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Grievance 55 - Immorality
The U.S. Constitution gave unequal standing to government policy makers and agencies which was contrary to commonly accepted moral standards in society. While it was popularly made illegal for private individuals, corporations and gangs to threaten, intimidate, coerce and extort from others, politicians could approve legislation empowering government agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service, to do so. Individuals in government were not held legally responsible for these acts. In another double-standard, while holding a monopoly on coercive taxing power, government prosecuted private business for having a monopoly in the free and voluntary consumer marketplace. Politicians determined their own salary, benefits, and retirement income with no direct authorization for increases by the taxpayers at-large, many of whom were coerced to provide the funding. With an AUTHENTIC CONSTITUTION in harmony with the natural Cosmic Laws of the universe, and producing High Moral Values and Democratic Ideals, commonly accepted legal principles and policies apply to all individuals equally, inside as well as outside government. |