[PapaBear3625]

The two amendments, plus the creation of the Federal Reserve. Then the following year WWI starts, and results in a major expansion of the federal government.

[mick]

Bingo !! Any discussion about repealing the 16th and 17th Amendments must also include abolishing the Federal Reserve Bank to insure a return to the limited constitutional republic created by our Founders

I would only add that we also repeal the Pendleton Act of 1883...which protects civil servants from being fired without cause...WE NEED TO CLEAN HOUSE AND THIS ACT PREVENTS THAT FROM HAPPENING !!