Five Pragmatic Economic Reforms Every Millennial Should Be Fighting For

Economic recession blows. Poverty blows. Yeah. Something like that. We will also all magically fix the economy with five liberal points, or five conservative points, five personal points, or the five Calvinistic TULIP points.

But here are my own recommendations:
1. Build a Death Star.
Why not a USS Enterprise or a TARDIS? Well, for the USS, I'm not a Star Trek fan, sorry. And it seems to me just another glorified spacestation ship thingy. For TARDISes, it's more believable that the UK would build one, not the USA ('Murica!), also, I only advocate its use for individuals such as myself and myself only, not the government.
Think about it: Americans with the ability to rewrite history? You've seen their movies.. 
~Kate Stewart, UNIT chief scientific adviser  

Anyways, back to economic stuff. Here are the reasons:

By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.

There was a petition that gained much more support than Obamacare. Unfortunately, the White House declined to fund a Death Star. Pity. It blows (up planets), you know?

2. Tax other countries' citizens.
Since we are number numero uno country in the world, this makes perfect sense. Take from the rich, give to the poor, but make it rich countries, not poor countries. I think this is called "tribute" back in the olden, ancient empire conquering days. The world does not deserve the American world police protection! I mean, have you seen how the world venerates Obama? They'd be practically throwing us money.

3. Replace the dollar with the Bitcoin or other alternative alternative electronic crypto-currencies.
The dollar is worthless as paper and is only backed with full faith of the government. Which, if you believe bureaucracy, is also made up of the cellulose stuff called paper. Paper is easily burnt and is biodegradable. Paper money has been trying to go transpaperistic and has emerged into something that looks like a cyber-plastic card. Then paper money shall shed its material consistency and ascend into the pure digital prison realm of the Matrix, becoming purely electronic money! It doesn't even have to be Bitcoin.

4. Reduce all and each law to 1000 words or less (additionally, each following sentence must be relevant to the thesis statement and backed by historical precedent).
This will greatly deregulate everything by principle, much faster than any libertarian reform, apart from the next point. The more laws we have, the less justice. I quoted that from a smart, dead person that I do not seem to remember his name. Oh well. But think about it, the federal law register is approaching 60,000 pages. In applying this law, we can reduce the page count to merely 600, to save on paper and secretary bills. It also has the side effect of reducing pork by principle and keeping each law to a point, making lawyers almost unnecessary. This will also create a demand for English grammar teachers, thus boosting education and therefore the economy.

5. Usher a real Third Great Awakening.
In the days before the Revolutionary War, two events ushered the rule of Natural Law and the Protestant Work Ethic and thus capitalistic prosperity in the American colonies, the revivals of the Great Awakenings. Finding freedom both religiously, economically, and politically, upheld with a strong moral atmosphere, it was instrumental in birthing this great nation! Tax was non-existent, and the White House was staffed by just a handful of people. There were no welfare or corporations, but the most level equal opportunity there is available. And the people fought off the economic tyranny of the British tea taxing overlords like a Tea Partier. Hurrah! This also takes care of the personal reform part.

2 Corinthians 3:17
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Of Stocks and Options...

So, I have forayed into the world of the stock market. I haven't made much considerable gains yet, my strategy is mostly a "buy-and-hold" technique for the long-term. Right now, I only recommend buying Apple (AAPL) stock as it gave me the biggest gains so far, and it is assumed to even rise even more. (I do regret selling some shares of it now to invest in 3D printing, but hey, that could give returns as well, so I'm not too bad).

My stock portfolio is a mix of North and South American company shares ranging from oil, to steel, to gold, to land, but the largest piece are technology stocks.

So yeah, right now, it's mostly a loss, because of the recession, but my strategy is long-term investing for the most part, as to avoid sentiments of fear and greed, the ever simple "buy low, sell high". I experimented with short-term gains, but the commission is too much of a factor for quick profits.

I also have my sights on options trading, but it's proving either complicated or that I do not have enough money to invest to start in it. I am studying it, to make preparations for the future.

Mindwrap: The Gutenberg Future

This is a thought experiment on the future of 3D printing and its impact. I would have classified it as AltHist, but it concerned more of our immediate and long term future.

This is the world of the Gutenberg Future.

Background:
The method of 3D printing, once the economical and technological hurdles will be overcome, represents the greatest potential of revolution for years to come. From Gutenberg, we have the printing press and the power of words... and thus with the portable, cheap 3D printer, we have the power of creating objects.

Economy:
The most obvious impact will be on the economy. Stores will become increasingly useless as consumers learn to simply print whatever object they want to acquire. Plastic objects are the most prolific, but printing of metals, food material, etc. appear as science advances. The 3D printers become cheaper, more portable,  and more complex, along with computational power as with Moore's law, allowing for more complicated 3D objects. Common and mainstream brand names become less important, while specialty brand names do.

Education:
More classes will be devoted to 3D modeling and printing. It may start in existing art classes of schools and integrated in the curriculum of technical schools, then every school will soon have a specialized course or class dedicated to 3D modeling and printing.

Food:
The printing of food will start in gourmet kitchens and specialty chefs. If personal gardening (and even meat creation) is not made easy enough with the genetic and bio tech advancements, farms and markets for fresh produce and meats will still exist.

Culture:
Those who don't have 3D printing technology are at a great disadvantage, however, a sub-culture rises, somewhat reminiscing the hipster movement of the early 21st century that harkens back into antiquated styles.

Arts:
Those who expert modelers in 3D programs will become more commonplace, and their skills are important in the jobs market. Craftsmanship of the hands will still exists. Wood and stone creations will still enjoy popularity as art, symbolizing hard work and toil, especially for the rich. Clothes will still be manufactured by factories unless their is a technological leap in creating soft fibers. Once 3D printing or nanotechnology replicates wood and stone, those are seen as inferior.

Government:
The rise of the corporation and their scholarly offspring, the mathematician numecrats ("those that rule with numbers", also, numerati, as coined by Stephen Baker) create new government paradigms: the corpocracy and numecracy. There are more independent local regions.

Beyond Gutenberg:
Nanotechnology may be utilized and create Star Trek-like replicators. However, resources are still needed; there needs be some raw material and energy for nanobots to work on.