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    U. S. Third Republic II: An Essay

    By Edward E. Rochon

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    A preface explains that any form of government like any language has certain advantages as a general rule. To avoid fear of autocratic despotism, that man of sin, and to conform to the current separation of powers current in the US, that purports to inhibit despotism, I offer a second option of reform. Chapter 1 notes that ballot stuffing and electoral fraud undermine democratic government. It also notes that voters are a type of parliament. Why not put the ballot box in a separate branch that only conducts elections. The other three branches would note and bring to the voter attention any ballot stuffing by that branch in its own favor. But conducting elections would be its only job. Chapter 2 notes the original power of the English parliament was largely to have a say in taxation. Congress becomes a revenue raising arm of the government. It must provide funds for all reasonable requests for executive action and the ballot box decides in case of disputes. Chapter 3 lays out the basic powers of the branches. The executive branch makes laws and runs the government, but is stripped of police powers while keeping control of prisons and power to pardon. The congressional branch controls revenue raising and is required to provide all reasonable funds to the executive. Reasonable means oversight and potential rejection and curtailing of funds. The executive may appeal to the people to overrule by plebiscite. The executive has no power over how to raise revenue otherwise. The judicial branch has chief magistrates chosen by the executive with consent of congressional review. Minor magistrates and administrative personnel are chosen by chief magistrates. The executive has power to remove chief magistrates, but Congress, the Judiciary may cry foul and appeal to a plebiscite vote for corruption and impeachment of the executive. The judicial branch controls the police, interprets laws and conducts trials. Congress must meet all reasonable judicial requests for funds with review. Conflicts will be decided by plebiscite. The electoral branch will be chosen and removed only by the electorate, with the other three branches free to cry foul, should that branch rig elections or engage in other malfeasance. The electorate will remove governors of the electoral branch as required. So the object is to have the branches run in parallel to each other. The electorate should take a dim view of too many calls for elections to settle disputes. People should be elected who can get along with each other. Chapter 4 notes that neither Washington, Hamilton, Madison nor Jefferson were enthusiastic about the present constitution for various reasons. It is not a sacred text. We can do better.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdward E. Rochon
    Release dateFeb 7, 2016
    ISBN9781311429810
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    Edward E. Rochon

    I write for my health and the health of the world. Often the cure rivals the disease in grief and aches. My writing career started at twelve when I attempted to write a sequel to Huckleberry Finn but never finished it. My writings have included poetry, plays, a novel, non-fiction and writing newsletters for here and there. Recently, I am dabbling into short stories. Apart from newsletters, nothing has been published in print. I bought an audio recording of one of my poems but threw it away in disgust due to an inappropriate reading by the narrator. 'Contra Pantheism...' was my first eBook. About a hundred eBooks have been published since including some books of verse, and my essays collected into five volumes, and one volume of collected poems. A few other types of literature are on my list of published works. My essays deal with fundamental questions of philosophy as well as natural philosophy (science.) On the whole, my works are as far above the writings of Plato and Aristotle as the material power of the United States is over that of Ancient Greece. I once asked myself if I had ever written anything memorable, but couldn't remember exactly what I had written. I started to check my manuscripts but stopped as it seemed the answer to the question was obvious. Gore Vidal mentioned in one of his memoirs that writers tend to forget what they write and are a bad source to ask about their works. Gore knew a lot of writers. I have not and may have been a bit hard on myself. Apart from self-improvement and maybe making a few bucks, my main goal is to bring about a golden age for mankind. Being a man, this sounds appealing. It is pointless to desist and all small measures are worth the effort. Albert Camus thought suicide the only serious philosophical question. He was a fool and died young. Suicide is a waste of time. The most important functional question is: How do I get what I want? The one question that trumps this is the ultimate question of intent: What should I want? As Goethe pointed out: Be careful what you wish for in your youth, you might get it in middle age.

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