A Constitutionally Governed Republic (ACGR)
A division of the Secret Society for Peace and Liberty (SS4PL)
08/05/04
The
ACGR is dedicated to re-establishing integrity in government administration and adherence to the United States
Constitution. We seek a return to government by the people for the people in
order to create a more perfect union. We desire limited federal government with
increases in both the rights of states and individuals. We desire increased privatization
of services as opposed to dependency on government for services. We believe the
welfare state should be diminished, with an ever increasing state of self-sufficiency for every individual.
We
believe all articles and amendments to the United States Constitution can still be applied to the honorable administration
of our Country and if they were to be strictly applied we would see an increase in government efficacy and efficiency concurrent
with an increase in the efficacy and efficiency of the separate states and individuals.
Our
Constitution was created to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty . . .
We
do not believe this is currently being accomplished by our current government. We
lack justice, tranquility, or general welfare, with an over-abundance of common defense.
What we currently have is status quo. We want more and believe it can
be garnered through less federal government, more state government, more local government, and the promotion of individual
responsibility.
ACGR does hereby resolve:
1. To pursue and promote dissolving the popular national election for President of the United States with a concurrent
changing in the electoral college such that the said college functions as closely as possible to the original intent of the
framers of the constitution, thus, allowing for the most competent human for the position of President of the United States
to be chosen.
Or
The disbanding of the Electoral College moving instead to the exclusive use of the popular vote to elect the President
of the United States
2. To pursue a reformation of campaign financing and election practices
such that it is no longer possible for money to buy power within the political arena.
Let those who desire power within the political arena campaign for said power instead of purchasing it.
3. To pursue the imposition of term limits on all members of the judiciary.
4. To pursue an amendment to our Federal Constitution requiring a
return to strict adherence to original intent, such that our government is administered based on strict adherence to separation
of powers, limited rights and duties given to the federal government, security for each states democratic form of government,
increased rights for the separate states and the individuals therein residing.
5. To pursue a moratorium on the passing of any new federal or state
laws for four years during which time all public officials will commit to purging law books of out-dated and unconstitutional
laws, including simplification of all state and federal tax codes. This would
also include the simplification of regulation created by administrative bodies at the federal and state level allowing for
increased economic expansion through the lightening of regulation created financial burdens on business, industry, and manufacturing.
6. To pursue a complete separation of education from government, allowing
all educational institutions to be privately operated and a dissolving of compulsory education laws, while at the same time
encouraging the pursuance of higher and higher levels of education through the meeting of certain academic standards.
7. To pursue a repealing of all laws violating the 9th
Amendment constructed right to privacy, including but not limited to such things as seat belt laws, motorcycle helmet laws,
sports competition laws, and any other laws that infringe on a person’s right to make an informed, consensual, age appropriate
choice. However, this should not affect those laws created for the safety of
children and the unborn.
8. To pursue a law limiting government military spending to only those
revenues generated by the taxation of real estate property, the importation of goods, the exportation of goods, corporation
revenue, revenues generated from the acquiring, processing, and selling of natural resources, and the sale of luxury items
excluding automobiles, homes, and personal computing equipment
9. To pursue a repealing or diminishing of all federal personal income
tax..
10. To promote and encourage the voting liberty of each individual. Each person should be educated as to their right to vote or not vote based on their
ability to determine a positive voting choice, with a concurrent act placing a “none of the above” choice on all
election ballots be they local, state, or federal in nature.
11. To pursue protections for the establishment, promulgation, and
maintenance of all forms of industry and commercial endeavors at the state, local, and national level with a concurrent focus
on the small business entrepreneur.
12. To pursue the investment of public capital into the private sector,
creating an alliance between business, academia, and government in the pursuing of number 11.
13. To promote full adherence to the constitutional provisions for
entering into military action and the ceasing of all military action that was not initiated through constitutional protocol.
14. To promote privatization of government services, in the areas
of social services; educational services; scientific services; and civil services such as law enforcement, fire fighting,
and administrative support services, keeping in mind the safety of our communities and the well-being of all employees.
15. To be a promoter of peace at the local, state, regional, national,
and international level of political action.
16. To promote and encourage the creation of term limits for all members
of the federal House of Representative and Senate.
17. To pursue the generation of passive forms of income such that
government income is not based solely on the taxes of the people within it’s domain.
This may include such things as ongoing financial investments; the creation of positive business and manufacturing
atmospheres which will provide a larger tax base instead increased taxes; as well as other none tax based avenues for revenue.
18. That to generate prosperity one must be willing to engage in investment
and maintain long- term vision. This applies to the individual, local government,
state government, and national government. Law should be created with patience,
discernment, and a view to all possible future consequences of the enactment thereof.
Let it be further resolved to forgo engaging in reactionary governance and impulsive legal creation.
19. That it is right to support the sciences, arts, literature, and
rationality, while at the same time encouraging and supporting hard work, labor, personal responsibility, and faith. If you see a turtle on a fence post it did not get there by himself. The greatest haven for democracy and a republican form of government is found in the twin safeties of enlightened
thinking and the sweat of one’s brow.
20. That faith should give guidance and nurturing to government but
should never control it, while at the same time government should encourage an atmosphere for the practicing of faith but
never endorse or establish it.
Darrin F. Coe, MA
Founder of A Constitutionally
Governed Republic
506 Meadowland Way
Canon City, CO 81212
719-275-5907
dcoe5907@msn.com
