According to Mark Levin in his recent book, “The Liberty Amendments,” the U.S. Constitution framers never intended for public officers to be professional politicians.

The Senate originally was to be made up of two senators appointed from each state for one six-year term. Each state’s congress was able to recall any senator that was not following the stated will of the people of that particular state, by a three-fifths vote.

The U.S. Senate was supposed to be the voice of the several states and was to represent the will of the individual states before the federal government.

Today the Senate is elected by the public just like the House. According to Levin, this was never meant to be but was changed by the 17th Amendment.

The U.S. House was to be elected by the public, each representative for a two-year term, and was meant to be the voice of the public.

By the 17th Amendment (ratified and adopted in 1913) the states have lost their input to the federal government. The states lost an active effective voice in the federal arena.

People who served in public office were expected to finish their term and return to private life, not make a career of public office. Voters need to clean out the self-seeking politicians in Washington and push for a Constitutional Congress to set things back on the firm foundation the nation started out on.

This country doesn’t need a ruling class; the people need representatives who will hear them.

Lawrence Robertson, Mechanic Falls