If you could pass another Amendment that restricted what government was able to do what would prevent government from doing?

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[–]fschmidt 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Remove all restrictions on drugs, LGBTQ, abortion, and corporate vaccine requirements. Anything that kills modern scum or prevents them from reproducing is good.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This is idiotic. The world badly needs a first world country with an above-replacement birth rate and traditional families. Continuing to drug and sterilize the native-born Americans is extremely counterproductive.

[–]GuyWhite 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Deficit spending. Necessary in times of war, but greatly abused by both R and D.

[–]Tigerbitecrazy 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Forbid the sale of arms (removed "from any company based in the USA") to a nation that is actively involved in combat. You want to scaremonger people into preparing for a war, raytheon? Go for it, but you must cut that shit off when they pop the cork and start engaging in combat.

[–]Rah 2 insightful - 5 fun2 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

The United States henceforth is called North American Empire (NAE), led by Emperors, and states are Kingdoms, ran by kings. All counties are led by dukes. All cities are led by barons. The monarchy is elected, but all nobles answer to the Holy Church. The North American people are their subjects and as such are responsible for electing a Congress, from which the representatives can at any time become nobles or be removed by popular vote. Nobility earned by popular vote is revokable. Founder nobles have lifetime serving. There is no democracy; nobles have lifetime power over the country, but cannot use funds or goods bought for and managed by banks. Silver and Gold are the official money units; the Silver Dollar and Golden Dollar are units of money. You cannot earn them through bank accounts. All dollars are now useless paper and cannot be used for anything, but goods and durable items can be exchanged at any rate by and from anyone.

The only tax is a 3% excise tax on all citizens' excess wealth. Companies are taxed 3% on their earnings. Foreign workers and companies are taxable according to each baron's decree, supported by the duke's, the king's and the emperor's. Congress may or may not plea for change, depending on the Emperor who can override a congress-voted tax hike on foreigners

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How cute.

[–]HiddenFox 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Forced transparency for all non military/national security matters. Particularly with budgeting. I'm talking no need to requests, the info is just published within a year for public review.

For military or security issues a nonpartisanship committee to review.

[–]Alan_Crowe 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Forbid the government from mandating vaccines.

When the government can mandate vaccines, it mandates safe and effective ones. But most people would take those on their own initiative, so the benefit of government mandates is only a residual benefit, and very small.

When the government can mandate vaccines, corrupt people will weasel their way into government to mandate profitable vaccines, safety and efficiency be damned. The cost of this is likely small the first few times, but eventually "profit over safety" will lead to a disaster, and government mandates make it hard to people to protect themselves by refusing.

[–]LordoftheFlies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No more paid (or otherwise beneficial to the politician) lobbying. If it needs in inducement or consideration to get someone to present on its behalf in the Congress or Senate, tough shit and it's not making it past the door.

And concurrent to that change, institute frequent, rigorous, and unannounced background checks into every politician's finances and lifestyle. Anyone caught out with more than they can account for with their paycheck had better have a really good explanation, or they get shitcanned from the job and banned from holding any level of office for life.

[–]ID10T 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would forbid lobbying and overturn the Citizens United decision.

[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think we've already got a pretty solid bill of rights, the trouble is there's no punishment for violating it. So my idea would be to have any government agent, from the president to the lowly street cop, found complicit in violating those rights banished from the country for life.

Sorry Trump, no exceptions.

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Prevent the government from doing DEI and fine every company and organization with a DEI program.

[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ignore the Bill of Rights. Get rid of the "exceptions" to the First, Second, Fourth, and Tenth Amendments.

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

A felon should be disqualified from running for president, for the same reason felons are disqualified from voting in some states.

Or: attempt to overthrow election results with a violent insurrection? Child rapist? Stole millions from a charity? Actively interfered with US elections? Witness intimidation? Serial liar? Yep, should also disqualify you from running for president.

[–]AriShekelsteinDDS 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Man, too bad Kamala Harris was such a fucking awful candidate, huh?

Maybe don’t cheat your base out of a primary and hand the nomination to someone who couldn’t even MAKE it to the 2020 primaries.

“Kamala wept, for there were no more dicks to suck in order to advance her career”

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not reading that - now your 4th schizo dumbass freakout, Zionist swine - as you go through and reply to my latest comments. What a moron.

[–]TotalAnon1337 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Ahhh let us feast on these liberal tears. Cope and seethe, eurofag

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Are you reading tears, pussy? You projecting?

[–]AriShekelsteinDDS 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

I’M NOT MAD I SWEAR I’M NOT MAD.

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

good for you

[–]TotalAnon1337 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Congress must declare war, end forever AUMF

[–]YoMamma 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How Democrat of you. That's a Cheney/Rumsfield/Bush Jr/Republican Pary law that Dems have tried several times to unsuccessfully to overturn.

On June 29, 2017, a group of [...] Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee approved Barbara Lee's amendment to end the 2001 [AUMF] authorization within 240 days. This would have forced debate on a replacement authorization, but the amendment was removed from the bill by the [Repuglican-conrolled Rules Committee], and the AUMF remained in effect. In November 2019, the AUMF was supposed to be grounds for the occupation of Kurdish-controlled Syrian oilfields, as the Trump administration sought legal authorization to maintain a presence in the area.

Netanyau will force Trump to invade Iran.

[–]passionflounder 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exempting its own members from laws it passes and applies to the population.

Also- should it try to work around an existing law, the law is immediately repealed and removed from the books.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Deficit spending, but someone already mentioned it.

Other than that, how about running ads telling us what to do? It's not the role of the government to tell adults not to smoke, vape, or drink, nor is it any of their business whether I keep my guns cocked and loaded under the sofa cushions, in a safe, or elsewhere. In our constitution, we don't have "laws" and "official suggestions." We just have laws and "things that are none of the government's business."

[–]bluetinfoilhat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

control consensual sex acts between adults, legal abortion and contraception, same sex/gay rights.

[–]Tigerbitecrazy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

How about you x0x7? I dont know how to tag people but I'm interested in what you think.

[–]x0x7[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I'd like an amendment that says that if an amendment only reduces the powers of government that it has a lower threshold for passing.