What is really bothering me is 75% of the people (CNN poll even) support a balanced budget amendment, and they also support by close to that amount term limits on the legislative branch.
There are currently what, 29 Republican governors, and at least as many upper and lower houses in the states? Can’t they put together enough moderate Democrat governors and legislatures to call for a Constitutional Convention and let the 50 states decide? This way they can put it to all the states to ratify, completely bypassing both the executive and legislative branches at the federal level.
The states have true power in this process, and they are the ones having it taken by Washington every day. It will only take 3/4 of the states to ratify this, I can’t believe that this can’t get done with the turmoil in Washington right now, its not even being talked about!!
Put a smackdown on both parties at the federal level and especially the president. Put a balanced budget amendment and a term limits amendment up for vote, its what the people want. Washington refuses to limit themselves and the states will go down right along with Washington, even the ones working their asses off to remain in the black and be fiscally responsible are getting hurt big-time by Obama.
Term limits should be 6 in the house and 2 in the senate lifetime, IMHO.
We really, really, really, really, really do not want a Constitutional Convention right now. What comes out of that given the current makeups of the states and likely delegates, would be the addition of several ‘rights’ and the loss of things like your right to keep and bear arms.
Are you out of your mind? If you think for one minute that our creditors don't already have a "new constitution" drafted, one that robs this nation of any future in return for an ephemeral spending fix, I've got news for you.
Not exactly a conservative position. There is no telling what kind of horrors would await us if such a thing would come to fruition. Certainly the enviro-nuts have their own "constitution" already written and ready to be foisted upon the masses, to say nothing of the 2nd amendment (remember how anti-gun Biden is).