Top 10 Reasons For A Modern Constitutional Convention

7. There must be separation of corporations and politics.  For profit corporations are limited to transparent economic  activities. The national citizenship of corporations defined, their rights and obligations clearly delineated.8. The federal government cannot duplicate programs already administered by the states unless delegated by the states to do so.  If states are adequately administering and funding education, does the federal government need to get directly involved?9. The federal government spending should be limited to interstate infrastructure items, including basic research and social safety nets for every citizen, i.e only to expenditures that benefit the nation as a whole. Infrastructure include common justice, common defense, health and welfare.  Earmarks and pork barrels benefiting only certain states or constituents are not allowed.View the list »
10. The Constitution was written when borders were open, it did not grant authority to the federal government to pass laws on immigration regarding who can come in, only on who can stay and who can be deported.

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More and more political, social, and economic issues are coming before the U.S. Supreme Court because the U.S. Constitution is often silent or, at best, equivocal on the subjects so laws are being created not by the self-governing citizens, but by the high court that is highly politicized. In other words, laws of the land are handed by judges with political agendas and loyalties instead of them simply interpreting the Constitutions's true spirit and meaning. It is time to breath new life to the nation’s sacred living document to fit the needs of the modern landscape.

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  • 10. The Constitution was written when borders were open, it did not grant authority to the federal government to pass laws on immigration regarding who can come in, only on who can stay and who can be deported.
  • 9. The federal government spending should be limited to interstate infrastructure items, including basic research and social safety nets for every citizen, i.e only to expenditures that benefit the nation as a whole. Infrastructure include common justice, common defense, health and welfare.  Earmarks and pork barrels benefiting only certain states or constituents are not allowed.
  • 8. The federal government cannot duplicate programs already administered by the states unless delegated by the states to do so.  If states are adequately administering and funding education, does the federal government need to get directly involved?
  • 7. There must be separation of corporations and politics.  For profit corporations are limited to transparent economic  activities. The national citizenship of corporations defined, their rights and obligations clearly delineated.
  • 6.  Everybody include the corporate citizen must pays a federal tax, at least $1.  Negative taxation comes in the form of positive cash flow paid through the states. Not filing returns forfeits certain rights and privileges of citizenship. "Uniform" taxation should be defined
  • 5. Dismantle monopolies and foster competition among corporations and among states. The federal government must affirmatively foster states' competitiveness in the global market by championing made in USA products for exports.
  • 4. Clarify federal government's ability to wage wars. Set extent and limits of the executive and legislative branches of the government in declaring war and funding of the war. It cannot be by foreign debt
  • 3. Clarify the second amendment right to bear arms.  Is it necessary with no threat of tyranny by foreign occupation or invasion?  If it is a matter of individual liberty, then a solemn responsibility in owning a weapon must attach
  • 2. Restore the primacy of state rights.  Power flows from the states, not the other way around. States' representation must be "uniform".  Restore the original intention of the confederation of states to create a central government for their mutual benefit
  • 1. Modernize the archaic constitutional language to fit the current social and economic landscape. There are too many equivocal language in the original text causing laws to be created by a highly politicized supreme court
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