What Can We Do?
We The People have the power of the vote to start turning the situation around, but will we? America first; love it or leave it!
In a previous article, I identified that the fundamental problems in American society as drifting moral values, government that’s too big, too many corrupt politicians, and a failure of the voters to take necessary action. There are all kinds of good ideas that could and would correct what is wrong with the American government, such as convening an Article V Constitutional Convention. Unfortunately, it has taken years to get halfway to the number of states necessary to do this. In my opinion, America as we know it may be dead long before a Constitutional Convention can be convened. The socialist globalist elitist ruling class already has their hands around the throat of the American government, thanks to the high level of corruption in the Democrat Party. Time is short, if we are to save the republic known as the United States of America.
Short Term Goal - Today Until November 2022
Our first goal is to remove as many of the worst corrupt socialist politicians as possible in the current mid-term election cycle. Failure to take the majority of the House of Representatives and a majority of the Senate in November, will portent the end America this year. A Republican majority in both houses of Congress will allow the crippling of the Biden socialist global elitist ruling class agenda, at least in America. This movement at the federal level must be in conjunction with throwing out socialist global elitists at every level of government that hate the United States Constitution. Failure in 2022 makes everything else moot!
Second Stage Short Term Goals - January 2023 To November 2024
Take necessary legal action against the recent ruling class criminal activities by high level current and former government officials. Begin with the Biden family criminal enterprise, the Clinton family criminal enterprise, the Obama family criminal enterprise, and the criminal enterprises hidden in the Deep State of the Justice Department, Homeland Security, and the Internal Revenue Service, where the Deep State operatives have conspired with the afore mentioned criminal enterprises to use United States Government resources against political enemies.
Institute necessary action to require a government issued photo identification for every person voting in federal elections. Parallel that at the state and local level to establish higher levels of citizen confidence in elections that include only those with a legal right to vote. No exceptions. Military personnel serving can request ballots to be delivered to their assigned base, so they can vote in person, and the military can verify chain of custody for every ballot. A similar system can serve civilians overseas by voting at the nearest embassy with the State Department verifying the ballot chain of custody.
Voter initiated term limits will begin by never ever voting for an incumbent stsrting in 2024. Voters can end career elected officials. Every political party needs to demonstrate the discipline to not allow incumbents to make a career out of elected office. That is the greatest action the political parties can take to eliminate corruption in the seats of government at all levels, if they want to end it. Citizens will serve one term and then go back to being productive taxpayers.
Long Term Goals - Beyond January 2025
Establish formal term limits for all elected federal officials. President and Vice President: one 8 year term; House of Representatives: one 4 year term; Senate: one 6 year term. Fifteen years after last holding office, a person could be allowed to run for a different office than previously held. These office holders would never need to be distracted with the worries about re-election and would then be a much less attractive target for corruption.
In parallel to the above, state and local governments would establish term limits for, at least, every paid elected official.
Voters will need to require their federal elected officials to reduce the size of the federal civil service work force by a minimum of 50%. Rely on the Constitution to show the way to limit the federal government to the enumerated powers and activities and return all other powers and duties back to the states and The People. Big government begets bigger government. That must end!
Congress should limit itself to a staff of five people rather than current levels, most of whom are part of the institutional corruption catering to lobbyists. The system of career congressional staffers needs to be eliminated. Each elected official should take his own staff from his home state to assist him in Washington. I can hear the screams now; “We won’t get anything done.” Exactly! We only want you to do what is absolutely necessary. Remember, we’re reducing your workload by restricting the focus of the federal government to the enumerated powers. Big staff begets bigger government, which we don’t need or want.
We just had a wonderful event that proves my point. San Fran Nan brought a 1.5 trillion dollar funding bill to the floor of the House for a vote and not one (that’s right, not one) Congress person had read the bill from cover to cover. That’s criminal, but illustrates my point.
We Need “An America First” Government Again
If we, the voters of America, fail to re-establish a government with the mindset of America First in 2022, the “democratic republic” known as the United States of America will end up in the dust bin of history before the current socialist elite globalist Democrat Party administration ends. Our federal government is corrupt through and through, and the government destruction of our free market economy is well underway. Additionally, the Democrat Party has been working for decades to destroy the church in America and has had far too much success. Strangely enough, many in the church today are preaching the socialist Democrat dogma of those that would undermine God and the church.
We The People have the power of the vote to start turning the situation around, but will we? America first; love it or leave it!
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After a 55 year career as a professional pilot in the military, in law enforcement, in the private sector, and in federal civil service, I am now retired.
In many of these positions I repeatedly took an oath to defend the United States Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.