If I were in charge ...

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OK, we've got some real-world politicos here. So what would you do if YOU were in charge? By "in charge" I mean legally so, not like an SEIV despot. For instance, if you were the President and your party controlled the Senate and the House. (You can comment about other countries also; just be clear which one you're talking about.) So you can't give wacko answers like "I'd make all women my love-slaves."

OK, I'll start:

US Energy Policy:
1. No way would I have bailed out the airlines. There is too much unnecessary air travel as it is. We need to do much more business, including meetings, remotely.
2. I would tax the life out of those gas-guzzling SUVs, muscle cars, and pickups. Same with powerboats and ATVs.
3. I would put a moratorium on building new roads or widening existing ones. However, I would keep the ones we've got in tip-top shape.

US Foreign Policy:
1. I would undermine and isolate the central dictatorship in China at every turn. It is the one country that could easily rise up and contend with us for world power, yet it has no freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech -- in short, no freedom at all, and no history of freedom. As a counterbalance, I would strengthen the countries in Asia that are democratic or at least trying to get there.
2. I would immediately stop putting up with crappy little terrorist dictatorships like Libya. The military would be sent in to take anything of value as reparations and to destroy anything built since 1900, then would be pulled out. Larger terrorist dictatorships like Iraq would be given notice that they are on our "to do" list, and would be wise to get themselves off of it ASAP.

OK, that's enough of a rant for now. What about you? What if YOU were in charge?