*sigh* I have to wonder if the U.S. would be more or less secure if each state funded it's own defense instead of producing that money for the Federal Government...

It'd be so much cooler to join the Texas Infantry than to join the U.S. Army

more, until the states decide to infight again

California goes down first

The Civil War was a mixed fucking bag.

~~aren't all wars?~~
nvm, some are just pure bad

Like, I get it. Slavery was bad. Slavery was wrong. But we lost a LOT OF GOOD IDEAS to the resolution of bad.

should start decentralising power again?

That is absolutely my stance.

Centralized power isn't the problem

The problem is the top-down rule.

civil war wasnt over slavery...

inb4 it was the jews

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War

but yeah, top-down is a disgrace
but how would you avoid it?

It'd be REMARKABLY difficult to fix it to begin with.

But I mean

most of the problematic legislation comes from what amounts to bored congressmen anyway.

lol

First thing's first, Congress needs to stop being a career.

You should not make a living wage off of Congress - Congress should not take that much of your time.

so stop lobbies and lower politician's wages? public campaign financing?

Congress should be more like the School Board.

(how does a school board work?)

Basically appropriates funds

It's a system for oversight

MUCH LIKE CONGRESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE

Just a heads up

I'm going to put a BIG WALL OF SACRED TEXT up in this place.

Ugh

You guys are NERDS

i like the idea of having low wages for congress, but not below minimum
if they can't make a living wage as politician, only rich twits can comfortably run

because they aren't relying on wages

And I normally agree with you/ find you worthy to argue with

But I swear to god there is nothing I particularly care to speak to a woman about

```Section 8 - Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to
pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United
States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the
Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of
Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of
Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the
United States;
```

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```To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to
Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses
against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning
Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a
longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy; ```

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```To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress
Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such
Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the
States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the
Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not
exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance
of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise
like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in
which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and
other needful Buildings; And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the
foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of
the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
```

And one last coup de grace