Quote Originally Posted by Stosh View Post
Why isn't it well thought out? These are all things that are in question from those on the "tea bag" side. The guys you seem to support. It was a copy and paste job from one of the myriad websites availiable to read on the subject.
I already explained why it wasn't well thought out. It attacks Constitutional mandates requiring spending by the federal government, catagorizes import taxes as socialism, and ignores corporate welfare. Is "you guys' a variation of "you people" or just mental laziness when stereotyping is required?

rb chimes, "More chest thumping about the "limits of the 10th ammendment" which are ambiguous at best, and often exclude things that actually ARE explicitly given to the federal government [[and upheld as such since the first Supreme Court)
I understand your apprehension regarding enforcing the Tenth Amendment. There would be no point to the entire Democrat and much of the Republican Party if enforced at least at the national level. You are correct though that the Supreme Court also chooses to explain it away. If the Supreme Court similarly ruled that 2+2 could equal 5, unlike you, I would still be arguing it can only equal 4. I still don't understand your problem with having states run more of their own programs. I would think that a Canadian like single payer health care program run by a state would be superior to Obama's 'keep the insurance companies and attorneys rolling in money' health care program for instance.

Goose, I'm not quite sure what you are getting at. I'm fine with most local services. As you say, they tend to benefit everyone. While a rich person might have a better house requiring fire and police protection, he/she is also paying proportionally more property tax for those services. If rich enough, he/she probably sends the kids off to private schools while still providing taxes for public schools like th Obamas and Clintons. Everyone benefits from the roads, libraries, etc. which are shared and in common. I live in Wisconsin and am pretty sure that Wisconsin can do a better job of administrating WIC, education, and scores of other services than the federal government despite out spendthrift governor. Ghettopalmetto, down in South Carolina, might rather have the federal government handle his money. I guess we get what we vote for.