan permanent commission annually selects the 3-5 most accurate news reporting sources and awards them with cash collected from the 3-5 least accurate news reporting sources. If fines are not paid they lose their FCC license. The individual that presents the least accurate news gets one of their fingernails tore off
2)A bipartisan commission selects congressional districts in all states. A bipartisan judicial court is setup to review disputes and confirm the districts.
3)A code of ethics ( very specific code)would be established for members of Congress and the same bipartisan judicial court would do the censuring, committee removal or outright removal from Congress.
2)A bipartisan commission selects congressional districts in all states. A bipartisan judicial court is setup to review disputes and confirm the districts.
3)A code of ethics ( very specific code)would be established for members of Congress and the same bipartisan judicial court would do the censuring, committee removal or outright removal from Congress.
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