Originally Posted by
Williamsmith
I haven't formed a dogmatic opinion yet but your assertion requires one to accept that a system functioning as it is.....not making any progress in any direction......is a system which while it will not improve upon conditions, won't decay them. I feel that inaction at the federal level through gridlock or whatever name you want to call it, necessarily results in decay.
Current government is totally unworkable. Removing Congress, the Executive Branch, The Courts and Governors from the process is a method the founders provided to guard against a federal government-Congress- that refuses to do what is best for the states.
If the states can make progress on anything, whether it be a balanced budget amendment or a right to healthcare amendment....or many other issues currently being tossed around without compromise.....then if we refuse to try the alternative method provided by the Constitution....aren't we failing to use a tool that might improve our nation out of an unfounded anxiety that something might go wrong?