Our Own Modest Proposals
Mr. Kerry Naylor’s CHS Debate Class presents individual “Modest Proposals” as an assignment coincidently around April 1, April Fool’s Day. “A Modest Proposal”, written by Johnathan Swift in 1729, is a satirical essay that suggests that impoverished Irish families should sell their children to the rich as food, which in turn exposes social injustice occurring in Ireland during the time. These “Modest Proposals” tackle modern day issues by suggesting outrageous solutions in order to fix them.
In the last twenty years there have been hundreds of football games. Here at Bellwood-Antis, there have been thousands. All of these games have put a heavy hit on the stadium as a whole. This is why with the help of the people, we can give the football team a better stadium and facilities.
The general issue with this proposal is funding. We came up with the most logical solutions to this problem, eliminating the baseball and girls basketball teams. We interviewed star player, Taint ballmen and he stated, “I’m ecstatic that they are cutting the program, we haven’t made the playoffs in years. It is very much necessary.” The reason for cutting the girls basketball team was to remain untold, but we got access to footage of the meeting. School board director, MR Jim had this to say, “After another championshipless season, we have to cut the program.” The coaches of these teams will not be compensated for the loss of position, but the baseball coaches are being inducted into the Blair County Coaches Hall of Fame as the best track and field recruiters in the area. This decision was made after many previous baseball players quit, joined track and field and succeeded.
The Bellwood-Antis football practice field will be converted into a full indoor practice facility including top of the line lifting equipment, a full turf field and a recovery room. The football team will definitely benefit from this and will go a strong 6-6 for the next five years. The main stadium is where the real magic is happening. The stadium will be getting brand new bleachers, that are padded and heated for when the weather gets frigid. The Stadium will be covered by a giant dome, and will be getting a multi million dollar jumbo-tron. The school board said that they would pitch in $47.53 and a pack of duck tape. They stated during the approval meeting “ After recent events and lawsuits, we had to trim the budget.”
Some people may say that instead of renovating the whole stadium, fix the field itself and make it safer to play on. This just wont work because the people who are watching will not be comfortable and will not enjoy the game. After all, Padding peoples butt will make the game much safer.
Others may say that instead of using tax payer money and funding from the School board, they should just fundraise for this money. This might have worked 15 years ago, but who wants to try to sell things when they can get it if they ask nicely enough.
In modern day America, people are constantly subjected to unrealistic beauty standards fueled by social media. Everywhere a person looks, there are edited bodies and filtered faces that create such high expectations. A result of this, people mainly in their young teens suffer from widespread body image issues and genuine insecurity. This issue has continued for far too long with no hope for an effective solution. Therefore, I propose a simple and entirely foolproof plan to eliminate body insecurity once and for all.
To solve this prevalent issue, I propose that all mirrors and cell phone cameras be replaced with advanced screens that reflect only the user’s ideal version of themselves. Rather than showing reality, these devices would display an extremely realistic image based on the preference of each individual. Whether someone desires clearer skin, a different body shape, or something completely different, this screen would provide it with ease.
The benefits of this proposal couldn’t be more obvious. First, confidence levels would completely skyrocket. People would no longer waste their time or energy criticizing their appearance, because there would be nothing to criticize. Second, businesses that profit from insecurity, like fitness and beauty industries, would be freed from the burden that is helping people improve themselves. Additionally, social media would become a much more positive environment for all, filled only with flawless photos that finally match what users already see in their daily lives.
Some may argue that this system promotes delusion or even makes people become detached from reality. I would argue that reality has already proven itself to be the problem. If reality causes insecurity, then clearly the only logical solution is to detach from it. I believe that replacing the truth with a better alternative, we can make sure that no one feels insecure again.
Of course, while this proposal is clearly the most efficient and convenient solution, there are some completely outrageous solutions being considered. For example, one solution is that society could promote health focused messaging rather than appearance based standards. Another solution states that representing more diverse people in the media could help individuals see a wider range of normal bodies, making it easier to feel accepted as they are.
However, these solutions require time, effort, and an actual societal chance. All of which are much less appealing than simply replacing every mirror in existence. Therefore, it is fully obvious that my proposed solution remains superior.
In conclusion, by eliminating true reflections and replacing them with idealized images, we could finally put an end to body image insecurity. While some people may think that this solution is extreme, it is no more absurd than the standards people are expected to meet every day.
One of the most prominent issues in schools today is the use of phones in the classroom in a non educational way. Students are continually on their phones not only in study halls and lunch, but also during class time when a lesson is being taught, and supposed to be doing their work. With our current phone policy obviously not working, it is causing much distraction and a decline in attention span and learning in the classroom. This issue has attempted to be fixed many times before, but I believe that they have just gone about it the wrong way. I have the perfect solution that is needed. If students are hopelessly attached to their phones, then surely the only logical course of action is not to separate them, but to nearly embrace phones entirely and mkae them the primary method of education.
Let’s think about how well this kind of system works. Books are heavy and costly and cannot send out alerts. A smartphone, on the other hand, gives information in small, smartly chosen pieces which fits the modern student who focuses for just about 7 seconds. Why are young people do lots of reading when they can learn through 30-second videos that come wiht lively music and words on the screen? Whole subjects could change. History could be shown through exciting reenactments on short video platforms, like TikTok. Math could come through popular “life hacks.” Literature could become simple lists that save students from the trouble of reading books.
Tests need to change too. Old-fashioned exams focus on solo thinking and memory which do not fit in today’s digital world. Students might show they understand by creating note-taking apps or getting top scores in learning games or keeping streaks in language apps. Success in school would satisfy understanding how much students engage. Metrics like likes and shares and Madge’s would become important which matches what society values the most today.
Group communication is also an important factor in schools. I believe with the use of phones through group chats, will take this communication to another level. Students who are afraid to speak out loud in class, or don’t feel confident with their answers will more easily be able to share their opinion because it is through the phone. If students are working in groups they can text back and forth with each other instead of talking so they can go back and reread what each other has said. They can also express themselves more through the use of emojis and gifs.
Some critics may argue that this system would eliminate critical thinking altogether, but this argument is overlooking a critical factor. Critical thinking is already declining, and this proposal is just acknowledging reality and trying to make it better. Why would wer force students to analyze a complex idea when they can simply just look it up using the internet. In this way, education can be once less about knowing more about how efficiently they can get their work done, which students are doing anyways, but just in a rule breaking way.
Of course, one might raise concerns about screen addiction, and the long term cognitive effects of the constant digital stimulation. But these are very minor inconveniences compared to the undeniable benefit of finally ending the daily struggle between teachers and telling students to get off their phones. By giving in completely, schools would be able to achieve more attention than they were ever given with their work.
And still, under this reasonable proposal there is a quieter, less absurd solution. The issue itself maybe isnt the existence of phones, but rather the lose of balance. Instead f banning or worshipping phones, schools should teach students how to use technology correctly. They can integrate phones as tools when appropriate in the classroom, and preserve the space to be away from them and focus on their work in front of them. This approach lacks the total digital usage, but it has the advantage of preparing students for the real world, where technology has both pros and cons, and is something good between. Still, this moderation will almost be completely hard to control, and get everybody to listen. So we might as well implement this fully phone-based curriculum.
Walking through a classroom, seeing a teacher desperately trying to educate young minds while their students are too busy on their cellphones is a common sight in most high schools. Cellphones have created a distraction for students and their peers. I think it is agreed by both teachers and students that without cellphones in school, distractions would lessen. However, my proposal is not to lessen distractions, it is to eliminate distractions altogether. In doing this, I propose that students should live in isolation where it is ensured that students perform their work by themselves, distraction free.
It has become a problem especially in high school that we see more and more students frequently use their cellphones rather than do their assignments. Because of the issue at hand, my proposal of students working in complete isolation would be the best option, especially for students in high school settings. It is completely understandable that cellphones are distracting to young minds, so to help students out we will eliminate distractions entirely.
Due to the issue of cellphones and distractions in general, having students in complete isolation is the perfect solution. Cellphones and the internet are distractions to the students, so technology would likely have to be banned from the students’ isolation “pod”. Within my proposal, each student attending Bellwood-Antis High School would be given an isolation pod with blacked out boxes around them to further enforce the concept of a distraction free environment.
I don’t want to hear about how teachers could allow students to have their phones in case of an emergency, and just be allowed to take them if they’re used irresponsibly. An expedient like this would be absurd to propose. Additionally, I don’t want to hear about allowing students to have cellphones in their lockers and to only use them at lunch or if a teacher would permit the usage. These expedients are truthfully ridiculous, they would simply create more distractions to students which is the opposite of what my proposal intends to do.
In summary, cellphones are becoming an issue with their constant distractions to students. To combat this the solution is quite simple: give each student their own isolation pod with no internet, no cellphone, and no outside distractions to ensure that their work is getting done in a distraction free environment.
Players in the Women’s National Basketball Association are fighting for equal pay as their male counterparts. There are NBA players like Lebron James who are making $50 Million in base salary while Angel Reese doesn’t even make enough to afford her $8,000 a month rent in Chicago. The players are playing the exact same game, why is there such a huge income gap? There is nothing more entertaining than watching Angel Reese drive down a wide open court, brick a layup, and get her own rebound five times before she finally puts the ball into the hoop. The anticipation of the inevitable layup or crash out on the official outweighs the excitement of watching a slam dunk all day, every day. The WNBA players are also well known to travel. Who doesn’t enjoy watching travel vlogs? These alone bring a large amount of viewership and revenue to the league. The only thing that might top the missed layups, travels, and Reese’s trademark “me-bounds” is watching grown women beat up Caitlin Clark because they’re jealous that she’s better than them. Sure, Caitlin Clark brings in the league a huge amount of money and Angel Reese is the female Michael Jordan, but the whole league definitely isn’t net-negative in profits. The Women’s National Basketball Association MUST pay the players what they owe them. Reporters for the league make $1,400 a week while Angel Reese only makes $200 a day! This is absolutely outrageous. How are players supposed to afford daily life in these cities with high costs of living? The reason women’s basketball is becoming more popular isn’t just because of Clark, other players like Angel Reese need to be paid more and get what the league owes them. The entertainment factor in the WNBA greatly outweighs the entertainment of the NBA. Why do the men get paid so much more than the women? Pay the women what you owe them and pay WNBA players the same amount as their NBA counterparts.
With the Golden Age of America upon us, the older population of this country has recently been complaining too much. While they worked 40+ years through economic swings and varying country unity, maybe they have picked an unfortunate time to retire, as the current administration proclaimed that this is the time to be alive as a working-class American.
And the administration is indeed right, the country is booming with progress as gas prices are skyrocketing, jobs numbers are slowly dropping off, and we are on the brink of global war- a sure sign that the government knows what they are doing. The war in question is to assert American strength across the world and restore an imperialism and dominant push for the United States.
While this seems great, the whole problem is, the senior citizens are complaining about how they may run out of their benefits and are struggling to make ends meet as it is. What they don’t realize is that they can be helpful to our country’s goal and contribute as much as a working-class American by directly helping our US military operations. They can do this by serving overseas in our Armed Forces, by re-engaging the draft. Just as the draft works for American citizens 18 to 45, retired Americans aged 65+ will be drafted and be required to serve two years in a branch of the United States Military. Doing this will allow a steady source of income for those selected, as well as government benefits for healthcare.
Many subject to this critical proposal may argue that senior citizens’ well-being can be boosted by investing in social security and reducing taxes, but the United States Government only has so many handouts to go around; therefore, the Government would rather invest on single moms with four children on relief checks and food stamps rather than retired Americans. Retired Americans can act as leaders in operations in places like Iran and the Middle East that could erupt into boots-on-the-ground combat that consist of older Americans. If the wages of death come with war, at least the burden of affordability will not cross their mind again.
What I chose for my own modest proposal is: “Women should not have rights”. I think it is purely illogical that women should even speak in the first place. They were created solely for men and their pleasure. To have them become confident, come forward, and somehow be awarded with jobs and the rights to vote is simply the disgusting mistake of human kind. All the way from the beginning, The Bible, it states that women are to only be used as housewives and for breeding and property admiration. Nothing more. So it is a shock to me that they have come this far as a property status. What I propose is, from now on, we do not take the women out of the house, we keep them away from the schools, and we restrict them from any type of authority. It’s not like they are intelligent anyway, it would be a waste of money and supplies. Keeping the women in the house would save space, money, and time. It would save space in the work field for where men should be, and it would save money and time from having to constantly teach them simple tasks over and over again. The only simple task they are to do is make babies. And they already act like that is hard. Second, we should revoke their right to vote. A woman’s opinion does not matter in a man’s world, so why should they have a say in the first place? And if they don’t need to vote then they don’t need a voter’s ID either. I propose we take any form of identification from them as well, they are property so we should give them to the man, the leader and owner of the woman, kids, and household. They are not citizens so they do not need to drive, where do they need to go? If their sole purpose is to stay at the house, cook, clean, and take care of the offspring, then they do not need to have a car, or any type of transportation. If it is absolutely necessary, they have legs. The girls will be taught the proper way of living at home, cooking and cleaning. Finally, they are not allowed freedom of speech. They need not to talk for there is nothing of importance. It is important after a long day of work the woman does not agitate the man. Her simple tasks are just to make sure he’s comfortable, fed, and content. These are all reasons my proposal is the best and should be done as soon as possible.
It is sad to witness the destruction of the “baseball field”. The football players could roll an ankle or any other injury due to the horrible condition of their practice field. To protect the football players and increase their capabilities on the field there is only one simple solution to this issue. The baseball program needs to come to an end. Their actions on the gorgeous practice field are not allowing the grass to regrow and for more dirt and rocks to affect our football players. The baseball players have also taken up ample practice time during the spring and summer for the football players since they make the claim that they “have games to play”. If the baseball program is gone our football team will only show signs of improvement. Our track team could also become better if the baseball players moved over to it. Lastly, if the baseball team is no longer playing on that field then the dirt infield, that is improper to practice on, can turn into grass, which allows the practice field to be even bigger. As proven, to destroy the baseball program will only decrease the odds of injury for our football players, and increase the capabilities of our football team and even our track team. We have heard many horrible solutions to this problem from concerned baseball manager Tate Baughman including to make the fields past the bank into new practice fields. This would never work as then the football players would need to walk farther and we can have another injury riddled season. Tate Baughman also made the claim to make football players practice on their own field. This too would never work in the real world. Our field staff works tirelessly to keep the field in the best shape possible, to destroy all of their hard work for a measly practice is disrespectful to our team’s accomplishments.
A massive issue in the current school system today is the fact that many students are constantly on their phones and very distracted in class. Well, a modern solution to this problem would just simply be permanently attaching the phones to the student’s hands. I think that if we eliminate the hard and stressful choice of having to use a phone then the distraction would completely leave. They would be able to check their phones at all times, and they would be able to focus on the stuff that is really important, like who posted today and the new social media influencer of the week.
To continue, this leads me to my next point of fact that teachers can create a social media account and post all school material on there. Since the student is already spending their whole school day on social media it only makes sense that the teachers should teach using that platform. This would result in better grades, more students paying attention and less students getting in trouble for phone use.
Now some would make the point that it would be easier to just take a student’s phone or maybe enforce strict rules. This makes zero sense because a student needs their phone on them at all times as it should be a part of them. It’s not like a teacher can say “give me that” or anything. Maybe even go to the office. There really are plenty of alternatives to the issue of cell phones, but allowing students to permanently attach their phones to their hands is far better from collecting it at the beginning of every class.
Think of it this way, if they are attached to their hands then the rule of no phones wouldn’t exist. The use of phones would be incorporated into school; this would make the students no longer break the cell phone rule that is causing high cortisol levels. A simple solution to a simple problem. Obviously if we used our brain, we can conclude that in order to eliminate the issue of cell phones causing constant distraction and worse learning we should permanently attach the phones to their hands.
A large problem encountering our world today is that there are an incredibly large number of imbeciles running rampant. To solve this issue, there is one perfect solution. Because of the rising numbers of these idiots, production of warning labels, traffic signs, safety rules, and more has dramatically increased. In order to solve the issue of idiocrasy, we must eliminate the creation of all of these “safety” measures.
Natural selection is a natural remedy to this issue and appeals to all trad wives out there who only want natural solutions. If people are stupid enough to need a warning label that tells them not to touch something hot, then they obviously don’t have the common sense to navigate everyday life and support society. If someone slips, falls into a pool and drowns because they were running on the wet ground beside it, maybe it was just their time to go. Natural selection has been around for years, why stand in the way of it now?
This solution also saves many companies money which helps the economy. Companies can spend less time and money producing warning labels which leaves more space on their products for things like advertisements, and time for things like
There have been many ideas for solutions to this issue, but one false ideology that some have brought up must be addressed. Some say that an improvement in the education system would fix this issue; however, this is not the purpose of the education system. Schools teach students to mindlessly fill their brains with information in order to spit them out on exams. This is obviously so that the exams themselves can be filled with the knowledge, not the students. Teaching common sense and basic life skills in schools is simply illogical and not the intended purpose of schools.
In recent years, students across the world have been suffering due to the large amounts of homework they’ve been assigned. Every night, students spend hours completing homework instead of relaxing, doing things they enjoy, or spending time with family and friends. This problem has continued for too long and a solution is desperately needed. Therefore, I propose a simple plan to solve the homework problem for good.
My proposal is that students should no longer go home at the end of the school day. Instead, they should remain at school and complete their homework immediately after it is assigned. Sleeping bags could easily transform classrooms into sleeping areas, and cafeterias could serve dinner at night so students wouldn’t need to leave the building. This will allow teachers to assign as much work as they want without worrying about whether students will have enough time to finish it or to enjoy their free time. Students would become much more productive since they will no longer waste their evenings doing pointless things such as relaxing, sleeping, or talking with family and friends.
Some people may think that students need rest in order to learn properly, but this is obviously false. If we ensure that students are working constantly, then they will simply become used to being tired and will adapt to it. The less sleep students get, the more time they have to complete assignments and the more their performance will improve. This plan would also prepare students for the real world, where adults often work long hours with little sleep or free time. Plus, they barely get any already, what difference would it make?
And don’t tell me that teachers should work together to ensure they don’t assign too much work or that schools should give students more time to complete assignments in class. These ideas are far less effective than my proposal, which would truly eliminate the problem. Clearly, the best way to deal with too much homework is to make sure students never leave school at all.
As everyone knows, the Amish have been a unique population presiding in the central Pennsylvania region. The Amish are known for their ways in tradition, refusing to use modern technology. Due to their unique way of life and self-separation from modern society, the Amish community has therefore been also deemed a non-taxable community by the state and federal government. That’s right, no taxes. The greedy Amish community has been hoarding their precious, hard-earned money, for themselves. How else is America supposed to kidnap dictators from around the world without the vast amounts of wealth concentrated in the assumed tax gains of the Amish community.
As you can see, this is indeed a problem. And this is without mentioning the traffic a horse and buggy cause any road even relatively close to an Amish community. I have come up with a proposal on how to solve the problem of the Amish as a whole.
Firstly, because the tax dollars are a prime concern, you may just find out that you can take them by force. Delta Force has already proven they are more than capable of grand covert tasks, so why not send them into the heart of Amish society to seize the appropriate assets. The task force would be available to any means necessary, even the use of that “Super Sonic Weapon” would be deemed appropriate.
Now, the Amish are a very resilient people. Through my estimations, there is roughly a 20% chance of failure regarding the Delta force approach. Being said, I have a second proposal to guarantee success. The only way to guarantee that success is by completely obliterating the Amish areas and seizing the assets through the ashes. To do this, you need a destructive force more formidable than the Amish have the capacity to rebuild (which is inhumanly fast). I propose a surefire way of achieving this feat by using a famous city in Pennsylvania.
The plan will go as the following: The government will wait until the Eagles play in the Super Bowl. When the Eagles inevitably lose, CIA covert operations will stage a spy-op in Philadelphia and convince the general public, that the Amish community has had a responsibility in the Eagles losing. This will throw the Philadelphians into a fit of furry, resulting in them storming Lancaster. Because a group of Philadelphians’ has more destructive force than Amish rebuilding capacity, this will result in a scorched earth style annihilation of Lancaster. And due to Lancaster being the capital of Amish country, the Amish will surrender and give up the tax funds demanded by the US government.
This may seem extreme, but I heavily disagree. What else could you do? Some say you could leave them alone, but this will result in the population growing and hoarding more wealth than needed. I hope my proposal reaches the men in power to take action against this ever-growing crisis.
In an era when Taco Bells, Chilis, Chipotles, and other ethnic restaurants appear by the hour, infringing on our American culture, I find it fitting that ICE continues to deport those who are not pure-bred, blue-blooded Americans. To weed out impure American ancestry, it will need to be traced back centuries to the dawn of the caveman. I recognize that this will be a lengthy and expensive process, but I ask you: would you rather have a corrupt and diverse culture, or address the hypothetical faults in our country like poverty or homelessness? Then again, giving funding to those causes would be like putting a Band-Aid over the holes in RFK’s brain. The real solution would, in fact, be to rid this nation of the illegal leeches who steal land and money from those who were here first, Europeans. It was the Europeans, not Native Americans, who were here first. Left-wing, pronoun-using, socialist historians would have you believe that Native Americans were here first, but that is just not true. Yes, Europeans are the true Americans.
The question then becomes how? How will we remove all non-American citizens, and what will be done with them after they are removed from this great and wonderful continent? Well, how do we remove stray dogs? We chase them down, rope them by the neck, throw them in a cage, and send them somewhere else. That is what needs to be done to these leeches. Well, where will we put them? Madagascar. You can argue that many of those deported are in fact not from there and should be sent to their home country, but I argue that sending them to Madagascar will prevent them from coming back like the weeds they are. They may not escape due to disease, animal attacks, exposure, or simple logistics, but it’s safe to say that if anyone does manage to escape such an inhospitable place, they are certainly not human and again should be treated as such.
It is clear that any student who arrives late to school, especially after a long night of activities, needs a place to park. However, this has become almost impossible. The parking lot is always full, the roads nearby are taken, and students are left driving in circles wasting time and gas. At the same time, teachers who already have their own parking spaces often choose to park in student areas or along the road, making the problem even worse. This system is not only frustrating, but also unfair.
To solve this problem, I propose a simple and effective solution: students should no longer be allowed to park at school at all.
If students are not allowed to park, then there will be no competition for spaces. Instead, students can walk to school no matter how far away they live or how little sleep they got the night before. This would actually be very beneficial. Walking long distances every morning would keep students in shape and make sure they arrive at school already tired, which would make them quieter in class.
For students who cannot walk, another option would be to drive around the parking lot until a space opens up. This may take a long time and use a lot of gas, but it would teach students patience and determination, which are clearly more important than convenience.
Teachers, of course, should continue parking wherever they want, including in places meant for students or along the road. It is only fair that teachers do not have to walk any extra distance. Their assigned parking spots can remain empty if they choose, as a reminder to students that they have not earned the same privileges.
This plan would also help students prepare for real life. Dealing with stress, lack of sleep, and daily frustration will build character much better than having a fair and organized system ever could.
Some people might suggest easier solutions, like making sure teachers use their own parking spots, limiting where people can park, or adding more spaces. However, these ideas are far too simple and would actually fix the problem, which would take away the important life lessons students are currently learning.
For these reasons, it is clear that removing student parking completely is the best solution. This will keep the system just as fair and efficient as it is now, if not even better. As an added benefit, the empty parking lot could finally be put to good use by turning it into another practice field for the football players, since that is clearly a much more important need than giving students a place to park.
We all are aware that there are new conflicts in the Middle East seemingly every year. These conflicts result in mass death, and even more hatred for one another. If these issues continue, these problems could extend to other parts of the world. That is why this needs to be resolved immediately. I will graciously offer a solution that will solve this problem with great ease. The United States has the largest military force in the world. Within the military’s arsenal lies the solution to everything. We should take all of our bombs, nuclear and all, and drop them all over the Middle East. Once we do this, all Middle Eastern countries will cease to exist. All of the death, genocide, and destruction will immediately stop, saving the Middle East and causingly the rest of the world from all of the violence. Once all of the countries are gone, we will institute a dictatorship to make sure that no violence will ever occur again. After all, everyone loves a strongly structured government that gives order. Because of this amazing solution, I do not want to hear any other suggestions. They say that proper diplomacy will solve everything. Diplomacy leaves room for compromise. You can’t compromise with such violent governments. Don’t tell me that we should stop all of our involvement within the Middle East. Sure, they hate us to death only because of what we have done to them continuously, but it’s not like they’d stop hating us if we left them alone and didn’t bother them. Because of the lack of proper solutions, and how effective mine is, I implore the United States to use the forces they have built up and wipe the Middle East off the map.
Within the United States, there has become an unacceptable amount of disdain, disrespect, and overall hatred within politics and government. This has led to the American public becoming more politically polarized with each passing year. The country cannot keep continuing down this dark path because as it progresses, citizens will grow to hate each other more and more which will subsequently lead to the destruction of the country and world as we know it. To combat this horrid future from becoming reality, I, Former Vice President, Dick Cheney, have devised an effective, yet modest, proposal of a series of actions needed to take place. Because the political participants, on both sides of the aisle, have already destroyed the lives of their opposition through smear campaigns, cancel culture, and countless scandals, it only makes sense that they should be able to take their lives as well. That is why, as a part of my proposal, only one political group will be left alive to continue their parties ideas and policies to eliminate the polarization from their opposition. In order to fairly decide what party will remain, the 2028 Presidential Election will result in the inauguration of a new president and the execution of those who voted against the winner. After the results of the election are announced, citizens who voted against the winner will have one week to get their affairs in order before their eventual execution. Finally, in order to ensure that the election results are that of the most accurate representation of the country and so that people do not skip this election to keep polarization a problem in America, voting will be made mandatory for all ages of residents of the United States. Not only will this proposal eliminate political polarization by removing differing political ideals, it will also allow legislation to be passed at speeds like no other government on earth, ensuring that laws are up to date with the current issues of the country. Also, with the sudden decrease in the population, resources will be more available to those who survive, which could also be sold as exports and strengthen the economy. Now, opponents of this proposal may try to state other solutions such as trying to find commonalities between parties and make compromises or respectfully debate others with a differing opinion to yours, but these would never work. In order to ensure that political polarization will no longer plague America, the opposing opinions must be erased.
Across the United States there are 3,300 violent crimes committed every single day. This is obviously a major problem and not much is being done to stop these criminals. We live in the wealthiest country in the world yet we still struggle to stop these violent criminals that run around the streets. Terrorizing innocent people and the police has nobody backing them up to help in these violent situations. The police need our help, and we should give it to them.
The only logical solution is to give the police access to military grade weapons. Things like heavy machine guns could help level the playing field between the police and dangerous criminals who already possess these deadly weapons. But I don’t think that we should stop there. We need to put the cops ahead. Things like tanks, attack helicopters, and fighter jets could help stop this terrible problem plaguing our streets. We should replace police cars with the M1A2 Abrams man battle tank. With its depleted uranium rounds and multiple 50 caliber machine guns the criminals would be no match for police. This would not only make the streets feel safer but it would also allow police officers to engage threats with even leaving their vehicles! So it would keep our streets and officers safe. Secondly the use of attack helicopters could be detrimental to curbing this crime epidemic. Many police forces already use helicopters so why not replace them with the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter with a 30 millimeter chain gun and the ability to carry 16 hellfire missiles and 70 hydra rockets that would be extremely useful in stopping these dangerous criminals. While keeping the community safe. Lastly the use of A-10 thunder bolt lls would help keep these criminals in check. Armed with a 30-millimeter machine gun and the capability to carry a vast array of weapons it is the best choice for our police officers. Specifically designed for close air support. There could be no better options than to use these awesome machines to keep our cities safe.
As you can see, giving the police access to these useful machines would help to stop the current crime epidemic. Returning American streets back to the safe quiet streets we knew and loved.
In today’s society, it is clearly an issue of having such a high drinking age. My modest proposal today is to not only lower but ban the drinking age in general. There should be no limit for any age. People need to build their immunity to alcohol no matter their age.
With banning the drinking age, we will be letting all ages consume alcohol. Let young and old be able to drink and consume alcohol. A 4-year-old needs to build their immunity so they aren’t thrown into drinking irresponsibly later in life. Toddlers should be introduced to drinking wine at dinner, this early exposure will help allow the body to adapt efficiently. This will avoid life addictions, if we don’t have children binging illegally. We need to teach them how to responsibly consume these different products.
It is a known fact that children tend to do things they are not supposed to do. Telling them not to drink makes them sneak, steal, and participate in illegal activities. This can also make them binge crazy amounts of alcohol because they might only get it one night, which can lead to many bad things, like death, alcohol poisoning, and can get them addicted. If we ban the alcohol age, this will let them know how to responsibly drink, to not sneak around and drink, and not to do illegal activities that could ruin their lives. They will be able to drink responsibly and not binge great amounts of alcohol. This can get young people immune and cause less addictions and tragedies.
The other benefits of this are reduced crimes. People, especially teenagers will not be illegally drinking and will also lessen the crime of having a fake ID. Alcohol sales will boost the economy, and it will teach these children responsibility.
Now there have been many individuals with foolish arguments about this. Firstly, setting the drinking age to 26 years of age does not logically make sense. Human brains might not fully develop until this age but again legalizing this ban on the age limit will just prove that less addiction and more responsible drinking will take place. This ban will also allow the body to adapt to the consumption of alcohol.
Secondly banning alcohol in general will also not help. The whole population strives on having rights. Taking their right away to consume alcohol will just infuriate people.
In conclusion, the drinking age is too high. People, young and old should have the right to consume anything they want. The alcohol age limit needs to be banned. We need to properly, legally, get people immune and ready to consume alcohol. It is not only reasonable, but also necessary to ensure our population thrives.
In the year 2026 who even goes to a Bellwood-Antis musical anymore. The ticket sales have been suffering, and it takes time out of the kids fragile learning schedule, also the program is taking too much funding from the school and the schools great football team. So, I am proposing that we defund the Musical Program at Bellwood Antis.
A solution to the problem is that we take the funding and ticket sales from the Bellwood-Antis musical program and put it back into the school or into sporting events. Like I said, put it into the football teams or put into something that people actually go too, like a golf match or cross country team who is suffering finically and needs money to help them get new uniforms or a new tent. Because once again those two sports get more turn out than any musical
I am also proposing that we make the kids who are in the musical do a sport like track or baseball to keep them in shape and give them fundamental life skills that will help them for the rest of their life, like team building and learning to problem solve through rough times, the musical will not teach these kids this any life skills, like when will any of these kids have to sing in a 9/5 job or working in an office, but if they play a real sport like baseball it teaches them valuable life lessons.
