Federal officials will go to great lengths to hide their luxurious lifestyles from the American people.
A new report indicates that Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democratic senator from Missouri, wrote to the Federal Aviation Administration to ask that tracking information on the plane be blocked from the public. She did so through the company that operates her private jet, but her intentions are clear: she didn’t want her constituents to know about her taxpayer-funded lavish lifestyle.
According to the report, she was criticized during her last election over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense that she demanded her husband "sell the damn plane." But immediately following the election she went out and bought a new, more expensive plane. Now she’s doing all she can to hide her purchase from the people she’s supposed to serve.
Those in power will always seek to use that power to benefit themselves. Human nature won’t change, but we can limit the amount of power federal officials wield.
An Article V Convention of States can propose constitutional amendments that shrink the power, scope, and jurisdiction of the federal government. It can also propose a term limits amendment, which would keep politicians like Sen. McCaskill from using her position to accumulate wealth over the course of many years. Change is possible in D.C. The people just have to use the authority granted to them under Article V of the Constitution.
