DesideriScuri
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ... from the U.S. Declaration of Independence
I've long thought the concept was that all are created equal with certain rights but one has to fight to keep them in this imperfect world. This is from a document which stated why the Colonials were declaring a separation from British rule. If talking about the U.S. Federal Government, the "why" of the Constitution, the Preamble, gives a different picture. A picture of what the government was intended to be.
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
One of the most huge differences of opinion today and from its inception is what is "promote the general welfare". This has so many times been a license to penalize one group to the benefit of another since the group being penalized "just aren't our kind of people". It is just that sneaky selfishness that tells people that what is of benefit to their own little tribe and customs is "promoting the general welfare" and up yours to anyone who doesn't agree. Many inside the beltway want to chip away or even remove individual rights altogether because their little tribe thinks it is "good for us". To me, if it isn't good for EVERYONE it isn't the business of the federal government. But, greed says they will continue to legislate for the rich and ignore the majority.
In the written defense and explanation of the US Constitution (The Federalist Papers), it is mentioned that the Federal Government is to deal with things external to the country, and the State governments are to deal with things within the country.
Article II, Section 8:quote:
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;—And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Other than the postal provisions, regulating commerce among the several states, and supporting patent laws, everything Congress is authorized to do deals with the US as one unit, and/or deals with external things with the US as one unit.
The relative ease in manipulating interpretations makes the "necessary and proper clause" the breach to be abused to rationalize anything not specifically authorized.
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What I support:
- A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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