There they go again; he said, she said, they're immature, no you are blah blah blah.
The debt ceiling sounds like it should be important to America, but for the last umpteen years, almost every six months the debt ceiling is raised. It doesn't matter who the President is. So how is it the case that this needs to be done so often? GIVEAWAYS!! Yup, those good ole entitlements everyone loves to get but no one wants to pay for. They range from earned income tax credit, to mortgage interest right-offs, to education, free lunch programs, head start programs, illegal aliens going to college programs, national healthcare, farm subsidies, and all other sorts of subsidies, food stamps, and all of these have got to be paid for. First, the politicians "give" them to you, now you'll re-elect them into power because the opponent doesn't have the clout or party behind him to do the same thing then they have to borrow more money to pay for these, so they have to raise the limit which they can borrow .... it's the "good ole boy's" system, and that all started back in 1913.
Here's how we got there and it is also the simple way of getting out of this eternal mess: America has to repeal the XVIIth Amendment. It is that rascally amendment that made electing US Senators by popular vote instead of the Constitutional way of having the states send representatives to DC.
Citizens have control over their state elections to the extent they can oust a politician very easily, every election cycle. It is the Legislators we elect that elect US representatives for us....they are in DC to make certain each state is represented, and not a political party, but THAT no longer happens.
Think about this, why is there only a 2 party system. If fact, why is there a party of any kind? It's because lobbyists and big money people can get votes the way they want them, citizens be damned. Rules in each state make it almost impossible to get someone elected who is not endorsed by one of the 2 major parties. If they do get elected, they cannot get a good committee seat. Maybe they can't get their bills presented for a vote. AND If they have a good bill, they will have to agree to vote for something else, even if they are opposed to it, or their bill doesn't get presented. You see where I'm going. And all of this can be changed so our state representatives can once again represent us and not those people or companies that can donate large sums of money to their campaign (and then whom do you think they will vote to represent?).
A lot of things will change with the repealing of the XVIIth Amendment because rules will have to be changed in both DC houses. I seriously doubt that pork barrel will ever be what it is today. There are over 50,000 lobbyists, oh yeah, a lot of them are X-politicians in DC, and K-Street will have to send those people packing. Remember, popularly elected party politicians do not have your best interest at heart. They reach out to their old friends, they give themselves raises and medical and retirement packages for merely "serving" just 10 years in office (the DC Congress has increased its wealth by over 3,690% this year....how are you doing?) and they argue over the debt ceiling they cause to have to be raised. It's not you or me that makes this happen. The politicians enact programs they do not have the Constitutional authority to enact, then they raise the debt ceiling to borrow more money to administer these programs, and down the road either raise taxes to pay for them or they increase fees, or enact pay-go as if it is our gluttony they are trying to solve.
Read what the XVIIth Amendment says, then look at what Article 1. section 3 says; the Amendment changed just 4 words but it polluted the process immeasurably. Now look at your US Senate and tell me if that gang of 100, 90 year men can be stopped by repeal. Restore the power to the people by way of the Constitution. A revolution was fought to give it to us; men lost their wealth and fortunes to give it to us; can you find it in your heart to give up your entitlements and restore the power of DC back to the people?
Call or write your state representatives and seek to have the XVIIth Amendment repealed so Article 1. section 3. can once again, be the law of the Constitution. Send those vultures packing. They've profited from our ignorance and complacency for too long.
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