I mean having 90-year olds on the battlefield might get in the way a bit. But I like the idea behind it.
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"Oh, but this isn't an act of war. It's an excursion. You know? All of our military boys booked a cruise ship vacation to the Middle East, and one of the excursions listed in the pamphlet was, 'Murder children and elderly Ayatollahs in Iran to distract the American public from the Trump-Epstein files.'"
Unfunny jokes aside, there are many amendments I would like to pass before that. And I'm an older man anyways, so I probably wouldn't be seeing any danger if I voted for a war.
I'd pass an Amendment that guarantees citizens right to receive the best attempt at truthful statements from the government and political candidates, where immediate dismissal is the minimum consequence for any intentional lie in a public statement from a government worker, and for any other workers who conspired to lie to the public.
I think that Americans cannot be expected to vote correctly if they are lied to by their government.
I'd pass an Amendment that standardizes how voting districts are drawn, and requires them to be drawn for the most fair representation among known voting blocks.
I'd pass an Amendment that requires the voting method used to try to maximize certain aspects like Condorcet voting, such as ability to recount, removing spoiler candidates, and minimizing voter dissatisfaction.
I'd pass an Amendment that says campaigns cannot be funded by private donations, including volunteering time. Campaigns are either run on a flat fee, or they can incorporate things like vouchers that are provided to registered voters.
We still haven't passed that equality Amendment for women's rights.
For less fleshed out ones, I'd love amendments that guarantee nutrition and education for children, and clean water and free medical care for every American.
'A nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its laws made by cowards and its wars fought by fools.' - Thucydides circa a while a go.
"National Public Vote"
(predates women's suffrage)
1876: “No support to any religion and no clergy in government”
1894: “PRAISE JEEEEEEEZUS”
There are two Americans inside of us
No person ought, or of right can be compelled, to attend any religious worship, or erect, or support any place of worship, or maintain any minister, contrary to the dictates of his conscience.
--Vermont Constitution, Article 3
The jesus amendment has been proposed over and over, with similar ones dropped in 1864, 1874, 1896, 1910 and 1954.
They do not give up.
The one after it doesn’t seem awful, either. May need some automatic inflation adjustments, though.
At this point, I'd be fine with any number between $10M and $1B today, and then like you said lock it to inflation. And tax all annual income above some set amount at 100%. Don't like it? Reinvest more money into your company, pay your employees more, or donate more instead of taking such a ludicrous salary. Abolish yachts.
@PugJesus Ludlow amendment... But I seem to be not seeing the part about registering to volunteer with the same clarity as described in the photo.
I was all nods and shrugs until things took a hard turn in that list.
Ikr, i looked what's inside the red box, looked at the first two and almost came to a conclusion about the whole text until my eyes went to the ones above the red box, yikes
Robert Heinlein used this idea in one of his books, "For Us The Living..." which was the first book he wrote, but not published until after his death.
He wrote it well after 1916, so he'd probably got the idea from the proposed amendment.
"Address me"
Ok! Hey buddy, so rich fascists have been in control of the US for almost 200 years now, so the idea that this could ever pass, even during the time it was proposed, is laughable and completely fucking infantile! You are a complete and utter fool if you think otherwise! 😊
Hope that helps!