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(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 27, 2011 ) Greenman's plan also promises to completely overhaul our education system and to pay teachers as much as firefighters and police officers. Best of all, he claims the average U.S. citizen will receive no less of services provided by these professionals, feel safer in their own homes, and have a vast amount of extra discretionary spending left over to place in areas of education, energy exploration, infrastructure, health care, and a vast amount of others as well.
He claims neither to be a Democrat or Republican, stating that both parties have some great ideas and some horrible ones. Greenman's Presidential vote history has included Obama, Bush Jr., Clinton, and Bush Sr., indicating no loyalties to either party. Chris Greenman told IJR that he plans to run in 2016 if he gets the support of mainstream America.
In fact, when IJR spoke to the Presidential hopeful he told us the reasoning behind his running, "Seinfeld was the funniest sitcom I can remember for one reason, it made fun of the truth. The truth is funny and when uncovered can be educational. Technology is our biggest alley, but as technology becomes newer and easily shared, it becomes a nuisance. We now can turn on National Geographic and have a narrated breakdown on how South America is using submarines to haul drugs to the U.S. I just bought a $60 helicopter that takes video and photos up to five minutes in length. The war on drugs is by far one of the most inferior ideas the U.S. has ever tackled, and the bad thing is, it costs the U.S more and more every year. If you can't beat them, join them, we need to save cops lives and capitalize on something people are going to do no matter what. It simply needs to be taxed, just like alcohol. Hold people responsible for their actions if under the influence, just like alcohol."
"Bill Clinton, in my opinion, has come up with better ideas since he left the White House then when he lived there. His latest contribution to Newsweek involved his thoughts and a outlined plan that would create jobs in this country, I found it to be brilliant. Even though politically it does send a bad message to fellow democrats, it makes sense and is one I already have endorsed and previously suggested in part. In many ways, we both feel the need to focus on energy in many capacities as the future of this world we depend on it and the natural resources are key."
"About forty percent of my family members are lawyers and I have enjoyed the monetary benefit of being a son of a successful father. However, being wrongfully sued two times in my adult life, painted a clear picture of the pitfalls of our current civil laws and in particular tort law. Under our current system, it makes sense to sue anyone anytime you possibly can if you can find a lawyer to accept your case. The reason being, there is no risk to the accuser. If the Plaintiff wins, there is obviously a financial reward and paying his/her lawyer 25-40% seems like a no-brainer. If the Plaintiff loses, no harm no foul, and no cost. With our current tort law the lawyers always win, and the Plaintiffs stand a high percentage of a chance of getting something monetary in the end, either by settlement or judgment. I have been told by some great attorney's that 90% of these cases settle because the defendant can't afford to go to trial and risk a jury's decision, or it's cheaper to settle then to go to court and rightfully defend themselves."
On the home page of [Greenman For President], the Presidential hopeful also wants to legalize online gambling in order to redirect billions of dollars back to the U.S. where according to 60 Minutes, is simply going from U.S. online gamblers to mostly European held online companies anyway. Greenman also looks to continue with tax credits for energy production and the exploration of alternative energy.
Finally, when asked how he plans on telling 80% of the firefighters they are laid off Chris Greenman told us this, "If you are back east for example, say at a town like Mount Sinai which is on Long Island, they run a 100% volunteer fire program with statistics to rival any paid program with identical geography and population. Although many towns and small cities do this, it needs to be organized almost like a branch of the military. It can be ran with equal or better results under the current system with a volunteer program mixed with some reserved paid positions and add college incentives with certain tours of duty. I know too many firefighters that make a better living than most teachers just with their second job alone. With the hours they work, it affords ample time for most firefighters to have other jobs. This needs to be completely overhauled."
While Chris Greenman and his presidential ideas may have been mentioned independently by others in the past, we have never had a candidate wanting to combine them all. The ideas don't seem to be rocket science but rather goal focused and non-political.
However one swallows this and wishes to decide, there does appear to be some gaining support. Announcing his idea just a week ago, he has already propelled over 1000 supporters on his self-made website where Greenman claims took him about an hour to make. IJR has covered some of Greenman's marketing and journalism related website work in the past, and that did influence the writing of this article.
Michael Gingino, Editor in Chief, International Journalism Review
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