Dear Pigeon-Dung-for-a-Brain, MJ: The SPIRIT of the Constitution champions FAIRNESS and equality of the power of INDIVIDUALS to control government. The (they were only human) Founding Fathers knew that there were rules needing to be made and laws passed to make this country function. But those naive Founding Fathers had no idea that by giving Congress the 'power' to make its own rules, without any controls over what those rules can be, that Congress would so willing depart from the sacred SPIRIT of the Constitution that is: "Fair play and democracy shall have supremacy in the USA!" Having... "rules" that give the power to 'the winning party', and not allocating power to individuals equally, is a SUBVERSION of our sacred Representative (parity) Republic! There is NO ASPECT OF THE MANDATED STRUCTURE OF OUR GOVERNMENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE PEOPLE CONTROL GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING THE PEOPLE!!! Congress, nor the President have the power to vote to take power away from the People. And Congress, nor the President have the authority to do a God-damned THING that is socialist-communist or unfair!!! My New Constitution stipulates that no "rule" of Congress can concentrate power in the hands of any individual or group beyond one-person-one- vote. Political parties, because they are unfair and use leverage NOT granted by the Constitution are, and always have been UNCONSTITUTIONAL! You would be well advised NOT to question anything I have done on behalf of the American People, because there is not a Patriot on Earth with my intellect and my devotion to SAVING this country!!! — John A. Armistead — Patriot > On May 25, 9:49 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Political parties are unconstitutional because they impose a power > structure within Congress that gives the... "power" to the winning > party, rather than having a parity of power on every single issue > voted upon. You are (hopelessly) confused. > Per AIS5C2:Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its > Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, > expel a Member.Note that the CONSTITUTION provides the House the power to > determine the Rules of its Proceedings. If that body deems Members with > certain affiliations to have certain positions/duties, then such is within > its purview. > The problem occurs when Rules are imposed OUTSIDE of the House itself. This > does not make political parties unconstitutional, but instead the advantage > providing laws unconstitutional. > Regard$, > --MJ > Several major turning points mark the reversal of this [Constitutional > enumerated powers] ethic. The first was the passage in 1913 of the Sixteenth > Amendment, which permitted a federal income tax. This was the first major > tax that was not levied on a proportional or uniform basis. Hence, it > allowed Congress a political free ride: It could provide government benefits > to many by imposing a disproportionately heavy tax burden on the wealthy. > ... -- Stephen Moore, _Between Power and Liberty_
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