This suggested piece of legislation, appropriately dubbed the Vital Species Act, or VSA, could scarcely be better timed for introduction, debate and quick passage in the U.S. Congress.
The Vital Species Act would immediately begin protecting the habitat of all vital human species in America like the American Farmer, American Fisherman, American Logger, American Miner, American Rancher, American Truck Driver, etc.
There would be no need for new layers of government or regulatory agencies, because it's crystal clear who these Vital Species are and where they live and work. The devastating economic harm wrought by the "Endangered Species Act" upon Vital Species can be immediately repaired. Let the ESA take a deserved back seat to the VSA!
Rather than continuing on the path that keeps politicians rolling in votes and other people's money, let's direct them to introduce and sponsor this legislation -- no riders or amendments allowed -- which would be ninety-nine words or less in length. That way, everyone understands it and no one can use the excuse that it was too lengthy to read. (That would be a good idea for all legislation, that length limit.)
The United States of America has the Achilles' heel of international treaties and their binding "nature." Let's use that fact to our advantage and put a very brief international treaty out to the world, one that really stresses the differences between countries and the innate essence of independence that can, should and must be center staged.
Each country has its own several resources that it can utilize for its own benefit. Should it wish to offer those resources, or products made from them, on the world stage, it can simply offer them on the Internet in a world type of 'farmers' market' -- with no dues or proceeds going to the United Nations. Those good folks that utilize and produce their country's resources may offer them first within their own borders, with only surplus availability to the rest of the world. Wouldn't this be really fair trade?
Your thoughts would be appreciated, but in the meantime, please call 202-224-3121 and suggest to the senators and congressmen that purport to represent you, that they finally do so: with the Vital Species Act!
Julie Kay Smithson propertyrights@earthlink.net is a property rights researcher in rural Ohio's Amish/Mennonite farm country. She is quietly proud to follow in the footprints left by America's greatest Americans, from the Founding Fathers to Helen [Nichols] Chenoweth-Hage. Julie's mother also washes and reuses plastic bags, a character trait Julie is hopeful of passing on to others.
