Wednesday, February 6, 2008

on These United States

What was wrong with these United States, and why did we try to fix them?

Well, what's wrong with them now?
  • Too strong a Federal Government.
Why? What makes it so strong?
  • Disregard for the 10th Amendment.
  • Implementation of the 16th amendment.
    • A national income tax coupled with paycheck withholding.
  • No State Representation due to the 17th Amendment.
What facilitated a change in the first place?
  • WW II helped to bring federal politics to the forefront of the American political theater.
  • The Cold War
  • Growth of government through bureaus to "help" the American people do the things they've always done.
    • Federally run education programs are a fast way to make teaching a science rather than an art. Teachers that have to focus on an end of course test aren't as free to build the curriculum for the class at hand.
How can we readjust the United States so that it is a United States and not a United Peoples of America?
  • Take away the states power to officiate marriages.
  • Institute a national sales tax, repeal the 16th Amendment.
  • Re-enforce the 10 Amendment.
  • Repeal the 17th Amendment
    • Give the voting of Senators back to the State Governments, rather than the State populations; that's what House of Representatives is for.


start. cough. start. cough, cough.
vroom... the stars jump back. IMPACT!
it's dark. cough, cough. shit.


1 comment:

  1. zaulus;

    If you are interested I have a weblog, Repeal the 17th Amendment, in which I focus on the ramifications of the 17th Amendment and the threat posed by the growing oligarchy in the US Senate. Along the right side of the page I have a number of scholarly articles about the historical reason threat led to the amendment and the consequences.


    Best regards,

    BD
    http://repealthe17thamendment.blogspot.com/

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