Patriots should also consider that the states can amend the Constitution to give themselves the power to recall bad-apple lawmakers and fire these swamp critters before 2018. (They said that Trump was not electable either.)
Also bear in mind that the reason that DC continues to be such a headache is because of the stolen state powers, and associated stolen state revenues, that corrupt lawmakers continue to use to oppress the states and their citizens.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
Patriots need to support Trump in peacefully “forcing” the corrupt feds to surrender state powers that they have stolen from the states back to the states.
First, you would have to create States again. Most Americans now see states only as distributors of Federal monies. States have no representation at the Federal level and have abdicated all their power to the Leviathan. They not only accept the usurpation of their powers (as do the people), but they welcome it.
The lack of accountability is the source of all government control. Senators don’t even pretend to be State agents, and the House is no better. They may give a token speech occasionally, but they never take any action to enforce the Constitution.
It has been so long since we’ve had a true Republic most people wouldn’t even recognize one. 80% of Americans think we are a democracy!