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To your point, here is another of his absurd claims. >the president would still be checked by Congress and by the states The states haven't been able to "chec
by learc83 14y ago
To your point, here is another of his absurd claims.
>the president would still be checked by Congress and by the states
The states haven't been able to "check" the Federal government since the Civil War.
- natrius 14y agoI'd put the date a little later: 1913. The ratification of the 17th Amendment got rid of the states' representatives in the federal government. Most citizens don't care about the particular divisions of power between levels of government, and now that state legislatures can't effectively defend their purview, it shrinks by the day.
- jrs235 14y agoThis is also why the Senate can't start tax authorizing bills... The states weren't suppose to be able to raise taxes on the people for feudal matters, only the people should be able to do so through their representation in the federal government, the House of Representatives. I think we could fix a lot of issues by repealing the 17th amendment.
- jrs235 14y ago*feudal -> federal