Title: We need a new strategy.

Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/we-need-a-new-strategy|we-need-a-new-strategy]]

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Created: 2016-01-01 05:28:00

Updated: 2019-05-12 21:42:08

Published: 2015-12-31 00:00:00

Converted: 2025-04-14T20:55:16.787870632


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Mark Meckler spoke with Reason Magazine last week and [[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=037838a395&e=0cb3d32ea2|explained why electing good people to Washington isn’t enough]] to stop the runaway train in D.C.\\
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A “good” President can’t stop what [[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=523bf23f24&e=0cb3d32ea2|Social Security is doing with your money]], and “good” Congressmen won’t stop passing [[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=a205b0cac4&e=0cb3d32ea2|ridiculous pork barrel projects]].\\
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Meckler went on to explain how a Convention of States offers a [[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=f2f3ce5396&e=0cb3d32ea2|safe]], effective solution to federal overreach. Only state-proposed [[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=2e444a8ebe&e=0cb3d32ea2|constitutional amendments]] can provide the changes necessary to get our country back on track.\\
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If you still have questions about this process, we want to help! These three resources can provide researched, in-depth answers to your questions or objections.

|{{https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/conventionofstates/pages/1700/features/original/shutterstock_32203111.jpg?352x235|George Washington statue}}|[[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=b1647889d9&e=0cb3d32ea2|**What amendments can we propose?**]] //We’ve listed eight amendments that delegates could propose at the Convention of States we’re working to call.//\\ \\  \\ \\    |
|{{https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/conventionofstates/pages/1681/features/original/shutterstock_264466154.jpg?352x235|Questions}}              |[[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=392d7933c1&e=0cb3d32ea2|**Got questions?**]] //The John Birch Society had 16 of them, and we answered them all.//                                                                             |

|{{https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/conventionofstates/pages/1677/features/original/us_congress_4.jpg?352x235|Capitol Building}}|[[http://conventionofstates.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&id=f7ca5af36a&e=0cb3d32ea2|**Who controls a Convention of States?** ]] //Can Congress hi-jack the process and advance their own agenda?//  |