Form boards with singular priorites: board #1 -to form and exit strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan executable by December 2009. Board #2 -to study the top 10 universal healthcare systems in the world and build a model by the year 2010. Board #3-to schedule infrastructure work and implement plans by December 2009. Board#4-to design wind, wave and solar powered energy sources to begin implementation by December 2009. Board #5- to address secondary education cost reforms to be implemented by 2010.
Money currently being directed to military operations should instead flow into rebuilding. Contracts are open to bidding, accountability is part of the plan, rebuilding happens on a reasonable budget and in a reasonable lenght of time. Infrastructure, hospitals, schools, everything which has been destroyed and which is vital for communities to function, must be rebuilt. The U.S. makes a formal apology to Iraq and its people for all the destruction, killing, chaos, displacement, and meddling.
Public transit in most parts of the United States is abysmal. On Day One, the next president should start an initiative to help smaller cities get funding to build or improve public transit systems. This will help alleviate the massive traffic problems faced in so many places, reduce dependence on oil, reduce drunk driving problems, create a stronger sense of community among strangers, and help to alter the outdated patterns of development that are killing our country's natural beauty.
Present a plan to strengthen the nation's infrastructure; which will help lower unemployment and poverty. Cut the defense budget to help pay for these improvements and to get the troops out of Iraq.
