[fporretto]

Repealing the 17th Amendment would be a good thing, but to put an end to Washington's voracity, it's the 16th that has to go. The 16th Amendment is what makes redistribution, and therefore the special-interest dynamic, the driving force of American politics.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Curmudgeon Emeritus of Eternity Road

[gargoyle]

...Hmmm, interesting point ya got there on the 16th. I'm for repeal of the 17th. and maybe the 27th...

...Reminds me of a year ago. I attended a talk by Rand Paul, here in Lex KY. It was a republican meeting, and, independent, conservative, libertarian me, infiltrated the meeting. I brought up the 17th issue during the Q and A. He urged me to switch my party affiliation to republican, for the primary Though I support Paul for senator, I disagree that 2012 would not be a good time to take action, and I made it clear. When I asked him to pledge this in the future, and sign my Heritage pocket Constitution on the page of the 17th, he did...

...For all it's worth, I got him by the ass!!!