How close are we to a Convention of States?

The problem is keeping the Left out of the process. Nothing could be worse.

I'm honestly starting to think that all of this disagreement and arguing is just a ruse; something to distract us from what really is happening from our government. We come in here and yell and scream at each other and say nothing is getting done in Washington yet hundreds of new bills, amendments, and regulations are passed and enacted every year.

I have no idea or proof of what the end game is, but something doesn't add up. If the R's and D's hate each other so much how do new laws keep being generated?

As to balancing the budget, the American people want the idea of it, but a lot of people don't want the measures to make it so.

One would think that only GOP controlled states would be up for it, and even at 100% participation from them (I believe it is 32 at the moment), that would still not be enough, unfortunately.

Man I haven't seen that show in a long time. I need to see if Netflix or YouTube has some episodes. One of the many benefits of little kids is i can watch cartoons again and not be judged, at least too harshly

Google Ralph and Sam. Pretty sure they have some toons posted on there.

Here's one:

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There isn't a both sides. It's one big side.

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Exactly. The federal government runs exactly how the 535 members of congress and the president want it to run.

That is why pukes and dims both were (are) united against Trump. He may try to change their game. They like their game. Trump better go along or he will be outed. The potential game changer has no allies.

I always hearken back to that famous scene from The Distinguished Gentleman, which back then, seemed like an over the top caricature of Washington. Now, it seems almost based in reality.

"Tell me something, with all this money floatin' around how does anything ever done?"

"That's the beauty of the system, it doesn't."

Attend and submit you amendment for consideration. Don't just whine about it. Take action.

I think on the issue of a Balanced Budget Amendment we may be only 1-2 away.

Would you end up with a runaway convention? Hard to say.

I know currently, pending in the Texas Legislature, is a resolution calling for a Convention of States. The resolution also 1) repeals every prior resolution made except for one (I don't know the subject but maybe Balanced Budget) and 2) makes any vote outside of subjects specifically authorized by the Legislature to be invalid and the delegate immediately stripped of his powers.