On minds, someone asked me what I would recommend doing about the government. Obviously going full anarchy or minarchy would be preferred, but knowing that that won't be happening in my lifetime, a more pragmatic, but still pie in the sky ideas are listed below. I guess you could say this is my idea given the constraints that I don't want chaos and death in the streets, but I do want a small government and freedom. I could add more, but this would be an amazing start.

If people were actually willing to make changes and if we still had honest elections (both are very questionable), these are some changes I would make to move us towards liberty, understanding that it likely isn't possible to get where I want us to get in my lifetime. Understand that these are steps in the right direction, not what I want ultimately.

I'd abolish the FBI, CIA, NSA, Dept of Education, Department of Commerce, HUD and most of the other federal agencies. I might allow a 1-5 year transition to make them go away, but the intelligence agencies would be abolished instantly.

I'd change the Constitution to return election of Senators to the states so the Senate would represent the states reducing the centralization of power in the Federal government.

I'd make Congress's pay 150% of the median wage of citizens from the previous year (they get the extra 50% because they have to maintain 2 residences).

I'd make a Constitutional amendment requiring all bills to be single subject and all bills over 10 legal pages with 12 pt font to require votes on each section of 10 pages or less.

I'd make all bills sunset and have to be repassed with the full committee review, reading aloud in the chambers and votes to reissue them.

I'd make it so all increases in taxes or regulations require 60% of the House & Senate to vote for it but any bill that reduces taxes or regulations only requires 50% of the vote.

Social security is going bankrupt. I'd use a related transition to the one in Chile where people could chose to invest most of their money on their own with only a small amount going in to support the current retirees, with the goal of no new SS recipients after 10 years.

I'd abolish the Fed.

I'd ban the government's control of money and let the market chose money.

I'd ban the federal government from having any authority over anything that stays within in state (zero exceptions).

I'd ban all government from passing any regulations regarding guns, knives, or weapons with the only exception being for convicted felons guilty of violent crimes.

I'd ban all executive orders that effect anyone outside of the executive branch and require even those to be ratified by Congress within 60 days.

I'd allow 51% of states to overturn any bill or regulation that increases taxes or regulations in any way.

I'd take away the federal government's ability to regulate commerce in any way other than for federal courts to act as arbitrator when two states disagree and at least one state asks for arbitration.

I'd ban federal courts from ruling on any cases involving only one state and only allow federal rulings when one state sues another state.

I'd allow 50% of states to overturn any international agreement or treaty that adds regulations or taxes or puts limits/controls on economic activity in any way.

I'd ban all taxes other than sales tax and put a limit of 5% on the Federal government, 5% on the state government and 1% for county or city governments. All other taxes would be illegal. I'd also require that these taxes be listed individually on all receipts. I'd also ban sales tax on unprepared foods and medical care.

I'd ban mandatory licenses for any job. I'd encourage 3rd party certifications that consumers would be encouraged to look for (like UL or CE for electronics).

I'd ban all levels of government for requiring or prohibiting the use of any medical treatments, including but not limited to vaccines, drugs, gene therapies, counseling, etc.

I'd ban sending troops over seas without a declaration of war and that declaration of war would have to be redeclared every 90 days. If a declaration is not renewed, troops must be brought home within 30 days of the expiration.

I'd require that all government departments be audited every other year and anyone responsible for misuse or illegal use of funds be banned fromI would set up a 5-10 year transition to a ban on any federal funds being taken from one person or company and given to another person or company for any reason. I would set up a 10-20 year transition of the same for states and lower governments. Things like and workman's compensation would become 3rd party insurance where unemployment insurance would be voluntary for the company and the employee and workman's compensation would be mandatory.

As people are being weaned off of government assistance, I would setup some methods of slowly getting people off. In the short run, unemployment would pay 80% of wages for the first 2 months, then go to 70% the 3rd month, 60% the 4th month, etc. so it gets harder and harder to live encouraging people to work harder and harder to find a job or take a lesser job than they desire.

Since all taxes except sales tax will be banned, there will be nothing taken out of people's paychecks by the government and there will be no form of property tax.

I'd allow judges to punish people and lawyers who bring frivolous lawsuits and allow the judge to award the defendant payment for costs incurred including time wasted for frivolous suits.

If we could implement all of these changes, things would be so much better. Unfortunately, even those who claim to want small government and liberty, probably don't want to go this far and those in government will use every means they have, including those that are evil and illegal to prevent it. ever working for the government or lobbying the government and be brought on charges with potential jail time.

I'd love to hear other people's ideas and comments

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