I have many concerns about the COS. The proposed ammendments I have seen address symptoms, not the root cause of our problems.
There is no mention of repealing the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which is the main cause of the out of control spending.
No one has suggested repeal of the War Powers Act of 1933, that gives the president the authority to act as a dictator during an emergency declared by the president. The emergenccy declaredc by Roosevelt in 1933 has never been recended, add to that the emergencys declared for the "War on Poverty, "the War on Drugs," The war on Terrorism," etc. .
It seems as if everyone sees it as my State Representative does, "We've got to do something," to which i reply to him "even if it is wrong," he wont disagree with that.
To cure the ill of progressivism, we must first restore federalism.
Federalism was the KEYSTONE to the American republic. It is what distinguished our republic from all others going back to antiquity. Ratification of the 17th Amendment rendered our republic little different from so very many before us. The wonder is that it took so long for an Obama to appear.
I make no promises, no guarantees. At a minimum I hope state delegates will grasp the concept of federalism and return their states to the senate. In my dream, the government would be super-federalized as per Mark Levin's suggested amendments.
It is absolutely necessary that power be distributed once again between the states and the government they and the people created.
I got with my state rep last summer and spent almost an hour discussing Article V. He wasn't aware of it. He listened politely until I explained that he and his fellows in Tallahassee would have input as to treaties and judicial appointments. At that, his eyes lit up. He understood.
I address it in my proposed amendment for Financial Responsibility, here. It is not a repeal, because a repealed law may be reenacted. It addresses the fundamental problem of continual and unchecked incurance of debt — I think you might like it.