Voting on all issues and decisions should take place at
necessary times during a meeting open to all reservation members.
All matters are to be determined by majority vote on a pebiscite
basis. All actions on the reservation should require the active
participation of its members which stimulates the instincts
rather than nullifies them. Social scientists will deliver
truckloads of coal to the local coal bin. The homeless will
shovel and distribute the coal or freeze if it does not get done.
In addition to subsidies, entitlements, stipends, grants,
vouchers, food stamps, donations, and casual day labor, they may
grow chickens and gardens in order to gain self-sufficiency. The
quality of their life will be in direct proportion to the effort
they make on all matters concerning them. No one else will be
there to do it for them. All reservations should function as
individual households, with the same rights and responsibilities
as most households, respecting all laws of the country, state,
and federal government.
By voting, the homeless will establish their own bylaws, rules,
and regulations for conduct on the reservations. All reservation
self-governments must comply with the laws of the county, state,
and federal governments. Self-governments must also be
constitutional as well. A sergeant-at arms would minimize the
police needed to respond to complaints. The police may enter the
reservation by warrant, hot pursuit, or may pass through with a
patrol (the same as any home). Each member of the reservation is
entitled to due process of law and equal protection under the
law. In fact, the Bill of Rights would now pertain to them with
full rights of citizenship.
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