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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Elkton, VA, USA
Posts: 413
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You know Jack, you're right. America IS pretty damn conservative. And for the longest time, I've considered myself a conservative, but I guess in a different context then American conservatism. I'd describe myself as someone who whole heartily agrees and believes in the Constitution, and what was being fought for in the 1700's. I've always taken a narrowers stance on the government (especially the federal government). The federal government has long overstepped its boundaries, and their latest USA Act just confirms that. The Federal government should be doing 3 things, building roads, signing treaties and providing for defense. Much more than that, the Constitution does not call for.
If the federal government were to become more relaxed, more how the Constitution intended them to be, then we could have 50 Countries that could be great to live in. Each of these States could decide laws for themselves, autonomously of each other, then Americans could choose that State they'd like to live in. As is now, no two states are the same to live in, but if you stripped away all of the UnConstitutional federal laws that are currently on the books, and allowed the states to govern their people (where as the federal government should be governing the states) then we wouldn't have this problem we have today.
And you know that the US Government knows they're overstepping their boundaries when they pass laws like "If a State does not inact LAW A, then they will not get transportation money from us for the next 5 years." Now what kind of BS is that? Happens all the time, coersion, I believe that isn't allowed in court, why do we allow it in government?
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