For anyone who cares about this sort of thing anymore. Here is what I would consider "America First" positions.
1. TARIFF EVERYTHING. Only in cases where lowering tariffs would increase the standard of living, wages, and such for WHITE Americans may you CONSIDER lowering tariffs. By default, everything MUST be made in the USA.
2. NO MORE SUBSIDIES OF ANY KIND. These ALWAYS get exploited by bad actors. If an industry is going to fail without subsidies, then get rid of taxes and regulations.
3. Trust-busting across the board. If a single company dominates an industry -- break it up post haste. In fact, revamp the whole concept of a corporation into a government-granted permission to organize economically. As long as the corporation serves the needs of the American people it can continue. When it no longer does, its charter is revoked and it must be dissolved.
4. Just end copyright law. It serves no purpose other than to transfer wealth to copyright holders. We live in an age where things can be copied for practically free. Deal with it.
5. Patent law needs to be reformed too. The purpose was to have Americans as a whole share their ideas in a public forum where everyone can participate. It is now a legal minefield where engineers are told never to look before they leap. Probably get rid of it for a time and then rebuild from scratch. We want an incentive for people to openly share their discoveries and ideas. We don't want to build fences to keep people out of innovation.
6. Stop spending government money on ANY social welfare of any kind. If you are poor, go talk to your local church.
7. DEPORT THEM ALL. ALL illegals. ALL immigrants of any kind whatsoever. Revoke citizenship. End birthright citizenship -- NO ONE who was born here is a citizen unless their parents were citizens or PERMANENT LAWFUL RESIDENTS. Possibly grant amnesty to individuals who (a) speak English FLUENTLY as their primary language. (b) Live according to American culture. (c) Have severed ALL ties to their former countries.
8. Judges who rule illegally from the bench should be put on trial for impeding justice. Judges who get overturned by the SC should be fired. The SC and superior courts should be able to fire any judge below them.
9. Congress needs to be cleaned up. Anyone who has any sort of corruption needs to be kicked out and punished for their crimes. No more welfare checks for former members. In fact, they get paid ONLY when they actually do their job, pass a real budget, pass a drug check and a background check.
10. Hang all the traitors. If you conspired against our nation, you get hung by the neck until dead. Tried by military tribunal, NOT by judges and politicians.
11. Mandatory militia mustering tied to voting privileges. If you don't show up for the muster in your county, you can't vote. If you can't pass the physical, you can't vote. If you aren't carrying proper equipment, you can't vote. ONLY ARMED MILITIA MEN CAN VOTE.
12. Only citizens can own land. If a foreigner wants access to land, they must LEASE it from a citizen. And even then -- citizens can only own as much land as they need for their homestead. Any more land they must be putting it to productive use in one fashion or another. Land that isn't used is forcibly sold after a certain period of time. NO SPECULATION ON LAND. Shit or get off the pot!
13. NO TAXES ON US CITIZENS, PERIOD, FOR ANY REASON. The only tax they might pay are tariffs and fines for not using land they own.
14. END PRACTICALLY ALL REGULATIONS. No more environmental regulations. If you want to protect land as a nature reserve, BUY IT and preserve it. If you don't like what other people are doing to their own land-- SHUT UP. If someone pollutes your land -- THEN THEY MUST PAY TO CLEAN IT UP AND PAY FOR DAMAGES. It's that simple.
1. TARIFF EVERYTHING. Only in cases where lowering tariffs would increase the standard of living, wages, and such for WHITE Americans may you CONSIDER lowering tariffs. By default, everything MUST be made in the USA.
2. NO MORE SUBSIDIES OF ANY KIND. These ALWAYS get exploited by bad actors. If an industry is going to fail without subsidies, then get rid of taxes and regulations.
3. Trust-busting across the board. If a single company dominates an industry -- break it up post haste. In fact, revamp the whole concept of a corporation into a government-granted permission to organize economically. As long as the corporation serves the needs of the American people it can continue. When it no longer does, its charter is revoked and it must be dissolved.
4. Just end copyright law. It serves no purpose other than to transfer wealth to copyright holders. We live in an age where things can be copied for practically free. Deal with it.
5. Patent law needs to be reformed too. The purpose was to have Americans as a whole share their ideas in a public forum where everyone can participate. It is now a legal minefield where engineers are told never to look before they leap. Probably get rid of it for a time and then rebuild from scratch. We want an incentive for people to openly share their discoveries and ideas. We don't want to build fences to keep people out of innovation.
6. Stop spending government money on ANY social welfare of any kind. If you are poor, go talk to your local church.
7. DEPORT THEM ALL. ALL illegals. ALL immigrants of any kind whatsoever. Revoke citizenship. End birthright citizenship -- NO ONE who was born here is a citizen unless their parents were citizens or PERMANENT LAWFUL RESIDENTS. Possibly grant amnesty to individuals who (a) speak English FLUENTLY as their primary language. (b) Live according to American culture. (c) Have severed ALL ties to their former countries.
8. Judges who rule illegally from the bench should be put on trial for impeding justice. Judges who get overturned by the SC should be fired. The SC and superior courts should be able to fire any judge below them.
9. Congress needs to be cleaned up. Anyone who has any sort of corruption needs to be kicked out and punished for their crimes. No more welfare checks for former members. In fact, they get paid ONLY when they actually do their job, pass a real budget, pass a drug check and a background check.
10. Hang all the traitors. If you conspired against our nation, you get hung by the neck until dead. Tried by military tribunal, NOT by judges and politicians.
11. Mandatory militia mustering tied to voting privileges. If you don't show up for the muster in your county, you can't vote. If you can't pass the physical, you can't vote. If you aren't carrying proper equipment, you can't vote. ONLY ARMED MILITIA MEN CAN VOTE.
12. Only citizens can own land. If a foreigner wants access to land, they must LEASE it from a citizen. And even then -- citizens can only own as much land as they need for their homestead. Any more land they must be putting it to productive use in one fashion or another. Land that isn't used is forcibly sold after a certain period of time. NO SPECULATION ON LAND. Shit or get off the pot!
13. NO TAXES ON US CITIZENS, PERIOD, FOR ANY REASON. The only tax they might pay are tariffs and fines for not using land they own.
14. END PRACTICALLY ALL REGULATIONS. No more environmental regulations. If you want to protect land as a nature reserve, BUY IT and preserve it. If you don't like what other people are doing to their own land-- SHUT UP. If someone pollutes your land -- THEN THEY MUST PAY TO CLEAN IT UP AND PAY FOR DAMAGES. It's that simple.
AGREED 1000%.
However, is it NOT the duty of the government to provide that aid. IT IS UP TO EACH OF US TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER.
If there is a poor man in a city, it is the entire city's fault. Read the Bible, God destroyed cities for that sort of thing.
That's right.
But we can better achieve this collectively... as some kind of association... association to which we all contribute...
Which is a government.
> Read the Bible
The Bible literally tells you that you must obey the government under every circumstance (which I certainly do not believe), so perhaps it's you who should ready it.
Where does it say that?