being shed in liberal-controlled newsrooms that maintenance crews are having difficulty mopping them up before they seep down to the basement and soak the rolls of newsprint.
\nWhat I find hilarious is that these defenders of the right to pick my pocket are resorting to pointing out that the filibuster is not mentioned in the Constitution. I expect that for many of them, this may have been the first time they actually read the document. I wonder if any happened to notice that 70-plus percent of what the Federal government does is not mentioned in the Constitution? Probably not.<\/p>\n
Rather than scrapping the current need to get at least sixty Senators to agree on legislation, I think the number of votes necessary for passage should be higher. After all, if a piece of legislation is truly good for all of America and her citizens, support should be nearly unanimous. BHO and his cohorts keep bleating about bipartisan support and working together for the good of America. I say we call them on it.<\/p>\n
For all our history, laws have been passed with simple majority votes, with each side ramming though legislation to benefit themselves and their friends as control of government swung back and forth, and look where it\u2019s gotten us. Our economy is in shambles, our national pride wounded, our international image a joke\u2026need I go on?<\/p>\n
I propose two changes:<\/p>\n
First \u2013 the number of votes necessary to pass any legislation in either house of Congress be increased to ninety percent. That should put a stop to pork-barrel spending and friendly deals and ensure that the folks we elect only pass laws that are reasonable and absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n
Second \u2013 In keeping with the maxim that \u201cThe government is best which governs least,\u201d the number of votes necessary to rescind existing laws should be reduced to twenty percent. After all, if one out of five citizens is being hurt by a law, it\u2019s a law that needs to be fixed or trashed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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