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The New Commoner

A broader form of capitalism called Proprietarianism offers wealth, enhanced lives and greater control of day-to-day living to common citizens. It offers the opportunity to build communities and relationships. The philosophy IS oriented toward business, but NOT necessarily big business. More "Mom & Pop" size businesses give more people more opportunities to conduct their own lives their own way.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Our government (USA) seems to be on a perfect mission to destroy itself and our country as well. (It must be be intentional -- I don't see how they can be so efficient by accident.) If there are any people in our government, elected or appointed, interested in preserving our great nation, their voices are not being heard or felt. Finding ways to work around our Constitution seems to be the sole interest of our legislative, administrative and judicial branches. Those interests appear to be strongly supported by our media - both entertainment and news. I have heard that petitions have been put up in several states asking that they be allowed to secede from the union. I think that's wrong. I think it's a little like looking through the wrong end of the binoculars. There doesn't seem to be much wrong with our states (well, most of them) that a little self-governance couldn't fix. Rather most of the problem seems to be coming from inside the Washington belt-way. So, I might suggest a different approach. I might suggest a national referendum to cast Washington DC out of the union. We could select a seat of government elsewhere and populate it with real Senators, Representatives, Justices and, of course a real President. (By "real" I mean those interested in preserving our nation and working within our Constitution). Our Constitution says Senators and Representative are to be paid from the national treasury. I think that is a good thing. However, our Constitution says nothing about who pays for meals, haircuts, staff, office space, medical expenses, travel expenses etc. I suggest all those 'perks' should be picked up by the individual states. Each state paying for their own. That way elected representatives would feel some allegiance to their constituents on a daily basis and not just at election time. Coupling that change with term limits and a limit on the number of lawyers that can be elected should give us a far more representative government. Next, I might suggest some sort of a judicial recall system. Many of the big social and moral problems in our nation have originated in the judicial branch. (Judges trying to kludge some 'fixes' into the system using their own ill-thought-through ideals.) Judges aren't supposed to be able to do that. They are referees not players. "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

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