ARTICLE VIII: Approving Corporate Charters
County or municipal governments have the right to approve or revoke corporate charters and to impose taxes on corporations operating within their boundaries. They may revoke the charter of any private corporation in their district if they determine that a particular corporation does not serve the community or benefit the environment.
A corporation is not a natural person and should not have the same rights as a natural person. A corporation cannot make any financial contributions to any local, state, or federal government election campaign.
The federal congress or a state legislature can also revoke a corporate charter in a particular county if it considers the company is detrimental to surrounding counties within the state.
ARTICLE IX: An Alternative to the Federal Reserve
The former Federal Reserve System will be eliminated when the Third Constitution is implemented. Public Banking in the United States shall be organized and supervised by Treasury and audited by the US Congress.
ARTICLE X: The Primary Role of Government
The primary role of government is the protection of its citizens. Actions such as, murder, rape, robbery, pollution, theft, embezzlement, fraud, arson, kidnapping, battery, trespassing, harassment, and nuisance--violate the right of others. The government should investigate, prevent, and have consequences for individuals who engage in these types of illicit or illegal actions.
ARTICLE XI: The Need for Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus is a concept of law in which a person may not be detained by the government unless the government has a valid reason for putting that person in jail or prison. Even in a national emergency, an individual's right to Habeas Corpus should not be violated. Prisoners of war or alleged terrorists, foreign and domestic, must be given a fair trial.
ARTICLE XII: The Need for Social Security
The national Social Security System must not be cancelled. Some American citizens (because their employers did not offer pensions, or because of misfortune or unwise financial planning) will need monthly Social Security payments (money that they themselves paid into throughout their entire life-working history) in order to survive financially in their old age. The federal government does not have the right to take money from the Social Security fund for any other purpose than what the fund was designed for.
Article XIII: Keeping the Best of the Former Government
This Third Constitution does not attempt to totally eradicate the federal government under the previous Constitution, with all its former federal statutes and protocols. That would be foolish. Old policies, statutes, regulations, and protocols can be changed as needed to reflect the ever-changing new attitudes, beliefs, and values of the day.
ARTICLE XIV: A New Era of Honesty and Transparency
The wealth of individuals and of corporations must not be used to influence the political decision-making of voters. A new era of openness, honesty, and transparency in government, private business, the media, and foreign affairs is vital to our well-being. Moreover, it is also important that we are open, honest, transparent, and vulnerable in our interpersonal relationships.
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