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States don't need to form an article 5 convention, they just need to assert rightful dominance over a tyrannical federal behemoth that has gone outside it's bounds. Nothing in the Constitution needs to be changed, but many federal government entities need ELIMINATED!
Like hell. 17th Amendment needs to be repealed. It was after that went into effect DC started to get powerful.
ForcedTQ saysNothing in the Constitution needs to be changed, but many federal government entities need ELIMINATED!
Like hell. 17th Amendment needs to be repealed. It was after that went into effect DC started to get powerful.
Senators got/kept/lost their jobs before that at the behest of the state governments. Afterwards, they cared more about what they got from their donors, like House members.
The Senate under the control of the States was meant as a check on Congress by the States.
The biggest area where the States gave up their "rights" pertains to finance. 49 states have balanced budget amendments This forces them to raise taxes when they spend more money. Recessions are particularly harsh on the States as they are unable to counter reduced demand by counter cyclical spending.
This would lead to a deflationary spiral.
The Federal government has no constraints on spending (they can borrow massive amounts). By going into debt they are not beholden to raising taxes.
The States get about a third of their budgets from transfers from the Federal government. Since the States don't have a credit card, they simply use the Federal credit card, but don't really talk about it. An enormous percentage of the Federal deficit can be explained as transfers to the States.
This thread is for discussing the US Constitution.
True, one surprising thing is that we do not have a democracy, at least not a direct one where the people vote on the laws.