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This is the true answer a true diffusion of power. Everything must be decentralized.
Original US founding documents give a pretty good idea.
One of the biggest wrong turns was the idea that congress can do anything in the name of "interstate commerce".
At this point, I don't think there should be federal income tax, for example. If states want to tax they can vote on that at a much lower local level. Most major decisions should only go as high in government as needed. The Federal government would just be there to help rectify disputes, keep the nation from complete dissolution, and coordinate protection against foreign adversaries.
For about 90% of all political questions, my answer these days is just "let the states decide for themselves". The only exceptions would be in violation of the constitution, so stuff like abortion (murder), gun bans ("shall not be infringed"), slavery, and other similar major issues.
You are right Judicator. Time to get back to the US Constitution.
The founders' biggest concern of all was a too powerful centralized government. After nearly 10 years of trying to make the Articles of Confederation work, which basically created 13 independent countries (States), the founders realized they needed to bring them all together as one unified nation. The main reasons were national defense, unified currency (each state was making their own), international trade deals, and interstate commerce.
The compromise the Founders came up with was to say the ONLY powers that the federal government shall have are those explicitly written into the constitution. All other powers, laws, etc are to be retained by the individual states. Each state developed their own constitution and all powers not outlined specifically in the US Constitution as a Federal power were to be decided by the states.
The Bill of Rights are rights for all citizens and cannot be taken away by either the federal government or state governments. They are permanent rights for all citizens. This is exactly why the red flag laws are unconstitutional. Neither the federal government nor state governments can disarm the people. We have the right to bear arms. It doesn't say guns, pistols, cannons, or swords. It says bear arms. Everyone has the right to own whatever weapon they want. The reason for the second amendment is to ensure the Founding Father's greatest fear, a too powerful centralized government, never occurs.
You are absolutely correct that the supreme court has made rulings giving congress and the executive branch too much power for the federal government to overreach by using the interstate commerce clause to enforce federal mandates and laws.
There is NOTHING in the US Constitution that gives the federal government the power to regulate individual health choices. Everything the federal government has done to "combat" covid is unconstitutional. States can likely handle health issues based on their own state constitutions, but as far as the federal government goes, they should have nothing to do with it.
The Constitution lists all the powers that the federal government has. Anything else it does violates the Constitution.
So basically only fed taxes we should pay should go to the military, federal judiciary, congress, snd executive branch, but eliminate all other depts. Iām down
Or just pay state taxes and the state allocates some of their taxation to the feds from there.
This gives bonus incentive for state governments to monitor how much they spend on the federal government, as well, as spending too much would be money lost to them. Of course the incentives extended aren't perfect, but at the least it turns the accountability onto a lower level and more spread out. Instead of just needing to bribe 100 Senators and 435 House reps to control the nation, they'd need to bribe the state senates/house of each state. Sort of like 50x the number of officials, although of course the actual math is a lot more complicated.
But yeah largely cutting federal size astronomically. Some programs might remain out of general utility and being relatively benign but most of the authority really can be transferred to the states. That becomes a proper situation of taxation WITH representation instead of ~600 people deciding how many shits a day an entire country of over 200 million can take.
To me it looks like a complete abolishment of most federal agencies and the government simply maintains federal highways to help ensure interstate commerce and keeps a basic military that is meant only for defense. Almost everything will default to the states like education taxes and healthcare.
Take down the cabal. Then we can unify.