If I were president

Not like for bad like a sith. No, you would be a good jedi. You'd be a jedi who was with the light, not the dark.~Mos Def, about me being president

Here are some of the things I would do first if I was president:
*Note: this is not the whole list, just what I would do in my first few weeks

• Shut down the School of the Americas in GA, and any other school like it
• Universal health care (this means for everyone!)
• I know that schools are locally run, but I would pour money into public schools, for improved infrastructure, supplies and good teachers
• Pull out of Iraq, Afghanistan, other foreign countries
• Use the soldiers to rebuild things in the US (similar to programs during New Deal)
• Reduce the military budget significantly, put towards schools, health care
• 2 years of service after college and we will forgive your federal loans
• Put the US 100% behind the UN, work to improve it
• Total reform of IMF, World Bank; forgive loans owed by poor nations
• Raise (lower?) the threshold for what it means to live in poverty in US so more families can get benefits, increase and put more federal money into these benefits
• Increase taxes for those in the top tax brackets; get rid of regressive taxes
• Legalize gay unions, partners deserve the same benefits as hetero couples
• Get religion out of the government- this includes public swearing on bibles, "under god," etc.
• Eliminate the death penalty
• Protect a woman's right to choose
• There are countless other things I would do but this is all I can think of right now

~Caitlin