In order to establish a society of free, responsible, and
self governing individuals following amendments are missing from the US
Constitution:
1.
For as long as government runs a central bank the function of this
central bank should only be concerned with internal and external monetary
stability. Nominal interest rates cannot be set lower than the inflation rate
plus some factor (e.g. long-term trend of real GDP growth). The central bank is
strictly prohibited from direct or indirect financing of government.
2.
Supreme
Court justices should be randomly drawn from a considerable pool of
suitable candidates, which ought to include people without judiciary experience
or law degrees. Term limits for Supreme Court justices are overdue.
3.
The size
of federal government as measured by revenue or expenditures should be
limited to a maximum of let’s say 20% of GDP except for extremely extraordinary
events. For this purpose, federal government should be defined in a
comprehensive way, e.g. including off budget items, Social Security, Medicare
etc.
4.
Federal
government debt should be limited to maximum of let’s say 30% of GDP except
for extremely extraordinary events. For this purpose, federal government debt
should be defined in a most comprehensive way, e.g. including promises to future
retirees etc.
5.
Federal government needs to completely stay out of providing subsidies to
businesses, education, health care, welfare, unemployment insurance, and
retirement security except perhaps for the most needy individuals. Free
individuals and free markets are capable of handling these areas without
government meddling. Besides, if these areas need government intervention at
all these areas are prerogatives of the individual states.
6.
Federal
taxes should never be confiscatory and should only serve as a source of
revenue and not to implement any social or economic policies. Ideally, taxes
should be paid exclusively by voluntary choice of free individuals.
Confiscatory taxes are defined as cumulative taxes exceeding let’s say 30% of a
person’s income irrespective of the form of taxation (e.g. income or sales
taxes). The tax code has to be kept very simple. A person’s wealth should be
tax free. Businesses should not be taxed.
7.
It is overdue to reign in the many abuses of the
Commerce Clause by the federal
government and the US Supreme Court. It is quite clear that the original
meaning of this clause was limited to commerce in the narrow sense of economic
exchange like foreign trade or trade between states.
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