If you could pass any law, what would it be?
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That there should be health warning sign's on technology for people over 50. Because old people and technology don't mix, I'm alway's telling my mum off for crashing her computer!\n\nLike on home Mobile phone's it could say : Warning this device can show your family your low IQ. Please hold up the right way up.\n\nOn PCs : Warning please do not use without the permission of your children. \n\n\nAlso I'd make all chocolate free.  :o)
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Undercover Traffic Cop.\n\nSince we are fantasizing, instead of giving the a-holes tickets, I would have the power to immediately impound their cars and suspend their driving privileges.\n\nI would drive around in a Kermit-the-Frog Green Gremlin and catch everybody who is the recipient of the finger from other drivers.
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If you could be a little more specific, i could answer.  what particular statute, what state, service aspect or consumtion aspect.
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End:\n\n-Income Taxes\n-90% of welfare\n-HUD and other wasteful Gov't programs\n\nI would Return as much power to the states as I could.\nAddress the nation with a speech of personal liberties freedoms.\n\n\n\nBasicaly Try to Change the Government back to the way the Founding Fathers Wanted it to be.
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Be good citizen!\nRemember :"Right or wrong is my country"
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An act is a law that was passed by a legislature.
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Changing the driving age from 16 to 18 (yes they are talking about it,) banning drugs (pot use), smoking laws (banning smoking in public places). The pledge of alligeance (should you have to say under god, should it be said in schools?) Hope this helps
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What ever state law says.
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The same as we learn in Kindergarten.\n1. No taking anyone else's stuff.\n2. Keep your own stuff straight.\n3. Treat others as you want to be treated.\n4. Everyone has to chill (nap) at least once a day.\nAnd then one I'd add:\n5. I can make as many laws as I want.
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whatever you want it to be.
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anything that is against the law of the government.
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oh my goodness, all the laws I would repeal.... I would have to go through all of them one by one and start marking writing bills to repeal so many... oh, it would take me sooooo long to write all those bills, I'd be writing from the moment I got up until the moment my day was over.... \n\nLaws that spend our money carelessly especially would be repealed, I'd propose cuts so many social programs and propose layoffs to so many people and force them to get real jobs in the private sector (God knows they need to work for a living instead of sponging).\n\nI'd insist on the tax cuts being a permanent deal after 2010. I'd have to propose two new bills for law though, one demanding one bill one law (no more of this padding the bill with things that have nothing to do with the law being proposed), and the other making it illegal for Federal, State and Local government to tax income and spending and property.... No more three sided taxes, choose one and call it a day.
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What's the point in having a law if you don't intend to enforce it?  Of course it can be enforced - it's a matter of getting sufficient resources and having the WILL to enforce it!  Which seems to be sadly lacking ... until election time ...
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The government could pass such a law. It could also tell us how to dress, what music is acceptable and which citys and states we're allowed to visit. All based on reasonable concerns for our safety, the environment, public health (mental & physical) or whichever social concern happens to be in fashion. And it would almost certainly fail. Remember prohibition. \n The best solutions are the simplest. Make gas more expensive, make other fuels less expensive, make an suv that gets 50 miles per gallon.
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Since I am a musician first thing I would do is pass a law banning getting up before 10am.\n\nOn a serious note,\n\nThe President has very little power that can be wielded in one day. Outside of signing an executive order that could be turned over by congress or the court. However if I had the ability to pass any laws this is some of what I would do. I do thank the founding fathers for being smart enough to create our Government so no one person has this type of power, even if everyone of my ideas are the right thing to do. \n\n1. Abolish the IRS, go to a VAT tax which is the only fair way to do taxes. With a max tax cap of 10%\n\n2. Ban the murder of the innocent unborn babies via needless abortions.\n\n3. Give me (the President) a line item veto to get rid of pork spending. Change that get rid of all pork barrel spending. Outside of defense, roads and public safety there is not much more this government needs to be doing anyway. \n\n4. Allow for the drilling of oil off shore and in Alaska.
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In a real democracy we would each be voting for every piece of legislation. No legislature needed.
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I would outlaw ignorance by penalty of death.\n\nBoy would that leave room for the rest of us, and Yahoo Answers would lose about 95% of their users. If you have posted an answer with a misspelling, because you did not use spell check, or you simply write like an unintelligent moron, then you would be in that 95% that would be gone. Load them on a bus, and off they go, straight to death row, no appeal!\n\nBecause I have a low tolerance for ignorance!\n\nThe question was "If you were elected president today what would be your first act and why"\n\nSo this would be my first act, there would be many more to follow some listed in the other good answers.\n\n\nEDIT:\nAfter looking above (at the first 23 answers) I was surprised to see so many well written answers. That is very unusual. However I did notice one that used the word president were they meant precedent. Get on the bus!\nOne that misspelled illegal as "illiagal" Get on the bus!\nOne that misspelled legalize as "legalise" Get on the bus!\n\nIf you referred to yourself as "i" instead of I or if you wrote "id" instead of I'd. Get on the bus!\n\nIf you separated words only with punctuation. Get on the bus!\n\nThis is American Yahoo so obviously he meant President of the US. If you were not born in America, you are not eligible to be President, so if you you were not born in America and you answered. Get on the bus!\n\nOlcay the first seat would be yours!