Conservatives’ vision for the United States: One nation, indivisible…sort of
Eric Cantor is such a patriot. He’s so patriotic he’s a sking us all just to listen — only LISTEN — to how conservatives want to “give power back to the states” via a federal ” repeal amendment “, recently introduced in the Virginia assembly. The [sponsors] say the plan is a response to the federal overreach created by “two ‘progressive’ constitutional amendments adopted in 1913″ — the 16th Amendment creating a federal income tax and the 17th Amendment allowing for the direct election of U.S. Senators, which were previously appointed by state legislatures. Here’s how their plan works: We elect a President and a Congress. Then we let them write their bills, debate their bills, pass their bills. After the President signs it into law, states can repeal it if 2/3rds of them agree. The states can blow it up and nullify it, subject to an override of 2/3rds of Congress. Round and round and round she goes…just one big endless nonstop loop. It’s a conservative wet dream, because nothing could ever get done. No business of government could ever be transacted as a nation, which means even less standing in the global arena and more grandstanding at home. Load a few more tea partiers into state and national governments and we can look forward to gridlock after gridlock after gridlock. Which is, of course, a home run for conservatives.
Conservatives’ vision for the United States: One nation, indivisible…sort of
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on December 2, 2010. Filed under