So I posted earlier what my first commercial would be if I ran for President.
Let me move on to more important stuff. What is my platform? What would I like to accomplish as President? I am going to list a few. I am also going to follow that up with an incredible quote that would sum up my Presidency. Then ask if you have any specific questions, please feel free to right them in a comment. I will gladly share my feelings on what I as President could, should and would do.
Domestic Policy:
This is where I would enact the greatest change and biggest benefits to the citizens of the United States of America.
1) I will not rest until The Fair Tax Act is passed.
2) I will continue this public economic coup by pulling control of the Dollar from the Federal Reserve, putting as back on the gold standard, and allowing savings to dictate interest rates and not some independent group of people who's interests are completely unknown to the American people.
3) To finish of the economic front of my domestic policy, I would dissolve all federal agency that compete with the private sector, (except in the cases where the constitution permits)
After the economic portion of my platform is moving. I will begin to move to the radical reduction in size and scope of the federal government.
1) I would reduce the number of Departments currently in use by the federal government. This will be accomplished by first merging several Departments, and having some enveloped into others.
2) I would eliminate any government funding that is not completely accepted by the Constitution.
Foreign Policy:
I am not going to pretend to know all the workings of every country throughout the world. I will however completely acknowledge the fact, there are people that hate out country. And no matter what we do there always will be. (You can not please all the people, all the time).
That being said, I will continue to show the world that the United States of America will completely and without hesitation defend our land, our allies and our interests no matter where or what they may be.
I will politely pull the United States of America out of the completely inept and non-working United Nations. Giving them four years to relocate outside the borders of the United States.
I will not be forced into using the US military as the worlds policy force. The US Armed Forces will be deployed only in the defense our land, our allies and our interests.
That covers the basics of my platform. As I said previously feel free to post any questions I will be happy to answer them. In short I believe in the power of the people to make decisions for themselves. I believe in limited government. I believe we are a singular part of this planet, that can't stand alone but also can not join everyone.
"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is `needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents 'interests,' I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.” [Barry Goldwater]
He couldn't have defined my beliefs any better.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
On God and Existence
Thanks Jerry Prigmore(a facebook friend) for sharing this with us.
I believe in a reality, an existence, that is too big for me to fully see with my finite vision, fully perceive with my finite senses, fully measure with the impressive but finite tools at my disposal, fully grasp with my finite intellect, or fully conceive with my finite imagination. Yet I have been ridiculed for my belief in God by equally finite people who are confident in their ability to know and state categorically that there is no infinite and no God, although it is impossible to do so. They are like a man cut out of a sheet of notebook paper who tells his fellow two-dimensional paper people that to talk of other non-scientifically proveable dimensions and of a three-dimensional world inhabited by large, multicolored, three-dimensional beings who wear shoes and play basketball and eat tacos is foolish and even dangerous, and that only the ignorant and superstitious do so.
To try to understand existence with no reference point outside of that which is observable is like trying to lift oneself off the ground by standing on a rope on the floor with both feet and then pulling up on the rope with both hands. As Francis Schaeffer wrote in The God Who is There, to try to derive meaning for man with only man as a starting point is like wandering along the wall of a round, featureless, pitch-black room without windows or doors. They confidently deny the existence of the infinite God without understanding the meaning of finitum non capax infinitum - the finite cannot contain (or grasp) the infinite.
I believe in a reality, an existence, that is too big for me to fully see with my finite vision, fully perceive with my finite senses, fully measure with the impressive but finite tools at my disposal, fully grasp with my finite intellect, or fully conceive with my finite imagination. Yet I have been ridiculed for my belief in God by equally finite people who are confident in their ability to know and state categorically that there is no infinite and no God, although it is impossible to do so. They are like a man cut out of a sheet of notebook paper who tells his fellow two-dimensional paper people that to talk of other non-scientifically proveable dimensions and of a three-dimensional world inhabited by large, multicolored, three-dimensional beings who wear shoes and play basketball and eat tacos is foolish and even dangerous, and that only the ignorant and superstitious do so.
To try to understand existence with no reference point outside of that which is observable is like trying to lift oneself off the ground by standing on a rope on the floor with both feet and then pulling up on the rope with both hands. As Francis Schaeffer wrote in The God Who is There, to try to derive meaning for man with only man as a starting point is like wandering along the wall of a round, featureless, pitch-black room without windows or doors. They confidently deny the existence of the infinite God without understanding the meaning of finitum non capax infinitum - the finite cannot contain (or grasp) the infinite.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Corporate Taxes, and Job Creation
CORPORATE TAXES
I may have done a post on this previously, but it never gets told enough.
Who exactly pays Corporate Taxes? These are the taxes the government; Local, State and Federal; impose upon corporations and businesses both large and small.
So I ask again, who pays these taxes? The first answer most people conclude is The corporation or business that is being charged those taxes. But, where do they get their money to pay those taxes? They get it from the consumer of the goods or services they provide. When the price of being in business goes up, whether it be an increase in manufacturing costs, and increase in labor costs, or even an increase in regulatory or taxation costs, these corporations and business pass the expense on to the consumer.
So please stop crying for more corporate taxes. I pay enough for the goods and services I purchase already.
JOB CREATION
I have been hearing a lot lately about the government creating jobs. I became curious, How exactly does the government create jobs? I went even deeper, How are jobs created?
Jobs are created when a demand for a good or service out paces the production or availability of the particular good or service. Which causes the manufacturer or provider of those goods or services to find ways to narrow the gap between supply and demand. The quickest and typically easiest way is to hire more employees, to create more goods or to provide more service. That is job creation.
Now that we know how jobs are created, How can the government do this? What goods or services does the government provide? How can they create a gap between the supply and the demand? Thus creating a need for job creation.
Lets answer the first part. What goods or service does the government provide? Well thankfully the government doesn't provide any goods. so that narrows are search to what services does the government supply.
Well if we read the Constitution:
Establish Justice: The government runs the courts. How can more jobs be created there? More criminals, more civil suits.
Insure Domestic Tranquility: Keep our streets safe from crime. How can more jobs be created there? More crime.
Provide for the common defense: Military. How can more jobs be created there? More wars.
Promote the general welfare: The health and financial security of the people. How can we create more jobs there? More people lose their current jobs, More people get sick.
Secure the blessing of liberty: Stay free. I really don't think this something the government does, and is more in line of what the government doesn't. So this would be a job for the government that would actually require less jobs to do better.
So now after we figure out what the government provides, and how jobs are created. Do we really want to live in a country where the government is the ones creating jobs. More crime, More Criminals, More War, More Sick and More Poor.
The Best and only true job creation comes from the private sector. The same corporations and businesses that are being asked to pay more in taxes.
Who Is Creating Jobs?
I may have done a post on this previously, but it never gets told enough.
Who exactly pays Corporate Taxes? These are the taxes the government; Local, State and Federal; impose upon corporations and businesses both large and small.
So I ask again, who pays these taxes? The first answer most people conclude is The corporation or business that is being charged those taxes. But, where do they get their money to pay those taxes? They get it from the consumer of the goods or services they provide. When the price of being in business goes up, whether it be an increase in manufacturing costs, and increase in labor costs, or even an increase in regulatory or taxation costs, these corporations and business pass the expense on to the consumer.
So please stop crying for more corporate taxes. I pay enough for the goods and services I purchase already.
JOB CREATION
I have been hearing a lot lately about the government creating jobs. I became curious, How exactly does the government create jobs? I went even deeper, How are jobs created?
Jobs are created when a demand for a good or service out paces the production or availability of the particular good or service. Which causes the manufacturer or provider of those goods or services to find ways to narrow the gap between supply and demand. The quickest and typically easiest way is to hire more employees, to create more goods or to provide more service. That is job creation.
Now that we know how jobs are created, How can the government do this? What goods or services does the government provide? How can they create a gap between the supply and the demand? Thus creating a need for job creation.
Lets answer the first part. What goods or service does the government provide? Well thankfully the government doesn't provide any goods. so that narrows are search to what services does the government supply.
Well if we read the Constitution:
Establish Justice: The government runs the courts. How can more jobs be created there? More criminals, more civil suits.
Insure Domestic Tranquility: Keep our streets safe from crime. How can more jobs be created there? More crime.
Provide for the common defense: Military. How can more jobs be created there? More wars.
Promote the general welfare: The health and financial security of the people. How can we create more jobs there? More people lose their current jobs, More people get sick.
Secure the blessing of liberty: Stay free. I really don't think this something the government does, and is more in line of what the government doesn't. So this would be a job for the government that would actually require less jobs to do better.
So now after we figure out what the government provides, and how jobs are created. Do we really want to live in a country where the government is the ones creating jobs. More crime, More Criminals, More War, More Sick and More Poor.
The Best and only true job creation comes from the private sector. The same corporations and businesses that are being asked to pay more in taxes.
Who Is Creating Jobs?
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
My First Commercial.
So I came up with my idea for my first commercial when I run for President.
Half body shot of me standing in front of a huge chart showing the US Budget over the past 20 years.
Me: During the last Presidential campaign Barrack Obama spoke of trimming the Federal Budget with a scalpel, while John McCain wanted to use a hatchet. Well i feel that drastic times call for far more drastic measures.
The camera zooms out while I put on safety goggles, slowly revealing a gas powered chainsaw. I pull start it, and shred the budget chart behind me. Once the chart is sufficiently destroyed. I turn off the chainsaw, turn to the camera while lifting up the safety goggles.
Me: I am Jason Schmidt and I approve this message.
*For those serious about a fiscally responsible federal government, you are welcome to use this.
Half body shot of me standing in front of a huge chart showing the US Budget over the past 20 years.
Me: During the last Presidential campaign Barrack Obama spoke of trimming the Federal Budget with a scalpel, while John McCain wanted to use a hatchet. Well i feel that drastic times call for far more drastic measures.
The camera zooms out while I put on safety goggles, slowly revealing a gas powered chainsaw. I pull start it, and shred the budget chart behind me. Once the chart is sufficiently destroyed. I turn off the chainsaw, turn to the camera while lifting up the safety goggles.
Me: I am Jason Schmidt and I approve this message.
*For those serious about a fiscally responsible federal government, you are welcome to use this.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Just because I haven't posted anything for sometime.
So, If you haven't seen or heard me mention it. I have a 300 Disc CD changer and it is about 90% full(only after ridding myself of about 100 CDs i never listen to.)
So every once and awhile i get lost in the past and wonder why I ever listened to a particular band or artist when i realize how simple and mundane their music is to me now. But every so often a true gem from the past jumps out at me. here is a couple. Only the lyrics sorry. I haven't quite figured out how to put sound on my blog.
STEVE TAYLOR - Jesus is for Losers
If I was driven
Driven ahead by some noble ideal
Who took the wheel?
If I was given
Given a glimpse of some glorious road
When was it sold?
So caught up in the chase
I keep forgetting my place
Just as I am
I am stiff-necked and proud
Jesus is for losers
Why do I still play to the crowd?
Just as I am
Pass the compass, please
Jesus is for losers
I'm off about a hundred degrees
If I was groping
Groping around for some ladder to fame
I am ashamed
If I was hoping
Hoping respect would make a sturdy footstool
I am a fool
Bone-weary every climb
Blindsided every time
Just as I am
I am needy and dry
Jesus is for losers
The self-made need not apply
Just as I am
In a desert crawl
Lord, I'm so thirsty
Take me to the waterfall
And if you're certain
Certain your life is some cosmic mistake
Why do you shake?
And if you're certain
Certain that faith is some know-nothing mask
Why do you still ask?
They don't grade here on the curve
We both know what we deserve
Just as you are
Just a wretch like me
Jesus is for losers
Grace from the blood of a tree
Just as we are
At a total loss
Jesus is for losers
Broken at the foot of the cross
Just as I am
Pass the compass, please
Jesus is for losers
I'm off about a hundred degrees
Just as I am
In a desert crawl
Lord, I'm so thirsty
Take me to the waterfall
Collective Soul - Blame
You pushed me down
For all the world to see
I guess that's your price
For my loyalty
So while you're tasting sin
And swallowing pain
Don't look at me
To take your blame
When you're willing to render
To the guilt you concede
When truth is your reason
Then lay that blame on me
When you unveil a conscience
And with peace you agree
When love is your constant
Then lay that blame on me
You lay me out
In hopes that I'd wilt away
But strength rained down
And love provided shade
So while the pageant of lies
Still glow from your tongue
Don't blame me for
Your Kingdom Come
When you're willing to render
To the guilt you concede
When truth is your reason
Then lay that blame on me
When you unveil a conscience
And with peace you agree
When love is your constant
Then lay that blame on me
Question your answers
Truth has no anger
Gather up your words
Redemption now offered
So every once and awhile i get lost in the past and wonder why I ever listened to a particular band or artist when i realize how simple and mundane their music is to me now. But every so often a true gem from the past jumps out at me. here is a couple. Only the lyrics sorry. I haven't quite figured out how to put sound on my blog.
STEVE TAYLOR - Jesus is for Losers
If I was driven
Driven ahead by some noble ideal
Who took the wheel?
If I was given
Given a glimpse of some glorious road
When was it sold?
So caught up in the chase
I keep forgetting my place
Just as I am
I am stiff-necked and proud
Jesus is for losers
Why do I still play to the crowd?
Just as I am
Pass the compass, please
Jesus is for losers
I'm off about a hundred degrees
If I was groping
Groping around for some ladder to fame
I am ashamed
If I was hoping
Hoping respect would make a sturdy footstool
I am a fool
Bone-weary every climb
Blindsided every time
Just as I am
I am needy and dry
Jesus is for losers
The self-made need not apply
Just as I am
In a desert crawl
Lord, I'm so thirsty
Take me to the waterfall
And if you're certain
Certain your life is some cosmic mistake
Why do you shake?
And if you're certain
Certain that faith is some know-nothing mask
Why do you still ask?
They don't grade here on the curve
We both know what we deserve
Just as you are
Just a wretch like me
Jesus is for losers
Grace from the blood of a tree
Just as we are
At a total loss
Jesus is for losers
Broken at the foot of the cross
Just as I am
Pass the compass, please
Jesus is for losers
I'm off about a hundred degrees
Just as I am
In a desert crawl
Lord, I'm so thirsty
Take me to the waterfall
Collective Soul - Blame
You pushed me down
For all the world to see
I guess that's your price
For my loyalty
So while you're tasting sin
And swallowing pain
Don't look at me
To take your blame
When you're willing to render
To the guilt you concede
When truth is your reason
Then lay that blame on me
When you unveil a conscience
And with peace you agree
When love is your constant
Then lay that blame on me
You lay me out
In hopes that I'd wilt away
But strength rained down
And love provided shade
So while the pageant of lies
Still glow from your tongue
Don't blame me for
Your Kingdom Come
When you're willing to render
To the guilt you concede
When truth is your reason
Then lay that blame on me
When you unveil a conscience
And with peace you agree
When love is your constant
Then lay that blame on me
Question your answers
Truth has no anger
Gather up your words
Redemption now offered
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Something my friend Dan showed me.
If you are a fact nut like me. You are going to absolutely love this.
Wolfram/Alpha
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Wolfram/Alpha
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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