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Originally posted by Joeaksa
You know, if you took the time you spend on the internet trying to prove that it would be better without any govt, and spent it towards getting some honest politicians in office, some good might come out of it.
We are never going to abolish the government. It aint gonna happen so how about working towards something that has a chance of working?
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Joe, the fact that there is only one politician in the US congress today that is close to honest and does demand Constitutional government, Congressman Ron Paul, puts lie to your wish. Additionally, you don't want smaller government in any case. When you support a continuance of a huge portion of government in one area, you are in fact supporting it all.
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Originally posted by Hugh RIf I remember correctly, Texas is the only state that can secede from the US with a simple vote of its population. It was part of the deal of it joining the US.
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Texas' entry into the Union did contain that stipulation, among other things involving debt incurred while they were an independent country. In fact, any state has that lawful power, granted by implication in the Declaration of Independence and by law in the
10th Amendment.
We have the example of how the federal government disregarded the Constitution in 1861, and acts unConstitutionally often today, but the right of secession is the law still.