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>> Anyone who does not recognize the danger of opening up our Constitution to tinkering by State Governments which have bought into the Tyranny the Federal Government maintains qualifies, either as a "stealth liberal" or a useful idiot, imho. <<

A lot of freepers can't accept the basic fact that many state governments are just as bad or WORSE than the federal government when it comes to abusing their powers and establishing tyrannical unconstitutional laws against their citizens. They live in their fantasy world that "the states" are all controlled by Thomas Jefferson-like statesmen who want to safeguard the rights of Americans and return us to the society that "the founders" envisioned.

In reality, even solidly Republican states that are strong "conservative" on paper, like Alaska, have some really awful people in power at the state level. Worse, many of them rig the system so they stay in power at the state level regardless of how their state's citizens feel about them (my state house speaker currently has about a 22% approval rating but the gerrymandered legislature is guaranteed to re-elect him Speaker for eternity) There's a reason why Lisa Murkowski ended up as a U.S. Senator, and if the 17th was repealed, she'd be there for life.

If the people want to take back their government, then they must rise to the occasion. But to think those who now hold political power at the federal and state level will work in the people's best interest if a convention were called, is to believe the fox can be trusted to care for America’s chickens.

JWK

Reaching across the aisle and bipartisanship is Washington Newspeak to subvert the Constitution and screw the American People.

The links don't explain how this is calculated but I have heard this argument before many times. (keep in mind that when GOP governors turn down spending on stuff like medicare expansion they get crucified for it by Dems and media)

Delaware residents, who voted overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama in 2012, get 50 cents in federal funding for every $1 in federal income taxes they pay.
Mississippi — 55.5% for Mitt Romney — cashes in with $3.07 in federal funding for every dollar paid in income taxes.
Those findings come from a new analysis by WalletHub. The personal finance social network crunched returns on taxes paid to the federal government, federal funding as a percent of state revenue and the number of federal employees per capita to conclude that Red States “are altogether more reliant on federal funding than Blue States.”
That often correlates to lower state taxes. “The more dependent a state is on the federal government, the less likely it is to charge high tax rates,” Wallethub says.
Some of the results correspond with a recent study by the Tax Foundation, which showed that federal aid accounted for 45.8% of Mississippi’s revenue, ranking it first. The Magnolia state also has among the lowest tax burdens in the nation.
Of course, there are exceptions. Kansas, for instance, gets back less than it sends to the federal government. Some 60% of the state’s voters favored Mr. Romney.
The above map shows one WalletHub metric: how many dollars in federal funding state taxpayers receive for every one dollar in federal income taxes they pay. The figures exclude loans and guarantees

Which States Take the Most From the U.S. Government? (Mar 27, 2014 WSJ Business )