the 10th Amendment - a rough draft letter to the editor....

i'd appreciate constructive criticism on this one - thanks!

Lately I’ve heard a great many people wondering what we can do beyond calling our elected representatives in Washington D.C. to save our nation from a slide into socialism and restore common sense….So I’ve been thinking…maybe we have been calling the wrong people…maybe we should be calling people a little closer to home.

The States, all 50 of them, our elected state representatives specifically - have abdicated their responsibilities to us, and have stood by silently while letting the federal government bully them and bribe them with our federal tax dollars as the 10th amendment has been ignored on all sides and massive federal overreach has occurred.

Amendment 10 - The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

In Article one, section eight in the U.S. Constitution, you will find the powers and responsibilities of the Congress laid out, and they are limited.

In Article two, section two, you will find the powers of the President spelled out, and they are even more limited.

They all need a very firm reminder of these limitations, but they have shown themselves to be far too disconnected from the public and reality, and too addicted to the powers they have given themselves - which is why we need to take a different approach and press our state officials into finally standing up for us, and stand up to the federal government, and tell them NO MORE - Either follow the constitution OR ELSE - The continued disregard of the document that gives our Union form, will be seen as the Constitution being voided, and the union held together by it - Dissolved.

Find your elected state representatives here -

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories.shtml

Now contact them and tell them to start doing their job!

In Liberty, Zak Carter