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The federal government has become a lumbering giant.

With each passing year, it gets bigger and scarier.

In 1965, Washington was 761 billion dollars big.

In 2016... it was 3.5 trillion – five times the size.

If the government spent only the money it collected in taxes, that would be one thing.

But it always spends more — which is why we're $20 trillion dollars in debt.

That's 13 zeroes.

Count 'em: Thirteen.

But the crazy spending isn't even the worst of it.

Washington is involved in every part of our lives.

Think about anything you do, from driving your car to buying your groceries

to mowing your lawn.

Whatever it is — your education, your job, your health — the government has its hands

on your shoulder, if not on your throat.

As a congressman and senator for 14 years, I know this only too well.

So, how do we cut this giant down to size?

Is it even possible?

Yes.

And the amazing thing is, the answer is right in front of us.

The Founding Fathers, in their wisdom, foresaw the situation we find ourselves in today.

They wrote into the Constitution a way to repair Washington...not from the inside,

because that will never happen but from the outside, where it might.

It's right there in Article 5.

Most people are familiar with the first part: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both

houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution..."

All 27 Amendments we have now started this way.

Congress proposed them and at least three-quarters of the states ratified them.

But is this the only way to amend the Constitution?

Well, let's read the next clause: It says that Congress, "…on the application of

the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments..."

Did you catch that?

Congress must call a convention to amend the Constitution if two-thirds of the states

— that's 34 states — demand it.

The time has come to demand it.

The time has come to propose amendments that will restore

meaningful limits on federal power and authority.

The time has come for a convention of states.

Here's how it would work: Once the 34 states call a convention, all 50 states send a delegate

to represent their interests.

For any constitutional amendments proposed, each state gets one vote.

And an amendment only passes out of the convention and to the states for ratification if a majority

of the states' delegates vote in the affirmative.

In this scenario, Congress has no say.

It is completely in the hands of the states, which means it's a whole lot closer

to the hands of the people.

We've never once amended the Constitution this way — but that doesn't mean we can't.

But, you might ask, doesn't this open the door to rewriting the entire Constitution?

Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice, acknowledged this risk, but regarded it as

a "minimal" and "reasonable" one.

Why?

Because to be ratified, a proposed amendment would need the approval of 38 states.

That's a high bar.

Thirty-eight states would never agree to something radical like abolishing freedom of speech.

"The Founders," Scalia said, "knew the Congress would be unwilling to give attention

to many issues the people are concerned with, particularly those involving restrictions

on the federal government's own power... [so] they provided the convention [of states]

as a remedy."

This should not be a partisan, left/right, Democrat/Republican issue.

This should be a "who controls your life" issue: you or the government?

Today, politicians can turn your life upside down on a whim, kind of like King George in 1775.

Being at the mercy of distant, disconnected rulers was why the American Revolution was

fought in the first place!

But we don't need a revolution.

We have Article Five.

So, what amendments might a Convention of States propose to limit Washington's power?

Term limits, for one.

No one should be in Congress for 20 or 30 years.

The only people who disagree have been in Congress for 20 or 30 years.

And how about a limit on taxes, spending and borrowing?

Since you began this video, the national debt has gone up $8.4 million dollars.

Here's one more idea: A constitutional amendment that Congress can't exempt itself

from the laws it passes — something it's done dozens of times, from insider trading to Obamacare.

Now, I don't believe a Convention of States will solve all of America's problems.

But the Founders put it in the Constitution for a reason.

They knew a time would come when Washington would become so big, and so intrusive,

that only we the people could cut it down to size.

That time is now.

I'm Jim DeMint for Prager University.

For more infomation >> How the States Can Save America - Duration: 5:42.

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United States nuclear bomber swoops on Pacific amid fears of war with North Korea - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 3:02.

US nuclear bomber swoops on Pacific amid fears of war with North Korea

A US nuclear bomber has flown a mission over the Pacific amid growing fears of war with

North Korea.

US Air Force commanders sent the B-2 warplane over the Pacific on Saturday in what was described

as a proof of its "commitment" to its allies in Asia.

North Korea has increasingly ramped up fears of nuclear war as it threatens to detonate

a nuclear bomb over the Pacific.

B-2 bombers are some of the most advanced aircraft in the US Air Force.

US Strategic Command said the missions "validate our always-ready global strike capability"

as the plane took off from Whiteman Air Force Base

It comes as US President Donald Trump readies to visit the Korean Peninsula next week.

B-2s cost near $2.1 billion (£1.6 billion) per aircraft and are long range planes designed

to get behind enemy lines.

Capable of flying on mission at 50,000 feet at speeds of nearly 630mph, the planes outmatch

anything in North Korea's arsenal.

Flown by two pilots, it can carry sixteen 1,100kg nuclear bombs along with a massive

arsenal of conventional weapons.

US Strategic Command said: "A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base conducted a long-range

mission to the Pacific Command area of responsibility this weekend.

"Long-range missions familiarize aircrew with air bases and operations in different geographic

combatant commands, enabling them to maintain a high state of readiness and proficiency."

"These missions validate our always-ready global strike capability and are a visible

demonstration of commitment to our allies and enhancing regional security."

B-2 bombers would play a huge role on the dawn of war with North Korea.

The planes would spearhead the strike using 14,000kg "bunker buster" bombs to annihilate

Kim's known nuclear bases, military experts at Stratfor said.

The US regularly shows its military might in the Pacific in a message to its enemies,

deploy three aircraft carriers to the Korean Peninsula last week.

Tensions have reached new heights this year as Trump is locked in a war of words with

Kim Jong-un.

North Korea has refused to give up nuclear weapons, and is now threatening to fire the

dreaded "Juche Bird".

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