How would you restore America?

[palepainter]

Flat tax, impeach Obummer, close the border down both ways. Make everyone re read the constitution.

[TS12000]

For a freedom loving bunch there sure are a lot of mandates in this thread already...


Make people stop making me do stuff

[MarkCO]

First seal the southern borders from Texas to Arizona. Don't know if a fence is the answer, but I would find the people who know how to do it and enable them to do so. Maybe I'll ask Si.

Second, split CA at the upper knee and then seal the California border to isolate southern CA with the same methodology and deed those surface rigths to Mexico. Allow CA residents to apply for admission into US based on a constutional oath with a 10 year probationary period.

Third, create and seal a border from Ohio to Virginia placing Cincinati, Cleavland, DC, NY, etc. north of that border. Deed those surface rights to Canada and same admission to US for those residents.

Fourth, using the Constitution, create a small National government to do what it was originally supposed to do and keep it out of our personal lives, education, and so many more.

One new law...require all states to rewrite and then vote on their own state Consitution which would include those issues of which the State has a right to legislate. However, it could NOT limit any Constitutional rights in ANY way.

Flat tax collected by each state and held in trust by the state for the Federal government and payments released for those Federal services on a per capita basis. Basically, the Fed can only incur expenses at the pleasure of the states and has no power to collect or levy taxes, only the states.

Reinstate the CMP with a 2 week required boot camp for all persons in their 18th year of life. One year of Federal service in some capacity required before admission to college or 2 years upon graduation from college.

Welfare is only administered at the state level, but they have to have a balanced budget and if they don't the other states have the power to freeze their accounts and adjust their programs, but only if they can not make their Federal payments.

Require the states to enforce the immigration laws with penalties for lack of enforcement.

Create an economic system where the states, and their populace, are in competition with each other to attract industry, jobs, residents and even studetns to their colleges. I don't know how to do that, but again, I would find the people who do and empower them to create that system.

That is a good start...

[hatidua]

No pay tax? No vote.

[Fromk]

A person can make a living being a legislator (local through national) for 10 years. It's only a full-time job at the national level and pays the national average salary.
Maybe then only people who actually care about what they're doing take those jobs.

The notion of a payed lobbyist is a thing of the past.
Basically getting rid of people getting rich from politics.
Fire Rush Limbaugh and Bill Mahr into the sun to and maybe people will be able to calm down?

Length of unemployment and welfare go way down and you only get to take part if you've put at least something in the system.

We mind our own business military-wise for a while?

Find a way to get people to stop caring what celebrities and "celebrities" are doing 24 hours a day or thinking their ideas about political, social, and medical issues matter.
Maybe people getting off welfare will fix that?

[HBARleatherneck]

dmz at our borders. check every piece of cargo going out or coming into the country.
a trial, then
545 pieces of hemp.

[losttrail]

1. Congress and the POTUS shall immediately be subject to all laws passed by them. No exceptions or exclusions. Congressional members, POTUS and staff shall receive minimum wage only while in session. Vacations and travel, except for official duties, shall be at the personal expense of the member or POTUS. There shall be no special healthcare, pension, retirement plans for congressional members nor staff. Congressional spouses will not receive salaries, pensions or benefits other than what would be normal for the average working American. Congress shall not have any special security, armed guards nor other protection beyond what the average American citizen has. There will be no metal detectors at any government building. Term limits of two (2) terms maximum for any office. Any attempt to introduce legislation violating, modifying or circumventing these laws will result in charges of treason. Based upon the severity of the violation, offenders will face citizenship being revoked and permanent expulsion from the U.S. or execution.

2. Abolish Dept. of Education; return control of education to states, local districts and parents. Mandatory education on U.S. history, world history, Constitution & BoR every year of school. Abolish any federal education spending. Universities must survive by providing quality education at affordable costs. Annual teacher evaluations. Pay commensurate with performance. Abolish all educational unions.

3. Flat tax of 5% on everything except food. Businesses pay same flat tax. IRS employees have to get real jobs. All former IRS employees must specifically identify themselves as having worked at the IRS. All non-IRS job applicants take priority over former IRS employees. Former IRS employees are eligible for 1/2 welfare benefits for 12 months.

4. Welfare - Should be a helping hand not a way of life. If you are on welfare, you are drug tested weekly; must perform min. 20 hours/week of service, i.e. sweeping streets, picking garbage on roadside, delivering meals to elderly/infirmed. Also must participate in job training/retraining. Maximum of 2 years on welfare.

5. Prisons become prisons. No internet, no cable/satellite TV. Non-violent criminals are placed in work programs to benefit society and to teach job skills. Violent criminals are allowed one (1) appeal within 12 months. If appeal fails, firing squad. Violent criminals caught in the act are executed within 24 hours of arrest. Pedophiles/rapists/drug dealers are executed immediately upon conviction or apprehension in the act.

6. Repeal Obamacare. Imprison every politician that voted for Obamacare for a minimum of 10 years and confiscate all their personal property/holdings. Funds from seizure/sale of said holdings to be used to pay down national debt. Upon release from prison, citizenship is revoked and they are forever exiled from the U.S.

7. Immediately stop ALL foreign aid except to Israel.

8. Ban sales of U.S. military hardware to ALL foreign nations except Israel. Violators to face public execution for treason.

9. Mandatory background checks for retail firearms sales to include checks for mental issues. All other firearms laws to be abolished. No "gun free zones" allowed other than private property at owners discretion.

10. Inform all foreign nations that supply illegal drugs to the U.S. that they have 60 days to stop all drug exports. On day 61 our nearest carrier group, our B-1, B2 and B52 bombers will begin shutting down the drug operations. Collateral damage is not our problem.

11. Immediately recall all U.S. troops from all foreign theaters/bases, place them on our borders. Notify the world that our borders are no longer open to illegals. Illegally attempting to cross our borders results in being shot on sight. We will not render aid to those that may survive.

12. Notify North Korea that any flying object belonging to N.K. that comes with 1,500 miles of any U.S. soil will result in carpet bombing of Pyongyang within 4 hours. Collateral damage is not our problem.

13. Notify Iran that any flying object belonging to Iran that leaves their border will result in carpet bombing of Tehran within 4 hours. Collateral damage is not our problem.

14. U.S. companies that manufacture products in China will have 1 year to move their manufacturing processes back to the U.S. All other foreign manufacturing by U.S. companies will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Unions will not be allowed in ANY company supplying products of any kind to the U.S. government. Cost overruns will NOT be passed on to the government. If a company cannot manage and supply the product at the agreed contract price, the cost will NOT be passed on to the U.S. taxpayers.

Just a few to get the ball rolling.

[Rucker61]

Couple of questions:

1. Any of you guy Christians?
2. Any of you study macroeconomics?

[Ronin13]

This is something I've discussed, pondered, and wanted for some time (Skully might hate a few of these ideas)... Sorry for the length.

1. Economy- Hate to say it, but we have to break that old promise: Welfare- GONE! If individual states want to run a program like that they have to vote on it, and allocate their own funding for it, otherwise, I suggest something like a community outreach or church-run kind of thing. Cut federal spending, meaning some departments are going to go the way of the dinosaur- TSA, DHS, FEMA, and DoE. Rewriting the tax code- no more "punishing" success, perhaps a flat tax is needed, I'm going to suggest somewhere between 5-8%, and EVERYONE pays, no more of this "you make too little so your income isn't taxed" bullshit. If you don't pay you don't play, meaning if you're on some kind of now state run welfare, you are not allowed to vote due to a conflict of interest.

2. Voting- MANDATORY proof of citizenship and voter registration required at the poll. No more giving DL's to those who are not here legally. Want to drive in this country? You must have a driver's license. Visiting from another country? If they don't give you some proof that you're legal to drive then guess what, Champ, you don't drive here. No ifs, ands or butts. Don't have a DL? Get a state issued ID card- I really don't understand how this is hard to do. Pollsters/politicians found guilty of voter fraud, automatic $10,000 fine and 5 years community service MINIMUM (no prison time- they're already too crowded).

3. Foreign aid- GONE! Nuff said on this one. We have too many problems within our own borders to care for others. Once we get our own country back on track maybe then we can consider helping others.

4. The Constitution is the End all Be all of our legal system and form of government. Don't like it, there's the door, don't let it hit you where the good lord split you. Any infringement on any rights outlined in the BOR is considered treason and carries a swift death sentence. NDAA, Patriot Act, any 2A regulations, etc. are hereby gone!

5. Obamacare would see it's life expire as well.

6. Border- Actually secure it. And mandatory deportation of any illegals caught; institute the 3-strikes rule, get caught in this country illegally, or illegally crossing the border 3x and any chance you have of legal immigration is immediately denied. Assign NG units to the border with a looser ROE (Armed individuals illegally crossing constitutes hostile intent and can be fired upon). Allocate TSA budget to building better fence and securing the border. Introduce bill that US border residents free from criminal and civil liability if they shoot/kill illegal border crossing trespassers- Trust me, after the first 20 or so are shot dead crossing our lands the rest will soon learn it's maybe not such a good idea.

[MarkCO]

Couple of questions:

1. Any of you guy Christians?
2. Any of you study macroeconomics?

Yes on both counts.