[PeterPrinciple]

The states may well be the key, BUT they are firmly attached to the FedGov money spiggots.

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So when does the federal govt run out of money? The USSR went broke and NO ONE wanted to put the centralized power back together.

[jdirt]

We could use a Constitutional Convention to amend article V of the Constitution.

Article V describes how the Constitution is to be amended. The following is what needs to be amended from article V.
1. require a single issue convention only
2. the congress will have no part whatsoever in any constitutional convention
3. applications for a convention should be limited to one amendment

Then it will be safe to call a constitutional convention to amend the constitution.

Please read, excellent article on how to do this:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No3_Rogersonline.pdf