JD1965
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My Pet Amendment
It takes an amendment to repeal an amendment, so I would add an amendment that repeals the 16th amendment.
Got a pet amendment you'd like to see proposed to the Constitution?
One you think would break the status quo and redirect the ship of state?
What subject matter do you think supersedes others in importance for an amendment today?
Equal rights for Guinea Pigs.
Got a pet amendment you'd like to see proposed to the Constitution?
One you think would break the status quo and redirect the ship of state?
What subject matter do you think supersedes others in importance for an amendment today?
Repeal the second amendment.
Equal rights for Guinea Pigs.
Electoral College. Which was a compromise that has outlived its usefulness.
And what do you think that would accomplish?
How do you plan to pay the bills of government if there is no tax? Yiou can't run the government on bake sales and donations.
It takes an amendment to repeal an amendment, so I would add an amendment that repeals the 16th amendment.
How do you plan to pay the bills of government if there is no tax? Yiou can't run the government on bake sales and donations.
It only repeals the federal income tax. The US government ran for over 100 years without one.
About 30 to 40% of the government's revenue came from alcohol taxes. .
The government was funded in large part by alcohol taxes. That doesn't happen now.
get rid of the 16th and 17th amendments
Pass the following
Congress shall pass no law that members of Congress are exempt from following
Federal civilian law enforcement agents are prohibiting from using any arms that citizens of the United States are prohibited from owning.
Rational levels of gun control.
The 2nd was written in an era when we didn't have a standing professional army and it create a militia army of citizen soldiers. That obviously doesnt apply now.
Tax the states as intended and watch the federal government shrink back to its intended powers. Let the people of each state see what each of their congress critters costs.
Adding language to the First Amendment that entitles all citizens whether public figures or private figures from all stations of life to remain entitled to their good name, and that Freedom of Speech is not license to defame. Essentially, I would seek to overturn New York Times vs. Sullivan and all of its unholy progeny that gives media outlets the ability to defame people who have somehow "thrust themselves" into matters of public interest or controversy. I think it would lead to much more careful, measured, honest reporting, and greater civility overall.
What law do you claim that members of Congress are or were exempt from? Obviously they are also citizens, so this answer should be quite amusing.
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