Simple answer: no. As shocking as this may be for people in the lowest tax bracket and all the press, this will never be the reality.  But President Barack Obama supporters, or Obamaniacs, should not lose heart. I have a friend back home who actually claims that he dislikes Brett Favre, and mind you, this was before he moved to the Jets. Still more unbelievable, I recently overheard somebody say that she did not find rootbeer floats utterly delicious. So there will always be detractors. Except about rootbeer floats, I was just joking about that one. That would just be ridiculous.

There are a lot of fundamental differences dividing this country, which make it difficult to move forward in compromise. So to smooth the transition, I plan on constructing a platform of action in three parts that newly elected Obama could follow, which pretty much everyone could agree upon. The first step is for him to issue an executive order regarding the legality of abortion. Ha ha, just joking again. Seriously, the first step should be obvious enough: fix the economy.

Now you may at first scoff at this idea, believing that doing so would be about as easy as finding a Malaysian student in a Greek house. But to be fair, you would probably be equally hard-pressed to find any engineering students. Also, the solution is fairly simple: return to the gold standard. Time and again, big government has gobbled up taxpayer dollars like a blue collar Southerner takes down chicken wings on Superbowl Sunday. And the benefit is never seen.

Allow me to offer a few examples. You may recall a government-generated initiative to “bail-out” the economy costing $700 billion dollars. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time conceptualizing 1,000 dollars. Heck, for that kind of money, we might as well buy Africa and try starting over. I have yet to understand how salvaging broken banks and car companies helps me as the consumer. Do you know what happens when the Fed “lowers the rate?” This means the government buys bonds from the banks so that more money will be available to lend and interest drops. Where does the government get its money to buy bonds? It creates it out of thin air. Sound fishy? That's because it is pure inflation, ripping down the value of the dollar.

While inflation can have some positives, it creates a false sense of prosperity, where people believe the economy is better than it actually is. In the end, prices rise as well, and the economy inevitably swings downward to compensate for the false security people felt. When America switched away from the Gold Standard, in 1913, an item that cost $100 would now cost over $2,150. What if, crazy idea here, we allowed prices and the success of our businesses to be dictated by supply and demand? Right now, Obama and Congress are considering a “Buy American” initiative, which would force consumers to buy American steel and set back our globalized economy at least five years. Hyperinflation is around the corner, but there's still time to settle in for a few years of government free belt-tightening that will establish our country for stability and future prosperity.

Justin Poythress is a senior in the College of Arts and Science. He can be reached at j.poythress.com.