Making Little Better Place: Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Presidential Qualifications

 

I call for Mr. George W. Bush to step down or be immediately impeached for non-democratic dictatorial actions unbecoming of an American President and failing to represent the interests of the people.  Furthermore for utilizing the United States military and the lives and well-being of thousands of young men and women to pursue his personal ideals of world order; for subverting the US economy to the benefit of foreign national powers and non-national business colleagues; and for subverting the United States Constitution and the rights guaranteed to every citizen through the Bill of Rights. With impeachment any policies/procedures/precedences established by Bush Administration to subvert constitutionally mandated checks and balances of the three divisions of government must be immediately repealed.

 

To make the world a better place, I would pass a new amendment to the Constitution effective immediately.

 

Modernized Presidential Qualifications

Summary: Any new president must be truly "of the people" and "self-made". 

·                     The candidate must have a Masters degree and have demonstrated a minimum "proficiency" in Financial Management and International Relations included as part of these studies or separately.

·                     They must have put themselves through University having received no more than 30% scholarship/public grants.  The 30% benchmark maybe reviewed every 10 years but can never exceed two times the national average of scholarship/public grants received by US citizen students. 
[this clause takes away the silver spoon and motivates increased investment in the education of our youth]

·                     If the candidate’s family assets of any kind exceed of 10 times the national average:

·                     The candidate may never have accepted or received from family, friends, or any other beneficiary including trusts, goods, services, gifts, cash, or anything else of tradable value, a living allowance before the age of 18 of total average value of 33.3% per month of the average national poverty line, and 100% per month of the national poverty average after 18

[again this clause ensures candidates have not grown up experiencing a free ride without responsibility.  It also ensures a serious look at bringing up standards of living for the entire population, at least for politically aspiring youth coming from wealth. Candidates will have understood what it means to hold a job, and work for their money.]

·                     Candidates must have spent a minimum of 6 months living on no more than three times (3x) the local average income in 3 of following world's regions: South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, or Asia.
[This ensures candidates with political aspirations or who are developed through sponsors receive experiences that develop a world view while living a relatively middle-class level within those world regions]

·                     Their "resume" highlighting special skills, education, experience, and accomplishments must be posted for review within each polling location and each polling booth but must not to exceed 3 standard letter pages.
[This clause helps educate voters of the factual skills and experience of candidates before they cast their vote without the bias glitzy media campaigns]

·                     Presidential & Congress Campaign Funds: The top two candidates from each major political party are only allowed to utilize an equal financial budget to work from for primary campaigning.  The party can provide campaign funds for primary campaigning.  The top three funded parties can put up a national candidate.  These top three candidates must have equal campaign budgets also.  How this is equated or accomplished must be determined.