You’re encountering the stealth liberals that populate FR. Article V terrifies them outright because it is the first, solid, incontrovertible pushback they’ve ever encountered and don’t quite know how to deal with it.
Johnny Boy here is a perfect example. He is completely immune to facts and history. Typical leftist being outed.
Anyone who does not recognize the danger of opening up our Constitution to tinkering by State Governments which have bought into the Tyranny the Federal Government maintains qualifies, either as a "stealth liberal" or a useful idiot, imho.
If you have a case, state it. Tell me how, for instance you are going to safeguard against things like:
Amendment nn: "Any state which maintains a budget surplus shall surrender that surplus to the United States Treasury for distribution among the the states or use by the Federal Government, as Congress deems fit."
Considering the combination of negatively impacted States and those economically devastated by their own catering to the parasite class within their borders, that should be a shoo-in.
If the Government will not comply with the Constitutional constraints which exist, what makes anyone think it will comply with additional ones? The only way, of course is that those in power now will seek to legitimize what they do now by altering the rules to comply with their actions instead of vice-versa.
Better keep your powder dry, because you're going to need it.