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DallasNE

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12. There Is A Good Reason That There Has Never Been A Call For
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 01:28 AM
Feb 2013

A Constitutional Convention and it should be obvious.

It is called the Constitutional amendment process. When a proposed amendment gets a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress and 2/3 of the States ratify it it becomes part of the Constitution. It has been done 20 something times. The first 10 of those is called the Bill of Rights.

Now if you take away the taxing authority how do you pay for a bloated military. Obviously, Social Security and Medicare are dead because the payroll tax is dead. National parks would be dead but the States could take those over but what kind of fee schedule would they put in place. While most of Yellowstone is in Wyoming there are parts of it that are in Idaho and Montana so how does that work.

While getting rid of the Commerce Clause would end Obamacare it would end a whole lot else as well and I don't think much thought has been given to all of the ramifications of doing this. It would be the end of America as we know it and that is not an overstatement. And this passed the Indiana Senate? What could these brain dead nuts have been thinking.

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Another attempt at starving the beast. jerseyjack Feb 2013 #1
Half a dozen pipoman Feb 2013 #2
HA! LET them try to repeal the Commerce Clause and Taxing authority! elleng Feb 2013 #3
Sadly, they might get their way Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #4
They control both chambers here. :( silvershadow Feb 2013 #5
K&R DeSwiss Feb 2013 #6
Some of the most-liked comments: alp227 Feb 2013 #7
Re: "... irrational ones having their own theocracy, rational ones becoming provinces of Canada ..." Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #14
even OHIO = Jesusland???? alp227 Feb 2013 #15
mmmmmm - Iowa also rurallib Feb 2013 #27
How would a constitutional convention work? drm604 Feb 2013 #8
I don't knoow, but you can bet I will be finding out long beforehand. silvershadow Feb 2013 #13
There is no way they'll reach the threshold for it to happen davidpdx Feb 2013 #17
No! No! No! the Teahad Jindalists are not allowed to dismantle and fuck up the constitution! NBachers Feb 2013 #9
Hard to imagine a worse idea at this time than a consitutional convention. merrily Feb 2013 #10
Good lord no, this is a fucking dangerous idea. Initech Feb 2013 #11
Yep. Constitutional amendments these days are always about restricting rights. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #18
There Is A Good Reason That There Has Never Been A Call For DallasNE Feb 2013 #12
If we had John2 Feb 2013 #19
The rural areas would lose. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #20
good analogy LittleGirl Feb 2013 #21
On the National Park Issue Drale Feb 2013 #26
One you one Pandora’s box it is open to everything. Not just the things these republicans want reverend_tim Feb 2013 #16
Yes and things would not work out as many would think either thetruthhurtsforsome Feb 2013 #22
I suggest this could go John2 Feb 2013 #24
Dear Goddess, get me out of here .... Myrina Feb 2013 #23
Take me with you! nt silvershadow Feb 2013 #25
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