Ever notice that the only people who support socialism are the ones who have never lived in truly socialist countries? There's a reason for that.
As Cuban immigrant and American citizen Maximo Alvarez explained during an emotional speech at the Republican National Convention, socialist policies lead nowhere but poverty and misery. Free healthcare, education, and income might sound good now, but the costs could be more than our country can bear.
"The country I was born in is gone. Totally destroyed," he said. "And when I see the history being rewritten, when I hear the promises, I hear echoes of the former life I never wanted to hear again."
Socialism is on the rise in the United States, but the Founders gave us a way to fight back.
An Article V Convention of States is called and controlled by the states and has the power to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments can do what our divided Congress never will -- propose amendments that erect a firewall against big-government socialism.
These amendments can limit the federal government's jurisdiction to only those issues expressly mentioned in the Constitution. All other topics will be left to the states -- healthcare, education, the environment, etc.
The federal government's rapidly expanding power and size must be held in check. The tool to do that is within our reach -- we just have to use it.
Sign the petition below to join the Article V movement!