First of all: I consider correcting that much stuff to be darn near impossible. We could get into a long discussion here, but quite simply, faith and character are at root personal choices. Whether religion-based or karma based or however-based, individuals must ultimately make the choice as to whether they are going to leave their fellow man alone and be willing to tolerate small annoyances without going crazy, and hope that the other around him/her will extend the same courtesy....or are they going to be predators willing to kill or steal upon the slightest glimmer of opportunity. And it *is* a courtesy...unless it’s a commandment, as in the societal and behavioral dictates in a religious regime such as in an Islamic country.
We have Mark Levin’s suggestion as to methodology under Article 5. I have my skepticism as to whether that will be functional.
My suggestion? You’ll laugh.
Let’s take 5 non-contiguous states. 5 out of 50. In those 5 states, reduce regulations in favor of entrepreneurism and capitalism.
Abolish 0care and return healthcare as much as possible to a cash system. Roll back EPA regulations to about 1980. Abolish unions, in any case abolish public sector unions.
Enforce a balanced state budget. Etc; Those states would have to contribute on an ongoing basis to the social security fund and all the existing gov’t entitlement programs but only to the extent now extant, with a 1/2 of 1% p/a annual cap on expansion over any per capita increases. (I would imagine people would FLOCK to these states, but maybe I am delusional)
Those states would have elections, but there would be no Democrats on the ticket. It would understood: You live here, your leadership are 8-year limited Constitutionalists, period end of subject. Any Democrats living in those states would be eminent domained out and compensated at fair value for their land/businesses should they choose, or, they could stay, they would just have no (D) candidates to vote for.
And let’s just perform a ten year experiment with 10% of the states and see where we end up.
It would be a regulatory secession.
I’m not laughing. I’ve suggested similar ideas on various threads over the last year or so. But how to get there from here? Without improvements in the three issues I mentioned, you’d never get a consensus to vote for that kind of tactic. So outside of a secession or military option I don’t see how that is ever going to have a chance of happening.