[This speech will be delivered via your personal augmented reality device, when available.]
Facts-at-a-glance:
Charlotte Cruz, Presidential Candidate
Gender: Female
Race: Latina
Age: 46
Party: Information Party (IP)
Candidate Background: Google executive running for U.S. President
A few days ago, I was able to take a stroll with a lovely young woman named Tatianna Rosewater. A survivor and refugee of the Great Flood that occurred 15 years ago, she told me her story. At 4 years old, Tatianna frantically scrambled about her house to grab the bare necessities, before narrowly escaping the wall of water that consumed the entire West Coast. Though she was separated from her parents, she has been able to maintain a great degree of contact with them. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from MIT's Open Online University, she has been awarded a scholarship to visit them in Eurasia next month. Tatianna's story exemplifies the American Spirit and condition -- it also serves as a reminder that though some have evaded the flood unscathed, others were not so lucky.
Before I was CEO of Google, I was Director of Humanitarian Efforts. Having a longstanding tradition of charity and philanthropy, Google immediately came to the aid of those affected by the floods. I spearheaded programs that provided real-time refugee location data to government responders. I created an initiative to equip the National Guard with Oculus Glass, which helped them relay critical information to other relief agencies. We gave children like Tatianna, who were separated from their parents, Oculus Glass equipped with free lifetime service of free voice and video chat.
I, along with other Information Party members, have not only demonstrated our efficacy and no-fail record, but also an undying fidelity to the American people. Here is how we will continue to help Americans.
There are two issues that need to be addressed on the homefront. First, the reinvisioning of education. Second, the reinvisioning of civil engineering. As President, I will encourage private sponsorship of Massive Open Online Courses, otherwise known as MOOCs. Traditional schools currently are packed to the brim, because of the mass exodus inland. Overwhelmed teachers and under-taught students will harm America. MOOCs make top-tier education accessible to all. With currently existing virtual communities, students can receive personal teaching from world renowned educators without being pushed into already overcrowded classrooms.
I will also push for vertical construction and efficient city planning. The harsh reality is that we have lost hundreds of thousands of square miles of coastlines, and land is now a luxury we cannot afford. Rather than crowding one another out, which will most definitely breed unrest and ill will, we must build upwards and onwards. We must invest in promising environmental industries to improve our energy efficiency, preserve our natural resources, and build better homes and cities. By investing in hydroelectricity, hydroponics, as well as environmental consulting and planning firms, we will be proactive in eliminating any future oversights that can affect the welfare of our infrastructure. The Lost Country of Singapore did this best, and they experienced great prosperity. We will model their civil planning and infuse honest American ingenuity into it.
Now, you may be wondering, how will we pay for this? How will our country--our generous country, that took in refugees from all around the world--compete in the global economy and feed all the hungry mouths here at home?
The truth is, since the time of the Great Flood of 2025, perhaps no place in the world has changed as swiftly or dramatically as the United States. Our living standards have risen while poverty has plummeted, but that has been and will continue to be a struggle. The fortunes of America and the global world have become more closely linked than ever before with the help of advancing communication technologies. American industries need to match the global demand for our augmented reality equipment, our innovative software products, and our high-quality labor.
As a nation, we must continue to strengthen alliances in all regions of the world. Our current success can be attributed to continually improving technology, however, this technology has so far been exclusive to large and wealthy countries—leaving the digital divide as wide as ever. As President, I will strive to create a resale industry for our used augmented reality goods. By encouraging recycling and refurbishing industries to collect unwanted devices, such as Google Glasses 1 or 2, and selling them at a heavily subsidized price to our struggling neighbors, we can bridge that pesky divide.
Distributing these older devices will also encourage companies to maintain support for older generations of products. Annual product revisions, such as the iPhone 8 to 8s, replace older models, like iPhone 6, when they are still fully functional. This is wasteful. By recycling these products to other nations, they can continue to be useful and users in our own country won’t find that their devices are suddenly obsolete or unsupported. Countries with lower GDP were the most affected by the Great Flood, which made them even poorer. The resale economy will expand the market of Augmented Reality to struggling nations and allow them to continue their technological development. Occulus Glass, equipped with Skype and MOOC accessibility, will enable them to connect with family members and receive excellent education to pull themselves out of their economic depressions.
In addition to our multilateral relations strategy, we can promote growth at home by supporting the nationalization of corporations. Given my experience as the chief executive officer of Google, which today leads the world in innovation, I know the significant roles that corporations and governments play in the job market. Americans can only benefit when the two work together to provide goods and services for our country. Allowing more public and private mergers will create a free market where people can work when and where they please, with the full support of their employers and their government.I fully support lower taxes and higher minimum wage for all Americans to ensure that all citizens can fully participate in the new and exciting changes to our national and global economy.
We, as Americans in 2040, are stronger than we have ever been. Our ability to cope with, and adapt to, the Great Flood of 2025 demonstrates our resolve and solidarity. If elected president, I will serve our citizens, resident refugees, corporate guests, and future generations with the integrity and compassion that Google Inc. is best known for. Vote for me, Charlotte Cruz -- an Information Party candidate for an informed America!
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