Tatsit
01-02-2009, 10:26 PM
Note: This letter is a good template -- Also it is very important that you understand what Article V of the constitution, and what a constitutional convention is all about before reading:
http://www.itsourfreedom.com/forum/i...p?a=topic&t=75
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The link to this article on the forum is:
http://jbs.meetup.com/13/messages/boards/thread/6022800/#24061024
And:
http://www.itsourfreedom.com/forum/i...?a=topic&t=124
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Dear Congressman Chaffetz:
As a registered voter and a constituent of yours in Utah District #3, I thought you wouldn't mind a brief note from me on the topic of your proposed Constitutional Amendment attempt that would be initiated by you to seek to convince the U.S. Congress to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment. These two articles have already introduced your idea to Utahans:
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705273910,00.html
http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/c...476?source=rss
Congressman Chaffetz, I wondered if you were aware that there is no need for a Balanced Budget Amendment, since Congress already has the power to balance the budget at any time simply by voting a majority vote to do so?
What's needed in America are citizens, an electorate, who understand that government should live within its income; voters who would force out of office spendthrift Congressmen who continue to spend more that revenue collections, year after year, leading us into over $11 Trillion of indebtedness.
What's needed are Congressmen who actually obey the Constitution and only pass legislation that is in compliance with the Constitution, that is that does not go beyond the few enumerated powers granted to Congress and Presidents. What's needed is an understanding among Americans and Congressmen that socialist programs (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, social security's ponzi scheme), socialist bailouts, and unconstitutional wars, unconstitutional foreign aid, and governmental departments are milking America of her wealth and should not be voted for.
In 2001, the Utah Legislature, without a dissenting vote, passed HJR-15, a resolution to rescind all of Utah's applications to Congress to hold an Article V Convention, or what's often called a "Constitutional Convention," Con-con for short. Up until then, Utah's Legislature thought that a national, Constitutional Convention to amend the Constitution, that is an Article V Convention, should be assembled in order to get the already rejected Balanced Budget Amendment passed. In other words, assemble a convention to run the risk that the Convention might propose dozens, or hundreds of amendments to our Constitution, even to the point of becoming a "runaway convention" and offering a completely different form of government to the states for ratification, in order to possibly pass one amendment, a Balanced Budget Amendment.
U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch had often told Utah Legislators that they should keep their call for a Con-con open essentially in order to pressure Congress into passing a Balanced Budget Amendment. So Senator Hatch was willing to risk a runaway Convention for possible passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment. Not, in this voter's opinion, a sound move, but instead a very dangerous move.
Be careful your proposal doesn't lead towards a call for an Article V Convention! Patriotic Utahans have already been through this fight before to preserve our Constitution from such a convention. The Founders intended the Article V Convention to be available as a "bloodless revolution" if needed to change forms of government. What's needed is a Congressional and presidential return to obedience to the strictures and provisions of the Constitution, not a redesign of that governing document.
Sincerely,
Bliss W. Tew, Constituent
btew@jbs.org
cc: JBS Leaders and friends in Utah County and Salt Lake County.
http://jbs.meetup.com/13/messages/bo...2800/#24061024
http://www.itsourfreedom.com/forum/i...p?a=topic&t=75
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The link to this article on the forum is:
http://jbs.meetup.com/13/messages/boards/thread/6022800/#24061024
And:
http://www.itsourfreedom.com/forum/i...?a=topic&t=124
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Dear Congressman Chaffetz:
As a registered voter and a constituent of yours in Utah District #3, I thought you wouldn't mind a brief note from me on the topic of your proposed Constitutional Amendment attempt that would be initiated by you to seek to convince the U.S. Congress to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment. These two articles have already introduced your idea to Utahans:
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705273910,00.html
http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/c...476?source=rss
Congressman Chaffetz, I wondered if you were aware that there is no need for a Balanced Budget Amendment, since Congress already has the power to balance the budget at any time simply by voting a majority vote to do so?
What's needed in America are citizens, an electorate, who understand that government should live within its income; voters who would force out of office spendthrift Congressmen who continue to spend more that revenue collections, year after year, leading us into over $11 Trillion of indebtedness.
What's needed are Congressmen who actually obey the Constitution and only pass legislation that is in compliance with the Constitution, that is that does not go beyond the few enumerated powers granted to Congress and Presidents. What's needed is an understanding among Americans and Congressmen that socialist programs (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, social security's ponzi scheme), socialist bailouts, and unconstitutional wars, unconstitutional foreign aid, and governmental departments are milking America of her wealth and should not be voted for.
In 2001, the Utah Legislature, without a dissenting vote, passed HJR-15, a resolution to rescind all of Utah's applications to Congress to hold an Article V Convention, or what's often called a "Constitutional Convention," Con-con for short. Up until then, Utah's Legislature thought that a national, Constitutional Convention to amend the Constitution, that is an Article V Convention, should be assembled in order to get the already rejected Balanced Budget Amendment passed. In other words, assemble a convention to run the risk that the Convention might propose dozens, or hundreds of amendments to our Constitution, even to the point of becoming a "runaway convention" and offering a completely different form of government to the states for ratification, in order to possibly pass one amendment, a Balanced Budget Amendment.
U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch had often told Utah Legislators that they should keep their call for a Con-con open essentially in order to pressure Congress into passing a Balanced Budget Amendment. So Senator Hatch was willing to risk a runaway Convention for possible passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment. Not, in this voter's opinion, a sound move, but instead a very dangerous move.
Be careful your proposal doesn't lead towards a call for an Article V Convention! Patriotic Utahans have already been through this fight before to preserve our Constitution from such a convention. The Founders intended the Article V Convention to be available as a "bloodless revolution" if needed to change forms of government. What's needed is a Congressional and presidential return to obedience to the strictures and provisions of the Constitution, not a redesign of that governing document.
Sincerely,
Bliss W. Tew, Constituent
btew@jbs.org
cc: JBS Leaders and friends in Utah County and Salt Lake County.
http://jbs.meetup.com/13/messages/bo...2800/#24061024