THE TIME HAS COME FOR A NEW POLITICAL PARADIGM

Operations Policy

(Addressing operating efficiencies, regulatory issues,
immigration, human resource, etc.)

Evaluate all Federal Departments and Agencies for opportunities to consolidate operations
- Implement the recommendations of the General Accounting Office’s report number GAO-11-318SP (Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue) that was released on March 1, 2011 and GAO-12-342 SP (2012 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue) that was issued on February 28, 2012 – both of which have been largely ignored by the Administration
  - Explore additional opportunities to consolidate Departments and Agencies
Evaluate all Federal Departments and Agencies for opportunities to mitigate the impact of regulatory intervention
- Use Department and Agency consolidation to reduce regulatory intervention and improve its efficiency and effectiveness
  - Eliminate multiple regulatory filings to reduce any associated cost and time
  - Identify and implement opportunities to compress the time required for regulatory responses
  - Commit to response times to “regulate the Regulators” (i.e, a failure to respond within a committed time frame shall constitute a de facto acceptance of the submitted request)
Evaluate all Federal Departments and Agencies for opportunities to automate operations
- Identify and implement opportunities to automate processes and to share database information that would accelerate the processing of applications, improve security, etc.
Fully utilize communication technologies
- Reduce Federal employee travel by utilizing by state-of-the-art web and telecommunications technologies
  - Dramatically reduce the time and money spent on travel that isn’t specifically required to exchange ideas and reach conclusions
  - Dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of the Federal Government in an effort to lead by example (i.e., to “walk-the-talk” for those who pretend to be “environmentally concerned” yet need to fly around the world to tell everybody)
Work with Congress to pass meaningful election reform legislation
- Eliminate the ability of corporations, unions and other legal entities from directly or indirectly participating in the election process
  - Restrict the right to contribute to a campaign to individuals who are eligible to vote
- Reduce permissible campaign contributions to a level that is accessible to all eligible voters
- Introduce the discussion of term limits (and term lengths) for elected Federal officials
Petition Congress to adopt a Code of Ethics for elected Federal officials that establishes firm expectations for behavior and consequences for any violation thereof
- Reestablish the public trust by requiring candidates to accept a higher standard of accountability with respect to the honor of serving the People.
Direct the Department of Justice to aggressively investigate and prosecute voter fraud and material violations of campaign finance law
- Protect the sacred trust associated with the right to vote that distinguishes this democratic Republic
Pursue comprehensive immigration reform
- Develop a rational and comprehensive approach to managing our Nation’s immigration issues
  - Dramatically revise the immigration process to reduce the cost and time associated with granting (or denying) visa and citizenship applications
  - Address the issue of the 13 million illegal immigrants, who currently reside in the United States, in a rational way (i.e., providing a path to citizenship for those who chose to pursue it, and providing a path to deportation for those who don’t)
  - Uniformly enforce the current immigration laws of the United States until such time that more comprehensive reform is passed
- Create a far more effective way of managing our Nation’s borders
  - Leverage advanced technological surveillance in conjunction with the coordinated patrol and enforcement efforts of the United States Military and associated State militia to protect our borders against foreign and domestic threats
Veto bills that include provisions that are not specifically relevant to addressing the fundamental purpose of the particular legislation (i.e., “pork”)
- Veto bills that contain any provision that does not conform to the authority vested within Congress under Article I of the Constitution
  - Explain the basis for such veto; name the author of the infringing provision; and provide a list of who supported the bill (and who did not) to assist the public in making informed decisions in future elections
Serve as a full-time President
- Waste no time or money on politically-driven travel
  - Principally work in Washington, D.C., either in the White House or at the Capitol, to define our Nation’s challenges, identify their root causes, separate controllable and non-controllable aspects, evaluate and select from among all alternatives, and direct the execution of the selected solutions
  - Focus on “fixing the problems … not the blame”
- Waste no time or money running for reelection
  - Truly serve “at the pleasure of the People” and allow my four-year record to speak for itself
- Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, which defines our Nation’s vision and mission, and apply the values of the Declaration of Independence in every decision