the death of federalism

Let's continue with the differences between liberal and conservatives, or, as I stated it in the original post that broached this whole subject, the difference between cats and dogs. I have stated the belief that our American republic was founded on 16 basic principles that our Founding Fathers, and modern conservatives, thought were crucial to the survival of this great nation. Liberals, on the other hand, not only don't believe in those principles, they have declared war on those sacred principles. We continue with Principle 9: Our national government can only have those powers which are delegated to it by the Constitution. All other powers are reserved for the States and their respective citizens. That's called federalism.

Look at the Constitution, specifically the 10th Amendment, for proof that federalism is a basic principle of our American government. The 10th Amendment couldn't be more clear, could it? Yet that clear, concise statement has been all but ignored by liberals in both political parties at the federal level. The Founding Fathers wanted a national government that could safeguard national security, regulate interstate commerce, mediate disputes between the States, establish a uniform currency, and that's all. All other powers were reserved for the States. Ladies and gentlemen, that's not the kind of government we have today. Take a look.

Our 21st Century National Government regulates our schools and our health care system. The feds build housing for the poor and feed the hungry. They decide who you can and can't hire for your business, and what you can pay them. They decide who can and cannot be admitted into college. They regulate the time and manner in which we the people may pray, and they tell us who we may pray in the name of and who we may not pray in the name of. The national government determines what is considered human life, and therefore worthy of federal protection, and what is not considered human life. That which is not considered human life is deemed disposable by the national government.

The national government has devised a socialistic tax system which steals from the people who work the hardest to earn the most, and gives to those who earn the least. Consider these numbers: The top 1% of all wage earnes pay 34% of all income taxes. The top 25% of all wage earners pay 84% of all income taxes. The top 50% of all wage earners pay 96% of all income taxes! Is this capitalism or socialism?!

Today's national government regulates what you can and can't do with your personal property, and tells you who you can and can't sell it to. The national government even says that your property can be taken away from you if some level of government decides they need your property!

I have one very simple question for all of you Republican and Democrat liberals out there--Where is it written in that great Constitution of ours that the federal government can do any of the above? I'll answer my own question---IT DOESN'T!!!! The United States Constitution doesn't give the national government the power to do ANY of the things that I just outlined for you. Over the course of the last 150 years or so, the national government has greatly reduced our ability to have any control over government regulation of our lives, and they have eliminated, by way of an overly aggressive and confiscatory tax system, our ability to completely pursue happiness through the fruits of our labor. THIS IS NOT WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD IN MIND! By the way, do you know how you can tell if you are a mindless liberal? Read all of the examples I cited above one more time. If you find yourself saying, "Yes, but, the federal government needs to do that because...", then you are indeed a mindless liberal.

That's all I have to say. I'll close with some appropriate quotes from our greatest presidents.

"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."--Ronald Reagan

"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."--Ronald Reagan

"In all that people can do for themselves, the government ought not to interfere."--Abraham Lincoln

"Man is not free unless government is limited...as government expands, liberty contracts."--Ronald Reagan

"A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have."--Gerald Ford