Leid Stories - 10/16/13

Current Fiscal Crisis Is Also A Crisis of Confidence in Government.

Time for A National Referendum on Congress?

 

The fiscal debacle in Washington has proven one thing beyond the shadow of a doubt: Even when the government has shown itself to be continually in breach of the public trust and a threat to the welfare of citizens, said citizens have no real means to stop the abuses heaped upon them or to compel the government to obey their will.

 

Leid Stories discusses the issue of what rights, if any, Americans have to protect themselves against a renegade, intractable government and whether there should be a constitutional provision that certain major pieces of legislation, such as the Affordable Care Act, should require a direct vote (referendum) by the people.