This effort started as a comment on another diary, but it seemed to have hit a nerve. So, I am starting a new series of posts with this title. Because the world is a mess, and someone has to step up and straighten it all out. I had no ambition to be Queen, but it’s clear that the Universe needs me.
The following are my decrees for today. Please feel free to make suggestions, I doubt I will think of EVERYTHING that needs fixing. This is by no means EVERYTHING that needs to be done… it’s just the start.
When I am Queen of the Universe, I shall Decree:
Love is Love. (And none of your damn business unless it’s YOUR relationship.)
Climate Change is Real. Transition off fossil fuels must happen NOW. Meatless Mondays. Or, pick your day. You can make that tiny sacrifice to save the planet.
War is Stupid, so everyone STOP it. Keep your hands to yourselves, or I WILL turn this universe around. I’m looking at YOU, Vlad...and Bibi, and Hamas….and anybody else contemplating mischief. You will all sit in a corner until you learn to use your words.
Which brings me to: Everyone is entitled to their religion. NOBODY else but YOU should have to do (or not do) anything because of YOUR religion. No religion is fine too. Just keep it all between you and your goddess, or lack thereof.
You decide what happens to your own body (unless your choice hurts someone else, like drunk driving.) So, if you need to transition, fine. If you need an abortion, fine (more about that later). Or don’t. That’s fine too. And, for the love of the FSM, get your damn vaccines! Are you TWO??? Do you need a lolly???? Just. Get. The. Shots. Because NOT getting your vaccines DOES hurt other people (unless your REAL doc says you REALLY can’t...I’ll give you a pass on that...)
Everyone pays their fair share. I’m looking at YOU, Elon, Jeff, and all your buddies with yachts. And lift the cap on Social Security. And no more tax on Social Security payments.
No more stupid subsidies. ConAgra and Exxon don’t need our money. WE need that money.
Because we have things to do:
Health Care is a human right. Everyone gets it. It’s included in your taxes like the roads, and the fire department.
School through College is FREE. Everyone gets it. (see Health Care)
When your company takes ANY tax dollars to develop a drug, WE THE PEOPLE then own the drug. We will gladly pay triple your actual production costs to make the stuff. So, if insulin costs $1 to make, we’ll pay you $3. Basta.
Drug rehab is FREE the first three times. After that, if you can’t live like a member of society, you go to the a long-term-rehab ranch in Montana to learn how to be a human being. Speaking of which, Cannabis is legal, and anybody still in jail for possession gets out, with $10,000 to start their life over, a social worker for a year, and their record expunged.
There WILL be school breakfast and lunch. There WILL be SNAP, until there isn’t a need for SNAP any more. NOBODY goes hungry. EVER.
Stop policing homeless people. Build housing, and STAFF IT with cleaners, health care professionals, and social workers. (Social workers will be very much in demand when I am QotU.)
Medical school, nursing school, and social worker school is FREE. You pay it back by working 5 years in an underserved community. (see above.)
Also:
The only answer to the question, “should that person have an abortion” is, “none of your business.” Abortion isn’t fun. Nobody wants one. Therefore, sex education is mandatory in schools. Contraception and condoms are FREE. Abortions are legal for anyone who needs one, with nobody’s input except that person and their health care provider. And they are FREE. (See Health Care...)
No more filibuster. 51% is a majority.
No more electoral college. One person, one vote. Everyone votes by mail.
That’s all I have time for today. I’m very busy and important, now that I’m on my way to be Queen of the Universe.
Again, please assist me in compiling my decrees… let the comments begin!