We are a nation of immigrants. Many who founded this nation had fled persecution and famine in Europe to enjoy the freedom of conscience and the just prosperity of their own labor. Perhaps, the “native Americans” came across the Bering Strait with those same hopes and dreams. My relatives fled Poland, Ireland, and Wales in pursuit of that dream. They all left family, jobs,, and the familiar in the hope that they could live free. In their freedom, they yearned to exercise their talents, skills, strengths, and conscience to receive the just fruits of their sacrifice and labor. Millions still do.
Recent immigrants have never expected success and prosperity to be an inherent birthright, but have always pushed beyond the language barriers, and lack of cash flow or outside help to create their own opportunities through persistence and sheer determination. We applaud and admire that determination and confidence. That spirit is what has made America great – not the government's help, handouts, and freebies.
If anything, government programs have given generations of native citizens a sense of entitlement without work. Such aid sets up expectations not connected with reality while fostering a reliance on the government to provide for their needs and childish desires. Federal subsidies were originally crafted for merely short-term, emergency aid for those who struggle.
The Federal Government has been incapable of balancing its budget through multiple 4-year presidential cycles and has burdened future generations with 36 trillion dollars in debt ($98,500 per person). This is not sustainable. We must force our government to balance its budget.
There is a tool within our United States Constitution that harnesses the authority of the 50 states to propose and then adopt constitutional amendments to the US Constitution which will require the federal government to balance their checkbook without excessive taxation!
The Convention of States (COS) offers a Constitutionally authorized way to propose amendments to address the Constitutional problems like the debt plaguing America…the problems that impede the American dream.
Nineteen (19) states have passed the same resolution proposing an Article V state amending convention; other states will consider COS legislation this year. According to Article V of the U.S. Constitution, 34 states are required to call a state amending convention. Amendment ratification requires 38 states.
Considering the Federal Government’s intrusion in all aspects of our lives, its exorbitant spending, and disconnected career politicians in Washington, Americans are lucky our Founders gave us Article V which empowers the citizenry to affect real change by proposing amendments that Congress will not.
To learn more, go to www.conventionofstates.com. Better yet, when you get there, sign the petition on the website and become a grassroots activist at your nearest in-person local COS meeting.
