From MSECURA@aol.comSat Apr  8 08:57:37 1995
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 10:35:41 -0400
From: MSECURA@aol.com
To: jhdaugh@a-albionic.com
Subject: Re: Democracy AND Republic

It would be a pleasure to have you review and comment  on it:
March 20,1995
                    CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD-SUMMARY
                                    
The goal of this document is to provide a method to insure a
sustainable environment and protect and enhance justice and human
existence worldwide.  It is not a substitute, nor is it incon-
sistent with the U.S. Constitution.  It is just that people are
hungry, but there is enough food; people are looking for work,
but there is a work to do.  This needs to be addressed.  We live
in a very strange world.  The problem is organization. 
                                    
The basic organization of world government presented here is a
central Federation that operates in conjunction with five Regions
(continents).  The Federation and Regions each have a legislative
body: a Senate for the Federation which consists of 20 members
from each Region, and a House of Representatives for each Region
which consists of members from Nation-States in that Region, the
number depending on the population.  Each legislative body of the
Federation and Regions also has a Business Committee which is
equal in size to five percent of the respective House of
Congress.  The Federation and each Region have an Executive
branch (President) and a Judicial branch, which consists of a
Supreme Court, lesser courts and mediators.

The new proposed organization is an attempt to harness the power
of working together so that the cost of controlling each other
and protecting each other is diverted to improving each other,
and thus decreasing the need for control and protection. 

The first principle of this constitution is that all policies
must be consistent with a sustainable environment.  Individuals
or heads of companies are responsible for acts against the
environment which are considered crimes against humanity.  The
artificial low cost of products resulting from the failure to
consider environmental impact, the use of depressed labor
standards, and the use of artificially low cost energy sources
are eliminated.  Product costs will go up to reflect the
additional social costs that have been disregarded for so long.  

We are presently trying to solve all our economic, social and
political problems by increasing production.  The more one
increases production, the more one needs to increase production. 
This creates an unstable situation.  Hence, in this Constitution,
a new and simple model for economic organization has been
developed that should provide for more equitable distribution of
funds and opportunity in the world.  This, in itself, will go a
long way to solve deep world problems like over population, food
supply, etc.  The economy is based on the gold standard, and
annual change is simply based on population change, the needs of
the citizens, and the desired improvement in the standard of
living that is attainable within a sustainable environment.  This
economic structure provides enough money to do, but not
necessarily to have.  Full employment and supplementary benefits
are provided for.  However, people receiving these benefits must
be on a program that will lead to independence from them.  The
percentage of wealth held by the top five percent of the
population is limited.  Defense spending is limited and cannot
exceed the medical or education budget.  The budgeting is also
forced to provide funds for long term programs.  Free trade, free
flow of capital, and competitive access to raw material are
established.  Corporations receiving funds through public
offerings such as stocks, bonds, etc. are required to return at
least ten percent back to the government.  This return represents
a dilution for the corporation but increases the importance of
cooperation between business and government as well as decreases
the government's need for outside money.  More minor
constitutional additions are that campaign funds are limited and
only provided by the government, the expectation that retirement
age will change with longevity to decrease the need for social
service funding, and a provision that some money from the Feder-
ation will be put aside in an interest bearing account for each
person born to provide increased opportunity in their future.

Education is a key to implementing any worldwide policy and with
the new advanced communication technology, electronic access to
education and information will be provided to everyone.  Educa-
ting for understanding, tolerance, and cooperation is stressed. 

Ethics is provided a prominent and formal position in the world
government.  An ethics review board will be established to pro-
vide ethics guidelines, and aid implementation and monitoring of
ethics programs.  Any organization or program receiving public
funding is required to have a formal ethics policy.  Government
secrecy can only be applied to areas that are vital.

Human Rights are enumerated and guaranteed.  These are similar to
those of the International Declaration of Human Rights.  Addi-
tions include securing the rights to the substantive base for
indigenous people and providing for educating the citizens. 
There are provisions for a religious forum for discussion of
issues and to provide recommendation. 

The government will support technology including establishing
worldwide communications standards.  Long and short term goals
must be established, with an understanding of the social and
environmental impact.

Weapons are limited to single action devices.  All mass destruc-
tion weapons need to be eliminated.  Defense personnel can be
deployed to support social causes like the distribution of food.

Nation-States' boundaries will be guaranteed.  To change bound-
aries peacefully requires a two-thirds vote by the people in the
area immediately affected and a majority vote of the Region. 
Nation-States can experiment with different forms of government. 
All debt between members is forgiven.

Each member of the House of Representatives is elected for four
years.  Each member of the Senate is elected for six years and
each member of the Business Committee, which is elected by the
one thousand largest transnational enterprises in each region, is
elected for two years.  Meetings are held electronically.  An
annual confidence/no confidence vote by the people is
established.  A "no confidence" vote requires a general election
within three months for all offices except those just filled.

To establish a law requires a majority vote by all citizens
directly or by proxy through their representatives in their
respective House of Congress (Senate for the Federation and House
of Representatives for the Regions); but before a vote can take
place, any new bill must be presented to the Business Committee
for review.  Within two weeks they must return the bill with com-
ments.  Four things can then happen.  First, the President can
veto the bill in which case it goes back to the House that origi-
nated the bill, and in order to become law, a two-thirds affirma-
tive vote is required.  Second, the Business Committee can veto
the bill, in which case an affirmative vote by a majority of the
same House is required but now each member of the Business
Committee has a vote as well (essentially provides for a five
percent increase in the number of votes in the respective House). 
This provides for closer cooperation between government and
corporations.  Transnational corporation's representatives are
provided a formal advisory role and a significant role in
establishing policies.  Third, if the House of Representatives of
any Region rejects a Federation Senate bill or the Federation
Senate rejects a bill by the House of Representatives of any
Region, the bill is returned to the House of Congress that
originated the bill and a two-thirds affirmative vote is required
for passage of the bill.  A vote by the non-originating House is
strictly optional.  It is expected that this would only rarely
occur.  Fourth, no vetoes are received and the bill becomes law.

The President/Vice President is elected for four years through a
general election, using secret ballots.  The powers of the
President are similar to those of the U.S. President.

The Supreme Court members are appointed by the President and
require an affirmative vote by a majority of the respective House
of Congress and can serve for life.  There is an emphasis placed
on the social responsibility of their decisions and the need to
have these decisions made in the context of both law and society. 
There is a mechanism to overturn Supreme Court decisions.  The
respective House of Congress through a two-thirds vote can call
for a general citizen vote on Supreme Court decisions.  Lesser
courts and mediators are also established.

Finally, in all this, there is an attempt to emphasize the
dignity of humankind and to emphasize that this document only
sets minimums, humanity must strive for higher ends to achieve a
society when no minimum standards are necessary.  

March 20,1995
                    CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD-SUMMARY
                                    
The goal of this document is to provide a method to insure a
sustainable environment and protect and enhance justice and human
existence worldwide.  It is not a substitute, nor is it incon-
sistent with the U.S. Constitution.  It is just that people are
hungry, but there is enough food; people are looking for work,
but there is a work to do.  This needs to be addressed.  We live
in a very strange world.  The problem is organization. 
                                    
The basic organization of world government presented here is a
central Federation that operates in conjunction with five Regions
(continents).  The Federation and Regions each have a legislative
body: a Senate for the Federation which consists of 20 members
from each Region, and a House of Representatives for each Region
which consists of members from Nation-States in that Region, the
number depending on the population.  Each legislative body of the
Federation and Regions also has a Business Committee which is
equal in size to five percent of the respective House of
Congress.  The Federation and each Region have an Executive
branch (President) and a Judicial branch, which consists of a
Supreme Court, lesser courts and mediators.

The new proposed organization is an attempt to harness the power
of working together so that the cost of controlling each other
and protecting each other is diverted to improving each other,
and thus decreasing the need for control and protection. 

The first principle of this constitution is that all policies
must be consistent with a sustainable environment.  Individuals
or heads of companies are responsible for acts against the
environment which are considered crimes against humanity.  The
artificial low cost of products resulting from the failure to
consider environmental impact, the use of depressed labor
standards, and the use of artificially low cost energy sources
are eliminated.  Product costs will go up to reflect the
additional social costs that have been disregarded for so long.  

We are presently trying to solve all our economic, social and
political problems by increasing production.  The more one
increases production, the more one needs to increase production. 
This creates an unstable situation.  Hence, in this Constitution,
a new and simple model for economic organization has been
developed that should provide for more equitable distribution of
funds and opportunity in the world.  This, in itself, will go a
long way to solve deep world problems like over population, food
supply, etc.  The economy is based on the gold standard, and
annual change is simply based on population change, the needs of
the citizens, and the desired improvement in the standard of
living that is attainable within a sustainable environment.  This
economic structure provides enough money to do, but not
necessarily to have.  Full employment and supplementary benefits
are provided for.  However, people receiving these benefits must
be on a program that will lead to independence from them.  The
percentage of wealth held by the top five percent of the
population is limited.  Defense spending is limited and cannot
exceed the medical or education budget.  The budgeting is also
forced to provide funds for long term programs.  Free trade, free
flow of capital, and competitive access to raw material are
established.  Corporations receiving funds through public
offerings such as stocks, bonds, etc. are required to return at
least ten percent back to the government.  This return represents
a dilution for the corporation but increases the importance of
cooperation between business and government as well as decreases
the government's need for outside money.  More minor
constitutional additions are that campaign funds are limited and
only provided by the government, the expectation that retirement
age will change with longevity to decrease the need for social
service funding, and a provision that some money from the Feder-
ation will be put aside in an interest bearing account for each
person born to provide increased opportunity in their future.

Education is a key to implementing any worldwide policy and with
the new advanced communication technology, electronic access to
education and information will be provided to everyone.  Educa-
ting for understanding, tolerance, and cooperation is stressed. 

Ethics is provided a prominent and formal position in the world
government.  An ethics review board will be established to pro-
vide ethics guidelines, and aid implementation and monitoring of
ethics programs.  Any organization or program receiving public
funding is required to have a formal ethics policy.  Government
secrecy can only be applied to areas that are vital.

Human Rights are enumerated and guaranteed.  These are similar to
those of the International Declaration of Human Rights.  Addi-
tions include securing the rights to the substantive base for
indigenous people and providing for educating the citizens. 
There are provisions for a religious forum for discussion of
issues and to provide recommendation. 

The government will support technology including establishing
worldwide communications standards.  Long and short term goals
must be established, with an understanding of the social and
environmental impact.

Weapons are limited to single action devices.  All mass destruc-
tion weapons need to be eliminated.  Defense personnel can be
deployed to support social causes like the distribution of food.

Nation-States' boundaries will be guaranteed.  To change bound-
aries peacefully requires a two-thirds vote by the people in the
area immediately affected and a majority vote of the Region. 
Nation-States can experiment with different forms of government. 
All debt between members is forgiven.

Each member of the House of Representatives is elected for four
years.  Each member of the Senate is elected for six years and
each member of the Business Committee, which is elected by the
one thousand largest transnational enterprises in each region, is
elected for two years.  Meetings are held electronically.  An
annual confidence/no confidence vote by the people is
established.  A "no confidence" vote requires a general election
within three months for all offices except those just filled.

To establish a law requires a majority vote by all citizens
directly or by proxy through their representatives in their
respective House of Congress (Senate for the Federation and House
of Representatives for the Regions); but before a vote can take
place, any new bill must be presented to the Business Committee
for review.  Within two weeks they must return the bill with com-
ments.  Four things can then happen.  First, the President can
veto the bill in which case it goes back to the House that origi-
nated the bill, and in order to become law, a two-thirds affirma-
tive vote is required.  Second, the Business Committee can veto
the bill, in which case an affirmative vote by a majority of the
same House is required but now each member of the Business
Committee has a vote as well (essentially provides for a five
percent increase in the number of votes in the respective House). 
This provides for closer cooperation between government and
corporations.  Transnational corporation's representatives are
provided a formal advisory role and a significant role in
establishing policies.  Third, if the House of Representatives of
any Region rejects a Federation Senate bill or the Federation
Senate rejects a bill by the House of Representatives of any
Region, the bill is returned to the House of Congress that
originated the bill and a two-thirds affirmative vote is required
for passage of the bill.  A vote by the non-originating House is
strictly optional.  It is expected that this would only rarely
occur.  Fourth, no vetoes are received and the bill becomes law.

The President/Vice President is elected for four years through a
general election, using secret ballots.  The powers of the
President are similar to those of the U.S. President.

The Supreme Court members are appointed by the President and
require an affirmative vote by a majority of the respective House
of Congress and can serve for life.  There is an emphasis placed
on the social responsibility of their decisions and the need to
have these decisions made in the context of both law and society. 
There is a mechanism to overturn Supreme Court decisions.  The
respective House of Congress through a two-thirds vote can call
for a general citizen vote on Supreme Court decisions.  Lesser
courts and mediators are also established.

Finally, in all this, there is an attempt to emphasize the
dignity of humankind and to emphasize that this document only
sets minimums, humanity must strive for higher ends to achieve a
society when no minimum standards are necessary.