Amen . . .

The basic reason for the existence of States in a Republic is to act as a brake on the tendency of the central government to tilt toward dictatorship.

The device employed by the founders of the U.S.A. to allow the States to resist this tendency was the upper house of Congress; Section 3 “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.”

Each State had two votes, regardless of size or population. The Senators, therefore, had act and vote according to the dictates of the members of their respective State Legislators who had sent them to Washington D.C. and no large State could exert any power by itself.

The concept was brilliant. The Federal Government’s agencies had to convince a majority of the States’ Representatives to give them more power to spend and control. No easy task.

Unfortunately, this balance of power was ended in 1913 with the passage of the 17th Amendment to the constitution; the direct, democratic election of Senators by the People. America, as a Republic, was relegated to the ash heap of History, and the 10th Amendment was rendered moot; America was, fundamentally changed into a Dictatorship.

It is 1913 that must be repealed. Along with the 17th Amendment, the 16th Amendment (Income Tax), and the central bank must be repealed if America is to survive as a haven for Individual Rights. The roots of power are deep and power, as Lord Acton reminded us, corrupts and, if not stopped, corrupts absolutely.