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New & Improved: The United States of America

Is there a way to save America and ensure justice and freedom for all?

There is… if you are willing to rethink and rebuild the entire Constitution!

These articles are excerpts from the book NEW & IMPROVED: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Learn more at https://www.jpprag.com

INTRODUCTION

Constitutional Compromise

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Representation without Representation

Who Are These People?

A Whole New District

Two in the Hand

Congress wastes so much time and resources doing nothing

How can we force Congresspeople to do their jobs?

Stop In The Name of Law

Congresspeople are paid way too much and need to have a massive pay cut!

Congress is supposed to be a part-time job

No one should spend their entire life serving in government; it’s time for term limits!

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

What is the President’s Job?

Electoral College Graduation

Negative Voting

Vote Early, Vote Often… Or Pay the Fine

United States, Inc: A Mess

If sharing is caring, why doesn’t the government do it?

Getting a seat at the table for People, States, Science, and the Post Office!

Taking money from redundancy and giving it to Team USA!

The Vice President actually has work to do!

One Man Army

A President’s Purpose

JUDICIAL BRANCH

Dredging Judges

$15 a Day for Jury Duty

Using randomness to end gaming of the courts

Giving the courts some teeth!

Giving the court’s teeth some braces!

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Free lawyers for everyone!

GOVERNMENT SERVICES, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND RIGHTS OF CITIZENS

Alexander Hamilton asked: “Why has government been instituted at all?”

No, you should ask what your country can do for you!

The Equal Rights Amendment is lacking

What is needed for permanent equality for all people?

Creating a path to statehood

All rights should be “fundamental” and never withheld!

Why is the government in the business of marriage at all?

TAXES, REGULATION, AND BUDGETING

Why Income Tax?

I Want to Tax Everything You Do

Legalize, Regulate, Tax, Educate, Rehabilitate

Forcing a Balanced Budget Without Debt

Stop using the Blockbuster Video model to fund the government

Not passing a balanced budget is cause for treason

WAGES, WELFARE, IMMIGRATION, THE CENSUS, AND FAILURE

The Census, ICE, DOH, FLSA, and CBP walked into a bar…

Minimum Wage will never be enough; we need a Living Wage

Reining in employer abuse and providing a *temporary* safety net

Opening the Borders Up Wide

Exporting American Values and Standards

Failure: A Constitutional Right

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

Abandoning the Constitution

NRA // ‘Universal Healthcare’ Alliance

Should Amazon be allowed to own the product and the marketplace?

What is an ‘Employee’, anyway?

Why is the United States so expensive?

Should it cost $56 million to save one person?

Should we federalize driver licenses but privatize the DMV?

Who decides what bias is, and what to do about it?

The Only Amendment We Need

NEW & IMPROVED:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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