“Please list in increasing value, with rationale/history/data.”
by decreasing chance:
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2023/republican-candidates-2024-gop-presidential-hopefuls-list/
Quotes from Vivek Ramaswamy:
Use the military, including drones, to secure our southern border
End affirmative action: repeal Lyndon Johnson’s executive order 11246
Protect American children: [ban addictive social media under age 16] & gender confusion “care” for minors
Make political expression a civil right & end unlawful DEI indoctrination
Withhold federal funding for cities that refuse to protect Americans from violent crime
Drill, frack & burn coal: abandon the climate cult & unshackle nuclear energy
Put Americans back to work: dismantle Lyndon Johnson’s failed “Great Society”
Incentivize trade schools over hollow college degrees (sorry, gender studies majors)
Launch deregulatory “Reagan 2.0” revolution: cut >75% headcount amongst U.S. regulators
Limit the U.S. Fed’s scope: stabilize the dollar & nothing more
Hold the CCP accountable for Covid-19: use all financial levers
Achieve semiconductor independence: secure our modern way of life
Stop CCP affiliates from buying American land
Use our military to annihilate Mexican drug cartels: defend against the CCP’s opium war
[Ban U.S. businesses from expanding in China] until the CCP stops cheating
Shut down toxic government agencies: Dept of Education, FBI, IRS, and more (and rebuild from scratch when required)
End civil service protections for bureaucrats: 8-year term limits instead
Eliminate federal employee unions: repeal JFK’s executive order 10988
Move >75% of federal employees out of Washington D.C. & end pro-lazy “remote work” option
Cut wasteful expenditures: [White House, not] individual agencies, will submit budget requests to Congress
Pardon defendants of politicized prosecutions: Trump, Mackey, and peaceful Jan 6 protesters
Hold Congress accountable for “hush money” fund: taxpayers should not subsidize sexual misconduct
Publish the Jeffrey Epstein client list: government should not use police power to shield select elites
Rescind Biden’s ESG rule for retirement funds: get politics out of corporate America and capital markets
Oppose CBDCs: fight all plans for digital currency, a dangerous scheme for government control over our bank accounts
https://www.vivek2024.com/america-first-2-0/
The brackets indicate areas I think are in need of refinement.