CPO Frank Coluccio 1331037 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I seem to get into this type of discussion every few months with some of my friends. I have my opinion of what it is (I&#39;ll give in a few days). 2016-02-25T13:19:25-05:00 CPO Frank Coluccio 1331037

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I seem to get into this type of discussion every few months with some of my friends. I have my opinion of what it is (I&#39;ll give in a few days).

2016-02-25T13:19:25-05:00 2016-02-25T13:19:25-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 1331049

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="205571" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/205571-cpo-frank-coluccio">CPO Frank Coluccio</a> None of the ones you have listed here.

2016-02-25T13:24:59-05:00 2016-02-25T13:24:59-05:00 SGM Billy Herrington 1331067

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Constitutional Republic

2016-02-25T13:30:48-05:00 2016-02-25T13:30:48-05:00 CPT Jack Durish 1331074

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well, we&#39;re supposed to be a representative republic, but that got lost along the way because We the People couldn&#39;t keep it. God knows what we are now. It seems that we&#39;re adrift with some advocating democracy and others for socialism. Personally, I&#39;d prefer that we go back to the original plan but that seems hopeless inasmuch as most people couldn&#39;t properly define any of the choices listed here.

2016-02-25T13:31:50-05:00 2016-02-25T13:31:50-05:00 Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS 1331110

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Nominally a Representative Republic within the confines of a Constitution. However, more accurately we are a (perpetual) "Bureaucracy" at this point.

2016-02-25T13:39:37-05:00 2016-02-25T13:39:37-05:00 PO3 Michael Cardinale 1331199

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Our Country is a Democratic Republic. This basically means we elect representatives that have the authority to pass laws on our behalf.

2016-02-25T13:59:25-05:00 2016-02-25T13:59:25-05:00 PO2 Steven Erickson 1331203

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-80721"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fedited-what-form-of-government-is-the-us-supposed-to-be%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%2A%2A%2A%28Edited%29+What+form+of+Government+is+the+US+%2Asupposed%2A+to+be%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fedited-what-form-of-government-is-the-us-supposed-to-be&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A***(Edited) What form of Government is the US *supposed* to be?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/edited-what-form-of-government-is-the-us-supposed-to-be" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="3c1c1dc8a59e71c3db6b74551b476972" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/080/721/for_gallery_v2/2e476ad1.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/080/721/large_v3/2e476ad1.jpg" alt="2e476ad1" /></a></div></div>As designed, we are supposed to have a representative republic. As defined in a republic, the rights, liberties and freedoms originate and reside in THE INDIVIDUAL. The government and society cannot take away any of those things... they must be voluntarily GIVEN by the individual. We're supposed to be like THAT, but we're not...

2016-02-25T14:00:32-05:00 2016-02-25T14:00:32-05:00 SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 1331218

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is supposed to be a confederal constitutional republic with a presidential system and bicameral legislature...<br /><br />Though it would be nice if we could go back to that, I think we're currently a federalist social democracy with a bicameral legislative controlled entirely by a select group of special interests and elitists.

2016-02-25T14:04:08-05:00 2016-02-25T14:04:08-05:00 SFC Michael Hasbun 1331250

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Socialist Democracy in denial..

2016-02-25T14:12:54-05:00 2016-02-25T14:12:54-05:00 CAPT Kevin B. 1331281

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I can pull the pin and toss out Corporate Communism to chew on but hold that thought. We tend to have attributes of "all of the above". Lately we've been trending more toward socialist with more nanny state stuff. Constitutional Republic wasn't listed but that was a start that didn't stick. About the only Republic term that gets news traction are California and Texas that joined as Republics, hence can split into other states theoretically. A compliant population tends to let the Government "know betters" take freedom and money away. It's getting to the point where people think Constitutional types must live on Ruby Ridge. A great divide between what our country is vs. what it was vs. what it should be. <br /><br />There's an argument out there that the Founders looked at religious, martial, and commercial governments. The first two were tossed because they always lead to tyranny so they actually set up the Constitution to describe the nation more as a Commercial Republic; I guess as good a term as any. Then the Amendments played catch-up on individual liberties, an attempt to dictate morality that failed, and then some bureaucratic clean up in more recent years. When all is said and done, it's whatever the Supreme Court says we are ultimately. That can be different from what any given word meant way back when.

2016-02-25T14:19:29-05:00 2016-02-25T14:19:29-05:00 SGT William Howell 1331291

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I picked other. My vote is it is a debauchery. <br /><br />archaic : seduction from virtue or duty

2016-02-25T14:23:50-05:00 2016-02-25T14:23:50-05:00 SSG James Arlington 1331340

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>And what was voter turnout in 2014? The people are brain dead zombies.

2016-02-25T14:38:59-05:00 2016-02-25T14:38:59-05:00 COL Private RallyPoint Member 1331461

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As founded/designed - constitutional republic. I don't have an easy/quick answer for how it is currently operating...

2016-02-25T15:11:45-05:00 2016-02-25T15:11:45-05:00 MCPO Roger Collins 1331487

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Rather than vote on this, I would ask if you mean as determined by the Founding Fathers (yeah, I know how that hurts the PC crowd) or what it really is today. Once the question is clarified, I will vote.

2016-02-25T15:22:25-05:00 2016-02-25T15:22:25-05:00 TSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1331529

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We were designed as a republic, but more recently, we have been leaning towards almost a dictatorship. We are venturing into socialism, so why not combine the two and get communism.

2016-02-25T15:38:35-05:00 2016-02-25T15:38:35-05:00 PO3 Michael James 1331638

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I entered "other" we are like a teenager entering puberty.. Having all these emotions and really not knowing what to do, you don't see things my way.. so there.. I will Not do anything... There ! now nothing gets done !!

2016-02-25T16:03:28-05:00 2016-02-25T16:03:28-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 1331699

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Years ago I attempted to prove that the Federal Government was a Republic. After years of research I determined that it has always been, and still is, a Constitutional Democracy. It abides by Statute, or Written Law: a Law unto itself. Murder is whatever the Statute says it is. A true Republic operates under Common, or Natural Law: the Law of Nature and Nature&#39;s God. In a Republic the Citizen is Sovereign; the Government is a Subject. In a Democracy the Government is Sovereign and the Citizen is the Subject. <br /><br />With the exception of Louisiana (French Statute Law), all the States were Republics until 1933 when they defaulted on their loans to the Federal Reserve Bank which is a Private International Corporation. The Federal Reserve Board regulates the Bank in the US, but its members are appointed from the Bank (conflict of interest?). Before 1933, it was against Common Law to murder someone. After 1933 it was against Section 130 of the NYS Penal Code. A person under Common, or Natural Law is responsible for his actions; under Statute Law he is responsible to the Code, whatever that may be. <br /><br />If you come to my home and do damage, you are responsible (Common Law) to make it right. If your my child (Statute Law) I make rules for you to follow and spank you if you don&#39;t.<br /><br />Democracy is another name for Socialism. Our present form is Socialism is similar to that of Germany during WWII: highly regulated private ownership of property and the means of production. Communism is government ownership of both property and the means of production. The difference is that in Socialism we live in highly regulated private homes while in Communism we live in government housing developments.<br /><br />Soviet Union Communism failed ~ 1989. I saw a short paragraph in the back of a local paper reporting that Russia was converting to our form of property ownership and government. It appears that China has done the same.

2016-02-25T16:22:35-05:00 2016-02-25T16:22:35-05:00 MSG Brad Sand 1331903

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What are we or what are we allowing people to make us. We are a Republic but too many of our countrymen have forgotten what this means and why it is important.

2016-02-25T17:31:31-05:00 2016-02-25T17:31:31-05:00 SSG William Rhodes 1332058

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Right now?

2016-02-25T18:24:39-05:00 2016-02-25T18:24:39-05:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 1332095

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-80770"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fedited-what-form-of-government-is-the-us-supposed-to-be%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%2A%2A%2A%28Edited%29+What+form+of+Government+is+the+US+%2Asupposed%2A+to+be%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fedited-what-form-of-government-is-the-us-supposed-to-be&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A***(Edited) What form of Government is the US *supposed* to be?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/edited-what-form-of-government-is-the-us-supposed-to-be" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="cb7d3b5ec38406cf0e08189ac400e0ec" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/080/770/for_gallery_v2/f1768b5.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/080/770/large_v3/f1768b5.jpeg" alt="F1768b5" /></a></div></div>You're missing the part where Lincoln Incorporated our country...it's all been fraud ever since.

2016-02-25T18:39:01-05:00 2016-02-25T18:39:01-05:00 Cpl Private RallyPoint Member 1332173

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>US Constitution Article, 4. Section. 4.<br /><br />THE UNITED STATES SHALL GUARANTEE TO EVERY STATE IN THIS UNION A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, ...<br /><br />Key words, THE UNITED STATES SHALL GUARANTEE and REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT

2016-02-25T19:21:34-05:00 2016-02-25T19:21:34-05:00 SGT Ken Price 1332223

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Obviously a Republic, but it has been destroyed by the socialist influence of subsequent immigrants. We&#39;ll never get it back without a full scale revolution. This country was formed on the belief in individual rights, and the governments sole function was to protect them. Look at what we have now. I am deeply saddened that the media runs our country.

2016-02-25T19:41:36-05:00 2016-02-25T19:41:36-05:00 SSG Gerhard S. 1332481

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A Constitutionally limited Federal Republic

2016-02-25T21:03:26-05:00 2016-02-25T21:03:26-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 1333656

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Supposed to be? Republic<br /><br />What are we? Oligarchy - controlled by big money interest groups/families.

2016-02-26T10:39:19-05:00 2016-02-26T10:39:19-05:00 2016-02-25T13:19:25-05:00