Title: Letter to the Editor - Sample 5
Original CoS Document (slug): letter-to-the-editor-sample-5
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Created: 2023-05-10 11:37:13
Updated: 2023-05-10 17:29:15
Published: 2023-05-10 01:00:00
Converted: 2025-04-14T20:32:39.616010274
Without a doubt, the federal government is spending our country into financial calamity. But is there something our state legislators can do to stop this?
Do our Iowa state legislators have a Constitutional duty and responsibility to take action to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government? Do they have a responsibility to the people of Iowa? And if so, should they take action?
The answer is yes.
I would argue that is their primary responsibility. First, taking steps to require fiscal responsibility and requiring that a budget be submitted and approved every year, and if no budget is submitted and approved, mandatory spending cuts across the board. And not just a budget, a balanced budget.
Then a reasonable flat tax, say 15%, with no backdoor taxes, no national sales tax, no wealth tax, no death tax, no value added tax. History has shown lower taxes result in greater tax revenues, not to mention a better standard of living for citizens. Calvin Coolidge did it, Jack Kennedy did it, Ronald Reagan did it, Donald Trump did it, lowered taxes, and increased tax revenues. Shouldn’t that be something our elected officials irrespective of party support?
So, what can we do? We can urge our state legislators to support using Article V of the Constitution to call a convention to propose amendments.
Our founders expressly gave state legislators the power to propose amendments through Article V for the purpose of reining in an over-spending, 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