Table of Contents
- Business & Labor
- Workplace, Labor & Wage Regulations
- 4-Day Work Week
- Non-Wage Compensation
- Absent Day Wages
- Poverty Level Definition
- Minimum Wage, Overtime & Other Labor Pay Policies
- Late-to-Work Penalty
- Child Labor
- Retirement Age
- Commission Payments, Referrals & Contingency Fees
- Gratuity (Tips) – Only for Exceptional Service
- Lunch Breaks
- ‘Downsizing’ Speed Limit
- Worker Testing, Training & Safety
- Workplace & Home Office Safety Standards
- Occupational Radiation Exposure Limits
- Limited Sleeping Permitted for Pilots & Crew On Duty
- Market Determined Government Pay
- Permit Non-Disruptive Religious & Political Activities In the Workplace
- Female Occupation Segregation
- Union Membership & Strikes
- Pricing & Payment Regulations
- Product Pricing Court
- Price Controls, Gouging & Fixing
- Prices Should Include Tax
- Prices: In Cost Per Unit
- Daily Trading Limits (Stocks and Commodities)
- Business Cross Subsidy Regulations
- Prohibit Prepayment Penalties
- Fat or Disabled Pay For Needed Services
- Individually Metered Utilities
- Real-Time Pricing of Utilities
- Rebate, Refund, Credit Payment Regulations
- Model Royalties
- Usury
- Burial Plots Should Be Rented
- Publication Reselling
- Business Operating Regulations
- Industry Congress Funds & Administers Their Own Infrastructures
- Receipts For Every Transaction
- Permanent Garage/Yard Sale Lots
- Ban Hostile Takeovers
- Security Research Analysts and Investment Advisors Must Remain Separate
- Incorporation Protections
- Insurance Company Clearinghouse
- Government-Owned Businesses
- Government Non-Interference In Business Operating Schedules and Pricing
- Renter/Landlord Relationships & Responsibilities
- Gardeners’ Responsibilities
- Product & Service Regulations
- Product Standardizations
- Only Legal & Safe Products & Services Sold, Unless Noted
- If Illegal For Domestic Use, Then Illegal for Export
- Operating Systems Must Come With Free Antivirus & Malware Protection
- Utility Companies Responsible for ‘Clean’ Delivery
- Logical Billing & Pay Cycles
- Permissible Exposure/Product Radioactivity Levels
- Business & Personal Domain Naming Rights
- Guns
- Laser Use Regulations
- Cargo Insurance
- Credit Checks Shouldn’t Affect Credit Scores
- Weaning Small Appliances Off of Batteries & Onto Solar Cells
- Gift Cards
- Charging For Grocery Bags
- Knives
- Natural Gas Valve Check
- Utility Meter Placement & Reading
- Volume/Treble Designs On Radios, TVs, Etc.
- Shopping Carts
- Video/Audio Counters Should Mean Something
- Using Third-Party Components
- Product Labeling
- Labeling Requirement Threshold
- Mass Produced Products – Ingredient Labeling Requirements
- Food Product Labeling
- ‘Made in the USA’ Definition
- Prescription Medication Labeling
- Toothbrushes
- Microwavable Dish Labeling
- Electronic Equipment Temperature Labeling
- TV/Monitor Screen Size Labeling
- Restaurant Menu Should State Food/Price Ratios & Calorie Estimates
- Date of Printing On Maps & Other Documents
- Part Number Policies
- Toilet Paper Perforation Performance Rating
- Contracts
- Patents & Copyrights
- Other
- Workplace, Labor & Wage Regulations
- Crime & Punishment
- Principles of the Legal & Justice Systems
- Costs of a Crime & Punitive Penalties
- Death Penalty Prerequisites
- Age of Majority
- Law of Logic
- Violating the Spirit of the Law
- Statute of Limitations
- Neutral Until Proven Guilty
- Closing Legal Loopholes
- Immunity – Self-Incrimination
- Mental Status – Irrelevant for Determining Guilt
- Disclaimer Protection for Elderly
- Extradition
- Retroactive Laws
- Company Immunity From Customers’ Illegal Use
- Foreigners Subject to Laws of Countries They Dwell In
- Affirmative Action
- Discrimination Regulations
- Accessible Business Leaders
- Addressing Past Practices That Are Currently Illegal
- New Residents To Be Informed of Relevant Laws
- The Judicial System
- Jury Reform
- Arbitration Requirements
- Losers Pay Winners’ Legal Costs
- Compensating Witnesses, Informants, Others Called to Participate in Trials
- Admitting Information Into Trials Even After Their Conclusion
- Burden of Proof In Legal Cases
- Supreme Court & Federal Courts
- Legal Discovery
- Anybody Can Sue Anybody
- Prosecutors’ Pay Based On Percentage of Restitution Levied
- Lawyer & Prosecutor Restrictions
- Court Marshal Only To Protect Classified Information
- Neighborhood Conflict Resolution Court
- Grace Period For Legal Testimony
- Pay Tickets On the Spot
- Stenographers
- Information Gathering
- Enforcement
- Crime Victims
- Punishment
- Criminal Activities
- Definition of Theft
- Terrorism
- Spying
- Bribery
- Defamation & Libel
- Penalty for Disowning Daughters Who Are Victims of Rape
- Counterfeit Production and Use
- Trafficking Controlled or Protected Materials and Livestock
- Information or Product Intended to Conceal or Aid Illegal Behavior
- Criminal Use of US Currency
- Withholding Information
- Computer Worms, Viruses & Unauthorized Information Access
- Legalizing Drugs & Drug Plants
- Punishments for Participating in Illegal Activities
- Pornography, Prostitution & Nude Behavior
- Dirty & Laundered Money
- Blood Alcohol Content Limits
- Consensual Sex With Minors
- Cruelty to Animals
- Pedestrians Crossing On the Red
- Illegal Use of Shopping Carts
- Shooting Into the Air
- School Delinquency
- Public Cursing
- Non-Emergency 911 Calls
- Heckling
- Flag Burning Allowed
- Public Dress Code
- Principles of the Legal & Justice Systems
- Disasters & Emergencies
- Planning & Funding
- Emergency Fund Maintenance
- Firefighters & EMT Workers
- Educating Proper Behavior During Emergencies
- Building Floor Plan Database
- Distributed Power Generation & EMP Defenses
- Mandatory Storage of Emergency Supplies
- Emergency Alert/Broadcast System (EAS/EAB)
- Preventing Runs on Banks
- Insurance Cooperative
- Radio for Hikers
- Emergency Power for Elevators
- Management & Response
- Planning & Funding
- Education
- Systemic Policies
- Accreditation Regulations
- National Educational Standards
- ‘Primary’ & ‘Secondary’ School Redefinitions
- Academic Year Definition, Length, Vacation Schedule & Daily Start Time
- Class Sizes Increase With Age
- School Sizes – Average 350 Per School
- Principals Need More Authority
- Teacher Decides Teaching Method
- Enrollment Questionnaire
- Recess Before Lunch
- Single-Sex Education
- Chronologically Diverse Schools & Classrooms
- Schools Archiving Students’ Work
- 2-Day Notice of New Student for Teacher
- Classroom Signs, Schedules & Clocks
- Educational Career Charts
- School Yard Shade Requirements
- Printed Student Term Schedules
- Corporal Punishment In Schools
- Animal Dissections In Primary Schools
- Class Schedule Change Notification
- Academic Transcripts
- Multiple Degrees
- Calculator Prohibition
- School Registration Business Through the Telephone
- Funding & Supplies
- Tuition for Public School Attendance
- Basic School Supplies Provided by Parents
- Performance-Based Teacher Pay
- Student Grade-Based Course Financial Refund
- Student Time-Based Course Financial Refund
- Monetary Fines for School Children
- Late School Start Date Penalty
- School Lunch Subsidies
- More Efficient Use of Public School Facilities
- Educational Financial Aid Grants Cover Only Direct Costs
- School Community Stores
- Educational Material Publishers Competing Directly With Students
- Schoolbooks; Buying/Selling & Buyback Pricing
- Getting Parents Involved In Their Children’s Education
- Student Gardens
- Exhaustive Exercise Database
- Lecture Notes
- University Cocoons
- Student Uniforms
- School Textbook Stocking Requirements
- Time Compressed Movies & Animated Flipbooks
- Testing & Grading
- Preparing Students for Tests
- Testing – More Intensive
- Grading On a Curve
- A+/A Grade Point Values, General Grading System
- Answers Written On Tests Proper
- Student Testing Materials
- Standard Format for Student Papers
- Student Test/Class Rank Postings
- Testing Rooms
- Students Keep All Tests for Their Records
- Student Graded Essays
- Testing Long-Term Retention of Knowlede
- Retaking College Courses
- Curriculum & Course Design – Birth – 14th Grade
- Mandatory General Education Completion
- Fulltime Schooling Definition
- Educational Prioritization & Ultimate Goals
- Homework
- Standardized Course Nomenclature System
- Self-Paced Flexible Packaged Courses
- Combining School Subjects To Increase Educational Efficiency
- Textbook Organization & Design
- Instilling An Appreciation For Common Social Benefits & Stability
- Health & Cooking Classes
- Writing Classes
- Foreign Language Classes
- Short-Term Intensive Student Workloads
- Mental Conditioning Courses
- Communicating Criticism & Anger
- Being Part of the Solution
- Arguing In Favor of Opposing Viewpoint
- Religion Taught In Schools
- Anti-Discrimination Classes
- News Reading & Analysis
- Hypocrisy Classes
- Public Speaking Classes
- Risk Analysis Classes
- Interdisciplinary Value Awareness Education
- Children Taught To Describe Visual Scenes In Detail
- Thankfulness Education
- Simple Home Maintenance Classes
- Children Should Work With Their Hands
- Teenagers Taught Food Prices
- Children Should Learn To Sew
- Children Keeping Their Hands To Themselves
- Martial Arts Courses
- Crime Classes: Observation & Penalties
- Basic Understanding of Every Field of Science
- Exercises for Government Familiarity
- Younger vs. Older Generation Dislikes
- Elderly Care & Visitation
- Remembering The Past Classes
- Estimation Classes
- Parenting Education
- Swim Classes
- Bicycling & Driving Classes
- Spectrum (Visible) Classes
- Computer Programming/Coding Classes
- Teaching Characteristics Associated With Places
- Education of the General Public
- Systemic Policies
- Elections
- Enviromental Protection
- Environmental Policy Principles
- Business Relationship to the Environment
- Environmental Grading Scale
- Environmental Damage Penalty
- Allow Only ‘Clean’ List of Chemicals
- Military Pollution & Cleanup Guidelines
- Pollution Definition Levels
- Space Junk
- Ban Public Exchange of Bodily Fluids
- Garbage Is Private Property
- Home Orientation
- External Electrical Outlets
- Prevention
- Conservation & Preservation
- Waste Reduction & Recycling
- Water Pollution
- Noise Pollution
- Aesthetic (Visual) Pollution
- Environmental Policy Principles
- Government Budgeting & Operations
- The Purpose of Government
- Government Budgeting, Spending & Monetary Policy
- Government Policy-Making Procedures
- Voting for One Thing At a Time
- Bill Introduction/Procedures/Final Resolution In Congress
- Veto Powers
- Law Making & Implementation Principles
- Reducing Congressional Time Off
- Reduced Privacy For Public & Intelligence Personnel
- Fillibusters
- Vote Buying & Illegal Voting Pressures
- Politician Socialization Restrictions
- Executive Branch Initiating Legislation
- Present During Voting
- Abstention Vote
- Ban Voice Vote In Government
- Prohibit ‘Social Commentary’ Voting
- Disorderly Conduct In Government Institutions
- Political Terms – More Logical Starting & Ending Points
- Government Exemption From Laws
- Vice-Presidential Treatment
- Statistical Sampling
- Property Boundary Line Disputes
- Public Social Programs
- Finding Jobs
- Permanent Homeless Dwellings
- Neighborhood Housing for the Elderly
- Voluntary Sterilization
- Government Financial Aid Prerequisites
- Recording Every Human Being’s Death
- Lost & Found Responsibilities & Agencies
- Pet Licenses
- Donation Database
- Surveys
- Facilitating Civic Communication
- Police Giving Rides to Needing People
- Building Permits, Codes, Zoning & Eminent Domain
- Health, Food, Medicine & Reproduction
- Healthcare Industry Principles
- Exercise & Prevention
- Periodic Physical Tests for All People
- Nod Instead of Shaking Hands
- Exercise Program for the Elderly & the Rest of the Population
- Pets for the Aged or Sick
- Phase Out QWERTY Keyboards for Dvorak
- Adequate Public Bathroom Lighting & Sounds
- Bathroom, Kitchen, Appliance & Cookware Cleaning & Maintenance
- Human Generation of Electricity During Exercise
- Food
- Medicine & Medical Practices
- All Medical & Scientific Studies Must Be Published
- Vaccinations
- Antibiotic Usage
- Medical Personnel Training for Early Detection & Given Authority to Quarantine Patients
- Hospice Care: Default Beyond a Certain Age
- Noisy Hospital Environments
- Websites that Describe All Kinds of Medical Conditions
- Medical Malpractice
- Coma, Brain Death & Time Limits
- Organ & Blood Donations
- Fetal Tissue & Stem Cell Research
- Umbilical Cord Blood
- Medical Prescriptions
- Pharmacists’ Access to Patients’ Information
- Circumcision
- Reproduction, Parenting & Marriage
- Abortion & Euthanasia
- Contraceptives & Religious Opposition
- In Vitro Fertilization
- Child Support
- Biological Parents May Not Withhold Their Identity from Children Given for Adoption
- Periodic Physical Examination for Pregnant Mothers
- Egg, Sperm & Surrogate Sales
- Gender Selection & Genetic Modification
- Maternal Names Given to Offspring
- Contraceptives & Insurance Coverage
- Arranged Marriages
- Divorce Regulations & Public Divorce Records
- Mandatory Marriage Education
- Blood Quantum
- Immigration & Citizenship
- Media & Communications
- Language
- Esperanto – International Language
- English – U.S. Official Language
- English Language Simplification
- Dates, Addresses & Names; Written from General to Specific
- Standardized Numbering, Punctuation & Nomenclature Format
- Two Spaces After Ending Punctuation
- Currency Symbol Place After Number of Units
- Periods of Time Nomenclature
- Punctuation Placements
- SI Prefix Modification
- Mention Acronym Next to the First Use of Full Expanded Term
- More Comma Use
- Name Standardization Congress
- Standardize Telephone Number Writing With Hyphens
- Information Distribution Regulations
- Advertising Regulations
- Internet Communications
- Radio & Television
- Telephones
- Increasing Clarity of Information
- Postal Service Mail & Addresses
- Privacy
- Language
- Military, Defense & International Affairs
- Military
- Defense & International Affairs
- Defense & Sovereignty
- Territorial Waters & Airspace
- Recognition of Governments
- Political Asylum & Enclave Creation for Persecuted Minorities
- Resources in International Waters, Airspace & Territorries
- Foreign Interventions – Some Justifications
- Economic Sanctions
- Aid for Poor, Undeveloped Countries
- Water Rights
- Assassination of Foreign Leaders
- International Districts
- Rejoining Communities Split by International Borders
- Official State Religions
- Sports
- Standards & Measures
- Taxes
- Principles of Taxation
- Tax System Fundamentals
- Tax Only Active Economic Activity
- Progressive Taxation
- Ban Tax Deductions, Credits, Exemptions, Pre-Tax Money, Etc.
- Tax Trade Across Political Boundaries
- Buyer’s & Seller’s Sales Tax Charged On All Transactions
- Distinct Nested Entities Treated as One for Tax Purposes (Revenue, Market-Share, Profit Taxes)
- US Territories & Possessions: Representation & Taxation
- Export Taxes
- Specific Taxes
- Income Tax & Negative Income Tax
- Market Share Tax
- Profit Tax
- Pollution Tax
- Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax
- Natural Environmental Harvest Tax
- Junk Food Tax
- Foreign Sales Revenue Tax
- Bycatch Penalties
- Weapons Environmental Tax
- War Tax
- Lottery & Gambling Tax
- Aesthetic Penalty Tax
- Penalty Tax on Vehicles not Meeting US Safety or Pollution Control Standards
- Electromagnetic Frequency Tax
- Tax Grammatically Incorrect Business Names or Other Commercial Usages
- Principles of Taxation
- Time & Calendar
- Transportation
- Mass Transportation
- Mass Transportation System Open to Competition
- Mass Transportation System Infrastructure Design
- Public Bicycle System
- Transportation Route Layout & Nomenclature
- Comprehensive Mass Transportation System Schedules & Information Database
- Public Transit Vehicle Information
- Electronic Stop Indicators At Stop Locations
- All Vehicles Must Yield To Mass Transit Vehicles
- Behavioral Codes of Conduct
- Vehicles Sharing the Same Route
- Vehicles Must Be Cleaned At Least Once a Week
- Fare Machine – Out of Order
- Departure Warning Toot
- Motor Vehicle Regulations
- Built-in Automotive Speed Limiting Device
- Synchronized Braking Systems
- Video Cameras Recording Roadway
- Vehicle ‘Black Boxes’
- Yellow & Red Blinking Hazard Lights
- Blinker Reminder Alarms
- Seatbelt Alarm & Usage
- Headlights
- Registration Renewal Inspections
- Fuel Tank Caps
- Automotive Front/Rear Electronic Distance Measuring Device
- Buses – Child Seatbelts
- Front License Plates Optional – For a Fee
- Automotive Electric Windows & Radios
- Driving
- Roads & Signage
- Keep Right
- Speed Limits
- Definition of Running a Red Light
- Signal Lights
- Crosswalk Signals
- Road Signs
- Road Sign Font
- Merging Lanes
- Eliminate Carpool Lanes
- Roadway Reflectors & Lighting
- Political Boundary Signs
- Geographical/Educational Road Signs
- Roadside Memorials
- Significant Event Location Signs
- Manhole Covers
- Parking
- Motorcycles & Bicycles
- Traffic Reports
- Air Travel
- Safety & Other
- Mass Transportation
Time
1. 24-Hour Time Should Be Standard
24-hour time should be the standard form of time kept worldwide. The AM/PM system should be abolished due to needless confusion.
0 Comments2. Abolish Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time should be abolished.
0 Comments3. The International Date Line Should Also Be the Prime Meridian
The Prime Meridian should be placed at the International Date Line. The International Date Line/Prime Meridian would then be redefined as 0° longitude. Greenwich would be at 180° longitude.
0 Comments4. Simplify Time Zones
All non-standard time zones should be eliminated. Also, in the US, all of Oregon should be on Pacific Time, Idaho on Mountain Time, all of ND, SD, NE, KS, and TX should be on Central Time, and every state entirely east of the Mississippi River should be on Eastern Time.
0 Comments5. Countdown Clocks
Countdown clocks for space shuttle and rocket launches should smoothly and continuously countdown without any planned pauses or stoppages. If something unexpected occurs or a problem is found, then pausing or stopping the countdown clock would be understandable. But stopping the clock at T-3 minutes, for example, for a planned 5- minute hold and a routine systems check is not understandable.
0 Comments6. Redefining & Simplifying Units of Time
Decimal Metric Time
The most logical division of time would be decimal metric time with its divisions of deciday (2.4 hours) and centiday (14.4 minutes). A decimal second (0.864 second) or 100,000th of a day, would also be used.
Swatch Internet Time
As an alternative. with some modifications, Swatch Internet Time could be adopted as the global standard method of time keeping, for both international and local usage. The next best thing would be to at least adopt it as the standard international time used worldwide instead of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or Zulu Time (Z) systems. Swatch Internet Time (or beat time) divides the day into 1000 parts called “.beats”, each beat lasting 1 minute 26.4 seconds. Because this form of time keeping is decimal based, subunits such as centibeats could easily be created. Time keeping and calculation is greatly simplified because there are no hours or minutes with their non-logical, non-decimal numerical nesting. There are only beats and their decimal derivatives.
Additional simplification could be realized because time zones everywhere would be eliminated since no geographical area on the planet would ever be at a different time under this system. Furthermore, a thoroughly universally established time-keeping system would be immune to pressures to institute concepts like Daylight Saving Time since it would be counterproductive to people in the opposite hemisphere and the rigid nature of such a system would make it impractical to make local exceptions.
One major modification needed to make this a more thoroughly logical system would be to move the reference point for 000 .beats from the Central European Time zone (or UTC+1) to the International Date Line running down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The International Date Line is the most logical place for beginning global reference systems due to the relative lack of closely neighboring, highly populated areas that would fall immediately to either side of the divide.
A couple of minor modifications to the Swatch Internet Time formatting may make it less confusing. Instead of writing the time as @730 or 730 .beats, for example, it may be better to use T 730 (the “T” being an indicator that the following number is a time) or 730 beats (without the “.” immediately before the word “beats”). Perhaps an entirely new symbol for “beats” could be developed so that just that symbol could be displayed, serving a purpose much like the $ sign for US currency.
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