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Originally posted by cool_chick
Fastpat, I do see your point, but I feel the only possible solution is a court-appointed representative (similar to the guardian ad lidem issue) for the "tappee" to look at the facts of the case, but it would have to be in secret.
Or perhaps a routine check or review of the rulings (perhaps by an independent commission) to ensure they remain bound by the law.
And I have to say, It's a sad demonstration of the ignorance in this country today when small government and respect for the constitution makes a "leftie."
Let's take a look at who the real liebrals are here....
Legislating morality:
Dems: Affirmative action
Reps: Banning gay marriage.
Both are socialist based, "for the public good" liberal legislation.
Fiscal matters:
Dems: help the "little guy", they'll then spend more money into the economy.
Reps: help the corporations, trickle down will pump more money into the economy.
Both are socialist based, "for the public good" liberal thinking......
Spending:
Dems: fund social programs
Reps: fund industry (e.g., oil, drug)
Both are socialist based, "for the public good" liberal spending
It's all socialist, liberal thinking, you "conservatives" just argue on which particular liberal socialist program/legislation you support.
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Your grasp of the fundamentals is very good, well said.
One of the common threads in the fascist/socialist philosophies is that a powerful centralized state is an over all good, and that state governments powerful enough to offer genuine challenges to centralized federal government power are nearly always bad. I think that revitalizing state power, often misstated as state's rights (governments don't have rights, only people do), through original intent interpretation of the 10th Amendment is desparately needed to curb the out of control federal government. Is this a perfect answer, of course not, but it would be significantly better than what we have now.
First, we need to repeal the 17th Amendment, direct election of US senators. It always suprises me to learn that most folks don't know that voting on US senators every six years by direct ballot is still less than 100 years old. It was a
Progressive social experiment that I'm prepared to rule a complete and total failure. Senators were elected by state legislatures, and we need to return to that. It has a side effect of ending campaign financing as we now know it for senators, lobbyists would have to court state legislators in all 50 states, while that might be a corrupting influence at the state level, spreading the corruption among several thousand politicians instead of just 100 would probably be an improvement.
Second, we need to codify various Supreme Court decisions that found the 16th Amendment did not allow the US government to directly tax incomes, except in vary narrow circumstances. Yes, I pay my taxes, before anyone asks. And, yes, I know that certain fairly wild claims are made about this, but the court cases are in black and white, and can be looked up. The IRS collects via
failure to file laws, and other indirect methods of intimidation, plus special tax courts favorable to collection. We need that ended so that the life blood of corruption is strangled off to a large degree. No, a flat tax won't do it, it has to end, period.
Third, we need well established laws, or even a Constitutional Amendment, to prohibit federal government aid, of any kind, to state and local governments. Those are no more than federal bribes to states so that the states do what the fed demands. Speed limits, schools , drivers licenses, drinking ages, and a whole lot more have been affected.
And last, but not the end of the list, we need to think about semi-autonomous regions in the US as a method of bringing strength to groups of states as a hedge against federal hegemony. I can see about four of them, maybe five. This recognizes the cultural differences in various areas of the country, and that means much more tolerance of those differences than now exists.
I know that this is a huge drift from the subject of this thread, but it is related to an abusive federal government.