Maggie's Farm

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Good point. If by some miracle I fell into the presidency, I would promptly delete the Departments of Energy, Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Commerce, the EPA, the IRS, and many others. Overnight. By decree, as Obama likes to do. Those are State functions; the feds have no business interfering in the 10th Amendment. And Homeland Security is specifically a military function, not the make-work fiasco it has become almost from day one.

The hundreds of thousands of surplused bureaucrats could go find work whereever they are able, based on their skill set. Minimal safety nets, we won't let people starve, but no minumum wage; people should get paid what they are worth in a free labor market.

Going hand-in-hand with this would be a full federal tax rebate to the tax-paying citizenry for the massive expenses saved. Federal taxes would be slashed by at least half; likely much more.

The unpaid tax money would grow the economy and increase employment, or the money would be saved, providing capital goods and infrastructure instead of wages and early retirement for drones.

Government 'education' would be a thing of the past. Education should be local, and parents should provide for their own childrens' education, not for children of strangers in another state.

Originally the States were intended to handle these things. But the federal government saw the opportunity to take over, and look at what has resulted. Is there any doubt that it is a disaster?

I would keep the military strong, because it is the one organization that protects every citizen equally. Same with the courts. But most of the others are excess baggage, run by self-serving drones.

And of course, no anti-American UN on US shores. Our UN membership would be terminated. Countries that acted as true allies would be rewarded, one-on-one, commensurate with their value to us, and to hell with the rest. Most of them take our money, and always demand more — and hate us with an intensity that is hard to fathom. Why should Obama hand over hundreds of millions of dollars every year to America-hating Islamist organizations? Is that not treachery?

The result of these actions would be an explosion of wealth and freedom. Other countries would scramble to emulate us. We would have true friends, instead of finaglers who hate us and want our country destroyed.

The original Constitution and Bill of Rights would once again be the basic law of the land. Repeal of the 13th and 17th Amendments would follow; especially the 17th, which is why Senators are completely beholden to their political Party in Washington DC, not to their State's citizens that elected them.

Won't happen, though. The Parties have learned to game the system. They control it now. They have corrupted even Supreme Court Justices — witness John Roberts' inexplicable vote-switch on Obamacare. When the SCOTUS caves, it is over. Is there any doubt that they got to Roberts, just like they got to Petraeus? Petraeus was meant to be an example, so his deeds were made public. But Roberts was gotten to in private; he is much more valuable as Obama's puppet than as an example. The military and the court system are different entities. But make no mistake, Roberts has been corrupted: NO ONe predicted he would bve the onbe to flip.

Americal is lost, folks. Sad to say, today is not Independence Day. It has morphed into Dependence Day.

One Obamaphone buys one vote. It's that simple.

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