. yearly 2% reduction in federal spending with the goal of reducing all expenditure that does not directly relate to national defense, infrastructure, national security and defense, the regulation of innerstate trade and disputes, and some specialized law enforcement functions to just as near zero as possible.
. Constitutional ammendment stating that the federal government will work within a ballanced budget except for war or extreme emergancy, and all raises in the taxation of the citizenry must be approved by a majority popular vote.
. Constitutional ammendment stating that the federal government will NEVER borrow money from any forign source. Also all countrys to whom we currently owe money who have ever self canceled a debt to us may consider our debts to them canceled.
. The borders are closed except for places where people are supposed to cross. As of now, we consider the southern border an area of low level conflict, it will be secured by the army, marine corps, and any national guard units that are needed to do so, and will treat anyone crossing without permission as a hostile. I do not mean that we will be arbitrarially shooting people, but they had better stop when they are told. Any armed border crosser will be considered a hostile military force on our soil, the military will engage them without warning. If mexico moves troops to the border to "protest" this move or threaten us we will consider it a hostile move. If anyone in a uniform (or out of one so long as crosses onto our soil to make any hostile act, we will be at war.
. Any employer or Hr manager who knowingly hires an illegal alien or allows them to continue working after this law is passed serves ten years in federal prison per illegal on the roles. No exceptions or plea bagrins.
. Any law enforcement officer who comes into contact with somone who they reasonably believe does not belong in the country will detain them. If it is proven that they are illegal, they will not be allowed to go home and have a court hearing that they won't show for, they will have a quick hearing, and then escorted across the border. All illegals currently incarcerated will be excecuted immediatly or returned to sender depending on their crime.
. There are no anchor babies, one or both of a person's parents must be US citizens for somone to be a natural citizen no matter where they were born.
. we will stop wasting money on the legal "war" against certian intoxicating plant matter, and put it into the war on crack, meth, heroin and other stuff that really is bad. Adults may buy pot at state authorized stores to use in their own homes, there will be a tax on it that raises the price to somwhere just below the former street value.
. Government at any level will no longer concern itself with the sexual behavior of consenting adult humans so long as that behavior happens behind closed doors. That means that sodomy laws are gone completely. It also means that prostitution may be regulated for decency and safety standards, it may not be banned. IE it can happen in X district by people with liscences who have disease tests and nowhere else.
. If not behind closed doors, common decency can and will be legislated. Common sense applies, if more than sixty percent of people don't want to see something done in public, don't do it there.
. The government will stop using the schools for social engineering. Their job is to produce citizens who can read, write, have a good knowlege base, and can and do think and involve themselves in the world around them. They will back off of all programs that do not contribute to this goal. Teachers will be paid ALOT more.
. There will be a constitutional ammendment stating that anyone who is committing a crime has no right to sue ayone for anything that happens as a result of them committing that crime. In other words if you are breaking into a house and fall through the skylight you may not sue the homeowner no matter how badly you are hurt. Violent criminals may not sue their victems for defending themselves even if the victem uses an excessive ammount of force. Citizens who have been attacked may not be held criminally liable for harming their attackers so long as they stop using it when the criminal becomes helpless. Criminals convicted of resisting arrest with violence may not sue the police for hurting them. Criminals who resist passively still may.
. Any citizen without a felony conviction or declaration of mental incompatancy may carry a firearm or other weapon concealed or not wherever they go. They do not need a permit. They are still completely responsible for everything they do with it.
. Any citizen without a felony may own any small arm or light weapon they choose.
. Convicted criminals will be used for hard labor.
. There will be no welfare for those who can work. There will be federal unemployment insurance and help in getting a new job, but it will be limited. People who can't work will be taken care of.
. The government will not enforce any religious perspective on anyone or regulate religious begavior (short of human sacrifice)
. The government will not tax nessesities such as food, fuel, housing, or transportation.
. The government will give a large ammount of money to developing a viable alternative to fossil fuels, as this directly relates to national defense and security.
. All equipment used by the military will be manufactured domestically by us owned companies.
. Multi national corporations will be considered forign and face all the same tarriffs and taxes.
. The Us will immediatly declare that it is not bound by ANY UN mandate which contradicts US law or especially the constitution and bill of rights. In other words the UN is not an athority higher than the US government.
. The US will stop getting rid of agricultural "surplus" We will not throw away food so long as any of our citizens are starving. Forign aid will be given in the form of food and not money.
. The US will not tell other countries how to run themselves or anything about their internal politics so long as it does not effect us. We will not be accept any forign interference in our internal workings.
. Serious candidates for public office will have a set and equil campaign budget. They may not use money from anywhere else, nor may they have other orginizations do it for them.
. Pollitical candidates will list their views on any number of issues in some public forum. This may then be compared to their voting record.
. Elected federal officials may not recieve any money other than their salery during their terms, and their income afterword may be carefully monitored to detect bribes and corruption.
. Presidents, congressmen, and senators may not serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office, and no more than four in a lifetime.
. Supreme court judges will still serve for life, but they may be put up for a recall vote with a certian number of public signitures, and may be voted out of office in a public vote. The method of putting them on the bench remains the same.
. We will end the abortion debate. It is definitional, so we will decide at exactly what point somone becomes a human. The morning after pill is OK, partial birth abortion is not, the answer is somwhere in there. Extremists to either side will not like it, but those with common sense will.
. Once a convicted criminal has served their time, they need to be able to make a living. It will be illegal for most employers to ask about a criminal record. Employers will not be held liable for the actions of criminals who continue their tendencies.
. If two people of the same sex, and roughly the same age want to step outside and have a fistfight, this will not be treated as a crime. If one of them gets hurt, they cannot sue anyone.
. If a criminal is sentenced to death, they get a mandatory appeal to the surpreme court. If it is denied, they will be exicuted within one year of sentence. Preferably within three months.
. We will re introduce the use of corporal punishment in forms that do not cause perminent damage. We will also use public humiliation to deal with minor crimes. This works better than sending folks to multi year graduate courses in thuggism.
. We the people will stop trying to inflict each other's senses of morality and sense of the way things aught to run on each other. We reciognise that a rancher in Wyoming and a professor in New York city do not want to have the same kind of direct government, and to the extent possible, they should not have to.
. We will stop taxing people's income as soon as the reductions in federal spending have made this possible. Federal income will come from tarriffs, corporate profits, and possibly a national sales tax. It is not the federal government's business to know how much you made last year.