We are taught that the U.S. Constitution is the best ever devised by men so we ignore the many flaws that should have been corrected long ago. One is the phrase "and to provide for the general welfare." After enumerating what powers Congress has, this phrase overrules everything. Anything the Congress should decide is good for the people becomes a legitimate government function. It makes government our ultimate caretaker and unlimits its own growth. One of the enumerated powers is to defend our national borders. This has traditionally been left undone as a matter of policy which benefits the money lover appetites for cheap slaves. Yet we have war on poverty, war on drugs, government charities and all kinds of things the founders never envisioned as functions of national government under a general welfare clause.

Why isn't citizenship a choice and a test? Why am I automatically a citizen by an accident of birth? If citizenship was a choice for legal adults to make, how many residents would choose it? How does my age qualify me to vote? If I know nothing about anything, I have the same power at the polls as those who know much, which if the polls are rigged as they easily can be, is no power at all. Why is that fair? I don't have to know a thing about law of any kind to sit on a jury and judge another. All I have to do is follow instructions that could be and often are unlawful.

The greatest error in the Constitution is to allow government credit. Credit allows all the power of revenue with no accountability for its use. It overrules wisdom and planning. It increases the power of central bureaucracy. The United States is insolvent. It cannot pay its debts next year, ten years from now or twenty. All of this will collapse of its own weight like a stick house in a stiff wind. Are you ready? Do you care?

Incorporation and many aspects of government are privileges that no person has a right to bestow on any agency, because a person has no right to such privilege her/himself. Privilege creates obligation to the grantor and that is why government grants incorporation privileges to businesses. If government derives any power from the consent of the governed, the governed must possess this power to begin with. I have no power to limit your civil and social liabilities to your company, so you can keep your personal bank account in the event of a lawsuit or criminal proceedings. So how can I grant this power to you or anyone else? I have no power to force you to fight a battle for me. If I join with others who do not have this power, we do not suddenly have this power among us, by the act of union. Multiply zero one hundred times and we still have zero. I cannot rightfully demand that you pay me taxes or render me any service whatsoever. Nor can I gain this power by uniting with others who also don't have it. We pretend government has powers granted to it by us, we never had ourselves and never will. As long as most of us are willing to pretend government has derived powers from us, it all works. It just doesn't work very well for any but the wicked. To better understand the things I am saying, it is good to read the writings of John Locke, the philosopher who had such a profound influence on many of America's founding fathers. Mr. Locke shows us the differences between natural law and social contract, moral foundation and moral fraud. The whole world owes him a great debt and few Americans have a clue who he was. It is much like when we ask a musician who her influences were. When she tells us, we have a much better understanding of her work. We hear some little about our founding fathers, but not about those who influenced them. Therefore, we don't understand the founders as we should. Nor do judges who are supposed to interpret law by the intent of the lawmakers. In short, ignorance prevents justice and true social welfare. John Locke was a well reasoned expert on absolute morality, without preaching. This is a subject that has most of the world confused, especially leadership. Locke paints a clear picture with the most reasoned and intelligent style I have ever read. No American should ever graduate from high school without a thorough dose of John Locke. He remains a brilliant light in a dark and fearful world. He certainly cleared up a lot of confusion about morality and government for me. Once we see the moral high ground, no one can confuse us about duty and honor. No one can bend us to their will for their own wicked intentions. We see what was hidden and remains so for most. We won