mimi wrote:
Regarding limited government....I'm with ya. But, the world is not the same as it was when the Constitution was written.
No, it's not.
And the Founders realized that it would not be. And they also knew that they weren't perfect and that the Constitution as written was never intended to be carved into stone.
That's precisely why they included Article V in the Constitution, which allows for the Constitution to be
amended in order to address that which they could not have foreseen.
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Shall we have each state protect it's food supply, it's air travel, it's own drug enforcement, etc.
How would that work?
Should we abolish the EPA, FDA, FCC, IRS, FHA and every and all other agencies of the government? The states could not enforce their own laws. Who would check to see if a drug was dangerous? An independent lab that the states would pay? And, assume the drug company didn't pay off. And then, each state keeps track of what's legal in their state?
How about the FAA. Each state has their own guidelines regarding Aviation rules.
Communication rules. Banking rules. etc.
Shall we simply ignore the Constitution when we find it convenient?
If we're going to do that, then the Constitution simply becomes an utterly meaningless piece of paper.
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The world is just not as simple. Sure, I want effective government, but to believe that it can be as easy as abolishing the IRS, or whatever, is just not realistic.
If the word is not that simple, and the Constitution does not empower the federal government to engage in that which the people would like it to, then amend it or call for a convention in order to address that shortcoming.
But don't simply
ignore it.
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