We Need a Convention of the States to End the 14th and Add Balanced Budget

[Bush92]

The 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War by a bunch of lunatics called”Radical Republicans” (who would have impeached Lincoln btw if he hadn’t been shot into martyrdom) has been the most aggressively abused Amendment in history. Citizenship, overturning states rights on gay marriage, every stupid social justice complaint ever received such as transgender teens dressing with girls in high-school locker rooms, means it needs to be overturned. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 will never be overturned so it’s safe. Crybaby leftist lawyers and judges have attempted to ruin the fabric of our society with it.
Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary in order to cut out waste in government. Department of Energy...GONE ! Planned Parenthood ... GONE ! HUD...GONE ! Food Stamps...GONE ! Head Start...GONE! Obamacare...GONE ...! Social Security for kids being raised by grandparents because their real parents shouldn’t have been allowed to breed...GONE ! Force citizens to stop being welfare bums.
What is a Convention of States? - COSAction

 

[occupied]

Waking up every morning full of rage must really suck.

 

[sparky]

Sounds like a recipe for >>>

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[Bush92]

Waking up every morning full of rage must really suck.

No rage. Just don’t like to support lazy people who are non-productive members of society.

 

[Bush92]

Sounds like a recipe for >>>

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Long as conservatives are on top.

 

[Votto]

Waking up every morning full of rage must really suck.

 

[Bush92]

Waking up every morning full of rage must really suck.

There will be many like outside the convention hall. Preferably in Dallas, Texas.

 

[Mac-7]

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[ColonelAngus]

This is a very important issue that no one is addressing.

Our economy will crumble under our debt obligation.

When will we stop? $30 trillion? $50 trillion? $100 trillion?

This should scare stupid liberals way more than BULLSHIT GLOBAL WARMING.

 

[Votto]

The 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War by a bunch of lunatics called”Radical Republicans” (who would have impeached Lincoln btw if he hadn’t been shot into martyrdom) has been the most aggressively abused Amendment in history. Citizenship, overturning states rights on gay marriage, every stupid social justice complaint ever received such as transgender teens dressing with girls in high-school locker rooms, means it needs to be overturned. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 will never be overturned so it’s safe. Crybaby leftist lawyers and judges have attempted to ruin the fabric of our society with it.
Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary in order to cut out waste in government. Department of Energy...GONE ! Planned Parenthood ... GONE ! HUD...GONE ! Food Stamps...GONE ! Head Start...GONE! Obamacare...GONE ...! Social Security for kids being raised by grandparents because their real parents shouldn’t have been allowed to breed...GONE ! Force citizens to stop being welfare bums.
What is a Convention of States? - COSAction

Before the turn of the 20th century, Progressives tried to sneak in a Federal Income tax but it was struck down by SCOTUS

Today in History: Income Tax Ruled Unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers Loan Trust Co. | Tax Foundation

Back then, they actually did not ignore the Constitution like they did now, so they simply added to the Constitution.

Since then debt has exploded exponentially, along with the creation of the Fed to give them money they can't collect with Federal taxes. The creation of the Federal Income tax without any restrictions on spending doomed the Republic.

How they did this is equally fascinating, Essentially the Prohibition amendment was the key.to sell the Federal Income tax. Before the modern personal income tax in 1913, Uncle Sam relied mainly on customs duties and liquor taxation. From 1870 through 1912 receipts from these two taxes alone accounted for more than two-thirds of federal revenues (and in many years accounted for more than 75 percent). Liquor taxes trailed only customs duties as the largest single source of revenue during the half-century preceding the modern income tax, with liquor taxes accounting for about a third of federal revenues.

At that time, alcohol was devastating society, as it does today with more people dying from alcohol than any other drug.

Alcohol overuse results in more deaths than the opioid epidemic, and most are young women

So Progressives saw this and simply combined forces with evangelicals to rid society of the murderous substance in return for their support to embrace the Federal Income tax.

Once they added the Federal Income tax to the Constitution, the desire to enforce Prohibition waned. In fact, in the documentary on Prohibition by Ken Burns is shows Congressmen bringing boot leggers to the chambers of Congress to sell them the illegal substance.

But the goal was never to make Prohibition work. The goal was to pass the Federal Income tax and then let Prohibition to fail so that they then would have taxes from both the Federal Income tax and alcohol sales.

As with everything else, it's all about money.

The icing on the cake was that Progressive could then turn right around and blame evangelicals for the initial Prohibition and it's climatic failure.

 

[kyzr]

The 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War by a bunch of lunatics called”Radical Republicans” (who would have impeached Lincoln btw if he hadn’t been shot into martyrdom) has been the most aggressively abused Amendment in history. Citizenship, overturning states rights on gay marriage, every stupid social justice complaint ever received such as transgender teens dressing with girls in high-school locker rooms, means it needs to be overturned. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 will never be overturned so it’s safe. Crybaby leftist lawyers and judges have attempted to ruin the fabric of our society with it.
Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary in order to cut out waste in government. Department of Energy...GONE ! Planned Parenthood ... GONE ! HUD...GONE ! Food Stamps...GONE ! Head Start...GONE! Obamacare...GONE ...! Social Security for kids being raised by grandparents because their real parents shouldn’t have been allowed to breed...GONE ! Force citizens to stop being welfare bums.
What is a Convention of States? - COSAction

I agree that we either need a Convention of States, or for Congress to get serious about the Budget Deficit and the $23T Debt, including a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Of the $1.4T 2020 Federal Budget $0.4T or $400b of it is interest on the $23T Debt. That is wasted $400b of taxpayer money.
Medicare will be bankrupt in 2026, and Social Security will be insolvent in 2037 unless they are "fixed" soon.

Here are recommendations to cut spending and raise revenue to start paying down the $23T Debt
A. Hire another "Grace Commission" to audit and fix the Federal budget deficit

B. B. Cut Spending: [CUT $625b a year]
1. Cut defense to 2017 levels of $600b until the Debt is reduced, saving $150b
2. Cut foreign aid $55b (until Debt is paid we can't borrow to give money away)
3. Cut Welfare $200b & Medicaid $200b (about half)
4. Cut education $20b (state responsibility)

C. To cover the $900b budget deficit the following taxes need to be raised:
1. Raise the top tax rate about 7% above 2016 levels +$400b
2. Implement a new 3% Fed sales tax (aka VAT) +$400b
3. Implement a new transaction tax on all stocks & bonds Impose a Tax on Financial Transactions | Congressional Budget Office +$100b
4. Implement a new remittances tax/fee on all money sent out of the US https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/tax_remittances_can_build_the_wall.html 2% of $140b is +$3b a year

D. Reform entitlements, Medicare & Social Security, currently projected to be insolvent:

 

[Bush92]

This is a very important issue that no one is addressing.

Our economy will crumble under our debt obligation.

When will we stop? $30 trillion? $50 trillion? $100 trillion?

This should scare stupid liberals way more than BULLSHIT GLOBAL WARMING.

Congress won’t swallow the medicine unless forced to do so.

 

[Bush92]

The 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War by a bunch of lunatics called”Radical Republicans” (who would have impeached Lincoln btw if he hadn’t been shot into martyrdom) has been the most aggressively abused Amendment in history. Citizenship, overturning states rights on gay marriage, every stupid social justice complaint ever received such as transgender teens dressing with girls in high-school locker rooms, means it needs to be overturned. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 will never be overturned so it’s safe. Crybaby leftist lawyers and judges have attempted to ruin the fabric of our society with it.
Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary in order to cut out waste in government. Department of Energy...GONE ! Planned Parenthood ... GONE ! HUD...GONE ! Food Stamps...GONE ! Head Start...GONE! Obamacare...GONE ...! Social Security for kids being raised by grandparents because their real parents shouldn’t have been allowed to breed...GONE ! Force citizens to stop being welfare bums.
What is a Convention of States? - COSAction

Before the turn of the 20th century, Progressives tried to sneak in a Federal Income tax but it was struck down by SCOTUS

Today in History: Income Tax Ruled Unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers Loan Trust Co. | Tax Foundation

Back then, they actually did not ignore the Constitution like they did now, so they simply added to the Constitution.

Since then debt has exploded exponentially, along with the creation of the Fed to give them money they can't collect with Federal taxes. The creation of the Federal Income tax without any restrictions on spending doomed the Republic.

How they did this is equally fascinating, Essentially the Prohibition amendment was the key.to sell the Federal Income tax. Before the modern personal income tax in 1913, Uncle Sam relied mainly on customs duties and liquor taxation. From 1870 through 1912 receipts from these two taxes alone accounted for more than two-thirds of federal revenues (and in many years accounted for more than 75 percent). Liquor taxes trailed only customs duties as the largest single source of revenue during the half-century preceding the modern income tax, with liquor taxes accounting for about a third of federal revenues.

At that time, alcohol was devastating society, as it does today with more people dying from alcohol than any other drug.

Alcohol overuse results in more deaths than the opioid epidemic, and most are young women

So Progressives saw this and simply combined forces with evangelicals to rid society of the murderous substance in return for their support to embrace the Federal Income tax.

Once they added the Federal Income tax to the Constitution, the desire to enforce Prohibition waned. In fact, in the documentary on Prohibition by Ken Burns is shows Congressmen bringing boot leggers to the chambers of Congress to sell them the illegal substance.

But the goal was never to make Prohibition work. The goal was to pass the Federal Income tax and then let Prohibition to fail so that they then would have taxes from both the Federal Income tax and alcohol sales.

As with everything else, it's all about money.

The icing on the cake was that Progressive could then turn right around and blame evangelicals for the initial Prohibition and it's climatic failure.

You know your history.

 

[westwall]

The 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War by a bunch of lunatics called”Radical Republicans” (who would have impeached Lincoln btw if he hadn’t been shot into martyrdom) has been the most aggressively abused Amendment in history. Citizenship, overturning states rights on gay marriage, every stupid social justice complaint ever received such as transgender teens dressing with girls in high-school locker rooms, means it needs to be overturned. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 will never be overturned so it’s safe. Crybaby leftist lawyers and judges have attempted to ruin the fabric of our society with it.
Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary in order to cut out waste in government. Department of Energy...GONE ! Planned Parenthood ... GONE ! HUD...GONE ! Food Stamps...GONE ! Head Start...GONE! Obamacare...GONE ...! Social Security for kids being raised by grandparents because their real parents shouldn’t have been allowed to breed...GONE ! Force citizens to stop being welfare bums.
What is a Convention of States? - COSAction

That would lead to one of two alternatives. The rewriting of the COTUS to turn us into a socialist hell hole, or revolution.

 

[aaronleland]

Waking up every morning full of rage must really suck.

Really. 7 AM is way too early to hate gays and immigrants.

 

[Bush92]

The 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War by a bunch of lunatics called”Radical Republicans” (who would have impeached Lincoln btw if he hadn’t been shot into martyrdom) has been the most aggressively abused Amendment in history. Citizenship, overturning states rights on gay marriage, every stupid social justice complaint ever received such as transgender teens dressing with girls in high-school locker rooms, means it needs to be overturned. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 will never be overturned so it’s safe. Crybaby leftist lawyers and judges have attempted to ruin the fabric of our society with it.
Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary in order to cut out waste in government. Department of Energy...GONE ! Planned Parenthood ... GONE ! HUD...GONE ! Food Stamps...GONE ! Head Start...GONE! Obamacare...GONE ...! Social Security for kids being raised by grandparents because their real parents shouldn’t have been allowed to breed...GONE ! Force citizens to stop being welfare bums.
What is a Convention of States? - COSAction

That would lead to one of two alternatives. The rewriting of the COTUS to turn us into a socialist hell hole, or revolution.

Whole Constitution would not be debated. Just these two that were placed before the States.

 

[Bush92]

Waking up every morning full of rage must really suck.

Really. 7 AM is way too early to hate gays and immigrants.

No...no hatred. Also..no I love my country from sun-up to sundown. USA! USA!

 

[Lysistrata]

No decent, patriotic American would be against the guarantees of due process and the equal protection of the law. I wonder what evil a person who is against these guarantees wants to do to others.

 

[Votto]

The 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War by a bunch of lunatics called”Radical Republicans” (who would have impeached Lincoln btw if he hadn’t been shot into martyrdom) has been the most aggressively abused Amendment in history. Citizenship, overturning states rights on gay marriage, every stupid social justice complaint ever received such as transgender teens dressing with girls in high-school locker rooms, means it needs to be overturned. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 will never be overturned so it’s safe. Crybaby leftist lawyers and judges have attempted to ruin the fabric of our society with it.
Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary in order to cut out waste in government. Department of Energy...GONE ! Planned Parenthood ... GONE ! HUD...GONE ! Food Stamps...GONE ! Head Start...GONE! Obamacare...GONE ...! Social Security for kids being raised by grandparents because their real parents shouldn’t have been allowed to breed...GONE ! Force citizens to stop being welfare bums.
What is a Convention of States? - COSAction

Before the turn of the 20th century, Progressives tried to sneak in a Federal Income tax but it was struck down by SCOTUS

Today in History: Income Tax Ruled Unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers Loan Trust Co. | Tax Foundation

Back then, they actually did not ignore the Constitution like they did now, so they simply added to the Constitution.

Since then debt has exploded exponentially, along with the creation of the Fed to give them money they can't collect with Federal taxes. The creation of the Federal Income tax without any restrictions on spending doomed the Republic.

How they did this is equally fascinating, Essentially the Prohibition amendment was the key.to sell the Federal Income tax. Before the modern personal income tax in 1913, Uncle Sam relied mainly on customs duties and liquor taxation. From 1870 through 1912 receipts from these two taxes alone accounted for more than two-thirds of federal revenues (and in many years accounted for more than 75 percent). Liquor taxes trailed only customs duties as the largest single source of revenue during the half-century preceding the modern income tax, with liquor taxes accounting for about a third of federal revenues.

At that time, alcohol was devastating society, as it does today with more people dying from alcohol than any other drug.

Alcohol overuse results in more deaths than the opioid epidemic, and most are young women

So Progressives saw this and simply combined forces with evangelicals to rid society of the murderous substance in return for their support to embrace the Federal Income tax.

Once they added the Federal Income tax to the Constitution, the desire to enforce Prohibition waned. In fact, in the documentary on Prohibition by Ken Burns is shows Congressmen bringing boot leggers to the chambers of Congress to sell them the illegal substance.

But the goal was never to make Prohibition work. The goal was to pass the Federal Income tax and then let Prohibition to fail so that they then would have taxes from both the Federal Income tax and alcohol sales.

As with everything else, it's all about money.

The icing on the cake was that Progressive could then turn right around and blame evangelicals for the initial Prohibition and it's climatic failure.

You know your history.

And I did not learn it from a Progressive state run educational system. Go figure.

About 80% of Americans favor a balanced budget amendment, but Congress will NEVER put restraints on their spending, so without a convention of the states to force it upon them, it will never happen.

I would also add to that term limits for Congress where, again, about 80% of Americans favor this but Congress will NEVER put limits on their own power, so it must be imposed upon them.

Come on democrats, do speak! Do you believe in democracy or don't you? Congress will see to it that democracy will fail in these instances the best they know how.

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[Bush92]

No decent, patriotic American would be against the guarantees of due process and the equal protection of the law. I wonder what evil a person who is against these guarantees wants to do to others.

6th Amendment already guarantees procedural due process. Through the 6th and the Courts substantive due process is guaranteed. Radical Republicans passed it for purely political reasons. Nothing more. Wanted to force the South to become a Republican stronghold for generations...at gun point. Wish Preston Brooks would have caned Thaddeus Stephens as well. He already left that liberal Massachusetts big mouth Sumner with brain damage.