It's that time of year again.
Christmas trees line every store, lights are strung on every house, and the federal government is scrambling to put together a budget that will undoubtedly dig our nation deeper into debt.
This year, the conflict is coming from the Democrats' unwillingness to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. ABC News reports:
Congress has already succeeded with the low-hanging fruit -- sending Trump bipartisan legislation to fund five of 12 areas of appropriations. But there are still seven bills that have not advanced all the way through Congress and require consideration by Dec. 7, when current funding expires.
One critical bill that lawmakers continue to grapple with is funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes jurisdiction over border security.
Trump has repeated his demands for $5 billion toward building a wall at the southern border, threatening to shut down the government if Congress sends him a continuing resolution that does not include funding for border security.
"[A shutdown] could happen over border security. The wall is just a part of border security -- a very important part -- probably the most important part," Trump told reporters last Thursday. "But could there be a shutdown? There certainly could, and it will be about border security, of which the wall is a part.
The President is right, at least in part. The less the federal government gets involved in our daily lives, the better. Shutting down the feds for a few days might not be the end of the world.
Still, it's tough to trust the federal government with billions of dollars in annual tax revenue when they replay the same shutdown crisis over and over and over.
That, combined with the $21 trillion dollar debt, massive unfunded liabilities, and no balanced budget, proves that our federal officials are incapable of managing hard-earned taxpayer dollars.
That's why millions of Americans have joined the Convention of States Project. An Article V Convention of States can propose constitutional amendments that both force the feds to be fiscally responsible and limit their power and jurisdiction.
These amendments can include a balanced budget amendment, spending limits, and tax caps. They can also include provisions that get the feds out of healthcare, education, and the dozens of additional areas of expense the feds try -- and fail -- to manage.
The feds will continue to mismanage our money unless we put a stop to it. Fortunately, the Founders gave us a way to do just that with a Convention of States.
Sign the Convention of States Petition below to get involved!
