[willgolfforfood]

Yeah, it hurt. But in a span of very few years, we also got the direct election of Senators, another amendment to allow a federal income tax, and the creation of the Federal Reserve.

No nation based on freedom and liberty was going to withstand this onslaught indefinitely. It took about 100 years, but we finally have more leaks in the dike than we can plug.

[Gondring]

BTTT

[visualops]

direct election of Senators

I think that perhaps has done the most damage as it cultivated the cronyism and the palm-greasing among other problems. The next most damaging is the lack of term limits. No good can come of the same people serving decade after decade. I don't think giving women the vote is the problem that actually should be attributed to an ignorant citizenry (of both sexes), the growth of the welfare state, and the growth of powerful huge unions.

[hocndoc]

“But in a span of very few years, we also got the direct election of Senators, another amendment to allow a federal income tax, and the creation of the Federal Reserve.”

Men alone voted for these Amendments, right?

What a waste of time, this divisive talk is — what happened a hundred years ago, happened. Wouldn’t it be better to reverse these or at least get control of the Fed rather than divide conservative women from conservative men?

[DrewsMum]

Ok, Will someone explain to me all the hostility towards the 17th amendment? (besides the fact that many progressive/socialist types helped to get it passed) I just don’t get it...