From time to time every great nation finds itself with difficult issues to resolve. In the past few months the United States has been confronted with the previously unacknowledged expansive data collection by the National Security Agency (NSA) that is characterized by some as excessive and in violation of the Constitution, and by others as necessary to combat the evils of this world.
Instead of engaging in a national debate that whatever administration that happens to be in power will simply ignore, why don’t we turn the problem on its head?
Why not approach the issue as something that provides such great value that we simply can not live without it, and hence are willing to sign it away in the form of a Constitutional Amendment? After all, it took a Constitutional Amendment to enable the IRS to extend its reach to an earth shaking 2% of income, after a Supreme Court case went against it back in 1895. Without the 16th Amendment, we wouldn’t have been able to afford two World Wars, an endless stream of absolutely vital government programs, and the $6 trillion we’ve spent so far in search of an exit from a recession that seems to have no end.
I propose that instead of fighting the data collection by the NSA, let’s instead give it a new name and an expanded mission. Specifically, rename it the National Back Up Service (NBUS), and have them back up all the data for the entire nation. (I would’ve wanted to call it the NBA, but that cool letter combination is already taken.)
Can you imagine a world in which there is no need to make backups? I can.
Lost an email? Click on a link to NBUS to review all your emails.
Lost a file? Click on a link to NBUS to get back any file you’ve ever worked on.
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It would even be the end to he-said-she-said. If in doubt, just click a link to NBUS to see exactly what transpired at any time, as recorded by the microphones of cell phones, tablets, PCs, televisions, telephones, baby monitors and what ever other electronic devices might have been present.
Even day to day chores would become exceeding simple. No more need to bring a shopping list to the grocery store. Instead just click a link to NBUS and search for “Mom, we’re out of …”, “Honey, where’s the…”, and “Dear, did you just take the last…”.
Consider how this solves all the issues on the table:
- It not only legitimizes the collection of every bit of data in the entire nation, it mandates it.
- It saves thousands, perhaps millions of hours that people might otherwise spend debating this issue.
- It saves countless instances of individual frustration and rework when something vital is lost irretrievably.
- It would save an untold number of marriages when the parties could review exactly what was said and when.
In case you are still hesitating to lend your support to the Affordable Economic Revitalization With The National Back Up Service Constitutional Amendment And Enabling Act (AERWTNBUSCAAEA) of 2013, why not consider this an opportunity to give future generations something to remember us by? After all, those who were in national and state office from 1909 to 1913 will forever be known as those that enabled the IRS to become the monster it is today.
And if you still aren’t convinced, don’t forget that the NBUS will have a record of those who didn’t support it.
