Thank you very much.
The beauty of what you are proposing is that none of them are programmatic like prohibition was.
Some huge problems of prohibition was that the terms weren't well-defined (e.g. intoxicating liquors
) and essentially left up to the bureaucracy [IIRC]; thus we had beer (with a low ABW) defined as an intoxicating liquor
after the The Volstead Act whereas prior [IIUC] it would not have so been counted.
IMO, it all boils down to keeping the ability to define things out of the government's hands.
Thus, when revoking the Congress's power to regulate the Dollar's value and explicit amount must be provided, as well as safeguards against them working around the constraints.
Or nailing down what parameters are acceptable on an income tax
— in fact, one item that would eliminate all this 501(c)3 crap w/ the IRS would be to define income
as something that only an individual person has, thus no company or organization would be subject to an income tax. (And from there, tax exempt
becomes meaningless for organizations and churches especially needn't fear the IRS stomping on their tax-exempt status.) — Such a a move would be, I think, a bit too radical a departure from what we have to be embraced by the general population.
I am generally opposed to amendments to the constitution. At least as they have been proposed in the more recent past.
I think that the repeal of several of the more recent amendments is appropriate. The 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 26th all need to be repealed.
If we are to have an income tax, which I oppose on principle that it is legalized theft. Property (real estate) taxes I am a little more understanding of, but they are paid to the locality/county so I have more input over their enactment and rates.
I particularly liked your holding the politician/bureaucrat financially responsible for violating the rights of the citizenry.
I might add that the application of pensions to elective office tenure should be prohibited. This will deincentivize the running for re-election.
Further, there should be some language that a former politician/bureaucrat cannot profit from their tenure for at least five years and that any gains so derived shall be forfeited and penalty shall be five years in prison, and when they leave prison they are penniless.