The basic duties of national government

The purpose of national government is to:

• protect its citizens from outside interference - a military defense

• protect its citizens from each other - establish and enforce a uniform criminal law

• protect its citizens from their economic system - create and regulate a common currency, establish and enforce regulations

• ensure that the basic needs (food, housing, education, healthcare) of all current and (to whatever extent possible) future citizens are met - remove the "profit motive" from these industries as much as possible so that public tax dollars are spent efficiently and effectively

A new Constitution is needed which enumerates these values in an unambiguous way. We can't allow future leaders to have the leeway to undermine these core values no matter how much the billionaires pay them!

It was a different time

The US Constitution was written to appease the businessmen of the era in order to get everyone's buy-in. They were trying to unite the states under one government, after all! The industrialists of the North, the plantation owners of the South, and the farmers heading west all had to compromise to come up with a document they could sign their names to. While the basic structure of government and the "provide for the common defense" was spelled out, the whole "promote the general welfare" thing was left pretty much undefined due to the fact that the various states had their own idea as to what the "general welfare" entailed. The Bill of Rights didn't help; it simply listed out some things that the new government wasn't allowed to do. In order to remain as nebulous as possible, the Constitution allowed for amendments if critical issues needed to be addressed (who could vote, abolishing slavery, establishing an income tax, etc.) Over the last 250 years, it's become apparent that the "general welfare" has been interpreted by our government to mean "whatever is best for the bankers". OUR CONSTITUTION ALLOWED FOR OUR ECONOMIC ENSLAVEMENT AND IS NOW THE BIGGEST HINDRANCE TO OUR MOVING FORWARD AS A UNITED NATION.

The United States of today

Today's US bears little resemblance to the US of 1790. The population is now far more diverse in every way imaginable. All citizens are allowed to vote, not just white men. Ninety-five percent of the population lived in rural areas in 1790, while only fourteen percent did in 2020. The problems facing a new nation in the 18th century have little to do with the problems facing a superpower in the 21st century. For that matter, the problems we face today have almost all come about due to the oppressive economic system that our state and national governments protect.