If you could add one realistic amendment to the U.S. Constitution what would it be?
Posted Mar 7, 2018, 4:15 AM UTC
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Politicians have to wear patches on their clothes like NASCAR drivers showing which corporations they take the most money from.
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I love this one.
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Once out of office, no more money from the government
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The requirement for a balanced budget.
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Any budget passed at a deficit, means that the legislature in its entirety is not eligible for re-election.
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That's too drastic. Just set the rule that it can't be done. If you set that qualification against the legislature, it creates a shortcut for undermining the Constitution.
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Good, then we can also prevent unions from any political action... Same law applies.
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Don’t be dicks.
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Something involving personal privacy.
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honeslty yes
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Net neutrality
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What has changed since it's repeal?
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Nothing much yet. The changes will trickle in slowly so we don't notice.
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That doesn't seem likely. If I logged into any website that I visited regularly and saw a paywall I would notice. Same goes for bandwidth. If I suddenly got a popup saying I had used my limit and had to purchase more I would definitely notice..
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Transparency about government doing.
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Equal rights for all minorities, LGTB, whatever else. Everyone just mind your own business
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This includes the right of business owners to not serve anyone they don't want to.
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Not for race, sex, or orientation. That would be discrimination.
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So equality only applies to your little pet freakshows not to people that happen to own a business. Got it, you don't actually want equality.
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Should it be legal for someone to refuse service to someone because they're black?
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Private businesses reserve the right to choose who they do and don't serve. Sure, it could be seen as discrimination, but that's freedom. If they don't want to serve a certain demographic of people, why would you want to give them your business to begin with?
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That sounds fine when the demographic is supported by popular opinion.
But where does a gay couple eat if the entire town is against them?
Would you say that refusing a black person service is fair?
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do we not already have that?
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No federal spending for anything other than defense.
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Instead of this I say we gut the defense budget. Then we we use the money to make sure that everyone and their kids have access to medical care, shelter, and food.
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You can have both. The federal government funds the armed forces, and your state can fund your social programs. Your overall tax rate is the same.
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They're wouldn't be a country left. If you care so very much spend your own damn money on such causes.
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Yes. I'll just pull out the billions of dollars I have laying around and feed America so it's government doesn't have to.
America is not in danger. Our military budget is already over twice the size of the next two countries combined.
When I say "gut it" I mean chop a big piece off, not eliminate it entirely.
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The US already spends 2x on social spending as it does on the military... And social spending is not one of the powers granted the Federal government.
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Free higher education
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This would be amazing, but I would settle for subsidized or reduced costs of education.
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Government officials must be elected from different industries/ disciplines to ensure diverse representation.
Doctors, engineers, small business owners, teachers, etc, coming together to represent their communities.
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The Bolsheviks tried that in Russia after the revolution.
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Policy must be based on scientific research
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Repeal of the 16th amendment. Federal income tax is theft.
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Anime is now illegal, thank me later.
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Congressional term limits.
Gerrymandering is now illegal.
But then conservatives would have to improve their platform to compete.
That's a bad thing? Everyone should be forced to improve.
Oh yeah, I was being sarcastic. That party's a joke.
Just so you know, "Conservative" is not a political party.
Both parties take advantage of gerrymandering tbh not really a right left issue