re: Time machine allows you to go back in time. The one caveat is simple ....

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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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I always felt like this should be a requirement. Either you give of your time with military/civil/foreign service, or you give of your wallet, but if you get to vote, you should have some skin in the game. I get it that this is seen as racist (due to a disproportionate amount of blacks being poor) but its really more common sense. You pay money or pay time, otherwise, why not just vote for whoever gives you more from other people's pockets?

The commerce clause is used as justification for everything from the FCC's existence to Obamacare. There is some need for national programs or oversight of commerce, however it's a lot easier to use it than it should be to ram through legislation that controls too much detail.

Infrastructure is a requirement for commerce, industry, transportation, and prosperity. The Fed can throw it's sheep guts on the floor and decide what to set for interest rates, but there isn't a nation in the world with poor infrastructure that is ever going to be a winner.

I'd also add a provision about not being able to run a debt of greater than 5% of the federal revenues except in times of *declared* war, or national emergency (not to exceed a 3 year period, and emergency may not be declared within 10 years of a previous period's end).