Unconstitutional 'Super Congress' to Hike Taxes, Cut Defense by 50%
Liberals in Congress are saying that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, aka the Super Congress, or super committee, was created because "extremist" members of the Tea Party, who are "too radical and inexperienced to compromise," refused to agree to tax hikes.
Thus, the Super Congress provision gives 12 members of Congress the power to impose tax hikes on hard-working Americans and cut defense spending by 50%.
Please CLICK HERE to SEND FAXES to every member of Congress and DEMAND that they challenge the SUPER CONGRESS provision that aims to dismantle our Republic and our Constitution by giving all legislative power to 12 members of Congress. These 12 members would be able to craft any number of bills that would encroach on our rights.
If members of Congress fail to challenge the constitutionality of the Super Congress and allow it to stand, then this 12 member group will be selected by Sens. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), each appointing three members.
Although the supposed objective of the Super Congress is to slash $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade, Politico reports that Sen. Reid said he wants the committee to generate "new tax revenue" and added that he is opposed to Sen. McConnell or Speaker Boehner appointing anyone to the committee who is opposed to tax hikes.
"Members of Congress should have the opportunity to debate the items that are sent to them, and to modify items that are sent to them. To force them to vote just 'yes' or 'no' with no debate - not to follow the rules of the House, which permits amendments, and not to follow the rules of the Senate, which permits a filibuster, is such a substantial removal of the authority the Constitution..." said Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News' senior judicial analyst.
"The Super Congress will take power away from Congress, and give it to this group. The Constitution says alllegislative power shall be in the Congress - not some; and it doesn't say that Congress can give the power away."
This unconstitutional Super Congress would supersede both Houses of Congress and give all legislative power to 12 members who will craft bills behind closed doors, away from C-SPAN cameras and Capitol Hill reporters, and fast-track legislation, making their bills amendment and filibuster-proof.
If the Super Congress isn't stopped, then there will no longer be any debates, amendments, filibusters, constituent input, and thus, no checks and balances - further distancing members of Congress from those who elected them to office.
Please CLICK HERE to SEND FAXES to every member of Congress and DEMAND that they challenge the constitutionality of the SUPER CONGRESS that aims to dismantle our Republic and our Constitution by giving all legislative power to 12 members of Congress. These 12 members would be able to craft any number of bills that would encroach on our rights, hike taxes, and slash our national defense.
As Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), explains, the Super Congress represents "nothing more than a way to disenfranchise the majority of Congress by denying them the chance for meaningful participation in the crucial areas of entitlement and tax reform."
Sen. Reid also said that the powerful Super Congress will have unlimited power: "There are no constraints ... They can look at any program we have in government, any program. ... It has the ability to look at everything."
The Obama administration loves the Super Congress, because it will keep spending decisions out of reach of fiscal Conservatives and budget hawks who are not on board with Obama's tax-and-spend and defense-slashing agenda.
If the Super Congress were to deadlock or if members of Congress reject the Super Congress's cuts and tax hikes, then automatic across the board spending cuts of at least $1.2 trillion would go into effect - this means that defense would automatically be cut by 50% ($600 billion in cuts to defense right off the bat).
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that much will be risked, "if the political leadership of this country decides that it must reduce the investment in defense by hundreds of billions of dollars."
"This approach risks grave damage to our national security," said John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. "Any cuts to defense will be catastrophic. ... Defense spending is not just another wasteful government program. Subjecting it to potentially massive, debilitating cuts is rolling the dice in perilous times internationally. Adam Smith himself wrote in The Wealth of Nations: 'the first duty of the sovereign' [is] protecting the society from the violence and invasion' of others."
CLICK HERE to FAX every member of Congress and DEMAND that they challenge the constitutionality of the SUPER CONGRESS that aims to dismantle our Republic and our Constitution by giving all legislative power to 12 members of Congress. These 12 members would be able to craft any number of bills that would encroach on our rights, hike taxes, and make drastic cuts to our national defense.
Members of Congress need to hear from you...TODAY!
Sincerely,
Tony Adkins
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