Humanly impossible
When has economics ever been separate from the laws that govern the people?
In America, The people who produce, buy, and work are the same people who vote and participate in law making.
The world can work in one of two ways.
Economic forces control law making
Law makers control economic forces
This is the true difference between private ownership and public ownership
capitalism and socialism.
Any separation is a fantasy
There can never be a true free market because those who have economic powers implant themselves or their representatives in all levels of law making.
A free market is impossible in America because economics and law are intertwined in our constitution
You cannot have a free market when Congress has control over the foundations of the economy
Section 8 - Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
Section 9 - Limits on Congress
No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
Section 10 - Powers prohibited of States
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Amendment 16 - Status of Income Tax Clarified.
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
This is like the separation of church and state
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
But the people who vote and make laws can not help but make decisions based on their religious beliefs.
Consciously and subconsciously
The choice is to allowed people to participate in whatever systems they want or
to create a system where everyone has a voice in law making and economics
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