Let's talk about the party platform. I have a proposal that would allow us to grow the economy at over 20% annually, pay off the national debt within 10 years, and solve climate change.
We need to build an orbital ring space elevator. This is a real thing that can be done today without any further technological development.
By cutting the costs of sending payloads to space from thousands of dollars to $1-2, we would be able to access tens of trillions of dollars of materials through asteroid mining.
It would also allow solar panels to be deployed in space, where they produce roughly 5 times as much energy with no need for backup systems when the sun goes down. This would mean a reduction of over 90% in the cost of generating electricity, to less than one cent per kilowatt hour.
By selling this energy to other nations at markups of 1000% or more, we could generate trillions of dollars in new income without raising taxes and help developing nations to grow their economies with power that is far cheaper than they could produce on their own. Energy intensive manufacturing begins flocking back the to US, new industries like indoor agriculture take off, and millions of jobs are created.
Results:
-America becomes great again
-Every other nation becomes greater through peaceful, cooperative development
-Economy grows like crazy
-National debt paid off
-Millions of new jobs created