ok so this is something ive been contemplating for a long time, and who knows i may even do it
basically if i was pm i would;
leave the eu (cause it sucks)
scrap benefits, and instead replace them with a system whereby the government becomes the employer of last resort, this will help to reduce government costs on expensive construction projects and other government funded projects by providing cheap unskilled labour, it would also help get those lazy bastard chavs off their own arses and gain some useful skills, it would be run like a company, you dont pull your weight, sod off, you get 5 chances (cause its an employer of last resort) and then your out on your own, people with genuine disabilities will be given simple jobs for instance if wheelchair bound, you will be given a low spec government laptop and will be doing things like simple data entry, this way you can still pull your weight and feel gratified that you are contributing, other concessions for disabilities will include things like major reductions on tax for your immediate family to help them support you, and if you truly cannot do anything at al, then one of the government vocations will be as a caregiver, although this sector of employment will be heavily regulated as to avoid theft by such caregivers or maltreatment
other things will include a total rethink on education, including adding new compulsory classes such as life skills, things like learning how to do your accounts or how to grow vegetables, simple self reliance skills that everyone should know but doesnt...i would also offer greater incentives to businesses and organisations to help fund schooling by giving minor concessions on tax, but in return you will have to employ a certain amount of people straight out of education, helping to decrease unemployment and offer gainful opportunities to the next generation.
i would also streamline the entire government and restructure public services, essentially i'd turn it into a big business, no more throwing around money like its water in a pool, but actual proper accounting for each and every penny, making sure nothing goes to waste and maximising the good that the government has the potential to do.
i would also outsource prisons to russia or some such, sounds weird but lemme explain, instead of spending thousands on each prisoner and housing them in the uk, major offenders will be sent to a prison complex in siberia, where you would pay a prison company to house and feed them for X amount of time, at a rate of Y per month, you wouldnt need too high security as any prisoner that can walk 3000 miles through subzero temperatures and fight off bears, deserves their own freedom
and almost none of them would be stupid enough to try.
i would also legalize all softer drugs, and regulate them properly, eliminating billions of pounds that are spent on fighting the drug trade, this would also have a positive impact on crime rates, as if you think about it about 90% of crime is drug related, wether it be a mugging to get money, or burglary, or a drug fuelled rape, or just simply getting caught with drugs, so not only would you gain millions, and possibly billions from taxation of cannabis and shrooms, but you would reduce expenditure dramatically...for harder drugs i would have state sponsored institutions run by licensed proffessionals that provide a safe and clean enviroment as well as pure drugs, so if your a heroin addict you can come to this nice place, and take all the heroin you wish, but in a clean enviroment away from the rest of the population, treatment for the addiction (as i view it as more of an illness than a criminal matter) will be provided to those who need and opportunities to become a gainful member society will be given.
top on my list would be scientific funding, we used to be the centre of the world in terms of innnovation and excellence, and we should be again, we should create for ourselves a scientific haven and lead the world once again, this would give us cutting edge technology for our soldiers, the best standard of medical care in the world (where other countries have too strict restrictions on testing experimental drugs and such like, i would make it easier for clinical trials to move onto human testing, but increased funding should increase the rate at which such drugs are developed and tested anyway so this may not be needed) any new drugs would the property of the state and would either be outsourced for production or the government would have their own factories to produce them, essentially giving the government LTD. a new market to expand into.
things like import duties and tax concessions could be used instead of actual payment to companies if it proves viable and cheaper for the government, cutting spending, whilst not impacting projects or services provided.
i'd also try to bring back the sense of englishness again, as i feel most of the country has lost its patriotism and the english identity is somewhat lost, to help with this i'd do things like making it legal to smoke in pubs again, hopefully renewing interest and business for pubs, as the smoking ban was undoubtedly one of the major reasons pub trade is declining.
there are many many other things i'd change and these ideas are by no means a finalised plan, but need to be polished up alot, but it gives you an idea of the way i think the country should be run
k end of rant
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