DISCUSSION AND DETAILS

 

Office of the Presidents

 

            Every President states some version of “the buck stops here”, referring to his Presidency.  Well, that’s not true – the buck stops in the household of every CITIZEN and WE have no control over the President other than to vote for someone else in the next election.  CITIZENS will have the power of a “vote of no confidence” to remove any 1, 2, or 3 Presidents.  WE are the bosses.

 

            So why 3 Presidents?  While I’ve never been a Marine I do understand their success as an organization is based on the “rule of three”.  Each Marine has 3 Marines he/she is responsible to and for.  So 300 million CITIZENS are in charge, and WE have 3 Presidents who work for US.

 

            First President  – serving his/her years 9 thru 12

            Second President  – serving his/her years 5 thru 8

            Third President – serving his/her years 1 thru 4

 

            Titled First, Second and Third only for title purposes.  They are all equal in terms of their power.  Every 4 years WE elect a new Third President as the First President finishes his/her 12 years, and the incumbent Third President becomes the Second President and the incumbent Second President becomes the First President.

 

            Vice President (fourth in line of succession)

 

            Continuing with the rule of 3.  WE have 3 Presidents serving US, and they will each have 3 Cabinet Secretaries reporting to them:

 

            First President’s Cabinet Secretaries:

                        Defense, Homeland Security

                        State

                        Treasury

            Second President’s Cabinet Secretaries:

                        Education, Housing, Veterans

                        Health Care and CITIZEN Services

                        Attorney General

            Third President’s Cabinet Secretaries:

                        Commerce, Agriculture, Labor, Transportation

                        Energy

                        Interior

 

 

 

 

The Third President (years 1 thru 4) lives wherever he/she wishes and commutes to work at the White House – via helicopter if suburban or rural residence is preferred, or small motorcade if D.C. living is chosen.  The Third President is the “CITIZEN hardware” President, responsible for the domestic business environment and infrastructure of the economy. 

 

The Second President (years 5 thru 8) lives wherever he/she wishes and commutes to work at the White House – via helicopter if suburban or rural residence is preferred, motorcade if D.C. living is chosen.  The Second President is the “CITIZEN software” President, responsible for the people of the USA, their healthcare and general well being.

 

The First President (years 9 thru 12) lives in the White House.  This President now represents US on the world stage as “CITIZEN world traveler” President, responsible for OUR place in the world.

 

The Vice President is going to be on the road literally all the time.  The job of the Vice President is Liaison to Governors so it’s basically a different State every week.  WE will spend $250K to create “VP-RV-1” the Vice Presidential motor home as a traveling office, and he/she will be staying in a different hotel every week.

 

Whether you believe what I propose, a Presidential Triumvirate, is good, bad, or ugly, I will bet $100 that any past President would cheer making his job easier with more time to accomplish the things he wanted to accomplish.  This is the core of the Revolution, giving OUR Presidents more power and more time to be effective.

 

Many who will oppose a triumvirate “Office of the Presidents” will decry that this will dilute the power and prestige of the President of the United States.  My response is that the “Office of the Presidents” will become more effective thus more powerful - that's the core idea here, giving our leaders more power - while yes, each of the 3 Presidents will have their individual power and prestige diluted.  Their job description will look more like a corporate President of a company division that is one-third of the total.  They can EACH focus on their one-third responsibility and thus be more effective and more powerful as a triumverate.
    
            When Air Force One is being used by one President, the shadow backup Air Force One can stay behind or be used by another of the Presidents.  If for some reason a President gets “stuck” in a foreign country he/she can hop a commercial flight or smaller military transport back home.  Security for each President can be lightened, as the risk of the job is lessened because if one President is compromised, there are 2 others who are still on the job.  So each President has a smaller security team, but when 2 or 3 of them are together the security teams merge into one larger security team.

 

Each President will know he/she is coming to Washington D.C. to serve as part of a 3 person team reporting to US.  Each Presidential candidate will be agreeing to be agreeable with 2 other Presidents before accepting the position.

 

The Election Process

 

The electoral college will be gone.  Presidents will be elected by popular vote.  ANYBODY over the age of 18 can be elected, regardless of CITIZENship or country of birth.  The requirement for USA birth was established by our Founders for fear of a British born person being elected President and then being loyal to the King of England.  Regardless of what you might think of Governor Arnold Swarzenegger as a politician, you cannot question his patriotism and love of the USA.  “Candidates” will no longer even have to be a “candidate”.  I’ll use Bill Gates as an example.  I’d vote for him and if he got the most votes then he would have the option to accept or decline the opportunity to serve as a President.  If he declines, then the option moves to the person who received the second highest votes, etc.  Political parties could still nominate a candidate or even several candidates if they wish.  Other candidates can simply “announce” their candidacy and/or spend as much money as they wish to get their candidacy in the public eye.  There will be NO taxpayer’s money spent on campaigns.

 

The first election in 2013 will be to elect 4 people, the First, Second, Third Presidents and a Vice President.  Whoever gets the highest votes is the Third President, in for 12 years.  The second highest is Second President in for 8 years.  The third highest is the First President in for 4 years.  This first election will be the only time 2 Presidents will  be restricted from serving 12 years.  President Obama (and for that matter any former President) has a shot at 12 more years.  The fourth highest vote gets the Vice President position.

 

The Social Security Administration will be tasked with “one vote per social security number”.  100% vote “accuracy” is not necessarily even necessary because again, WE are electing Presidents to an office shared by 3 people.

 

CABINET SECRETARIES                 

 

The 9 Cabinet Secretaries will be appointed as they are today.  Each President has 3 Cabinet Secretaries reporting to him/her, so every 4 years the Presidents get to choose who is their own Cabinet Secretaries.

 

SUPREME COURT

 

The 9 Supreme Court Justices will be appointed as they are today, by a 2 of 3 vote by the Office of the Presidents, confirmed by 51 Senators.  The only change is a limit to 12 year terms.  Every 4 years 3 new Supreme Court Justices will be appointed.

 

STATE SENATORS

 

Elected by the States who will mimic the Presidential election process.  Senators will serve 8 year terms without re-election.

  

 STATE GOVERNORS

            Elected by the States who will mimic the Presidential election process.  Governors will serve 8 year terms without re-election.

 

 

 

Do note that the Federal government will still be bicameral with 2 chambers to cross-check each other.  It will take 51/100 Senators to vote for or against any bill.  It will take 2 of 3 Presidents to vote for or against any bill.

 

CITIZENS will have the ability to have a vote of “no confidence” to immediately remove any 1, 2, or 3 Presidents.

 

This is a peaceful revolution, a reformation of ALL our broken systems: politics, health care, education, military, energy, and economics (business and taxation).

 

It is important to understand that 300 million CITIZENS own this country.  There is no way to have someone or some entity (businesses) pay for anything.  WE are the ultimate payers for everything WE get from the Federal government.