Campaign
Finance Reform
If voters
were the only ones who could make campaign contributions, then Congress would
work for the voters and not the special interests or corporations.
Candidates
would only need a website with their full resume and positions on all issues
and some traveling money. No TV ads or
robo-calls or 4 color glossy fliers or paid rioters would be needed. There are
about 600,000 voters in each congressional district, so funding campaigns from
voters is feasible.
A
pro-voter campaign finance law would state that only registered voters would be
allowed to make legal campaign contributions and only for those candidates who
would appear on their ballots.
Special
interest groups could exercise their right to free speech by posting their
positions on their own websites.
Repealing
the 17th Amendment
The
original US Constitution assigned state legislatures with the task of selecting
US Senators. The 17th
Amendment changed this to electing Senators by popular vote in 1913. We’ve seen
the problems with voters selecting US Senators ever since. State legislatures
would need to clean up their own act before voters would cede this
responsibility back to the state legislatures.
Dissolve
Federal Lands
The
Federal government thinks it owns 30% of the US landmass because they took
it. This unconstitutional act needs to
be reversed. States should administer
the return of “federal lands” to its rightful owners. If the State is the rightful owner, then
states should be able to sell this land to be put to productive use. National
Parks would become State Parks. The
economic freedom of the US is based on property rights and few regulations, not
land seizures. The federal government is
only allowed to own the land it operates on, including military bases and
office buildings.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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