The Liberty Amendment

The Liberty Amendment has been in existence for more than ten years on internet Web-Site www.libertyamendment.org . Since 2002 it has had 177000 hits, 150000 of them in the last year. Interest is getting stronger, but there is still no indication that there has been a real change of guts in the 150,000 of the general public who have read it.

A devastating election and a resulting 100 days should have given our nation the shaking it needs to bring it back to its roots. But the mouthing-offs are for the Tenth Amendment, and its perfectly clear direction, that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. But such sovereignty statements are protest statements, which tend to prevent any further usurpations.

Whereas the Liberty Amendment clarifies the Constitution specifically without a change of its meaning, by reasserting its full force and effectiveness in a period of three years. It accomplishes this task by removing all powers and facilities from the Federal Government, which it has both ceased and usurped over the past 100 years. 100 years, because that is where most of the usurping has occurred. Otherwise, there will be a final elimination of any Constitutional powers in the next four years, unless some action is taken to prevent it. Nine States have endorsed the Amendment by a Resolution to submit the Amendment for RATIFICATION.

So, this is a final attempt to arouse a people into an action that can stop and reverse the complete erosion of the best attempt on this earth to establish a government in which the powers flow from the people to the government and not vice-versa. And, a government dedicated to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense and promote not provide for the General Welfare under the blessing of liberty. We then intend this to be a request for all free people to join together and support the Liberty Amendment, the first paragraph below, by persuading there State Legislators to support the Amendment and pass a Resolution.


The Liberty Amendment
Liberty, freedom and sovereignty restored to all Americans
Individual liberty, freedom and sovereignty of the people will be restored in a representative republican form of government by clarifying the original spirit and intent of the Constitution. The Liberty Amendment will give back to the Constitution its full force and effect in limiting the powers and activities of the Federal Government and restoring those powers reserved to the States and to the people. The Liberty Amendment, proposed, could become the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
Text of the proposed Liberty Amendment

Section 1. The Government of the United States shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial, financial or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.

Section 2. The constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of the United States shall not be subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment.

Section 3. The activities of the United States Government which violate the intent and purpose of this amendment shall, within a period of three years from the date of the ratification of this amendment, be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected shall be sold.

Section 4. Three years after the ratification of this amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States shall stand repealed and thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts.
The Liberty Amendment states that the Federal Government shall not operate business-type activities unless they are specifically authorized by the Constitution.
It provides a three-year period for selling or liquidating agencies and business-type enterprises in the thousands, presently operated by the Federal Government without constitutional authority. Sale of these enterprises will bring in enough money to substantially reduce the national debt even with the recent deficit spending of OBAMA. Annual budget spending by the government could be reduced by more than fifty percent. Revenue from excise taxes on goods and services, and on corporation incomes, will increase at least twenty percent, without increase of tax rates.

This means that the annual revenue collected from the Federal Personal Income and Withholding Tax, the Federal Estate Tax, and the Federal Gift tax, will not be needed. So the Liberty Amendment will stop these three types of taxes, at the end of the three-year period
Current status

There are currently nine States which have already endorsed the Liberty Amendment. These States and the year in which they endorsed the Amendment are:
Wyoming ('59) Nevada ('60) Texas ('60) Louisiana ('60) Georgia ('62) South Carolina ('62) Mississippi ('82) Arizona ('82) Indiana ('82)

Please read the rest of the Liberty Amendment at www.libertyamendment.org, and write your State Legislators, both representatives and Senator with a request to introduce the Amendment before there Assemblies and support its passage for a Resolution
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The Liberty Amendment
Questions and Answers
by Rep. Larry McDonald (D-Georgia)

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

Mr. Speaker, the average American is acutely aware that he is rapidly losing his liberty. Government takes 48 percent of his income in taxes, while inflation devalues the remaining 52 percent. The marvelous, highly productive economy, of which he is a part, once free, is now grinding to a halt under the massive weight of Government controls. Decisions that were once his to makethe kind of food he eats, the kind of car he drives, how and where his children are educatedare now being made by Government bureaucrats.
In short, he is losing control over his life and faces a bleak and uncertain future. But what can he do about it? The Government has grown so huge and complex that he feels helpless in attempting to control it. Where would he begin. Going about it piecemealabolishing a welfare program here, a regulation there, and restoring a few freedoms along the waywould take forever.

There is, however, a much faster and simpler way of reducing the size and power of Government and restoring individual liberties: amend the Constitution to reinstate the constitutionally limited Government envisioned by our Founding Fathers. The Constitution is a document designed to limit the power of Government and it is because Government has grown far outside the bounds of the Constitution that we are losing our liberty. An amendment that restored proper limits on Government power would automatically eliminate programs and policies that have infringed on the rights and freedoms of Americans.

Such an amendment already exists. It was introduced in the present Congress as House Joint Resolution 23 by John Rousselot of California, Steve Symms of Idaho, and myself. Known as the Liberty amendment, it has been introduced in previous Congresses and has been approved by the legislatures of seven States, including my own State of Georgia.

Since its introduction on January 14 of this year, I have had numerous requests for information on just what it would accomplish. Often these requests are in the form of questions, the answers to which in turn generated further questions. In response, I have prepared the following series of questions and answers on the Liberty amendment.

1. "What is the Liberty amendment?"
The Liberty amendment is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would put an end to the Government engaging in business enterprises that are not constitutionally authorized. Getting the Government out of these businesses, returning them to State jurisdiction and private taxpaying enterprise, would cut the cost of Government more than half, and thereby end the need for the Federal individual income tax, which would be repealed.

The first section provides:
The Government of the United States shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial, financial or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.
This clause will cut the cost of Government in half, making possible the repeal of the 16thincome tax amendment, cut the national debt tremendously, get us back to a balanced budget and stop inflation.

2. "Just what are some of the businesses the Government is in? Name a few."
Some of the larger are the Commodity Credit Corporation, a loan company; the Tennessee Valley Authority, a gigantic producer and distributor of electric power and fertilizer; and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, an intrusion into the Insurance field. The book, "Where the Money Went," by Willis Stone, gives the details of these and many more and lists over 500 others.

3. "But how about all those people who will lose their jobs if the Liberty amendment is adopted?"
Employees of Government businesses that are bought will be better off than before because under private ownership and management the business will prosper. This happened in the case of the General Aniline & Film Co.now the GAFand others already sold. Employees of Government businesses with no valid economic purpose, will probably have to look for other jobs, but if they want work they will have no problems. When people have money now taken by the income tax, their increased purchasing power will expand all kinds of business which will create a great need for more employees. There will be more jobs than people to fill them.

4. "How would you get the Government out of these businesses? Who would buy them?"
These business enterprises would be bought by people who want to invest their money, just as other businesses are bought and sold. In 1965 the General Aniline & Film Co., which the Government seized at the beginning of World War II, was sold as a stock corporation. The shares were offered on the open market, and in 1 day 11 million shares of stock were bought for more than $300 million.
A few years earlier the Inland Waterways Corp. was sold in a matter of days for $11 million, although its book value at the time was only slightly over $3 million.
Any businesses that have a valid economic reason for existing would be salable. Those which are economically unsound and guaranteed money losers would be liquidated through the sales of their assets. The proceeds of these sales would reduce our national debt by approximately 25 percent.

5. "How can Government get along if the income tax is repealed? What will they do for money?"
The latest Federal budget shows that individual income taxes supply only 42 percent of the Federal revenue; the rest comes from other sources. There is ample documentation to prove that getting the Federal Government out of these unauthorized businesses would cut the cost of Government at least 50 percent, while revenue is reduced only 42 percent, would give a surplus of 8 percent.

6. "Is the only purpose of the Liberty Amendment just to get the Government out of business and to repeal the income tax?"
Partially. The Liberty Amendment will get the Government out of those businesses it operates without constitutional authority. As a consequence, Government costs will be reduced to such an extent that the Federal Government will not need the personal income tax. The main purpose of the Liberty Amendment, however, is to restore the Constitution to full force and effect. Then the Government will be confined to the business of governingof protecting individual libertiesand no longer compete with its own citizens.... Repeal of the income tax will increase take home pay 20 percent without changing the rate of pay or the price of things.

7. "Why amend the Constitution? Is not there an easier and quicker way?"
In almost two centuries our Constitution has been amended a comparatively few times. The first 10 amendmentsBill of Rightswere added almost immediately after the Constitution was ratifiedin December, 1791and there have been only 16 added since then. This may seem too slow, but any amendment is unique in that is supersedes anything preceding it which is contrary to it.
Only through an amendment, will we be able to correct the present distortion of our basic law. The Liberty Amendment will clarify the terms of our freedom, rectify the current conflict between Government and people, define our economic liberties and force the Government to abide by that definition.

8. "What freedoms have I lost?"
Year after year our freedoms have been shrinking, by restriction upon restriction, tax upon tax, edict upon edict. Here are a few of the many freedoms lost which were once considered your natural right as Americans.
You do not have sound money any more.
You are not free to plan your future as inflation makes you dollar buy less and less.
You can neither rent, sell, buy, nor exchange without political control.
Neither an employer nor an employee can establish a wage by mutual consent.
You can not operate a business without Government consent and restrictions, and without acting as tax collector.
A doctor can no longer keep his patient's history confidential, or serve patients without Government intervention.
You no longer can receive a full day's pay for a full day's work.
You no longer have any real privacy.
Bank accounts are open to scrutiny, personal affairs are fed into computers, and the last vestiges of privacy are fading into memory. Your private life is no longer private.

9. "If Government continues to grow bigger and bigger, what is going to be the outcome?"
The answer is simple. Growing at its present rate, there is but one ultimate answerwe shall soon have a totalitarian government. Whether we call it communism or by some other name, the despotism imposed will be as terrifying as any other in history.

10. "Haven't there always been waste and corruption in government?"
Waste and corruption in government are nothing new. The bigger government grows, the greater are the opportunities for pork-barrel politics, and the takeover of economic power and resources.
It was this that caused the American Revolution, and our Founding Fathers tried to prevent its recurrence through our Constitution of strictly limited powers.

11. "Was the progressive income tax invented by Karl Marx?"
No, Karl Marx did not invent it. The progressive income tax is almost as old as recorded history, and is the historic way by which people have been subjugated. Every tyrant in history has used it successfully, in one way or another, so Karl Marx included it as one of his 10 rules in the communist Manifesto. The men who drafted our Constitution carefully prohibited a progressive income tax, but this was nullified in 1913. Therefore, the income tax is part of the Constitution and part of our law and the only way to get rid of it is through another amendment.

12. "Is not the Federal income tax unconstitutional?"
The Federal income tax is completely constitutional as long as we have the 16th amendment. The statement that it is unconstitutional is wishful thinking. All of the hideous consequences of the 16th amendment will remain with us until it is repealed as the Liberty Amendment provides.

13. "Is not the progressive income tax the fairest kind of tax because it is based on ability to pay?"
It may be made to sound fair, but it does not work that way. Actually, it a form of slavery, draining the life energy of a person, penalizing success, and destroying initiative.
If you are poor enough, you do not pay; and if you are rich enough, you do not pay either. If you are a responsible productive worker, you carry the load. Tax foundation figures prove you work until the middle of May each year just to pay taxes.

14. "Why eliminate the personal income tax? Why not reduce taxes gradually?"
This question is usually asked to divert attention from the Liberty amendment, designed to cut spending not authorized by the Constitution, which will remove the need for the income tax. Eliminating the Federal income tax is the only way to get tax relief for the people.
Political candidates may talk about cutting taxes, but historically this never happens. The application of the Liberty amendment can actually do it.

15. "What will replace the income tax?"
Nothing need replace the income tax. Reduced spending imposed by the Liberty amendment will remove the need for income taxes. Recent Government budgets estimate that only 42 percent of revenue comes from individual income taxes. Excise taxes, duties and imposts and other miscellaneous revenues provide the other 58 percent of revenues. The amendment will cut spending 50 percent, removing the need for income taxes and make tax cuts possible in other areas.

16. "How are your going about getting the Liberty amendment passed?"
The fifth article of the Constitution prescribes two valid methods for amending the Constitution. An amendment may be proposed by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress concurring; or the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States34may require Congress to call a Constitutional Convention to propose such amendments, which, in either case, become a part of the Constitution when three-quarters38 States ratify a proposed amendment.
The Liberty Amendment resolution is being advanced in both ways. It is now pending in Congress as House Joint Resolution 23. It has also been approved by the Legislatures in seven of the sovereign States and is pending in several others.

17. "Why are you going to State legislatures to amend the Federal Constitution?"
The fifth article of the Constitution provides this method of causing the amendments to be proposed. Then, too, the States must eventually ratify to make it a part of the Constitution. This country consists of a union of sovereign States which hold the only power to ratify amendments and State legislatures hold concurrent power under the Constitution to initiate such amendments as they, the States and the people within them, require.

18. "Who's behind the Liberty Amendment? Where does the money come from?"
The folks behind the Liberty Amendment are just ordinary people with an extraordinary desire to hold fast to the ideals on which this country was founded. The organization is nonpolitical, nonpartisan, nonbigoted, nonsectarian, and certainly nonprofitable. Its aim is to educate the public on the values of the Constitution and the means of restoring it before it is too late. Neither big business nor big labor, per se, has subscribed to the Liberty Amendment. Its financial support depends upon contributionssome small, some largerfrom folks in every State. With the exception of an understaffed headquarters office, everyone in an unpaid volunteer, including national chairman, directors, State chairmen, committeemen and members.

19. "Why allow only 3 years for the Government to sell all those businesses? Won't they need more time than?"
Section 3 of the Liberty Amendment specifies that:
"The activities of the United States Government which violate the intent and purposes of the amendment shall, within a period of three years from the date of the ratification of the amendment, be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected shall be sold."
Three years is adequate and we have ample proof of it. Inland Waterways Corp. was sold in a matter of days. The General Aniline and Film Corp., nationalized in World War II, was sold on the open market in a single day for more than $300,000,000. The liquidation of the entire synthetic rubber industry was accomplished and fully paid for by private enterprise in less than 9 months. These and many other cases are discussed in the book, "Where the Money Went," by Willis Stone.
Properties and facilities affected that are not sold within the 3 years will revert to state jurisdiction.

20. "I think the Liberty Amendment is a good idea, but isn't it too late?"
No. It is not too late. It is never too late to stop the process of political confiscation as long as the amendment process can still be employed.


21. "Why do politicians make wild promises to give 'something to everybody' even when they know they cannot according to the Constitution?"
Men of high integrity in their personal lives often enter politics and adopt a new set of values in a game of bargaining for power. When they acquire a thirst for power, they resent being hampered by the Constitution, the Liberty Amendment, or anything else.
Legislators can be restrained, however, by the voter at the polls who will vote against every candidate who violates the Constitution. Know what the Constitution guarantees, and then require all candidates and office holders to support basic American principles.

22. "Is not the Constitution too old fashioned for today's complex society?"
Our Constitution, written almost 200 years ago, appears made for today's world which accents youth and change. The Constitution of the United States is a most revolutionary document, because it was based upon the radical idea that men should be left largely free to pursue their own affairs.
The men who drafted the Constitution foresaw that our life style would change, but human nature would not.
They built into the Constitution safeguards to make it possible for people to control the avarice and bullying instincts of politicians when they taste power. As Thomas Jefferson said:
Let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.

23. "Does the "Gemeral Welfare" clause in the Constitution mean that the Government is responsible for our well-being?"
Probably one of the most misused phrases is the "general welfare clause." It is often taken out of context and distorted unmercifully. The term "general welfare" appears only twice in the Constitution: once, in the Preamble as one of the general purposes of the Constitution, and again in article 1, section 8, as one of the reasons why the Constitution grants to Congress certain specified powers. The two wordsgeneral welfareare just two descriptive words in a phrase, within a clause, within a single sentence which is 18 paragraphs in length. It is used by the unscrupulous as a peg on which to hang their pet schemes which violate the intent and purposes of the Constitution.

24. "Do you think the courts that now ignore the Constitution will abide by the terms of the Liberty Amendment when it is added to the Constitution?"
Of course they will. Once the people speak, and the Liberty Amendment is added to the Constitution, all courts and other Federal agencies will be compelled to bide by it.
As a classic precedent for this: more than a century ago slavery was lawful in certain States. The courts were ruling that it was lawful in other States, regardless of State laws and State constitutions. This was the conflict which brought about the Civil War. The 13th amendment resolved the question by abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude. That amendment invalidated hundreds of court decisions and statutes, and the question was settled with apparent permanence. Similarly, the Liberty Amendment will restore the equities and justice of the Constitution as written and wipe out all court decisions, statutes, Executive Orders, or bureaucratic directives and regulations which are contrary to it.

25. "If only Congress has the power to write Federal laws, where does the President get his authority to issue Executive Orders, such as ceilings on rents, prices, and wages?"
Executive Orders originally were issued by the Chief Executive to members of the executive branch relating to the conduct of their assigned duties. This has changed until now they have the power of law. The fact that it has been accepted as law by the administration does not make it any more legal.
An Executive Order which assumes a legislative power is improper as it has no constitutional authority. The President has no legitimate power to issue Executive Orders that legislate. Neither does any agency of Government have any power to issue "regulations" which legislate. Congress alone has the power to legislate, as provided for in article 1, section 1 of the Constitution and limited as article 6, paragraph 2 provides.

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62. "Does the Government have anything to do with setting interest rates, and what will the Liberty Amendment do about it?"
Economists and the news media have a great deal to say about interest rates, although it is baffling to most ordinary individuals. These days our credit is at the mercy of the bureaucracy that controls money. Interest rates are manipulated by the politically appointed directors of the Federal Reserve System. This manipulation will stop when the Liberty Amendment is in operation. When the happy day comes, credit arrangements will be strictly between the borrower and the lender, based upon the borrower's integrity and ability to repay. Interests rates will become realistic, also, when they are no longer manipulated through political control, after all, it is on this basis America was built.

63. "How about all the tax money that is spent on wars. Will the Liberty Amendment change this?"
The sole function of the Defense Department is to defend this country from foreign aggression. The Liberty Amendment will not cut the obligations of Defense Department to carry out its specified duties, to defend this Nation on the ground, in the air, at sea, and even in space. The Constitution enforced by the Liberty Amendment, will not permit undeclared "no win" wars, and our defense posture will be improved enormously by getting our defense establishment back into the business of defending, rather than competing with us, as they do now, through thousands of business, industrial and commercial establishments.

64. "Will the Liberty Amendment have any effect on the present law regarding the draft?"
While there is no longer a draft in this country, every eligible male who attains the age of 18 years must register and carry a draft card, presumably to keep a record of eligible strength in case of emergency.
The 13th amendment very distinctly provides that:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
If we have learned anything from history it is that no conscripted army has ever proved the equal of a free people defending themselves. Returning to the Constitution will prevent the draft, and increase our defense posture because we will be free to defend the most priceless possession of allLiberty.

65. "Exactly what effect will the Liberty Amendment have on our membership in the United Nations?"
The United Nations building is located in New York City. This country contributes by far the largest amount of money in support to this organization. Some people believe that the United Nations Charter supersedes our Constitution, but this is not true. Nothing supersedes our Constitution as the supreme law, and certainly not the United Nations Charter. The Liberty Amendment will end the pretense that treaty law, the Genocide Treaty, or any other such device can have an valid impact on our domestic affairs, our industries, our domestic affairs, our industries, our lands, or our activities. It will reduce the United Nations Organization to a forum for the discussion of international affairs and international relations.

66. "Will the Liberty Amendment have any effect upon Communist countries?"
Time and again the wealth and resources of the United States have been diverted to the aid of Communist controlled countries. Apparently the Communist system is incapable of sustaining its own existence. When our Government is confined again to the terms of the Constitution, it can no longer bail out Communist countries when their economy falters, and the enslaved people may be able to establish forms of government of their own free choice.

67. "Unless we have a hand in managing the affairs of some small nations, is there not danger that they will fall under Communist control?"
When the torch of freedom burns brighter in this country through the re-establishment of our Constitution, we will be in a better position to set an example for other nations. The Constitution does not permit this country to maintain the economy of other nations or control their political lives, yet that is what we have been doing. Foreign aid around the world cost the United States people, from 1946 through 1971, a total of $212,880,797,000. The rulers of 3 billion inhabitants of this world, have received aid from the United States. The Liberty Amendment will stop with this madness which is destroying us.

68. "Would it not be a good idea to continue foreign aid to help the more friendly countries?"
Foreign aid does not reach the people of any country, friendly or otherwise. It is a gift from the Chief of State elsewhere. It only enriches the tyrant. Our constitution protects us from this device for plunder. Our Government was empowered to gather taxes to protect this Nation from the avarice and cupidity of all the other nations of the Earth. It did not grant any administration the power to hand our tax dollars, or the production of our people, to any foreign power. The Liberty Amendment will stop this dissipation of our substance by Government, and will restore the right of people to assist whom ever they will around the world, as they once did.

69. "How will the Liberty Amendment affect such treaties and alliances as NATO, SEATO, and others like them?"
The Liberty Amendment will not alter the right and power of the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to enter into any treaty that may be within the authority of the Constitution. A review of the Constitution shows that no treaty can be valid which in any way jeopardized the independence of the United States or any of the separate States or permits any foreign power or combination of foreign powers to exercise jurisdiction or control over the internal affairs of the United States or any of the individual States, whether it be with the U.N., NATO, SEATO, or any other.

70. "Will we be able to defend our country properly under the Liberty Amendment?"
We have already touched on this subject of defense, and should be reassured that the Liberty Amendment will accomplish miracles in this area. At the present time the Defense Department is involved in thousands of businesses without constitutional authority. Divorced from these activities, their total attention will be given to the defense of this Nation, and with the Constitution back in force and effect we will not be involved in undeclared wars. The Constitution wisely separated the power of declaring war from the power of waging war, to prevent its being declared for the sake of waging it.

71. "Will we still be able to have a strong economy in the fields of mining, agriculture, manufacturing and transportation with the Liberty Amendment?"
All of these activities will flourish incredibly well. Gold and silver production has been stifled, agriculture has been hampered; manufacturers have been in bureaucratic straightjackets; transportation has been strangled. There is no open market. We can expect spectacular new developments in all these fields and every other area of production when the Liberty Amendment is in force.

72. "If the Government does not finance or underwrite research and development, who will?"
The only research and development of Government has any right to be involved in is in the defense of this Nation. Even here, it has been individuals and companies that have researched and devised all methods of production. A man named Colt invented the revolver, and the Army was reluctant to adopt it. An American invented the submarine, and our Navy would not even look at it. The airplane was invented here, and the U.S. was one of the last to adopt it to our defense. Gen. Billy Mitchell was discharged from the Armed Forces because he advocated air power. Government has curtailed real research and development, and our weaponry has suffered.

73. "Exactly what effect will the Liberty Amendment have on our local State and city governments?"
Federal aid to state and city governments sounds good, but the Federal Government has manipulated the States into very dangerous financial situations through "sharing," "matching funds" and managed inflation.
Cities have been drained of vitality by the Federal individual income tax, which syphons away their potential resources, and federal agencies which inject themselves into essential municipal services and make them more costly. Both states and cities will be better off under the Liberty Amendment.

74. "What will happen to the Government's revenue sharing plan if the Liberty Amendment is passed?"
At first glance revenue sharing looks like a splendid idea. The Federal Government gathers a wealth of taxes from the people and then dribbles a little money back to the States and local governments for their own use. Upon further examination, this new device proves to be a take-over of the states, for it is only a small subsidy, and when government subsidizes anything it exerts control.
There are already too many subsidies in existence that undermine our states' prerogatives. Now even their boundaries are being threatened by "regional government" which would replace the individual states with 10 regions.
Restoring the Constitution, as the Liberty Amendment is capable of doing, would take care of all of these questionsregional government included.

It is easy to see why it is difficult to leave out any of the questons since the list is so comprehensive. If it is desired to read the rest just see www.libertyamendment.org and click on QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

This speech was introduced to the House in 1975. It is even more applicable now than then. All we have to do is get 38 States to endorse it and then ratify it. No Convention WILL BE REQUIRED, Congress will be forced to call for a ratification vote on a specifically worded Amendment by the endorsement request . The States can refuse to agree to a conference in which transient changes would likely be introduced. If thirty eight States or more have endorsed the Liberty Amendment, a ratification is already in effect prior to any conference. It is highly likely that Congress will see the writing on the wall and call for a vote
YOUR PETITION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A LETTER OR EMAIL TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE CONGRESSMAN, SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE PURSUADING HIM TO ENDORSE THE LIBERTY AMENDMENT WITH ALL THE ADVANTAGES IN ITS ENDORSEMENT. MAKE THE WORDING INDENTICAL WITH THE NINE STATES SO FAR ENDORSING IT.A SAMPLE LETTER IS PROVIDED UNDER THE SECTION:"ACTION FOR ALL WHO WISH TO HAVE THE AMENDMENT RATIFIED".