The Republicans Won…Ho Hum.
Oh I guess its great news that the GOP won in New Jersey & Virginia. I’m personally very disappointed that the Unions succeeded in using the GOP to hurt the only true American candidate in the race in NY-23 (the outcome of which should hence forth be know as Rino’s Revenge) [thanks Newt!]. But any GOP victory rings hollow for me if I know that the winners are no more than Rock-a-fellers who hope to more-competently over see the Fascistic welfare state and slow the inexorable progression of the death of freedom by government constriction. Any real victory can only come from the election of individuals who espouse the reversal of the totalitarian incramentalism. In truth, the tactical victory of defeating Obama Care is a vital first step and yesterdays wins are significant nails in the coffin of Obama’s surge of two-headed fascist monster - Heath Care “Reform” the Carbon Tax but….why elect Republicans just to slow fascism’s progress? Why can’t the citizen’s of the United States renew our constitutional vows by doing five things:
1) Re-Constitutionalize the Federal Government:
Even before the FDR’s attempt to pack the Supreme Court, American Fascists (they have since called themselves “progressives” [and later liberals] after the Austrian Corporal gave their ideas a bad name) had realized that the economic control they envisioned then (and have lately achieved) was patently unconstitutional as per the founder’s doctrine of a Government of Enumerated Powers. Thus in the 1930’s was born, in leftist circles, a counter-constitutional doctrine known then, and now, as a “living constitution” - which is to say no constitution, or at least no constitutional limits on the role of government. No limit in terms of economic, social, regulatory, and ultimately personal interference by governmental fiat. The only limits the left finds are the conflicting political constituencies which they seek to advance. This doctrine holds sway with most jurists on the federal bench today and with out doubt 100% for four of the current nine sitting supreme court justices, 50% with a fifth and in some ways even the “conservative” justices are influences by “a living constitution” in their acceptance of the status quo. What we as a country must achieve is total rejection of the idea of a “living constitution”. To this end we must create a legitimately constitutional government by re-establishing a match between contractually (constitutionally) authorized government activities and an acceptable redefined and limited governmental authority. Two things will need to be done; 1) we will likely need to expand the constitutionally authorized limits of government and 2) we will needs to circumscribe, reduce, and/or limit the government. A constitutional amendment process will be needed for the first and a legislatively redefined federal government will be required for the second. This would perhaps entail reducing the size and scope of the executive departments by 50% of non-defense spending and eliminate or devolve to the States those functions or programs not explicitly authorized by a new constitutional amendment.
2) Create Structures which make expanding federal government power very difficult.
Included in a constitutional amendment we will need to build mechanisms which reverse the current power and authority of the government to tax, borrow and spend. The exact mechanisms can take many forms and may be best proposed by individuals intimate to the legislative process but a few ideas could include; 1) a 66% supermajority in the House for all spending/taxes and a 75% supermajority for new spending/taxes, 2) term limits for the House, 6 or 8 years, and two terms in the Senate, 3) a 75% supermajority in both houses to raise the debt limit subject to a Presidential veto with unanimity required for an override, 4) a debt limit set at a fixed percentage of GDP (at about a tenth of the current level), 5) narrowly defined exceptions to these limits for only a declared war, 6) sever limits on rights-of-action and other tort reforms to prevent the courts form being a bulwark against freedom from government domination. Once redefined and circumscribed the federal government’s power must have superior checks than those which have plainly proved to be inadequate in limiting the authorities and power of the federal government.
3) De-couple votes and other people’s money.
Various great philosophers including John Stewart Mill and Thomas Jefferson recognized that once people realize that their votes can put other people’s money in their pockets – then democratic government is on a path to ruin. Its hard to think of a more succinct description of the modern Democratic party than “a collection of political figures who promise other peoples money in exchange for votes” [Remember Maxine Waters getting a four-hundred-dollar check for each of her California constituents as the price for her vote for Hurricane Katrina relief?] Major reforms must be undertaken to break this connection. It can be done from the voting side – say for example that no one receiving a net government benefit in the year preceding an election can vote. Thereby no government employee, contractor, or beneficiary can vote. Got an earned income tax credit ? no vote, volunteered for the military ? no vote, Federal state or local government employee ? no vote, Food stamps?, WIC?, SSI income? No vote. Working on a government contract? No vote. Military conscript? Yes vote. Receiving social security retirement benefit after putting in your share? Yes vote. Forced onto Medicare? Yes vote. People who receive a net government benefit should not be electing politicians who can extend or increase that benefit. To this end people working for non-profits that receive government grants should also be also be excluded from voting including academics who work on government grants or for state schools or even private schools which operate off of a plurality of government tax relief and direct subsidies – oh yes, and all of those students getting government grants and/or free rides from government supported colleges- no vote. In this way the industry of trading political favors for vote dries up and incentives for the political class are reversed form the current circumstance which richly rewards taking more and more of other people’s money. [This is why Democrats and Republicans seem so similar once in power – the primary way to remain in power is to “bring home bacon” – other people’s bacon that is]
4) Defund or outlaw the political forces which live off the government.
Once organized, people find that politics is a far easier way to make a living than work. Think of the teacher’s unions. For a time Rush Limbaugh played a game on his show in which he asked callers to answer questions from an 1880’s 8th grade graduation exam. The Gilded Age students, [then 13 and many destined to never see the inside of school again] were required to do complex algebra, know the major events of world history including dates, names, places and reasons for those events, know details of world geography, spell and translate Latin words or phrases, know zoological and biological facts and terms – in short these kids were required to have serious knowledge, skills and abilities (including serious handwriting skill). The level of discipline and knowledge required to pass those exams was clearly head and shoulders beyond today’s typical American High School graduate much less an 8th graders but they didn’t even have a computer or a guidance councilor ! Its well known that the Socialistic Aptitude Tests (SATs) have been dumbed-down year-in-year-out since the 1950’s and yet the scores are still weak. All this while, local, state, and most importantly, Federal spending on “education” has soared. How can it be that the more money we spend on “education” the worse the results? The fact is that the “education establishment” is not an institution dedicated to teaching knowledge, skills and abilities but rather is dedicated to preserving and expanding its own power and to that end its control of money and political power. The NEA and AFT are two of the most partisan and hyper-political special interest unions in American politics, and they’re very effective at what they do – because what they do is trade votes for money - not educate children. SEIU, AFSCME, and a host of local and state government employee unions are the backbone of the Democrats’ power base for which they receive support and then give generous contracts from which the Unions extract union dues, from which they then provide money to their political patrons, who use their elected positions to get more money to the unions – on and on. To break this cycle we should simply acknowledge where this vicious circle has lead us – bankruptcy. Bankruptcy in California, bankruptcy in New York and ultimately bankruptcy nationally. Outlaw them. That’s it. Simply disallow government employees to organize. No dues, no political machine. No political machine, no bloated/padded contracts and no organization dedicated to politics rather than working, teaching, collecting the trash (whatever). And the unions are just the tip of the ice-burg because if you scratch the surface you’ll discover that virtually every federally funded charity, non-profit “research” organization, civil rights organization, “human” rights organization, etc…etc…etc… are all Democrat party adjuncts which work for and fund the party - all with and for other people’s money. Cut the funds off and/or cut off their opportunity to vote.
5) Educate the next generation.
Stating in grade school, American children should be made aware of how the American Constitution represents a unique break with human history. The lives and characters of the founding fathers should be standard fare and known to school children who today cannot identify them by name. In middle school students should be required to have knowledge of Ancient and European history as prologue to American History. In high school America’s unique place in history, its founding, expansion, Civil War, growth, European entanglements and an accurate recitation of the expansion and infiltration of collectivism in its various ideologies such as Wilson & FDR’s Fascism, welfare state socialism and it costs and failures. American students should be familiar with WW II and the post war institutions, the cold war capitalism vs. communism, Korea & Viet Nam (the true history and nature of communism) and of America’s sacrifice to hold back totalitarianism. On the college level, institutions which support anti-American professors and anti-American academic departments should be free to preach their ideas – free of tax payer subsidies, free of tax exemptions, free of government guaranteed loans for students, free of government grants, etc.. College level core liberal arts should include serious studies of the American founding, its natural rights foundation, its English law foundation and the original text and intent of the constitution and its debasement in the 20th century.
Armed with knowledge of history, the Constitution’s philosophical, legal, and historic foundation students could function as informed citizens – a distinct disadvantage to charlatan politicians.
Making Elections Count
These objectives would reverse the progress and power of the socialist perversions of the US Constitution and the gross overreaching of federal power in scope and magnitude. Further, it would insulate a-new the rights and freedoms of American citizens. The congress has proven beyond debate to have slipped the bounds of the Constitution must be reconstituted as a less powerful and more restrained institution. Further, the culture of collectivism as a force for moral good should be debunked and its sundry themes of group identity politics (race, gender, class) and economic rectitude must be exposed as the frauds they are. Until candidates espouse themes along these lines - to reverse socialism and re-asset limited government, not to manage it - then victories such as yesterdays remain mildly positive but somewhat pointless.
