why not just repeal the 17th amendment?

This is the same as "spreading the wealth". favoring any section of the population by taking money from others to give to them is socialistic at its roots.

And no company in the U.S. should ever be allowed to force employees to learn or speak Spanish...

This part, i disagree with. An employee and the employer has an unlimited right to contract, and the terms of employment are the terms of a contract. If a company requires that an employee learn spanish, then the employee is free to leave employment. If the employer believes that having a bilingual workforce is best for his company, it is not the place of the government to prohibit his right to run his company as he sees fit.

As for the second part, I am split, according to your meaning of "English only rule" . If you mean that an employer's condition of employment is that employees must be able to speak and understand English, then i agree with the right of the employer to set any conditions he wishes. If you mean that when employees speak, they must speak in English, regardless of other languages they know, I disagree. As long as the employee performs the job to the satisfaction of the employer, the language the employee uses to himself, or among his co-workers is his own choice.

only spend the money we have on the programs specifically authorized by the constitution.

idea... the air time isn't free. let all the candidates pay into a fund to have access. then they all get equal time (whatever time the fund will pay for).

what about a ban on taxing WAGES and SALARIES?
Investments, and interest could still be taxed, but if you work, you keep what you earn (including executives).
basically, if you earn the money, then it can't be taxed.
If your money earns income, then that income can be taxed.

We don't want democracy. We want a republic. they have turned us into a democracy (a horrible form of government) , And they have made the schools almost impossible to learn in , because of an inability to kick the students who don't want to learn, out. They dumb down the curriculum enough so that only the slowest students are challenged, everyone else is bored, and either "tunes out" or "acts up".

If you do have public education, then the money should come from the community, or the state at the highest, not the federal government, and the local school districts should decide the curriculum, not the federal government. anyone who pays for private school, or home schools their kids, should be exempt from paying the tax that goes towards paying for the public school.
No federal money should go towards education, that way, there are no strings attached to the money.

how do i turn off email notification? I'm getting 200+ emails a day from people replying to the main topic, not just this thread. :(

long posts: i type my posts in notepad, cut and paste, and arrow down to the bottom of my post. I think it forces the box to grow to accommodate the post.

amen