A Platform to Restore Our Nation and Its Values

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1.  REVOKE UNENDING STATES OF EMERGENCY

I support limits on emergency powers. All government emergency laws, rules, regulations, orders, and directives that haven’t undergone legislative review and approval must have strict time limits, not to exceed two weeks.

2.  PROHIBIT FORCED MEDICAL CARE

I support the prohibition of all pandemic medical mandates enacted by federal, state, county, city, and private actors, including compulsory drugs, vaccines, vaccine passports, testing, and masking. 

3.  END CENSORSHIP AND PROPAGANDA

I support the termination of all federal and state funding used to censor citizens, misinform the American public, or restrict communication between people. 

4.  REQUIRE GOVERNMENT COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS REGARDING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND SPENDING TRANSPARENCY

I support fiscal accountability of the US government as Constitutionally required. All money spent by federal and state governments must be appropriated and authorized in accordance with financial rules.  Each agency must produce audited records of all transactions every year.

5.  BAN GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH

I support the elimination of all “gain-of-function” research and related activities.  “Gain-of-function” is defined as the intentional manipulation of microorganisms to make them more virulent, dangerous, or contagious.

6.  ALL INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OF ANY KIND, AND CHANGES THERETO,  MUST BE REGARDED AS NEW TREATIES, AND TREATED AS SUCH ACCORDING TO U.S. LAW

Amendments to international agreements and all documents specifying the obligations of nations to each other must be evaluated and ratified as if they were new treaties, regardless of how they are presented or titled, before they can enter into force.

7.  THE DIGITAL AGE REQUIRES NEW LAWS TO IMPLEMENT THE 4TH AMENDMENT:  THAT AMERICANS MUST BE SECURE IN THEIR PERSONS AND HOMES, AND ENJOY THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

Electronic devices have led to unprecedented intrusions into peoples’ lives, when eery computer click is recorded and the devices spy on their owners.  Federal laws are needed to give Americans the ability to exercise our right to opt out of national security and commercial surveillance.

The unconstitutional surveillance state must be ended.

8.  RIGHT TO FOOD.

Americans have in some cases been denied the right to produce food or sell or trade food locally. Our ability and right to access healthy food needs to be explicitly protected.

[https://civileats.com/2022/08/20/two-states-right-to-garden-laws-local-food-community-nutrition-security-illinois-florida/]

9.  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST RELINQUISH ALL ITS CONTROL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE AND RETURN AUTHORITY FOR THEM TO THE STATES, LOCALITIES AND PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENTH AMENDMENT.

The Tenth Amendment causes Education and Healthcare to be under the purview of the states and the people, not the federal government.  Yet the federal government has usurped control of healthcare via federal public health agencies, federal health insurance programs, grants and contracts. It usurped certain aspects of education through grants and other funding of schools, conditional on compliance with federal requirements.  The federal government must return control of educational and healthcare policies to the states and localities, where it belongs.

10.  THE VOTING PROCESS MUST BE TRANSPARENT AND SCRUPULOUS.

Electronic voting machines are unreliable and therefore they must not be used.  Paper ballots must replace them.  Videocameras in each polling room must continuously record the location of all polling boxes, which may not be moved from the room where votes were cast until all counts have been concluded.  Voting rolls must be regularly updated and proof of residency and picture ID must be provided to pollworkers.  Absentee ballots must be dropped off at polling locations in person with similar identification.  Consider small fines for those citizens who do not vote.  Establish harsh penalties for vote fraud.

11.  PROTECT THE COMMONS.

We all share our air and water.  We rely on them for life itself.  Yet the Commons have been despoiled in many ways, both apparent and hidden.  We see fewer birds, fewer bees, fewer insects than in years past.  We see die-offs of fish and birds.  Most of the time, no culprit is identified and no solutions are applied.

There must be required a full disclosure by government and industry of what is being released into our air and our water, including the production of electromagnetic fields.  Reviews of the scientific literature must be undertaken and strict regulation applied to all health hazards that affect our Commons.

12.  HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE PROTECTED.

The current proposed WHO International Health Regulation Amendments removes the terms “with full respect for the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons” from its International Health Regulations and replaces them with, “based on the principles of equity, inclusivity, coherence…”  We demand that the original language guaranteeing these fundamental rights be retained in all international agreements and in national law.

13.  PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION AND CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT

The Constitution specifies how the country will be run in the event the President is incapacitated.  Any policies or plans for Presidential succession and governance that have been made outside the authority of Congress or Constitutional amendments shall be immediately null and void.

  1. END ALL WAIVERS OF LIABILITY

Waivers of liability encourage individuals and corporations to take more risks and potentially even commit illegal acts. Whether it is a pharmaceutical company, a diplomat, or the employees of international organizations, citizens can only lose when entities are not responsible for their actions. The concept of a liability waiver belongs in the dustbin of history.

Published by markskidmore

Mark Skidmore is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University where he holds the Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy. His research focuses on topics in public finance, regional economics, and the economics of natural disasters. Mark created the Lighthouse Economics website and blog to share economic research and information relevant for navigating tumultuous times.

2 thoughts on “A Platform to Restore Our Nation and Its Values

  1. Meryl is living in dream land. She could not get just 1 of these passed.
    One cannot beat “them” in their own system. Get out and stay away.
    She misses the biggest feasible thing that people can do and that is use cash and tell people why!!!

    1. Bertram, Point taken. In defense of Dr. Nass I will say we often oppose things such as corruption, deception, gaslighting, etc. I think it is also constructive to articulate a vision for something productive and good. Also, I would ask whether the “use of cash” (a good thing to do) is also trying to beat them in their own system. Best regards.

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