Posted on 09/03/2014 3:52:11 AM PDT by markomalley
16th and 17th amendments.
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Abolish all regulatory agencies that take away private property rights. The states should regulate businesses. If one state regulates too much, it loses money to other states. If it regulates too little, the voters can throw the bums out in the next gubernatorial election. The federal government should have nothing to do with business, but manage exports to other countries with tariffs. The K St. lobbyists would be out of business and bribes to politicians would be vastly decreased.
When I read the words of the founding fathers, then read or hear what the current crop of barking monkeys in DC say. ... No way. No effin’ way. 90% of the fools in government probably don’t even comprehend the founder’s words let alone understand the concepts behind them and reasons for them. They have demonstrated a complete lack of appreciation for the consequences of their actions and positions. Revise it? They are barely worthy of reading it.
There ought to be a requirement for all members of the Senate and House to read the Federalist Papers and pass a rigorous examination on the contents.
However.
I have about lost hope that any new Convention would yield any better results than the usual leftie gridlock, now that international provocateurs such as Soros and the Saudis are throwing billions into wrecking the U.S. at any cost.
This is Mark Levin’s idea. He needs full credit
Mark’s Idea,,,
that what I thought,
Our government was intentionally designed to be run
by the House of Representatives (i.e., “we the people”).
The senate and the president were to be little more
than figureheads and administrators.
All the House of Representatives (i.e., “we the people”)
has to do is “nothing”, and the entire system will shut down.
If the political class won’t respect and obey the Constitution we have what on Earth makes anyone think they’d pay attention to a revised version? The machine isn’t broken and doesn’t need fixing, but the operators need to be replaced with new ones who are at least willing to follow the instruction manual.
‘zackly.
You are onto something there. Abolish the ability of executive branch agencies to make rules and regulations with the force of law. Any rule restricting the freedom of citizens MUST be voted up or down by the Congress. The people who did it MUST be held to account at the next election.
I would like to see the Senate exactly that... as a 50-person body comprised of governors serving in dual-hatted positions. What power they would have would be to help safeguard the states' sovereignty.
This House of Lords arrangement we have now in the Senate is counterproductive.
Obliterate the turds dropped by Wilson!
Good idea, but no matter how they amend the constitution, the courts are going to make up whatever they want it to say anyway.
Hey cogburn go F-! yourself!!!
“If the political class won’t respect and obey the Constitution we have what on Earth makes anyone think they’d pay attention to a revised version? The machine isn’t broken and doesn’t need fixing, but the operators need to be replaced with new ones who are at least willing to follow the instruction manual.”
EXACTLY.
As of today, the constitution is just a sheet of paper. Why go through the huge trouble of changing it when this administration is actively giving everyone the middle finger. The word of law is dead and we’re not doing a dam thing about it. Change the constitution? Whatever..........................
I have a hard time taking Coburn seriously. I heard him discussing the national debt a year or so ago in an interview. He went on and on about how the current level of debt and spending is unsustainable, sounding like a real fiscal hawk. Then, in the very next breath he actually said “But we must save Social Security”. Huh?
When the delegates go inside, close and lock the door, the frankenstein monster(s) they come up with — due to compromises and legal action threats — will look nothing like what they intended.
The leftists will take over the process, as they are immoral and ruthless. There’s nothing wrong with the Constitution. This very process will foster further disregard for it. What’s wrong with Coburn lately? (not his illness)
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