"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
U.S. Constitution
the open letter process
1. Draft
Each Open Letter has a specific topic describing a current problem in government. It will include some background information and offer specific solutions. During this period, participants can suggest solutions by writing them into the draft letter.
2. Sign
After a designated period of time, each Open Letter will enter a signing phase where American citizens can add their virtual signature to the letter, thereby agreeing to its content and message.
BECOME PART OF THE PROCESS
Citizen Enabled Government/Amendment XXVIX: Restoring the Public Servant
The Founding Fathers that wrote our Constitution could not foresee the modern society and the long term corrupting influence of a small number of private interests over the public domain. Read more ❯
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Dictating decisions in advance has undeniable appeal. That’s what power is-controlling decisions by other people….A rules-based system centralizes decisions even as it rigidifies them.
Control is the main reason of all those distant rule writers. They don’t trust a thing you do.
Special interests are also control freaks, using law to force their views on others.
Philip K. Howard
The Rule of Nobody
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