Most people would agree with me if I said that the United States government is messed up. They’d disagree with me over what the problems are, who’s responsible and how to fix things, but I don’t think anyone in their right mind would argue that everything’s peachy right now.

Well, here’s how I’d change things if I had absolute authority to do so:

1. Eliminate the 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution.
2. Modify the 1st provision of the 14th to state that any child born to one or both parents who are already U.S. citizens or are in the process of becoming naturalized citizens are automatically citizens themselves.
3. Add a 28th amendment stating that Congress must submit a balanced budget each fiscal year.
4. Withdraw from the United Nations and require that they relocate their headquarters in the next 20 years.
5. Eliminate the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, Labor, the EPA, the ATF and the IRS .
6. Allow campaign donations, donations to any political party, donations to any political action group or any special interest group or lobby, of any amount, provided that all donations come from their direct constituencies, (i.e. candidates for senator may only receive contributions from within their state, etc.) and all donations must be posted online for public viewing with 48 hours of receipt.
7. Candidates for office must provide independently-verified certification to demonstrate they meet the requirements of the office.
8. Every federal senator and representative could be paid no more than 500% of the average annual income of their respective constituencies.
9. Eliminate the minimum wage.
10. Build a fence along our Southern border, and have high punitive damages for any business who hires non-citizens or aliens without adequate work papers.
11. Eliminate the Federal Defense of Marriage Act.
12. Slowly decriminalize the use of currently illegal drugs, and highly regulate (and tax) their importation and sale. Also, make it a felony to perform some jobs (pilots, drivers, construction work, teachers, etc.) while under their influence.
13. Make the entire country Right-to-Work.
14. Make Card Check illegal.
15. Audit the Federal Reserve, then eliminate it.
16. Go back to the Gold Standard.
17. Create a national sales tax of 10%, which, by law, can go no higher, and waive it for rent, and basic food items (purchased from grocery stores, etc. Restaurant food sales would continue to be taxed.)
18. Either require so-called “czars” to undergo Senate approval or do away with them entirely.
19. Require recess appointments to undergo the nomination process as soon as the Senate reconvenes.
20. Eliminate the penny.
21. Three words: Line-Item Veto.
22. Dissolve and make illegal any unions of public employees.
23. Fully fund Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for anyone born before January 1, 2012, but raise the retirement age gradually to 75, while converting Social Security into a Treasury bond/mutal fund program for new enrollees.
24. Give all military personnel their full cost-of-living adjustment each year, instead of a percentage of the cost of living adjustment.
25. Eliminate baseline budgeting in favor of zero-based budgeting.
26. Eliminate Imminent Domain.
27. I’d like to see a way to make Internet taxation fair to online and brick-and-mortar retailers alike.
28. “Loser pays” tort reform.
29. End farm subsidies.
30. Vacate Roe v Wade, and turn the decision of abortions back to the states.
31. Create a branch of the military called National Security, and move the Coast Guard, TSA, INS, Border Security and Cyber Security into it.