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• ADHERE TO THE CONSTITUTION
• No law can include something for any particular state or district in it other than what is being passed. In other words eliminate the bribes like the Cornhusker and LA deals seen in the HC bill. If they can't get the bribe in the bill they might not vote for some of the things they do now.
• Tax based on consumption, not income, totally removing the power of the Federal government. Make it so you don't pay tax on items purchased used or from resale, food, and prescriptions and the poor won't be hit. I know when I was 20 something I was buying stuff from flea markets, goodwill, and garage sales.
• Ban property taxes and move to a total sales tax here in Texas. You pay a tax on the initial purchase of property, but the government cannot take it from you after that if you don't have the money to pay what I call the annual government lease.
• No pension, paid by tax money, for those serving in Congress, or any other higher office. That way you serve because you want to represent rather than get a free ride the rest of your life.
• Elect Senators through the state legislature as originally designed and set up an election by the people as it is now if they don't do it within a given time frame. That was that way so that they could be recalled when they refused to represent the state correctly.
• Phase out SS, and Medicare. Instead, encourage investment in private programs and charities. If the government wasn't stealing it from us via the IRS and other taxes we would have more to give.
• Get Fed Government out of education keeping it state and local.
• RKBA
• Reciprocity for Concealed Carry. Base it similar to DL to protect State's Rights. Thune's bill was not that bad as it made it exactly like a DL and you had to follow the local rules and if they didn't have a permit there you couldn't carry there. I travel a LOT for work to other states and hate that I can't carry in many that I go to, namely: NY, NJ, CA, WA, IL, etc. I know this is touchy and I don't want the Federal Government to tell every state what they can and can't do.
• Enforce Illegal Immigration Laws, we wouldn't need the fence if they did this.

I think Number 1 is just to adhere to the Constitution, but I found a soapbox after I typed it. LOL