Ethiopian Review’s List of Top 10 Things President Barack Obama should do during his first 100 days in office
1. Give the genocidal regime in Ethiopia 6 months to release all political prisoners, lift all restrictions on the press, allow the formation of an independent elections committee that is composed of representatives of opposition parties, and hold a new election within one year. Or else, cut all financial and military support, impose travel ban on Woyanne officials, and freeze their assets in the U.S.
2. Issue an executive order allowing immigrant families in the U.S. who are separated from their loved ones in foreign countries to unite immediately. Some families have been separated for over 5 years for no reason other than bureaucratic backlogs.
3. Introduce a legislation to the U.S. Congress that will eliminate the current tax code (thousands of pages) and replace it with a one page law that sets a 15 percent tax for every one who makes $30,000 or more. Those who make less than $30,000 per year will pay no federal income tax. They will pay only local sales taxes. This will help stimulate the economy, generate more tax revenue, and reduce the size of the government.
4. Introduce a program that will retrofit all federal buildings with solar panels.
5. Release from prison those who are incarcerated for non-violent (also known as victimless) crimes such as insider trading. Instead, make those convicts work certain hour per week to pay the society for the crimes they committed. This will help reduce the 2 million U.S. prison population by a significant number, without letting those who violate the law go unpunished.
6. Authorize NASA to launch a mission to land man on the planet Mars. Invite the private sector to help fund the mission.
7. Reaffirm citizen’s the right to bear arm by encouraging states to abolish gun permits. Only those who are convicted criminals should lose their right to bear arm.
8. Reaffirm that the Internet will remain a tax free zone by signing a pledge.
9. Organize a White House-sponsored annual science fair, in collaboration with the private sector, where top 10 inventors will receive up to $100 million.
10. Eliminate visa requirements for Ethiopians for helping Obama win Virginia (wishful thinking).