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We
believe that the increasing political divisiveness of the last two
decades has done harm to our country. There is much that unites us as
Americans, regardless of political ideology. There are certain
fundamental changes in American government that the vast majority of
Americans would like to see happen. FixitTogether.org seeks to bring
Americans together, regardless of political ideology, to mobilize for
action to accomplish that change. FixitTogether.org is completely
non-partisan and is not affiliated with any political party or other
group. We believe that, together, we really can fix our country.
We
support a set of four constitutional amendments that can be adopted
through the Article
V constitutional
amendment process. Surveys show that Americans—mainstream
citizens of all political stripes—already support most of them.
None are very controversial. They are:
1. A balanced
budget amendment, requiring that the government only spend as
much as it takes in (supported by 76% of Americans).
2. A
term
limits amendment for Congress, limiting Senators to two terms
and Representatives to three terms (supported by 71% of
Americans).
3. An amendment
reforming our judicial system by imposing term limits on judges
and requiring that they be approved by the people in retention
elections before they take office (supported by 74% of
Americans).
4. An amendment
prohibiting unfunded mandates, which would prevent Congress from
passing any laws affecting state governments unless it provides the
funding required to pay for those laws (supported by 69% of
Americans).
Surveys show that
72% of Americans either have no preference as to which method is used
to amend the constitution, or prefer that conventions be used instead
of Congress. About 78% of Americans said that the fact that an
Article V convention has never been used either makes no difference
to their level of support for them, or makes them more in favor of
holding a convention.
To learn more about what we're about,
read about how
we can fix the country together. Then, please go to our Get Involved section to learn what you can do to help. Most
importantly, contact
your state legislators to encourage them to support our four
amendments.
FixitTogether.org was founded by James
Kenneth Rogers, a recent law school graduate. For years, he had been
concerned about the growing national debt and corruption in our
government. Seeing dim prospects for any change coming from within
the Washington establishment, he looked for ideas about how we, as
everyday Americans, could force the government to accept reforms that
enjoyed widespread support among the people. As he searched,
proposing amendments through the Article V convention process seemed
like the only way to bring about the needed change. In 2007, while in
law school, James wrote a student
note (pdf link) that was published in the Harvard Journal of
Law and Public Policy about the
Article V convention process. Since that time, he has been
seeking out like-minded people and building up the group that has
become FixitTogether.org.
FixitTogether.org is a non-profit
organization incorporated in the state of Arizona. We are registered
with the IRS as a 527 organization. FixitTogether.org does not
advocate the election or defeat of any candidate for federal or state
elective office.
Source for survey
numbers: Arthur H. Taylor, Fear
of an Article V Convention (PDF link), 20 BYU J. Pub. L. 101,
124-131 (2006).
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