Or people who have too much skin in the game. What we have today is 100% bribery for votes. I'm not in favor of the old "property owners only" way, and no way near the % of a vote method. BUT I do agree those who pay nothing into the system should not be allowed to vote.
Solutions to obtain a Limited Government
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Or people who have too much skin in the game. What we have today is 100% bribery for votes. I'm not in favor of the old "property owners only" way, and no way near the % of a vote method. BUT I do agree those who pay nothing into the system should not be allowed to vote.
general mills
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I always thought food stamps should be more like they were in the book Handmaids tale, a stamp with the picture of the food on it. It's great we provide food for the hungry, but they shouldn't eat better than I feed my family. Out with the convenience food, choice meats, ect. Have a dietician decide what they should eat, have a stamp with items to make their diet (eggs, flour, cornmeal, apples, oranges, ect.) and use the leftover money to offer community classes that teaches them how to cook and prepare meals with what they get. This would be overall a cheaper system and would give an incentive to get off food stamps (want a steak? get a job. want a coke? get a job.)
I'm a little surprised no one has said to completely abolish the income tax. Doesn't it make sense that having ZERO income tax would "help" to yield a limited government?
I read that if we abolished the income tax, based on the taxes/fees/etc collected from all other govt sources, the gov't could still operate on spending levels from the 90's.....and even then that's still a big govt.
Someone on page 1 mentioned strict enforcement of drug laws to help prevent people from voting/getting benefits....so the drug war would help us yield a limited government? I'm thinking strictly of gov't spending, laws, and regulation here. Is it possible to have a full blown drug war like today, and still have a limited gov't?
I read that if we abolished the income tax, based on the taxes/fees/etc collected from all other govt sources, the gov't could still operate on spending levels from the 90's.....and even then that's still a big govt.
Someone on page 1 mentioned strict enforcement of drug laws to help prevent people from voting/getting benefits....so the drug war would help us yield a limited government? I'm thinking strictly of gov't spending, laws, and regulation here. Is it possible to have a full blown drug war like today, and still have a limited gov't?
You guys are making it too complicated and falling or the same trap that those in power fall for. You think you know better.
Let's look at things that our government was never equipped to cope with and remove those.
Lobbying - gone
Bills and laws should be single issue. Riders are a tool for the corrupt.
Tax reform - big time. Don't know what the correct answer could be, but the current tax code is criminal.
Equal protection under the law. Use it. Love it.
2nd amendment rights should not be taken away because I cross a state border. This is why NY keeps dropping any case that hits the news. They know that if they challenged it, they'd lose in the Supreme Court.
Let's look at things that our government was never equipped to cope with and remove those.
Lobbying - gone
Bills and laws should be single issue. Riders are a tool for the corrupt.
Tax reform - big time. Don't know what the correct answer could be, but the current tax code is criminal.
Equal protection under the law. Use it. Love it.
2nd amendment rights should not be taken away because I cross a state border. This is why NY keeps dropping any case that hits the news. They know that if they challenged it, they'd lose in the Supreme Court.
I think because the people who get freebies vote for the people that give to them in turn the elected officials spend/give more away to keep getting votes.
Why should someone that never payed into the system have a vote in how that same money is spent?
Spending less money = smaller gov "less to do"
We have to cut spending down but no one wants to be the one thats part of the cut. So who's feelings do we hurt. Well I bet if we cut everyone that gets the freebies and use illegal drugs we would overnight save LOTS of money.
Saving more money = smaller gov "less to do"
As for as the war on drugs I think it's costing too much to fight = more money "bigger gov".
I say stop fighting the dealers and and let the users fall.
Jobs drug test them = no job.
Go to get the freebies and then drug test them = no freebie.
Again less money spent = smaller gov.
1. End the Federal Reserve and the whole system of a central bank and fiat currency. Allow alternative and decentralized currencies to come about and flow freely.
2. Completely defund and abolish the IRS, DEA, ATF, TSA, FDA, and EPA. End the war on drugs and reassign the armed agents to fighting human trafficking and pedophile rings.
3. Stop ALL taxpayer-funded foreign aid. Any country that wants military or humanitarian aid must petition to become a U.S. territory and be subject to U.S. Constitutional law.
4. End all corporate welfare and lobbying. No elected official will be allowed to own stock or have any current or past connections with the management of a company that is still in business.
5. Replace the income tax with higher tariffs on foreign goods and services and a progressive sales tax system like Fairtax.
6. Secondary education should be completely privatized, primary education must be handled at only local and state levels and have private options if not completely privatized.
7. Healthcare should be handled only at the local and state levels with both public and private options available.
8. End government special benefits and legal recognition of marriage and reclassify them all as civil unions just for the purpose of keeping legal records. Leave it to each individual religious body to decide what is a legit marriage and which unions they will bless as such.
2. Completely defund and abolish the IRS, DEA, ATF, TSA, FDA, and EPA. End the war on drugs and reassign the armed agents to fighting human trafficking and pedophile rings.
3. Stop ALL taxpayer-funded foreign aid. Any country that wants military or humanitarian aid must petition to become a U.S. territory and be subject to U.S. Constitutional law.
4. End all corporate welfare and lobbying. No elected official will be allowed to own stock or have any current or past connections with the management of a company that is still in business.
5. Replace the income tax with higher tariffs on foreign goods and services and a progressive sales tax system like Fairtax.
6. Secondary education should be completely privatized, primary education must be handled at only local and state levels and have private options if not completely privatized.
7. Healthcare should be handled only at the local and state levels with both public and private options available.
8. End government special benefits and legal recognition of marriage and reclassify them all as civil unions just for the purpose of keeping legal records. Leave it to each individual religious body to decide what is a legit marriage and which unions they will bless as such.
Instead of food stamps we need to go back to handing out healthy food basics. Or better yet, really nasty protein bars. There should be an incentive to get off government assistance. Housing projects should be tent cities outside the city limits with bus service for the unemployed that drops only at job search centers.
All new bills brought before congress must be read aloud. Anyone voting on the bill must listen to the entire bill. Bills must pertain to only one topic.
Anyone elected must wear a wearable camera with a microphone for the entire time they are elected, to be reviewed by an ethics committee board. Lobbyist should be deported. Preferably by a large catapult off the coast of Maine, in winter, after chumming the waters...
Flat tax. 12% max.
Federal budget should be imposed as a percentage of the GDP. If the GDP shrinks, so does the federal budget. Congress' payroll is based on how much is left over as compared to the federal budget.
A college level civics test should be administered before anyone is allowed to run for so much as dog catcher.
Senators must retire from all other means of employment and any other income should be applied to their housing expenses. Being a senator should involve a level of sacrifice. The house is supposed to be made up of commoners with typical jobs. They should be selected like getting picked for jury duty for 2 years.
All new bills brought before congress must be read aloud. Anyone voting on the bill must listen to the entire bill. Bills must pertain to only one topic.
Anyone elected must wear a wearable camera with a microphone for the entire time they are elected, to be reviewed by an ethics committee board. Lobbyist should be deported. Preferably by a large catapult off the coast of Maine, in winter, after chumming the waters...
Flat tax. 12% max.
Federal budget should be imposed as a percentage of the GDP. If the GDP shrinks, so does the federal budget. Congress' payroll is based on how much is left over as compared to the federal budget.
A college level civics test should be administered before anyone is allowed to run for so much as dog catcher.
Senators must retire from all other means of employment and any other income should be applied to their housing expenses. Being a senator should involve a level of sacrifice. The house is supposed to be made up of commoners with typical jobs. They should be selected like getting picked for jury duty for 2 years.
