The Smith's can't save us from Washington in fact we need to save them!

The Smith’s can’t save us from Washington in fact, we need to save them!
By; The Speaker in the House
Claudia Roazen
Voting for new representation to try and change both the tone and direction of Washington is unfortunately never going to work without systemic change to the institution itself. Two major problems face newly elected congress men and women from the moment they are sworn into office. One, they are freshman, green and naïve and without any independent advocates. The party leaders take them under their wing and explain to them that they will never get anything done in Washington unless they play ball with the senior membership. That means they will never be appointed to any of the prized legislative committees or be able to have bills sponsored unless they ask how high when asked to jump. Two, they are immediately made aware of the need to fund raise their political war chest if they expect to ever become a senior member of congress and contribute anything useful to their constituency. The cynical truth is that Washington’s corruption is institutionalized and ubiquitous.
It is no wonder why voters continue to re-elect the same old faces knowing that they have attained power and stature in Washington while a new Senator or Representative would be powerless and ineffective regardless of their good intentions. Equally sad is that by the time these new representatives get the opportunity to make their voices heard they sound eerily similar to the old representatives. When we the people try and change the old guard, the system corrupts and indoctrinates the new blood in the ways of Washington and it becomes “meet the new guard, the same as the old guard.”
The real problem here is that in order to change the system we must rely on the fox guarding the hen house to make changes. Does anybody really think true campaign and systemic political reform will come out of Washington? No, nothing will change in Washington unless we outfox the fox. Our forefathers did think of everything because we do have a way around a corrupt legislature and that is the right of States to call for a Constitutional Convention to propose Amendments.
It appears to be our only option given that congressional corruption is so entrenched and the power so usurped from the people. We need to assert States’ Rights and speak with serious voice to our State legislatures about either repealing the 19th Amendment (federal income tax) or proposing another Amendment to the constitution that limits terms, length of time and money spent campaigning as well as making committee selection be more equitable by drawing straws as oppose to kissing backsides. We know that the mere thought of a Constitutional Convention in the past has caused Congress to keel to the will of the people. We have repealed Amendments in the past as in the 21st amendment that supplanted the 18th allowing us to toast one another with our glasses filled with our favorite libation. The mere threat of the 19th Amendment being repealed should hasten Washington to get the budget and debt under control. If we really want systemic change and a return of Washington back to being the people’s house then we need to scare away the fox and protect Mr. and Mrs. Smith.