A CIT from Camp Bright Feathers sent me a list of questions for a school project. I answered as quickly as possible, trying not to pause between reading the question and typing my answer.
Q - What is your current age, and where did your ancestors come from?
A - 30 – I’m a German, Russian, Austrian Jew
Q - Who is your current employer, and what do you do?
A - Northeast Operations Manager for Tutela
Q - What economic class would you consider yourself to be?
Upper Middle
Q - What is your current level of education?
A - Some College
Q - Do you have plans for any additional education? If so, where/how much?
A - I am becoming a Health Counselor in the first half of 2009 with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition
Q - If you could change one thing about the government, what would it be?
A - The lack of a viable third party
Q - What is the most pressing topic that should be addressed by the new president in his first 100 days in office?
A - Domestic Economy
Q - Do you feel that the government made the correct decision to bail out Wall Street? Why/why not?
A - No. I believe we are perpetuating a culture of debt and the longer we wait to let certains things crumble the more it will hurt
Q - Do you think that the government should take responsibility for housing, or should it be the individual’s own responsibility? Why/why not?
A - I think that the either or nature of this question misses the point. We are all responsible; lack of proper regulation, irresponsible lending practices, uneducated borrowing, inflated markets, general lack of financial education in the school systems etc.
Q - Would you approve of a new healthcare plan, even if it turns out to be as complicated as Hillary Clinton’s? Why/why not?
A - This question is vague. I think that it is a bad idea to simply subsidize the current system. The system must change first. Individuals must take a larger responsibility for their health care; (preventative maintenance, choosing treatment, seeing the costs directly). When this happens capitalism will do its part to cut costs and improve quality (look at consumer electronics, Moore’s law etc). If this is happening or part of the plan I think we can start looking at government support.
Q - What are your life goals?
A - Happines, family, health, wealth, lots of sex
Q - What do you think John McCain was thinking when he nominated Sarah Palin as his running mate?
A - Tits solve everything (thanks Aileen)
Q - What do you think Barak Obama was thinking when he nominated Joe Biden as his running mate?
A - I’m too young
Q - Would you trust the next president regardless of party affiliation? Why?
A - I’m transpartisan. I look at individuals accordingly
Q - If definitive proof is shown that terrorists are operating out of Pakistan, would you support the expansion of military operations to take care of it?
A - What terrorists? What kind of operations? What kind of expansion? What does ‘take care of it involve’?
Q - Do you approve of the ‘Iraqinization’ of the war in Iraq?
A - No idea what you’re talking about
Q - Do you support unconditionally meeting with countries that are known to dislike the United States in an effort to re-open diplomatic ties?
A - Depends who is meeting, when, where, why etc. Personally, I’d love to meet new people from foreign countries. The president can not be so informal with his appointments, though certain members of his/her staff can be.
Q - If you could ask both candidates one question each, what would they be?
A - Obama – Can I have a job?
Q – McCain
A - What age do you expect to live to?
Q - Does the tax policy of the United States need to be completely re-written?
A - Yes. Make it simpler
Q - Where would you like to see the United States in 20 years? What would you change?
A - I would like to see the United States in the exact same geographic region. Energy independent. Out of debt. Open trade with all nations. Economically not much better off than any other nation. A world leader in new technology, philanthropy and wildlife conservation.
