High
priority functions of government include roads, bridges, sanitary sewers, water
treatment plants, water distribution systems, reservoirs and dams.
Government
now spends tax money on everything and it’s time for that to change. Governments must sit down and figure out
their priorities. Examples of high
priority tasks not being done is legion.
Rio didn’t fix their sewer system over the years, but they did host the
Olympics while their sewage continued to spill on to their beaches. Flint Michigan failed to replace the lead
pipe they used to carry their drinking water.
The obvious answer is to identify what spending is critical and what
spending is inappropriate.
At the
top of the list is the federal government overreach and unconstitutional
departments, agencies and programs. The
US Constitution (as written) limits the “enumerated powers” the States granted
to the Federal. These usurped powers need
to be tested by the Amendment process starting with the granting the Federal
the power to deny secession by the States, followed by granting the Federal the
power to hold Federal lands. The rest of the Amendments would include granting
the Federal the power to add the long list of powers it has usurped, one
function at a time.
The
Federal has not yet won the power to have anything to do with national banking,
education, healthcare, labor, energy, housing, transportation, environment,
retirement etc. These Amendments would require the ratification by the States.
If they fail to pass ratification, each category that fails would be removed
from the Federal and assigned back to the States and the People according to
the 10th Amendment. All of
these Amendments would probably fail.
Those
categories where we have failures, poor outcomes and high costs should be
transferred to the States or Counties and the People. Many categories that are “nanny state” items
should be transferred to “the People”. Families would once again be responsible
for family members, not the taxpayers. Churches could help. Voters should determine who should be
responsible for functions transferred to the States and the People.
Transportation
would leave the States, counties and cities responsible for their own highways,
roads and bridges. Public transportation and harbor operation would be
privatized. States would handle the
environment and determine sensible, affordable regulations.
Healthcare
and education should be privatized and given back to the People to set up
private savings plans to pay their own expenses. Students should have the right to homeschool
and self-study and sit for exams to pass through the grades. Tutors would be
used and paid by the students. Healthcare would be paid by the patient.
The costs
of healthcare and education would settle down based on the law of supply and
demand. The free market needs to reengineer these two industries. You will be surprised how rapidly methods
change and prices drop.
The Federal
Reserve should have its printing press taken away and let the free market
determine the interest rates.
Social
Security needs to be phased out eventually and replaced by converting to
private accounts that are owned by each employee. You will be surprised that your account
balances will be triple what they would have been under Social Security.
Energy
sources should include all that are economically advantageous like, hydro, coal,
natural gas and nuclear. For rural
areas, private homes could use thermal, wind and solar, but they will need to
pay the cost for them.
Air
Travel expenses should be paid by the carriers.
They should own the airports. All
employees like air traffic controllers would be paid by the carriers. No tax dollars would subsidize this form of
transportation. The same goes for
passenger rail and freight.
Professional
Sports stadiums should be owned by the teams who use them. No tax dollars would subsidize this form of
entertainment.
Farmers,
ranchers and timber companies should own or lease their own or land. They would pay for their own crop insurance.
Corporations
should be free to do business without Federal or State government “help”. No tax dollars should go toward “economic
development” or corporate and industry subsidies.
States,
counties and cities need to sort out how to handle their environmental
requirements and eliminate lots of regulations that conflict with the free
market and owners’ rights. All work
contracted by government should go to the lowest bidder, but should include a
“performance bond” to reimburse shoddy work.
Federal
courts should only hear federal cases and should allow State Supreme Court
opinions to stand.
Trump
won’t be able to accomplish all of this Constitutional restoration, but will give
us a good start and should close the federal department of education, EPA and
others.
Trump
will reinstall the rule of law, lower taxes, balance the budget, end the
corruption, end excessive immigration and the Muslim invasion and do the other
things that will make us safer and more prosperous. Unlike most of our politicians, Trump
actually understands and believes in the free market and the US Constitution
(as written).
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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