1.  Free citizenship\n2.  A brand new house with a acre of land\n3.  Tax exempt status\n4.  Free Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage\n5.  $100,000 to begin a new life\n6.  Unlimited gift certificates to all stores\n7.  Free scholarships to the schools of their choice\n8.  The privilege of voting twice in any election\n\nDo you think they would be happy then?  They would probably protest if their $100,000 check from the government was a day late.
216843
Not until black people are given their 40 acres and a mule. Seriously. We do way too much for foreigners in our country but won't take care of our own people. It's sickening..and I don't have any problem with their race, ethnicity. Just wanted to clarify that.
623750
Absolutely spiffing idea!!!  It would work too!!!!  These greedy so and so's should be hit where it hurts them, and for them it would appear money is more important than patriotism ..... so, sue every last greedy one of them!!!!!!!!!
378474
Two years right after highschool no college exemptions. Would be a terrific idea. However not just for the republicans but for all. Most politicians have children and grandchildren. They would think twice and make sure the battle we are fighting are for the right reasons. They aren't going to send their kids/grandkids a purposeful reason.
318651
Nah. I think it could be great. War would be rare, people would eat well, education would change to fit individual need, and taxes could be lowered because spending would be different.
321637
They get free child care, free medical care, food stamps, earned income tax refunds, in-state tuition, and lots of other stuff that struggling, single parent mothers don't get.  They have consulates in major cities to direct them to all the freebies, and they don't pay taxes.  They steal identities...in Utah we have over 8,000 children under 12 who has had their identities (social security number) stolen....they buy cars, get jobs and buy houses with stolen identities and work through "front" mortgage companies to buy their homes.  Man, whatalife! No wonder there is a rush to the border.....\n\nBut sooner or later the Real Legal, the Legal Immigrant will be bankrupt because of the horrific cost of these folks.
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1. I would build a free center for teenagers with state of the art video games, a bowling alley, baskeball courts, tennis courts, baseball diamonds and an inside and outside olympic size swimming pool, a skating rink for both summer and winter, a ramp for bicycles and one for skating. I would stock it with free fruit, healthy snacks and healthy drinks. I would hire the best people to run it and a lot of counselors who have excellent communication skill to interact with the teens.\n2. I would hire more police to cut down on crime.\n3. I would pay each student from middle to high school a monthly salary. Based on their attendence and grades. When they graduated from high school, they would get a one time graduation check.\n4. I would discard all expired food in the food pantries and restock it will new supplies and include cleaning supplies and laundry detergent etc. I would buy refrigerators and freezers so that people who need food would not have to go without other things like:milk,margarine,cheese,eggs,and meat etc.
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Well I have 4 kids and I'm a single mother. I can not work at the moment because I can not find proper child care for the two children that don't attend school.( I would love to be working) But here is the deal, Me and my kids are living in a small 2br, 1 ba home, you could donate about $2,500.00 to us so that we can pay the down payment on a new and bigger home. Charity I guess you could say, but I would consider it to be a blessing. Ty   latovat@yahoo.com
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When a corporation donates $100K to a candidate, they expect a return on that investment. Your friendly neighborhood Member of Congress is happy to provide that return, since it comes out of the National Treasury and not his (or her) own pocket.\n\nEliminate the system that makes Members so dependent on campaign contributions. Each candidate gets an equal amount of free TV time, free radio time, free newspaper space, free mailings, web page, etc. None of these annoying 30 second spots, just the daily speech or debate or whatever.\n\nIn short, alter things so that the Members are more concerned with directly winning votes via serving their constituents than with BUYING votes via advertising blitz.
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The heart of your thinking I think would be best applied through strengthening the workers in this country (and thus the broad tax base) A strong family that is secure in it's health and it's retirement will turn their thoughts away from a day to day struggle that pursists today, and toward their surroundings. This would greatly help us to address other issues such as the environment and poverty right here at home. There should be a worker's rights amendment. The right to cheap health coverage. The right to job saftey. The right to a living wage. I think the fastest way to get this sort of broad based reform done is through organisation. Not like a classical union. More like an association that would draw together to leverage certain trhings from our government. Like a group that is millions strong would be able to negotiate better health coverage than even a large corporation could. Starting there and with similar issues that could be achieved through a voter soliderity almost like that of a union, but a little bit more effective, and with a different mission. It wouldn't be done through the work place, but at home so there couldn't be any kind of adverse reactions from corporates and the like. As long as you work and pay taxes, you would be eligable for membership. And with success, taking bigger bites at the apple. AAnd who knows, maybe something like that would end up putting a fire into our 2 party system of government. Or perhaps replace it altogether.
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1. I'm independent so I did not vote in the primary and my state (Texas) does not allow mix voting in primaries. If it did I would vote mix in primaries.\n\n2. I grew up middle class and will always consider myself middle class.  With that said my spouse and I make over $100,000 per year and I'm not sure where we would fall in the scale.\n\n3. Health-care Administration\n\n4. I going to say no.  However if a candidate is being too religious, that to me a reason not to vote for them.\n\n5. Sending a message to Washington and Austin that one party should not be in charge of all branches of government.\n\n6. Yes I did vote.
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make it harder for them to obtain work.  Deny their children public school education.  Deny them all except critical medical care. Change the constitution so that children born in the US not non-citizens are not automatically citizens.  make all cash transfers out of the country subject to 50% federal tax if the sender is not here legally.  Foreign nationals cannot transport more than $100 US on their person when they cross the border.  etc, etc, etc
268009
Great Idea!  In addition to that, in regards to education, they, and their children cannot attend a public school for free.  They must pay a tuition fee, yes, even for a public school since they entirely don't meet the "residency" status.  No free lunch or breakfast for them and as far as "after school program" they may not participate.  If they wish to participate, they must pay an enrollment fee, monthly fee, etc.  Those programs are provided by taxpayers, and the people who voted to increase the school budget wanted to help the LEGAL children, not the ILLEGAL children.  Americans can't afford it.  Look at it this way, if I were to attend a University at a different State where I live, I'm sure I am expected to pay extra since I don't meet the "residency" status they required. Same logic.\n\nbtw,\n\nIf you're against illegal immigration, please click on the link below. United we stand, together we'll defeat and deport the illegals!!\n\nhttp://www.illegalimmigrantprotest.com
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Wow! Nice insightful question. \nAs President I would:\n1 bring the troops home to protect are boarders, nuclear power plants and public transportation.\n2 I would have a legitimate team of people investigate the Bush administration.\n3 I would try to pass a law that would require all non emergency government vehicles be hybrids.\n4 I would sit down with a group of teachers and discuss what can be done to fix our educational program. (Teachers not administrator who have never stepped one foot in a class room.)\n5 I would work with doctors, nurses and insurance companies to provide a nation wide health care program.\n6 to take further steps in the environment I would offer huge tax breaks to people who buy a hybrid car that year.\n7 yes I would probably raise taxes for a little while (we have no chose now that this admin has put us in so much dept that we owe more then this country is worth.)\n8 I would offer tax breaks to those companies who produce more hybrid vehicles then regular, I would also add in a stipulation that any car that exceeds 55 mpg in the city would qualify\n9 I would legalize marijuana, place regulations on its growers and tax it.\n10 I would try like hell to pass a law that would not allow a company that has taken American jobs out of the USA and put them in a foreign Country to import those products back into America. (I say try because God knows this is going to be tough to get through congress.)\n11 This one should be higher on the list but I just remembered (duh) I would raise the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour.\n12 I would try to pass a law that any company who lies off more then 50 workers in a year will not be eligible for any tax breaks\n13 I would start showing up regularly to natal to talk to other world leaders and there representatives.\n14 I would work with colleges and universities to find a way to make state colleges and universities free to the public.\n15 I would take a major pay cut\n16 I would offer a huge tax break for the first car company to make all there vehicles environmentally friendly.\n17 I would try to push through a law that will place harsher punishment on crimes and that anyone in prison will be required to work for the state on clean up crews. (No free meals! No cable TV you earn your keep)\n That is for starters!
659173
I think that's a great idea.  Sure, it'd mean a bit more in taxes, but First Aid and CPR are worth the money, and basic living skills may even save money in the long run by helping out people who aren't well-off stay off welfare and medicaid.
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How about something about what it would be like if every city or town took care of their own?  \n\nIt would be a "what if" paper and you could let your imagination go with it.\n\nWhat if churches took collections to help the poor, hungry, homeless ect and not collect money to build a new million dollar church for themselves?\n\nWhat if school children sold candy bars etc to make money to help the needy in their own town and not to earn prizes for themselves?\n\nWhat if we took care of our own first before we took care of the rest of the world?  \n\nWhat should towns and / or cities do when they have citizens who have more money than most?  Should they give more?  \n\nAnyway, it's something to think about? and it will leave the competition graders with something different to think about also.
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Lump Sum as you have no idea what the tax laws could change to in the future........  First thing i would do is to set up a 1 million dollar trrust to send ANY child related to me now or in the future to go to collegte only restriction is that they would have to finish thier degree, then they would be debt free failure to do so would require them to pay it back.  second thing give 1.5 million to my brothers and sisters and cousins... here you go pay off your bills buy a new car, house what ever but,,,, this is all there is you can not have anymore .
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I've often thought that everyone should have to pass the same test as an immigrant who is being naturalized before they get the full rights of citizenship.  What we get free we don't value, and far to many people in the U.S. value neither their citizenship nor their freedoms.  I sometimes feel they don't even value their country.  I wouldn't require government service or anything like that for citizenship, that smacks too much of a police state, and it should be something that can't simply be paid for but which will require both work and study.  It would be possible for a person to live in this country without passing the test if they so chose, like a legal alien, they just couldn't vote, hold public office, receive a passport, serve as an Officer of a Court, serve as an Officer in the Armed Forces, or be eligible for government benefits and assistance.  They would still pay their taxes like any other legal alien.  When U.S. Citizenship is a privilege to be earned, and not a free prize, people might start taking their responsibilities more seriously.