Yes, we, today, are smart enough to rethink our Constitution and should not be afraid to do it. To change our Constitution, 34 states must vote to hold a national convention. To amend the Constitution, it takes 38 of the states to ratify the changes. There are many things that should be looked at—good or bad. The bad things include a long obsession by the conservative movement for a so-called balanced budget amendment. This would make the government powerless to borrow its way out of a recession. The government would have to cut spending at the very moment it was most needed. The cuts would most likely be made to benefit programs instead of raising taxes on the wealthiest and eliminating the inheritance tax.
The effort to change the Constitution is being funded by the Koch brothers, Coors, DeVos and the Walton families, who produce op-eds and other positive-sounding propaganda that touts the need for such a convention. At this time, 29 states have voted to a hold a Constitutional convention. Only five states are needed to reach the magic number of 34.
Now what might be very good for the 99 percent maybe the abolition of the Electoral College, which was originally designed to bolster the power of the slaveholders. The Electoral College now just acts like a political life support for the outdated racial ideological descendants. The convention might also come to an agreement on term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices. Why should a president be able to appoint justices who shape the life of a nation to a particular political ideology for many years after they have left the bench? Some think an eighteen-year-nonreturnable term, which would see a new justice every other year. Using term limits could restore some sanity to the U.S. Supreme Court delation process.
Other issues could be raised, such as the right to healthcare, education, housing, the right to vote, minimum wage based on cost of living, and implementing a universal basic income. To have people selected for the convention, we could use a lottery to select a few hundred Americans. This is just some things to think about.
It has been 156 years since the Constitution was adopted. Maybe we need to reboot and tune up some things.
We have an election in two months, where the hell are the building Trade Unions? Members and organizers should be touting their wages, benefits and seeking out new members and union shops. So far, I’m only hearing crickets. While the Trade Unions sit back, the UAW have been striking and winning big benefits for their members. Then there is the Teamsters, who have taken on the Holy Grail—Amazon, the corporation. Again, just crickets from the Trade Unions. Then there is the Minnesota State model—-we can win more together than we can on our own. So why are all unions not working together? Why are all unions not talking with each other? There are two months left until the election—an election that could conceivably be the death null of unions. If we lose this election to the GOP, Trump and Project 2025, our unions will be destroyed and we’ll be back to the days of trying to make ends meet as the GOP will cut our wages, benefits will be eliminated and there will be nothing we can do abou...
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