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I have to get back to the office...if you can't fix it by changing people and chan't fix it by changing the system...what else is there?
You change the system so that bad people cannot misuse or benefit from it.
You change the people to those who want to work within such a system.
You're talking in circles Foxy.
As far as the Constitution simply being a statement of intent, why are parts of it interpreted literally - or at least argued so by interest groups?
The Second Amendment being an example.
Veering off into Second Amendment issues would likely not only deflect but derail the thread which is not about specific clauses or phrases of the Constitution. I want to continue to focus on how to fix the federal government so that it again functions within basic principles embodied in the Constitution.
The Constitution is a statement of intent as the Founders created it. It intends that certain necessary administrative functions and orderly transitions will be carried out, and it intends that the rights of the people be secured so that they can govern themselves rather than be governed.
That is a difficult concept to grasp for those who desire the security of a 'king'.
Let's fix government first and then worry about specific policies re this or that.