Wednesday, August 12, 2009

XXVIII Amendment to the United States Constitution

  • All laws, programs, rules and regulations enacted by the Federal Government of the United States shall apply to all federal elected officials, all federal appointed officials and all federal employees and contractors equally and without exception. Yes, it's retroactive.
  • Members of Congress and the U.S. Senate, appointed federal officials, and federal employees and contractors shall not have the use of any federal government supplied, contracted or run gymnasium, cafeteria, postal service, hair or beauty salon or any other personal convenience service or facility. They shall mingle with the common folk for all of these services.
  • No member of Congress or the U.S. Senate, appointed federal official or federal employee or contractor may use any private or private federal government conveyance or transportation. They shall drive their own private automobiles and ride public or commercial buses, subways, trains, boats, ferries or air transportation. They shall not be given any special parking or special treatment or advancement in line for ticket purchase, check-in, baggage check-in or security checks. They created the T.S.A., let them enjoy it. Reimbursement for purchase of transportation for official federal government business shall be granted if approved by the appropriate supervisor and subject to public open records review and if within budget constraints.
  • The Interstate Commerce Clause shall mean only that the Federal Government may intervene in a regulatory capacity to prevent a State from imposing unreasonable, prohibitive tariffs, taxes, fees or surcharges on real tangible goods crossing its border(s) to insure free and fair trade between the States. It does not give the Federal Government freedom to regulate any business in any fashion.
  • There are no penumbras or emanations from the original text of the Constitution and its approved Amendments. (R.I.P. William F. Buckley, Jr.).

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