Constitutional Amendments are often brought up as ways to solve pressing issues in the United States, and from my perspective there is no more pressing issue that dealing with the spurious way the United States enters war. I think Veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan are victims of the ease with which the United States of America is capable of going to war without reason.
My Proposal for a War Amendment would contain as follows.
1) Every dispatch of Americans into hostility requires an Act of War from Congress.
2)The President has 60 days to address a direct attack, before an Act of War is required, and If the President does not honor the imposed 60 day limit for engagement it is grounds for impeachment.
3)If no Act of War is declared troops must be withdrawn, at the end of the 60 day period.
4) Upon Declaration of War the Draft is immediately implemented.
5)Upon Declaration of War a 15% tax is levied on American Citizens, and a 20% tax is levied on Business for the duration of the Conflict plus five years. 20% of levied War Taxes are dedicated to meeting the needs of Military Personnel, and Contractors returning from the Conflict.
There are other ways such a War Amendment could be enhanced that I have overlooked, I'm sure, but the baseline purpose is that every time America goes to War, every American should have skin in the game though the draft, taxation, and political pressure.
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