The States are Allowing Washington to Walk All Over Them

In this life there will be tribulation. How do we know that? There always has been; nothing goes smoothly for ever. Besides that, aren’t we told in the Bible, which was written millennia ago that that is just the way it is?
In great measure, America has lived in such a magical bubble for so long that most of us alive today came to believe that it was our birthright. Well, it is not; we have had enormous problems in the past, we have them now, and we will have them again in the future.
What’s at the bottom of the political turmoil we are facing today? It boils down to one prevailing problem: Our political system is now functioning so poorly that problems are left to fester and to grow into much larger ones.
The overarching question we face as a nation is simply this: Are we going to return to a constitutional democracy, founded upon law, where the people have the final word, or are we to be governed by non-representatives.
Today our government in Washington largely ignores the Constitution, which they have sworn to uphold. Each branch may well believe they are doing what’s best for the country, but in so doing, we are not following the Constitution.
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It is past time that the states get off their hands and restore
Washington to its proper, Constitutional role.
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The proper structure is one where people of each state send their representatives to Congress, where they deliberate, then pass the laws, which the president is sworn to administer.
Instead, in important ways, these representatives don’t even see the laws they are asked to vote on until the last minute, much less inject the views of their constituents. And at the presidential level, the president is now deciding which laws he will and will not enforce. Further, he is dictating to Congress what laws he wants them to pass, along with the threat that, if you refuse to act collectively, he will act unilaterally.
So, are we to despair? Are we to think that there is no place to go but down? Absolutely not! The genius of the Constitution is that its framers anticipated all kinds of problems, and made a provision for their rectification.
Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma states bluntly that government in Washington is broken, and cannot fix itself; so, the states will have to do it. If 38 of the 50 states agree, the Constitution stands amended. One such change Sen. Coburn recommends is term limits for congressmen/women and senators, just as we did when upon Franklin Roosevelt’s death; we passed the 22nd Amendment, limiting the president to two terms.
The states have to make that change because this dysfunctional Congress would never agree. The fact is, states have powers they are not exercising; they have been idle too long. The states in great measure have cleaned up their deficit problems, and now they need to force Washington to do likewise. They can amend the Constitution to get us back on track all by themselves; they don’t need Congress’ nor the president’s approval.
Washington has totally forgotten that we are a union of states. It is past time that the states get off their hands and restore Washington to its proper, Constitutional role.
From the Bible:
Love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13: 6