Here are some ideas that I came up with to email to Speaker Boehner. If you like them, just add your own ideas also and send your copy to him too.
speakerboehner@mail.house.gov
Suggestions for laws:
1) It seems to me that a good part of the overall problem of government is the regulations promulgated by out of control “Alphabet Soup”regulatory agencies under the direction of the executive branch. Under the current system we basically have the President with two methods of making laws (executive orders and regulations via the “Alphabet Soup agencies), the judiciary making laws (activist judges), and the Congress making laws (they are the only ones supposed to make them). While many people feel that most of the regulatory agencies should be abolished as unconstitutional, that is not a reasonable expectation at this time. To return to a more Constitutional system, I propose that all of the regulatory agencies be defanged and turned into research and advisory boards for the respective Congressional committees and sub-committees with only the ability to suggest, not to rule. Require them to report to the Congressional committees and not the President. This could be done in the House of Representatives alone simply by only authorizing funds to be spent on new research, and prohibiting any funds to be spent on any unapproved enforcement. Any actual laws would have to be enacted by Congress; The President and other leftist groups would be deprived of an extra-Constitutional method of promoting their agenda. I assume that this would also reduce the potential scope of any executive orders in that the President would no longer exert control in these areas, especially if the number of cabinet positions were reduced also to reflect that these agencies were no longer under executive control. Maybe some of the staff members that would no longer be needed in the new leaner, more efficient agencies could be retrained to be auditors and turned loose to inventory all the assets of the federal government to see of what we could eliminate or sell . Also they could have more complete audits of each agency to ferret out waste and corruption.
2) Until suggestion # 1 is done,pass a regulation requiring government agencies to fast track (within 60 days) approval of 500 (pick a number) drilling and/or mining permits. Plus permits for 5 to 10 new refineries, plus pipelines and anything else that would signal to the world that we are serious about becoming energy independent. As soon as it becomes apparent that we are
serious about energy independence, oil prices will fall precipitously. As the price of gasoline continues to climb it is only a matter of time before “the masses” revolt against the environmentalists (whom they far out number). It would be better for you to be seen leading the way instead of just reacting to pressure. Also, to prevent these new permits from being stalled by
environmentalist in the courts, simply remove them from court purview due to national security concerns. Just the gain in revenue from the increased economic activity from oil production alone would put the U.S economy booming again, let alone the additional benefits of the corresponding decrease in our international balance of payments deficit.
3) Since Congress controls the Judiciary as far as their operation is concerned- Restrict all district and appellate courts from declaring any state constitutional
amendments or any other laws unconstitutional. Allow them to recommend only. And since the Supreme Court usurped the power to declare laws unconstitutional in the first place, either eliminate that power or allow it to be over ruled by a 60% vote of both houses similar to a presidential veto. This would restore the balance of power back to the people.
4) Replace the U.N. with the U.R. (United Republics). It will be an extra incentive for the autocracies to become democracies. Since the U.N. is a majority dictatorial/fascist states, the impetus is toward a fascist one world power with the U.N. as the leader. A world body of democracies/republics would tend to the other direction of less government and more states rights, just like the U.S. is supposed to be.
5) Do not raise the debt limit; just start cutting expenses, eliminating or reducing extra-Constitutional agencies, waste and redundancies and adjust paying debts as they come due; There is no need to borrow anymore money. All it takes is 218 Republican Representatives to do the right thing and refuse to raise the debt ceiling and it doesn’t get raised. In spite of your “1/2 of 1/3 of the government” statement, the Republicans have total control over this action. Since polls show that a large majority of the American people ,including a majority of Democrats also,do not want the debt ceiling raised, for you to act otherwise shows where your real interest lies-continuing to grow government and your power base. Any Republican who votes for raising the debt ceiling is simply asking to be primaried out of a job.
6)Social Security- remove S.S.I (basically a welfare program anyway),it has nothing to do with the original purpose of Social Security and just siphons off more funds that could be keeping it solvent. Privatize it and allow it to be inherited and added onto our children’s Social Security.
7) Audit the Federal Reserve going back as far as possible. Not for any political reasons, just that no one is perfect; everyone makes mistakes and that rule of
thumb has never been suspended for the Federal Reserve. Also, given the amount of fraud and corruption there is in agencies that are audited, I can’t imagine how much there is in an agency that has never had to fear an audit.
PG DeFreese
Victoria Coates
Moe Lane
Daniel Horowitz
Dan Spencer
