The Commonwealth of North American States

[Keith Broaders]

The Commonwealth of American States

The United States was created to be the Commonwealth of North American States. In a Commonwealth all of people have equal rights and responsibilities and are expected to respect the lives, liberty and property of everyone living in the community. The people are expected to make voluntary personal sacrifices for the mutual benefit of all. They are also encouraged to provide for those individuals that are not capable of providing for themselves.

Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare general good or advantage" dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase it comes from the old meaning of "wealth", which is "well-being", and is itself a loose translation of the Latin res publica.

The term literally meant "common well-being". In the 17th century, the definition of "commonwealth" expanded from its original sense of "public welfare" or "commonweal" to mean "a state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state". The term evolved to become a title to a number of political entities.

Three countries – Australia, the Bahamas, and Dominica – have the official title "Commonwealth", as do four U.S. states and two U.S. territories. More recently, the term has been used to name some fraternal associations of nations, most notably the Commonwealth of Nations, an organization primarily of former territories of the British Empire, which is often referred to as simply "the Commonwealth".

The earth was created by God and we are merely tenants on the land. Property is not the land it is that which men create. The house which we build is our property, but the land upon which it sits collectively belongs collectively to the people.

In a true Commonwealth the land is collectively owned by all the people and individuals can only possess land in exchange for land rent.

he rent collected would fund the schools, law enforcement and other necessary services provided by the county.

This land rent would replace all forms of taxation which would greatly increase everyone's disposable income, while promoting personal responsibility 

Every man would be both a tenant and a  landlord. Each county would pay to their state government an amount equal to 10% of land rent collected. Each state would an contribute amount equal to 10% of the land ren tthey  collected to pay for the common defense of the nation.