Title: Letter to the Editor - Sample 1
Original CoS Document (slug): letter-to-the-editor-sample-1
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Created: 2023-05-10 09:58:34
Updated: 2023-05-10 17:29:21
Published: 2023-05-10 01:00:00
Converted: 2025-04-14T20:32:38.090477139
Let’s face it, America is broke, and Washington is broken. The United States Congress no longer legislates. That job has been outsourced to the fourth branch of government, the so-called “deep state,” the unelected bureaucrats that make up the administrative state.
According to the Federal Register there are 438 agencies operating in the Federal Government. They are composed of 2.7 million employees, and you did not vote for any of them. They make rules and regulations that carry the power of law, including fines, penalties and in some instances prison sentences. They also spend your tax dollars, all of it and more. These are nameless faceless bureaucrats.
Why should you care about this fourth branch of government? Because they are a busy bunch. In 2016, our Congress passed, and the president signed into law 214 bills. That same year the administrative state, the unelected folks working at these Federal departments, agencies, and commissions issued 3,853 rules and regulations that carry power of law. That is eighteen rules for every law passed.
These rules come with a price tag, both in terms of money spent by government and in terms of making it harder for the little guy, the citizen and small businessman (a.k.a. “the Middle Class”) to make a buck, save a buck, get a job, buy a home, pursue their own American dream.
So, what can we do about it? We can use the Constitution.
Our founders expressly gave state legislatures the power to propose amendments through Article V for the purpose of reining in an out-of-control federal government.
The movement to save America has already begun. Find out about it at www.conventionofstates.com.
Scott W. Bates
West Des Moines, Iowa