You’ve likely never experienced capitalism or a market economy. At best a semi fascist planned economy. An economy where the government is an active participant and rewards done and punishes otters has nothing to do with the market or capitalism.
Understood. The question is: What could we do as a Constitutional Amendment that would effectively block the government from jumping in and creating crony capitalism/fascism?
My suggestion would be a government funded by tariffs and by national sales tax of — let’s say — 10%. Nothing else. Repeal the 16th and explicitly state that wages cannot be taxed. Now, 10%, that’s small. Too small? Can it be too small? I want our federal government to be weak and ineffective. Seriously. If we need revenue beyond a 10% sales tax, go get another Constitutional Amendment.
Best autocorrect ever...