“A vote cast for any reason other than the candidate honor the Oath of Office is a wasted vote.”

A vote cast for any reason other than the candidate honor the Oath of Office is a wasted vote. That’s not my idea but it is the idea of the Founders and written in the Constitution in Article VI last paragraph*. Only the People (Voters) can hire, elect, Lawmakers to the House of Congress and do so every two years; Article I, Section 2.

The People not electing Lawmakers for the proper (constitutional) reason is precisely why we have an unconstitutional government created Democracy. Whether Voters will ever wise up or not is not my argument – maybe Voters love their government created Democracy that is what they/we have today anyway.

Are we better off in this Democracy, you know with two cars (economy)? I think if government tended to its business and left the People alone Americans would have three cars.

The idea that government has created America’s prosperity doesn’t ring true to me. I think the formula of people willing to work and freedom and free enterprise created America’s prosperity – Labor creates Capital and Capital creates wealth.

Allan

*P.S. the last paragraph of Article VI requires all elected Officials and all Judges to take an Oath to support the Constitution and Voters cannot change or amend the Constitution.

I’d say simple in theory, but almost non-existant in practice. If that’s the system we have to rely on, I’d say it’s been a complete and utter failure.

No problem here, I think I understood your meaning. The opposition to a constitutional America is winning the war for the mind of Americans with words. However, you are correct “if” government would honor the Oath of Office. It is clear to me that government never has wholly honored the Oath, even in George Washington’s time. Government gets away with dishonoring the Oath simply because the People will not “enforce” the Oath by voting to NOT reelect Lawmakers that dishonor it.

The maintenance of Constitutional America is the obligation of, not government, but the People and is as simple as stated above – do not reelect known criminals to legislate (make law).

Allan

Thanks for your input but would you consider revising, or defining, your words a bit? We, as the People, are not the same as we, the government. As a matter of fact “We”, the People, are not the government.

Those persons serving in government positions are the people who are required to take an Oath to support the Constitution; reference the last paragraph of Article VI, and we, the Citizenry, are obligated to “enforce” the Constitution on those persons serving us in government elected positions. The Citizenry is the Employer (Boss) of elected government personnel and the only Entity with the constitutional power to hire them; reference Article I, Section 2. However, the Citizenry is the Boss (Employer) of government only as to who is elected and in no other way the Boss over government.

The elected take an Oath to support (obey) the Constitution, therefore, the Constitution is the Boss over government acts or actions. Ah, but why doesn’t government obey (honor) the Constitution (Oath of Office)? Simply because We, the People, fail our Duty in Citizenship to “Enforce” the Constitution. No law enforces itself.

Allan

The Constitution does not need to be amended; it needs to be “enforced” and many existing amendments repealed. Seems the People do not comprehend They are the Enforcer nor do They understand the power of enforcement delegated to Them by the Constitution; Article I, Section 2.

Allan

He made the valid point that we have not taught a ‘state first’ curriculum in generations. You learn about your state, but the focus is on American history, and American politics. The news covers national politics more than local. Politicians talk about their ‘fellow Americans’. We can discuss how this came to be, but it remains true. It is symptomatic of a larger truth that our government and our culture in general has changed greatly in 222 years.

The law says arms can’t be restrained, yet nuclear weapons are arms. The law says we can’t have a standing army, yet we have hundreds of bases around the world. The law says Congress must print the money, yet they don’t. And the law says the federal government has no powers not specifically given to it, yet here we are with a 1 trillion dollar stimulus package.

We find ourselves caught between the rule of law and the de facto nature of our nation. But a nation that disobeys its own laws for convenience is not a nation so much as an organized crime syndicate.

This is why I believe we need to enact the clause in article 5 which allows for the calling of a convention for amending the Constitution. Enough states have requested one since the 1970s, for one reason or another, to qualify. A convention to pass a bill of amendments to update the Constitution to the modern era, and reaffirm its jurisdiction as the law of the land.