Like asking Noah for positive feedback on the Flood, "Well, we needed the rain..." , or Jonah about the whale, "At least I didn't drown..".

To address your revised question, I would probably start by trying to increase the unemployment rate of Government employees to at least 30% or more up to maybe 60%. Gov't jobs do not help the economy. I would have to look at ways to improve existing programs and phase out what doesn't work, instead of throwing more money and agencies into failed ideas. I would like to stop rewarding unions and union policies that reward tenure above ability. "too big to fail' should not be in our vocabulary or mind-set. I would be a strong proponent of 'Term Limits'. Twelve years as a senator and eight as a representative is more than enough time to get something GOOD accomplished. It should never be a life-long career. Let them get out in the real world and live under the laws they pass. Maybe if we put them into the social security and medicare 'pot' they wouldn't be so quick to raid the funds and reduce benefits. I know I would certainly have preferred to have had a job with a salary of 100k/yr + benefits for 12-18 yrs & keep that for me & mine the rest of my life. Even better than being a meteorologist & predicting the weather. (be wrong 50% of the time & still have a job ) Social Security could be looked at for ways to be more under personal control. Many good ideas have been floated (and sunk) that would make it less beholden to powers-that-be. Finally, for now, and it should be FIRST on the list, SECURE THE BORDERS!!!!! Immigration is fine. No problem there! ILLEGAL immigration is NOT!!! Illegal is not just a large, sick BIRD! Every country in the world does it, Why can't we? Even Mexico enforces their southern border with lethal force, and all that the people crossing there are doing is trying to get through Mexico to cross into the U.S!
Is that a good enough list for starters JE?