If I Were President I'd ..
Wayne McDonald
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Everyone has made the statement "If I were President I'd ..." I've heard enough of them myself and, rather than explain my personal views on the subject over and over, here is what your humble correspondent would do if he became the ringmaster of American politics. 
Energy Independence and Environment
1. I would require the immediate remove restrictions of all offshore drilling, ANWAR, and federal land. I would favor provisions requiring that any future oil, gas, and other natural resource explorations be in compliance with vigilant, but reasonable, environmental protection legislation.
2. I would require that all municipally-owned mass transportation and non-emergency vehicles be converted to run on natural gas or liquid propane within 5 years of January 20, 2009. Tax credits and/or financial incentives would be extended to facilitate these conversions.
3. I would require all local delivery vehicles (meaning those operated within 50 miles of a home terminal or dispatch point) be converted to run on natural gas or propane within 5 years of January20, 2009. Tax credits and/or financial incentives would be extended to facilitate these conversions.
4. I would support, by tax credit and other incentives, private efforts to construct to construct no less than 20 nuclear powered electric generation plants within 20 years of January 20, 2009.
5. I would support, by tax credit and other incentives, efforts to develop viable plans that would encourage the use of renewable energy resources on both the local and national levels.
Iraq and Foreign Relations
1. Require a complete pullout of American forces in Iraq within 18 months of January 20, 2009.
2. I would limit foreign aid to matching those funds that are appropriated and delivered by other governments under United Nations sponsorship and guidelines. This would include limiting the United States' contribution to the the maintenance of the United Nations as an organization to not more than 5% of its yearly cost.
Energy Independence and Environment
1. I would require the immediate remove restrictions of all offshore drilling, ANWAR, and federal land. I would favor provisions requiring that any future oil, gas, and other natural resource explorations be in compliance with vigilant, but reasonable, environmental protection legislation.
2. I would require that all municipally-owned mass transportation and non-emergency vehicles be converted to run on natural gas or liquid propane within 5 years of January 20, 2009. Tax credits and/or financial incentives would be extended to facilitate these conversions.
3. I would require all local delivery vehicles (meaning those operated within 50 miles of a home terminal or dispatch point) be converted to run on natural gas or propane within 5 years of January20, 2009. Tax credits and/or financial incentives would be extended to facilitate these conversions.
4. I would support, by tax credit and other incentives, private efforts to construct to construct no less than 20 nuclear powered electric generation plants within 20 years of January 20, 2009.
5. I would support, by tax credit and other incentives, efforts to develop viable plans that would encourage the use of renewable energy resources on both the local and national levels.
Iraq and Foreign Relations
1. Require a complete pullout of American forces in Iraq within 18 months of January 20, 2009.
2. I would limit foreign aid to matching those funds that are appropriated and delivered by other governments under United Nations sponsorship and guidelines. This would include limiting the United States' contribution to the the maintenance of the United Nations as an organization to not more than 5% of its yearly cost.