[OneWingedShark]

I was thinking about an Amendment to the Constitution partially because I was thinking of Three Felonies a Day & Constitutional Chaos and all the jerking-around the Federal Government has been doing and this is what I came up with.

What do you think?

[MNJohnnie]

Aye!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

The rate of taxation shall be Five per cent of an individual’s income.

What are you, some kind of Communist?

The only thing we need to generate revenue is USER FEES. Of course, we need to privatise the road system, the police, the fire departments, the court system, and the military. Oddly enough, the only thing I think we should tax is marijuana, but that's just to provide a justification for legalising it.

[screaming eagle2]

why repeal the seventeenth amendment? The other ideas are great

[DCBryan1]

Nice work... YOu need to add "Any current or former agent of the BATFE is hearby barred from any public office, federal or state employment, or any law enforcement duties in any capacity".

If you are going to drain the swamp, start with the pond scum first.

[Filo]

What do you think?

I like most of it.

The details about software (6. D. i. - iv.) appear to be overly specific for this type of document.

I disagree with 8. a. ii.

8. a. v. seems a bit harsh.

8. b. overall seems redundant. Why differentiate between forcible rape regardless of when/where/how it was performed? I understand that the interstate part might be "required" for it to elevate to a federal issue, but I don't think that requirement is sound - especially in light of the example of 8. a.

Punishment for 8. e. (Conspiracy against rights) seems a bit lenient.

For 8. f. punishments should be extended to and defined for employers or others who harbor illegals.

For 8. g. (Perjury) additional punishment should be extended to those in the public trust who perjure themselves (police, politicians, prosecutors, judges, etc.)

[Jim Noble]

What I like about your tax and money amendments is this:

You do not utilize easily manipulated concepts like GNP, GDP, "Money supply", or CBO estimates.

The tax problem is easily solved (once people are persuaded).

The fix for "coin money and regulate the value thereof" is much more complicated, which you seem to realize.

Nice start!

[Navy Patriot]

Interesting, I would think that corruption of public employees and the political Just Us system (besides perjury) would be a huge problem left unaddressed.

Good ideas on economics.

[Red in Blue PA]

You forgot to add “Repeal GCA68”.

[EdReform]

BTTT

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

I agree with most of your general points.

But the gold standard just won’t work today because the U.S. and world economy is too large to hang on a single tiny and volatile commodity demand curve.

And the list of crimes is way too far into the weeds for a constitution.

[litehaus]

Where can it be added that:

No office seeker may take money to help his/her election chances, from ANYONE who is not a resident of the district/area which he/she wishes to represent?

[bamahead]

Not a bad start. Could use some tweaking!



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[zeugma]

Latecomer to the thread, but I like it. I’d be willing to live with all of it, except I’d limit copyright to 14 absolute years with no provision for the death of the author. You should be able to tell by the copyright date if something has expired. You shouldn’t have to determine if the author is alive or dead. I’d also eliminate the possibility of software patents.

[NerdDad]

I didn’t see the part that says that congress has to live by the laws that they pass.

[wendy1946]

You’re looking at the smaller part of the problem. Try www.webofdebt.com for the larger part.

[Clinging Bitterly]

hmmm