Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
I do not support it. The reason is simple. It adds another layer of gridlock and does not solve the problem. Our founding fathers setup the checks and balances that we need. If your Congress passes laws you do not like, vote them out. We gain nothing by overriding Washington after a law is passed. What we need to do is make certain that laws are structured on the proper levels. State laws should not be in the federal Congress, and federal laws are not in the juristiction of the states.
I disagree. The founding fathers could not have imagined a government where bribery was legal and done in the open. They couldnt imagine the power that special interests and lobbiests have on elected officials. Most of all, they gave elected officials too much credit in thinking that they would do what they campaigned to do and be who they presented themselves as. They imagined a citizen representative doing as their constituencies wanted, not basing their voting record on personal ideology.


We do vote them out when we have that chance, but we all know a politician will say anything and everything to get elected and to get re-elected. They have no conscience, they have no morals, and most dont even have common sense. All they have is ideology. When those people pass a law that the majority of Americans dont want, the states need the ability to band together and block it.