Making It Law

Great reforms last when they are written into the foundation of the nation. This final Part turns the blueprint into lasting law.

Many of the reforms in this book can begin by order or by ordinary law in the first 30 days. Some need the Constitution itself to change: the tax lists that set up the three-tax rule, police, land, reservations, pardons, civil-service tenure and local bodies. This chapter brings every amendment together as one package, passed in the first 30 days, with ratification by the states within 1 year. Placing them in the Constitution gives every citizen, investor and future government the same confidence: the rules will stay simple, fair and stable. It is the step that turns one term of bold action into a settled foundation for the generations that follow.