In November 2024, WE told them they were wrong. There are things wrong with the Legislative Branch of the United State that Congress will never fix itself. However, the United States Constitution gave us the power to fix issues the Congress refuses to correct. In my opinion, there are two very high priority issues We the People need to accept as missions.
First, We must sponsor a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for all federal elected officials. The seeds of the corruption in Washington, DC, lie in the funding of election and reelection campaigns. Therefore, it seems the best solution might be to establish a limit of one term for each elected official. I like one four-year term for the House, one six-year term for the Senate and one eight-year term for the President. There would no longer be much incentive to pay off elected officials because they will not be in office long enough to be a productive investment. No longer would elected officials come into office as paupers and leave as millionaires. Congress will never butcher the cash cow system they now covet.
The second priority, in my opinion, is for We the People to sponsor a constitutional amendment for a balanced annual federal budget. This is almost always talked about at every election, but nothing has ever been done. It is time for that to change. It will be up to We the People to force that change. Success in getting a balanced budget amendment through would close the open checkbook and credit Congress now uses, which has produced the more than $323,000 debt every taxpayer in America owes. Congress will never give up their ability to provide pork projects for the people funding their reelections.
The vehicle for making this happen is detailed in Article V of the United States Constitution. At present, 19 of the 34 needed state legislatures have agreed that there is a need for a Convention of States to address potential constitutional amendments.
It is now time for us to step up and help where we can. If not now, when? If not us, who? Are you going to accept this mission?