Often, when in the middle of a political discussion or debate, it seems as if I just can’t connect with the other person. We understand each other’s words but they just don’t connect in our brains. I often think that I’ve made a point that will certainly bring them to my side of the issue, yet they still don’t get it, and I’m sure they feel the same about me.
Federal Government is for the protection of the citizens. It should provide a military so that each state does not have to have it's own force to protect itself from other nations. (not talking about the National Guard Groups here). Federal government should not have departments that are authoritative over the citizens. The Federal government should not be intrusive into the citizen's life. I believe that the second amendment was written to allow citizens to protect their own property, which includes bearing arms to disallow a Federal employee from entering the citizen's property. The Federal Government was not allowed to tax a citizen in the original Constitution, and it should not be allowed today. I believe that the Amendment allowing that is unconstitutional. Federal Income Tax is an abomination to American Citizens and an insult to our founding fathers. I do believe the citizens should pay for the expense of its own government, but the income of the individual citizen is none of the Federal government's business at all. A sales tax is more acceptable because it is based on what we can buy, which we have choice in fact to not buy or to buy. The civil right act approved when Lyndon Johnson was President has validity. What does not have validity is the "tact-on" issues that were added on to the bill that created governmental departments that could make up their owns rules outside the Constitution and that the Federal congress was given oversight power of these departments. (These items should be left up to local and state citizens to decide, not the bureaucracy). The Federal Government needs to add some things to the Constitution immediately: No Federal Congressman, Senator, or President should be allowed to serve more than one term. The lengths of terms should be reconsidered. Our representatives are supposed to be citizen representatives, not career politicians. Basically, no representative should be given the option of making a decision in his/her current position that would affect being re-elected. That defeats the purpose of citizen representation. Also, the Supreme Court is left out of the balance of power until an after the fact issue comes up. Once Congress approves a bill, it should go to the court to determine constitutionality before going to the President's desk to sign. This would not be an addition to their workload because nearly all case coming to them now are to do just that. If the court ruled before a law was enacted, it would prevent most of those cases. It is silly that we have so many split votes in the court now. Their votes should be about the written law without social influences. The law is not a breathing document. That is why the founders included a provision for Amendments. The Federal Government should be a servant to the people, not the authority of the people. The very reason we have a country was to get away from an oppressive government. I firmly believe that nearly all of the agencies of the Federal government are not needed, nor truly constitutional. Why? Companies, Businesses, Churches, and individuals would take care of those that need help more freely and generously than the Federal government does. Look at the operation of Federal government agencies. Most employees are not experienced in the citizen world, they are oriented to enforce agency rules, which means they seek more and more power over the citizen. Of course laws should exist to keep one citizen from mistreating another citizen, but those should mostly be under the local or state governments, NOT the Federal government. Federal government should be something of which we are proud, not the authoritative operation it has become that represents the power hungry, not its citizens. The Republic that the Founding Fathers created is no more. I don't know if we will ever get that back and that is a sad. We had the greatest nation in the world because it was of the people.
The actuality of Government is way beyond its purpose. I feel I know the Federal method of financial dis-integrity, but I am not sure the details of how the State governments accomplish their excess. If you can follow the money, you will better understand the end product.
Federal Government is for the protection of the citizens. It should provide a military so that each state does not have to have it's own force to protect itself from other nations. (not talking about the National Guard Groups here). Federal government should not have departments that are authoritative over the citizens. The Federal government should not be intrusive into the citizen's life. I believe that the second amendment was written to allow citizens to protect their own property, which includes bearing arms to disallow a Federal employee from entering the citizen's property. The Federal Government was not allowed to tax a citizen in the original Constitution, and it should not be allowed today. I believe that the Amendment allowing that is unconstitutional. Federal Income Tax is an abomination to American Citizens and an insult to our founding fathers. I do believe the citizens should pay for the expense of its own government, but the income of the individual citizen is none of the Federal government's business at all. A sales tax is more acceptable because it is based on what we can buy, which we have choice in fact to not buy or to buy. The civil right act approved when Lyndon Johnson was President has validity. What does not have validity is the "tact-on" issues that were added on to the bill that created governmental departments that could make up their owns rules outside the Constitution and that the Federal congress was given oversight power of these departments. (These items should be left up to local and state citizens to decide, not the bureaucracy). The Federal Government needs to add some things to the Constitution immediately: No Federal Congressman, Senator, or President should be allowed to serve more than one term. The lengths of terms should be reconsidered. Our representatives are supposed to be citizen representatives, not career politicians. Basically, no representative should be given the option of making a decision in his/her current position that would affect being re-elected. That defeats the purpose of citizen representation. Also, the Supreme Court is left out of the balance of power until an after the fact issue comes up. Once Congress approves a bill, it should go to the court to determine constitutionality before going to the President's desk to sign. This would not be an addition to their workload because nearly all case coming to them now are to do just that. If the court ruled before a law was enacted, it would prevent most of those cases. It is silly that we have so many split votes in the court now. Their votes should be about the written law without social influences. The law is not a breathing document. That is why the founders included a provision for Amendments. The Federal Government should be a servant to the people, not the authority of the people. The very reason we have a country was to get away from an oppressive government. I firmly believe that nearly all of the agencies of the Federal government are not needed, nor truly constitutional. Why? Companies, Businesses, Churches, and individuals would take care of those that need help more freely and generously than the Federal government does. Look at the operation of Federal government agencies. Most employees are not experienced in the citizen world, they are oriented to enforce agency rules, which means they seek more and more power over the citizen. Of course laws should exist to keep one citizen from mistreating another citizen, but those should mostly be under the local or state governments, NOT the Federal government. Federal government should be something of which we are proud, not the authoritative operation it has become that represents the power hungry, not its citizens. The Republic that the Founding Fathers created is no more. I don't know if we will ever get that back and that is a sad. We had the greatest nation in the world because it was of the people.
I am new to Substack. Good to see this activity.
The actuality of Government is way beyond its purpose. I feel I know the Federal method of financial dis-integrity, but I am not sure the details of how the State governments accomplish their excess. If you can follow the money, you will better understand the end product.
HLB
It is not the roll of government to provide welfare un-employment, housing assistance etc.
So, are you against ppl who need social programs to use them? If you are then that violates ppl's right to life.