Our founding fathers were as wary of a truly democratis government as they were concerned of an all powerful central government. The Seventeenth Amendment and Supreme Court decisions have moved our country to the populist camp. Senators and Representatives are paralyzed by their fear of what the voters think. We now have government of, by and for the polls.
I disagree to a point. I believe that our Representatives are no longer "paralyzed by their fear". I believe their arrogance and the incumbent system that continues to allow them to sit for decades in our Fedgov has emboldened them and they have NO fear of leaving their cushy and powerful status.
What's the answer?:
1. Term limits: Unfortunately, a Constitutional amendment won't happen because the incumbents simply won't allow it. Although, there is the ability of the Individual States to push for such, but that won't happen either;
2. A better solution...STATE NULLIFICATION: How simple would it be for any 1 or 5 or 7 States to just say no? What would the Fedgov do? Cut off funding for such State? Okay. Then what if the State simply stopped forwarding their tax receipts to DC??? What could DC do?
I say nothing other than lawsuits that would drag on for years and keep the dipwads in DC distracted! That alone would be worthwhile. What a great debate that would cause. I, personally, would give my life, fortune, and sacred honor for such a conflict.
This is not the 1860's. The Fedgov will not use the military to invade any State who says they won't follow un-Constitutional mandates. It just won't happen.
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