Loading ...Refining the Constitution of the United States
The founding fathers of this country had a grand vision… and experience with what does not work. They did their best with the constitution, but who could foresee the future and how that constitution would be subverted? With hindsight, these are the improvements I would add… if I could… to how our once-great country is run.
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First and foremost, find a way to enforce the monetary system the way it was designed, as a free-market gold and silver of honest weights and measures, with price discovery on a purely cash basis.
Other valuable physical commodities may also be used as a basis for the value of the monetary system. No futures contracts allowed on the monetary system. And some way to enforce that founding law absolutely with no interference from future congress…not ever. The federal government may issue money which value shall be founded on the trade value equivalents of gold and silver or other valuable commodity. Congress shall not abdicate it’s responsibility to administer the monetary system of the country. Money issuance shall never again be ‘contracted’ out to a private banking system.
State that congress shall not ‘interpret’ the constitution in a ‘modern way’, professing theories of what the founders might have meant. The constitution means exactly what it says, in plain language, not open to ‘interpretation’.
Congress shall make no laws that plainly contravene the constitution. Penalties enforced for any congressmen or government official that attempts to subvert the constitution, including dismissal from any elected office held. A jury of ordinary citizens should be empaneled to decide if any questionable law conforms to the constitution, on a case-by-case basis. Any such constitutional juror may only serve once on such a panel. Constitutional jurors shall be selected at random from the population.
Congress shall make no privileged laws that apply only to themselves. Any law passed will apply equally to all citizens including congressmen. Congressional pay shall be determined by the State legislature in the state that each represents.
No federal elected official will serve more than two terms in their lifetime, and members of their immediate family will be ineligible to hold elected office. There shall be no dynastic political class with lifetime re-elections.
All election financing and political contributions shall come ONLY from the district that the elected official represents. There shall be no national “political action” groups financing distant special interests.
Corporations are a legal ‘person’ for business purposes ONLY. A corporate ‘person’ shall be absolutely prohibited from ANY political action, including donations to any political candidate, political group, or political action lobbying. Any corporation found violating this shall be dissolved. This shall be a government of the ‘natural born’ people only.
The government shall not engage in welfare for the citizens, nor distribute dole to the population. Charity and welfare shall be encouraged at the state and local levels where it is most effective. Citizens shall be encouraged to provide for themselves and their own future needs. The government shall not engage in the redistribution of wealth through taxation and redistribution. The government may, however, provide temporary short term, emergency funding and assistance in the event of a declared disaster or emergency, to provide for the benefit of the locality, state, or nation as a whole.
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If I were to found a self-sustaining settlement on another planet, this is what I would start with. The economy would be founded on a free market and naturally organic growth.
Of course this will never happen in our lifetimes, but it would be nice to document for the future just what we found wrong with our country in present times, and how we would dream of ‘fixing’ it, if we could. This list is by no means complete. I invite other free thinkers to adjust and add to this list of things YOU would do to fix the problems we see with how the constitution had been circumvented.
Ideas are welcome. Add your thoughts to the list. At the very least, we can leave a digital record for the future!