Adam Creates Policy (Updated 12/9/23)

 

In this composition I would like to put forth policy for humanity.  I plan to add more insights regarding how we can better shape the world going forward.  Stay tuned. 

The Path To Parenthood  
 
The Path To Parenthood initiative will be completely voluntary, as we live in a free society, and no one should be burdened with the great responsibility of raising tomorrow's leaders.  But, for those who do choose to participate in the great responsibility of parenthood, the following protocol must be adhered to.

 
To facilitate a smooth transition into parenthood,  a course entitled Parenting 101 will be taught to all aspiring parents.  I say aspiring because to become a parent, one would have to acquire permission from their local APA authority (Aspiring Parental Agency), which would be comprised of elected leaders from their local community.  After a successful interview with the local APA committee, an aspiring child-rearing person could start the course enrollment process for a nominal fee--just to pay for course materials and professional guidance.  After attaining certification, the aspiring child-rearing person can begin the Sterilization Reversion Process, if applicable.  Of course, I say reversion because every person with birthing capability would be sterilized upon birth.  The determinant age of the aspiring child-rearing person should be no less than thirty years old, unless authorization is obtained for special circumstance.  If, for whatever reason, an aspiring child-rearing person should delay the process after its inception, then the process is subject to immediate termination as decided by their local APA authority.  Upon termination, the prospective child-rearing person can reapply after 180 days.    
 
This initiative will shift the focus from preventative care solutions and government subsidized parental assistance to proactive parenting reform.  Protecting both the unborn and a woman's right to choose, this solution will appeal to both sides of the political aisle--and, over time, transform society into a cohesive, harmonious whole where only the prepared and pre-approved may procreate.    

This initiative bridges the political divide and solves real-world problems.  For example, allowing only qualified births can transform states into partisan bastions--eliminating political opposition entirely; or, the process can remain unbiased, ensuring that every qualified birthing-capable person is allowed to participate in the child-rearing process. 
 
Furthermore, we can greatly reduce the moral quandaries of everyday birthing-capable people, all while alleviating the fiscal burden on our upper and middle classes.  Our future birthing-capable people should feel confident in their freedom, and at the same time maintain their moral high ground.  With proper implementation, The Path To Parenthood initiative can do just that, and much more.       

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4hP6nOB1dc 

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Addendum:

Think about it: There's more for the living if we don't have to pay for the poor. And if we come back to earth, we won't be born poor because we won't let them procreate--because they won't exist! For the win-win!
#Sterilize
#Parenthood

Tent Life

You can actually couple my Path to Parenthood initiative with my Tent Life initiative! With Tent Life, we can transition the existing poor into more suitable living arrangements while we eliminate the causes of poverty: inadequate parental assistance and neglect. We can even turn this initiative over to the private sector for fine-tuning, as this will not only serve the public, but also create a profit-driven venture that can entertain the masses!

With an economy on the downturn, and the rise in housing and rent prices, there have been many people forced to take up residence on city sidewalks. And with crime and street doo-doo antics everywhere, onlookers and sidewalk tent dwellers are finding these newfound freedoms unsettling. In short, I propose a more mobile adventurous lifestyle for these 21st century nomads. We can call it Tent Life, and push a frontier-oriented mindset emphasizing adventure over survival.  To foster this novel outlook on Tent Life, we should have propagators in each tent dwelling area recruiting Tent Life prospects.  This can be a corporate sponsee that demonstrates the ideal image and share any knew information from the Greater Tent Life Community, which will be headed by our top Tent Life donors and innovators.  Of course, to better facilitate the romantic outlook for Tent Life, a new atmosphere will be required.  This is why I propose we ship all Tent Life participants to National Parks and outlying woodland areas--where they can experience true American freedom.  For the more objective-minded participants, we can set up Tent Life campaign trails.  And to keep Tent Life participants motivated, we can have Easter Egg hunt-esque events and treasure maps.  To further motivate Tent Life inductees to participate in the relocation program, we can issue survival gear and a free tent!  We can even streamline Tent Life participation to create monetizing opportunities for the charitable donors and the Greater Tent Life Community by installing GPS and cameras in Tent Life gear and survival grounds.  I propose that we first roll this program out in San Francisco, and set up our first Tent Life survival ground in the Redwoods.  

Addendum:

To spice up Tent Life and increase viewer count, we can even outfit the more eccentric poor in specific garb relating to their fantasy character. With Tent Life, they can be anything they want: a lumberjack, a pirate, a downed aircraft pilot behind enemy lines, a zombie--really, the sky is the limit. Further, fantasy participants can even receive specific toolsets for each chosen character class: a pirate can receive a spyglass and an eye patch, a lumberjack obviously gets an axe, zombies get...drugs? Production can figure out the details, but as long as Tent Life participants can believe in their characters, so can the viewers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl6OLZApin4&t=35s

*$*- grammatical reconsiderations and sentence restructuring (just read it again).

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Garage Sale!

I saw something really interesting while driving through a "no soliciting" area: a communal garage sale (^!).  And I thought, "I bet the first person to think of that was a busy Betty, and I bet busy Betty thought 'Hey, I have an idea,'"--and bam, she did it.  Do you know why?  Because smart people do smart things.  They don't settle for inconveniences and a "that's just life" mantra.  No, they initiate change.  She probably called caring Cathy and deliberate Debby and organized a flyer handout (!@) for the rest of their Golden Cove fam (fabricated name for publication purposes), and then organized a community powwow setting terms and a date for an annual garage sale where everyone who has something to sell can participate (big or small), even stingy Sandra.(*&)    

So, who are the busy Bettys, caring Cathys, and deliberate Debbys in your community?  Is a flyer handout enough to engage and galvanize your base?  Perhaps a community website is necessary, which can not only provide a community calendar with community garage sales, but also organize other community profit-making events that were once solitary efforts ($%).  This can also be a website promoting community businesses with online advertising banners, and the like.  To prevent an inundation of garage sale site options, garage sale areas can be segmented (gerrymandered, if you will), and scheduled in advance.  There can even be a garage sale every weekend!  The website might even be able to not only fund itself, but provide a small profit to those maintaining it.  Of course, you'll probably need to recruit computer bro Brian, but these are just some broad strokes.

How many rinky-dink garage sales do you drive by and say, "gosh, if only they had a larger selection," or "gosh, if only I knew of this in advance, then I might risk wasting my time browsing."  With time, perhaps this initiative, if successful on a local level, can sprout into a Garage Sale Holiday for the entire nation, but perhaps that's an R-word idea and should never be spoken of again ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX6pPfgLjvI ).

*& - Garage sale note: for a nominal fee, perhaps a garage sale site owner can act as a go-between between the product's original owner and the customer.  This can not only puff up a garage sale owner's inventory--giving it a respectable showing, but also provide an avenue of sale that would not have otherwise been provided to the original owner of the item (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_x7ArlwVds ).  Also, because location is everything, perhaps there could be a donor-class tab on the website, displaying prime garage sale sites and email access to the participating garage sale owner.  Here, the garage sale donor class can solicit permission from the participating garage sale owner and agree upon a designated area of sale, price, and distribution fee for the item in question.  For greater organizational purposes, category emphasis could be provided for each distribution hub, or participating garage sale owner., creating a recurring customer base for years to come.  For instance, on Washington Ave, there's a house that always has these type of items.  Perhaps another R-word idea, so cherry-pick astutely (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlv7Bp-L2MM ).

On ground level, a ledger could be kept at the POS tracking item sale.  This can be done with colored stickers.  For example, every item sold that belongs to Kevin has a red sticker on the bottom.  This sticker would correspond to the sticker in the ledger next to Kevin's name.  If you run out of colored stickers, you can use numbers.  Of course, this is one step away from barcodes, and I think that would make this a business idea, and that would require a tax (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ATT0Pm76s) 

!@ - Index cards can even be used with cute artistry done by your child.  This will come off as warm and hospitable--but also frivolous, so make sure you use "Grand Garage Sale" to indicate the quality and quantity of items to be sold (just make sure you have a solid donor class!)

$% - I realize that there are already community art shows, flea markets, etc., but many of these events have been privatized and profit the organizers and the distributors, more so than the creators or sellers.  But I haven't done any research on this and I'm just spitballing into the adjacent possible, so cherry-pick astutely. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L55aN3tfoIA

^! - By communal garage sale, I mean several garage sales happing simultaneously within a select community.  

*$* - To attract tourists to the community website to support local businesses and events, "Get Local" can be plastered on billboards or brochures, accompanied with an adjoining website address.  The brochures need be nothing fancy, they could even be the size of an index card padding the front desk of "botique" motels and other tourist hotspots.