What would you change?

[Sharpienads]

Marlin - what percentage for the national sales tax?

10%. If it's good enough for God, it's good enough for the government.

[Byte Stryke]

10%. If it's good enough for God, it's good enough for the government.

that reason alone makes it unconstitutional

[jmg8550]

I mean the people should get who they want, no matter how many times they voted the guy in office before.

A term limit is an artificial control.

And if the people want term limits, it is their control.

I believe that not having term limits leads to a dictatorship.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[Marlin]

And if the people want term limits, it is their control.

I believe that not having term limits leads to a dictatorship.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Both have good and bad points, I always point to CD 1, Denver, The Schroeder/Degette stranglehold on that one. Neither one of them have enough brains to blow their nose. Yet, they keep getting elected.

[flan7211]

I believe the fair tax people say the entire nation could be funded on a 19% sales tax. That includes state,local, and feds. They didn't take into account if we slapped a low or matching tax on foreign goods. I believe at that point we could lower our sales tax percentage significantly.

[Irving]

This was intended for slaves in the 19th century, not illegal aliens in the 21st century. Hence the bastardization.

Just like the 1st Amendment was only intended for words written on paper?

[Jumpstart]

Just like the 1st Amendment was only intended for words written on paper?

Yeah, just like it. And the 2nd Amendment for only flintlocks.

[nynco]

If you could amend the US Constitution, what would you change?

If it's too hard to only pick one, give me your top three.

Heres mine....

Abolish the electoral college

Only living citizens (not corporations) are entitled to constitutional protections. A corporation does not have the right to plead the 5th.

Make all elections instant run off voting (please look up the term you might like it too. It would break the 2 party dictatorship and get libertarians, greens, constitutional party and many others a chance.)

If I can add a few others.... abolish the Senate. They are worthless and the House can do anything they can do. The Senate is the ball and chain on this nation.

Make all Supreme Court appointments only for 10 years. Have the time when they are changed staggered. As it stands now the supreme court has become the most powerful branch in the gov and there is no check and balance on their abuses on our constitution.


Oh last but not least......... abolish all black box voting machines. No ballot should ever be cast on a machine that is hooked to the net and has no paper trail to confirm. Ballots should be cast on paper and counted in the open for any citizen that wants to watch the process to make sure. Ballots should be stored for 10 years to be able confirm there was no foul play.

[Irving]

Right, same point I was making. EDIT: To Jumpstart.

[Jumpstart]

Right, same point I was making. EDIT: To Jumpstart.

Except the points are a approximately a century apart.