Ladies and Gentlemen, The President of the United States

I'd be hard pressed to say any nominee for President presented to us by our great two party system has impressed me too much in the last few elections. The very nature of politics is a publicity contest where the coolest kid in school gets all the votes and policy is made after the smoke clears. All the promises before then are just pipe dreams. I'd wager that the American people are thinking pretty hard about their vote for the upcoming 2008 Presidential race. Even though we have no real candidates presented to us yet, we need to think about what we want in the Leader of the Free World.

My qualifications are fairly small. I'm not worried about what they do in their private office with the interns or who their big oil big wig friends are. If you can meet my list of priorities, you would be the greatest president in the last 50 years.

My number one request is for a president who will start the process of a complete financial overhaul of our government's operations. We need some spending leaks mended and reams of red tape burned away. If we can start healing the backbone of our broken financial system, I believe many of the other problems will heal themselves.

A few areas in particular that need attention:

• Broken Tax Code (Why does it have to be such a complicated money pit of a system?)
• Governmental Red Tape in Procedures. (Why do I have to fill this out in Triplicate, on a Wednesday, after lunch, when their is an overcast weather report, on a night of a full moon, while eating a Twix bar?)
• Wasteful Government Programs (Why do we need a $2 billion study on the mating habits of the carpenter ant?)
• Restructuring of Welfare \ Aid \ Financial Aid (Vital Programs where the money isn't always reaching the hands that need it.)
• FEMA and Other Disaster Related and Charitable Expenses. (It's nice to look out for those who need help, but lets do it as fiscally responsible as possible.)
• Wasteful Spending on Foreign Nations That Have No Return Benefit To the U.S. (Why do we send money to nations that kill their own citizens or third world countries with no usable marketing or industrial benefit to the United States when our own deficit is climbing at a ridiculous speed as of late.)

You do this and I can just about guarantee that few Americans will question your Presidency, interns or otherwise.