A Question That Was Asked in Passing....
While chatting with one of my friends about the political lens of the US, and talking more in depth about my previous piece on the current problems in modern day US politics. They asked me a simple yet complex question: If you had the power to write an amendment (or alter one of the current amendments) what would it be?
I really had to think about this one; to imagine I had the power to write an amendment and have it pass instantly, or change one of the current amendments to the Constitution is pretty heavy. After a round of brain debate I couldn't make up my mind between the two options I arrived at. I explained both to my friend, and they agreed with me. Lets see if you the reader agree as well. I would instantly add freedom of information to the first amendment. This one word INFORMATION means the world to you and I, instantly we would gain a vast amount of power over all three branches of government and anything/anyone involved with the government. Not only would we be ENTITLED to information it would be required by law that we have a freedom to it. This one addition would guarantee that items like Ron Paul's HR1207 would be passed without hesitation, as auditing the Fed would provide you and I information on where our hard earned tax dollars are going and provide REAL TRANSPARENCY to the US Government. This does not only apply to government, as all information would be a freedom, there would be a surge of learning and mental growth among the population. The second would be an amendment would be to finally write into law a free market economic system, think Austrian School economics. With this addition we would instantly gain economic freedom and not be forced to submit our hard earned money to the government. Which in turn allows the government to fund programs, wars, and policies that are unnecessary, foolish and at times unconstitutional. Why should we the people submit our money to fund a disorganized, highly polarized, and extremely volatile corporation like the US government. By passing this into law we instantly curb Corporatism and Statism. Since we would go back to the gold standard and in turn rid this horrid, nightmare fiat system that we currently have in place. There would be no excuse for bailouts, corporate lobbying, and most importantly high taxes and fees that only go to failed programs and policies. This alone would End the Fed, and the Fed is a different story for a different day... There are several more options I mulled over, but ultimately one of choices would be the one I would go with. Both are equally important to me so I found myself in a conundrum trying to chose just one of them. I wish the question allowed me two chances to make/change amendments. I would love to hear your feedback. If YOU had one opportunity to add an amendment or alter a current amendment, what would you do?
