Feb
7
Now let’s talk about that necessary evil to all societies – government. Yes, even in Utopia there must be some sort of governing body to protect the masses from the undesirable influences from all of the other Utopian constructs out there - unless of course you’re forcing me to live in your Nirvana, then thanks but no thanks. I’ll take my chances without your caring benevolence.
My thoughts on the role of federal government are not original. In fact they closely mirror those espoused by the Founding Fathers, with an especially strong emphasis on LIMITED. In my opinion, federal government really only has a few primary responsibilities to uphold:
• Protect our borders (military)
• Foreign diplomatic relations
• Judicial branch of government validates every law passed by Congress against the limited powers granted by the Constitution. If a law exceeds ant of those powers, it is denied.
Everything else that our federal government currently does outside of the items listed above, is the responsibility of the individual states. See, L-I-M-I-T-E-D. The federal government has no business funding/regulating/controlling education, the arts, energy, food production, transportation, commerce, the environment, law enforcement, retirement, health care, etc.
CORE BELIEFS (Federal)
• The federal government has NO authority over the states. Any state authority can overrule any federal authority.
• The federal government can not own any property. Any property it occupies must be leased by the host state.
• All representatives (House and Senate) are limited to a single term of 4 years, with ½ of the representatives up for replacement every 2 years. With no reelection to worry about, they can focus on their job at hand. Because the role of federal government is so limited, being a representative could easily be a part-time job. Congress could be in session for a few months throughout the year.
• All laws enacted by Congress apply to everyone equally.
• Congress must pass a balanced budget and cannot go into debt. All surplus monies collected throughout the year must be returned to the taxpayers.
• The federal government can not infringe on any of the personal freedoms outlined in my previous post.
CORE BELIEFS (State)
• States have the authority and responsibility to govern itself as it desires as long as it doesn’t infringe on the rights of the people granted by the Constitution. No other state or ruling entity has the right to infringe upon this activity.
• States are responsible for its own entire infrastructure and are free to work with other states as it sees fit to combine resources.
• Every state has the freedom to engage in commerce or trade with another in mutually and freely agreed upon terms. No other state or ruling entity has the right to infringe upon this activity.
• The state government can not infringe on any of the personal freedoms outlined in my previous post.
Would this work? Who knows, but it’s my illusion so it must. Additions/corrections I’m sure will follow.
My thoughts on the role of federal government are not original. In fact they closely mirror those espoused by the Founding Fathers, with an especially strong emphasis on LIMITED. In my opinion, federal government really only has a few primary responsibilities to uphold:
• Protect our borders (military)
• Foreign diplomatic relations
• Judicial branch of government validates every law passed by Congress against the limited powers granted by the Constitution. If a law exceeds ant of those powers, it is denied.
Everything else that our federal government currently does outside of the items listed above, is the responsibility of the individual states. See, L-I-M-I-T-E-D. The federal government has no business funding/regulating/controlling education, the arts, energy, food production, transportation, commerce, the environment, law enforcement, retirement, health care, etc.
CORE BELIEFS (Federal)
• The federal government has NO authority over the states. Any state authority can overrule any federal authority.
• The federal government can not own any property. Any property it occupies must be leased by the host state.
• All representatives (House and Senate) are limited to a single term of 4 years, with ½ of the representatives up for replacement every 2 years. With no reelection to worry about, they can focus on their job at hand. Because the role of federal government is so limited, being a representative could easily be a part-time job. Congress could be in session for a few months throughout the year.
• All laws enacted by Congress apply to everyone equally.
• Congress must pass a balanced budget and cannot go into debt. All surplus monies collected throughout the year must be returned to the taxpayers.
• The federal government can not infringe on any of the personal freedoms outlined in my previous post.
CORE BELIEFS (State)
• States have the authority and responsibility to govern itself as it desires as long as it doesn’t infringe on the rights of the people granted by the Constitution. No other state or ruling entity has the right to infringe upon this activity.
• States are responsible for its own entire infrastructure and are free to work with other states as it sees fit to combine resources.
• Every state has the freedom to engage in commerce or trade with another in mutually and freely agreed upon terms. No other state or ruling entity has the right to infringe upon this activity.
• The state government can not infringe on any of the personal freedoms outlined in my previous post.
Would this work? Who knows, but it’s my illusion so it must. Additions/corrections I’m sure will follow.
