Maybe I should run for President...

Maybe I should run for President – I’m More Popular than Hilary or Bill! LOL

Date Posted: April 7th, 2008
Written by Patrick Curl
Category: Announcements

Alrighty,

This is pretty funny, I just did a check on Twitterholic, and according to their stats, I’m more popular than Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton!

If I’m that popular maybe I should run for President… of Course Obama would still beat me, as he’s #1, just as long as he beats Hillary in the Primaries – that’s all I care about.

What would be your top issues if you were to run for president?

My Top Issues:

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  1. Get the FREAK out of IRAQ! First and Foremost, aka NOW, aka ASAP, aka GO Straight to home - do not PASS GO!
  2. Universal Healthcare for every citizen – I don’t care if I have to wait in line 2 hours, if that means that nobody is left out. Seriously, isn’t it “We the People – For the People?” If so, shouldn’t everyone have access to quality healthcare?
  3. Free College Education. I would setup a program where everyone in the country who desires education can attain it. Afterall education is the ONLY known deterrent of Poverty, and if we’re the #1 country in the world, why are there so many suffering, so much crime, and so much poverty? Why do we jet off to fight in other countries when our own needs a lot of attention?

Those are my 3 major issues, what are yours? I’m interested in seeing where this goes…

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  • I just wanted to follow-up my last post with an article supporting the high school graduation rates in metro cities:

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344190,00.html
  • Im not going to argue with you on the Iraq issue... but on the other two I'll offer a rebuttal.

    Waiting in line 2 hours isn't bad. Right now if I go to the emergency room I'll probably wait 5-6 hours to see a doctor. If I had a gaping wound I'd still probably wait 2 hours, as long as I could stay conscious. It's when something goes really wrong that you'll be in trouble. Having chest pains? Get on a three-month waiting list to see a cardiologist. Think you might have a tumor? You might have to wait half a year to get an MRI. With socialized health care there are only so many dollars to go around, so no matter what you do, you just can't speed up the process. Everyone has a budget, and you're just a number. Take a hard look at other countries' social health care plans and see how effective they are for people with LIFE THREATENING problems. I'm not worried about getting a common cold or a cut, I'm worried about getting cancer and dying before I can even get diagnosed.

    Regarding education, I live in Georgia and we have the HOPE scholarship. It makes money off the lottery and sends anyone with a B average in high school to a public university for free, as long as they maintain a B average throughout their college education. I'm all in favor of creating a system where we reward those who are willing to do what it takes academically to receive a college education. I think you'd be surprised how many people just can't or don't want to cut it though. You can't take a kid that's a high-school drop out and throw him in college and expect him to survive. That wastes money and doesn't solve any problems, because he'll just end up where he started in the long run.

    The better solution would be to FIX our primary and secondary education system first. There is a fundamental breakdown in how children are (or more importantly are NOT) being educated. The high school dropout rates have hit 50% in many metropolitan cities.

    I think the first major hurdle against poverty is not a college education, but rather getting everyone* to graduate high school. Studies have shown that high school graduates make far more than dropouts... and it is above the poverty line.

    Once we have a 95+% high school graduation rate and the public schools are teaching things like personal finances to young people, I think it's more feasible to look at a nation-wide program to help them get into college.

    * There are people who just are not capable of completing a high school education. Whether we like to admit it or not these people are there, and we have to find a place for them in society. There ARE jobs for these people, and they can make a contribution to society, but we can't expect EVERYONE to be equal or be able to achieve the same goals academically or financially in life.
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