Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorems state inherent limitations of all but the most trivial formal systems for arithmetic of mathematical interest. The theorems are of considerable importance to the philosophy of mathematics. Kurt Gödel, the mathematician, was a friend of Albert Einstein, the physicist, and Oskar Morgenstern, the economist, at Princeton. Born in what is now Austria, Gödel during his citizenship hearing with Judge Philip Forman, claimed to have found a flaw in the U.S. Constitution that would allow someone to establish in this country a Fascist dictatorship. This is probably owing to the provision that the constitution allows for its own amendment. But I would suggest that the constitution has yet other flaws that have allowed this country to drift toward socialism, at what seems an ever increasing speed.
One clause in the constitution comes to mind. That is the power of congress “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.” Without further clarification, this clause has permitted laws that require men to act in ways that are injurious to themselves; laws that create useless and expensive government bureaucracies; and laws that inflict unnecessary expense to the economy. Some of the injurious laws are:
· The Community Reinvestment Act that requires banks and other lending institutions to lend to un-creditworthy individuals and now measures them on their loans to deadbeats which initiated or at least contributed to our current financial woes.
· The OSHA which publishes what are at times conflicting rules where just plain common sense should be enough.
· The minimum wage which is a governmental interference in what should be the terms of a contract between an individual and an employer. Is it better to have a job at $6.00/hour or be unemployed at $6.55/hour?
I could go on, but I get tired of typing so much and it could ultimately fill pages.
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