If you could add one amendment to the Constitution, what would it be?

"All elected officials to the United States Government forfeit all income for the length of their term.

All income for the length of the term will be received as an annual salary equal to the average median income of the population of the United States, to be calculated yearly.

All investments to be frozen as of the time elected, not to be released until expiration of the term. All investments are prohibited during the length of the term.

Elected official voluntarily forfeit all 4th Amendment privacy protection for the length of their term. All records, accounts, and personal space subject to 24 hour surveillance.

All actions and conversations are subject to 24 hour surveillance for the length of the term.

Any attempt to gain employment with, or invest in, entities
the legislator had relationships with during the course of the term(s) is prohibited for a period of 10 years, violation of which is a mandatory minimum 5 year sentence.

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That would definitely do it.

Sociopaths, narcissists, the money hungry and power mad will all drop out.

Only dedicated individuals who are willing to sacrifice for their country need apply ..

.. the kind that will find no financial gain or power drunk glory in SELLING US OUT for both with every breath they take can get.

'Cause other than notoriety and the honor of serving the Republic:

There is none to be had in D.C.

Problem solved

No more machine politics. If a person wants to get elected, he/she has to do so on their own merit...therefore the voter would actually have to take a closer look at the "individual" candidates before making their choice. The candidate couldn't easily dismiss what they stood for simply by pointing out that they represented the canned ideology of their chosen political party platform. And therefore, the voter would be forced to be responsible to learn more instead of just accepting the canned definition of a specific political parties platform.
There would be no more top-down controlled messages or candidates and this would encourage more who were uncorruptible to enter races because they wouldn't be force to "tow the party line" by making compromises to their base, once they were elected.

That's it in a nutshell for whatever it's worth.

Creating another Amendment would create more big Gov'! Remove some first..

Abolish income tax
Return power to states

By definition the difference between confederation and a federation is that the many memberships of the member states in a confederation are voluntary, while membership in a federation is maintained by force.
Examples of Confederations are:
The United States of America under the Articles of Confederation. Although it can be said that the original government under the Constitution and interpretation of the Constitution which limited the authority of the federal government was more of a confederation than federation.

Examples of Confederations are:

Switzerland
Belgium
Canada
Iroquois Confederacy, consists of six nations: the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, the Seneca and the Tuscarora.
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Who is running for office must pass a lie detector test when they make promises.

1. Must take a lenghty exam on the Constitution and pass with 100% before given public office.

2. Any public servent found guilty of violation of the constitution (they took the long exam) while in public service will be guilty of treason and punished at maximum under the law.

That'll keep the government honest!

the amendment would be that anyone who attempts to change the constitution in any way from what it originally was will be found guilty and have life in prison...also if anyone attempts to repeal this amendment or mask it in any way will also go to prison for life...this should have been the only other amendment on the constitution.

1. an amendment that all laws are re-debated after twenty years.

2. no debts created that would not be paid off in twenty years.

that would require the Supreme Court to base it's rulings using only the Constitution as a guide with no regard to any previous decisions.

the right to travel

Get rid of the income tax of course.
Like the amendment to repeal prohibition, the amendment to repeal the income tax is needed.

"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government to the genuine principles of its Constitution; I mean an additional article, taking from the federal government the power of borrowing." - Thomas Jefferson

A 4/5 majority required to pass any legislation, at any level of government. AND a 5 year expiration date on all laws*.

(*Keep 'em busy treading water)

1) abolish ALL taxation as based upon anti-voluntary coercion

2) all public agency would operate by electoral volition (no military drafts, mandated speculatory vehicles like Social Security etc)

Take care of two bad amendments with one good amendment. Eliminate the income tax and restore power to state legislatures.

....ABOLISHED!!!!!

Whose only job would be to rescind any law or regulation based on a 20% vote.

A Revised Enumerated Powers Act:

In order to pass laws, you must specify which of the enumerated powers of the constitution apply to each clause.

In addition to that, all past laws currently in effect will begin to come under review for their adherence to the constitution, and if they are unconstitutional, they will be immediately repealed, or they will begin to be phased out.

Any political leader that goes against or does anything that is against the Constitution and it's correct interp. goes to court and then to jail for treason if found guilty...! No one can be above this process...!

There shall be no federal crimes except treason and counterfeiting of currency, which currency must be backed by gold or silver.

shall abide, reside, live, work, or step foot on any one of the 50 states or its provinces and shall not be awarded natural citizenship, rights, or privileges under the Constitution who possesses the last name Gingrich or the first name Newt or any combination of the two.