What exactly do Americans want the President to be efficacious at? More generally, what overall goal or goals do we want the President and the whole government to aim for?

1)        Maximize mean/median happiness

2)        Maximize mean/median wealth

3)        Minimize wealth disparity

4)        Maximize freedom from government coercion

5)        Maximize freedom from private coercion

6)        Maximize protection from domestic and foreign threats

If maximization or minimization of something is the goal, do we want to maximize that something for:

1)        the current U.S. population

2)        the U.S population 25/50/100 years from now

3)        current American citizens

4)        the current heritage-American population

5)        me

My choice would be to maximize median happiness for the US population 50 years from now. I think focusing on a long-term goal would encourage positive expectations and reduce voters’ selfishness in choosing who to vote for.

Any thoughts?