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re: Time machine allows you to go back in time. The one caveat is simple ....
Posted on 3/23/15 at 10:07 am to scrooster
Posted on 3/23/15 at 10:07 am to scrooster
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Term limits to all national elected posts.
Instead of 'landed men', 'tax paying' men receive the vote. Women being added probably wouldn't go over well yet.
The interstate commerce clause would changed from:
"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."
to:
"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States with the expressed agreement of a majority of the states, and with the Indian Tribes."
Specify a national language.
Add an interstate infrastructure system to the federal government's powers. Require a minimum percentage of the federal budget to be set aside for infrastructure construction. 5% sounds adequate.
All the other amendments will come in time, when the nation is ready for them.
Remove:
The ability to become a citizen by being born within the US borders.
Term limits to all national elected posts.
Instead of 'landed men', 'tax paying' men receive the vote. Women being added probably wouldn't go over well yet.
The interstate commerce clause would changed from:
"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."
to:
"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States with the expressed agreement of a majority of the states, and with the Indian Tribes."
Specify a national language.
Add an interstate infrastructure system to the federal government's powers. Require a minimum percentage of the federal budget to be set aside for infrastructure construction. 5% sounds adequate.
All the other amendments will come in time, when the nation is ready for them.
Remove:
The ability to become a citizen by being born within the US borders.
This post was edited on 3/23/15 at 10:09 am
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Posted on 3/23/15 at 10:57 am to cokebottleag
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cokebottleag
Add:
Term limits to all national elected posts.
Instead of 'landed men', 'tax paying' men receive the vote. Women being added probably wouldn't go over well yet.
The interstate commerce clause would changed from:
"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."
to:
"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States with the expressed agreement of a majority of the states, and with the Indian Tribes."
Specify a national language.
Add an interstate infrastructure system to the federal government's powers. Require a minimum percentage of the federal budget to be set aside for infrastructure construction. 5% sounds adequate.
All the other amendments will come in time, when the nation is ready for them.
Remove:
The ability to become a citizen by being born within the US borders.
OH HELL YES! Among other things one must do to earn one's citizenry ... definitely you must be a tax payer.
Some will jump to conclusions when I type this, but Robert Heinlein probably had it right in his Meritocracy portrayal of Starship Troopers where suffrage was earned through service ... where "responsibility" was encouraged, even stressed.
As far as regulating commerce ... that's a touchy subject right there but I agree, there could probably be some sort of wording written into the Constitution that would guarantee certain boundaries if a business or corporation wanted to do-business within, and under the protection of, our Federal and/or State governments.
Federal infrastructure, roads, highways, waterways, bridges, etc., should be job one for the Federal Government. That and our military.
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