Election 2016: Trump #1, A "COMMON GOOD" Plan - A Proposed Domestic Priority Plan for Trump's Presidency

This blogger had prepared a proposed domestic agenda for a Hillary Clinton presidency. Hillary will not be President but the agenda is proposed unchanged as a first priority for the Trump presidency.

The central theme sung in this outline is the same theme proposed when this blog was first started in 2009 - taking care of, restoring and strengthening America's philosophy of the 'Common Good'.

A PROPOSED DOMESTIC AGENDA FOR DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY

Dear Donald,
Congratulations. America has gone through a hard campaign season and election. You are now the President of the United States of America. Now you have the task to do something lasting for America - something you've promised us and something we hope you can achieve. We will pray that your Oval Office tenure will be indeed marked by programs that have the best interests of all Americans in mind. With these thoughts in mind, you are urged to think on, develop and implement a plan for transforming (updating and strengthening America - the country is overdue in so many ways.

You are urged to do the following:

1. Immediately implement and staff a Permanent President's Oversight Commission to review programs and progress and develop objectives benchmarks.

2. Appoint and convene critical-area Planning Oversight Commissions of experts, bi-partisan elected officials, and private citizens to brainstorm and create an overview of America's needs in their Commission jurisdictions.

3. These Commissions will, in the first year of your term, convene, address and develop plans for: transportation (rail, commuter, air), communication (national internet, FCC representation, ), education (college funding, post secondary (technical school) expansion, community college expansion and articulation pathways, ...), health Care (expansion of Affordable Care Act and Medicare, a plan for eventual national health care,...), Energy ( ), Environment (water, air, ), agriculture and food quality standards ( ), America's youth ( Domestic Service, Jobs Apprenticeship Program, Peace Corps expansion,), New Industries Commission (Planning and implementaion of new industries for the next decade and possibly into 2050, establish a fraework of permanent study-planning groups focusing on continual tracking of technical, industry movements which will also identify jobs training and new curricula in secondary - graduate school)

4. The Commission plans will develop implementation priorities for the 3 years into your first term, and following on scenarios for the next 5 years. Overall, an eight year the timeline for transforming America.

5. Plan and implement a Public Works jobs program with preference for workers with families.

6. Promote, plan and issue bonds for public investment in these programs.


With these few steps the Office of the Presdient will have at his touch the apparatus for looking at America, seeing where America needs to improve and assuring the well-being, educaton and security of all Americans into the rest of the first half of this century.