Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Original Intent
Several democrats responded to the question about the constitutionality of this healthcare bill by referring to the general welfare clause and the commerce clause. The general welfare clause is part of the constitutional Section 8 on spending and is called the Spending Clause.
“The Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;”
Congress has the authority to spend monies on the general welfare of the United States. Not individual peoples or individual states. They were to consider factors that would affect several states thus the early congress voted to build a lighthouse in Savannah because it helped ships from everywhere not just Georgia. At the same time they refuse spending monies on dredging the Savannah River because it would help only the one state in particular. They spent money on the Cumberland Highway in one state because it helped commerce travel to and from several states. If the current congress held to this precedent of spending for the good of the nation as a whole then it would eliminate a lot of the problems we have with earmarks, vote buying and favoritism.
The second answer was the commerce clause. It states: “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;”
The original intent there was to regulate trade for the purpose of preventing limits on free trade. One state could not increase taxes or put tariffs on goods as to give favor to businesses in their states. The idea was to have, as mush as possible, free, fair and open trade. The constitution only gave congress the power to regulate for a specific purpose. The key word here is “regulate”, not take over and manage any part of the economy.
Today the opposite is happening, the government is not regulating businesses to allow free trade but taking them over (unconstitutional), removing management and setting salaries. The government is trying to take over healthcare, one sixth of the economy and to dictate what products we are to buy and not buy. Neither of the two clauses above justifies that. What this current administration and democratically controlled congress is doing is clearly unconstitutional.
Some states are pushing back. They are passing “tenth amendment” clauses that states the federal government has no power over the state where intrastate commerce is not involved. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Therefore the areas where the president and congress are trying to take over are off limits to them. Nothing in the Constitution gives anyone in the federal government the authority to take over anything in the private sector. Shouldn’t any legislator or the president for that matter who is in willful violation of the constitution be removed from office? I think so.
Public Prostitution is legal in Washington
Senator Mary Landrieu, Louisiana, gave her vote on Saturday night for the healthcare plan. She was bought and paid for with a 300 million dollar bribe. She gets a bigger chunk of money for Medicare in her state and a new hospital. You can call it a bribe or the simple and most understandable word is prostitution, selling your soul for something of value. The worst part is the price paid for this prostitution was with our money. Harry Reid doesn’t use his money to buy the souls of other democrats, he uses our money. Money we worked for that was taken from us and used as a bribe. This has got to be the most corrupt congress in the history of the United States. The national debt is now over 12 trillion dollars. The interest is over 400 billion dollars a year. And our congress is still throwing money around like confetti at Mardi Gras.
My Senator, a Republican is no better. Senator Johnny Isakson penned a bill to extend the tax credit for homebuyers. This seems innocent on the surface but Mr. Isakson is a real estate person. His friends are real estate people. His bill is to stimulate the real estate business and thus his friend’s income. The cost of this bill is nearly 24 billion dollars and again we, you and I, are paying for these special privileges. I pay plenty of taxes but the value in my home dropped too low to sell. I can’t run out and get my $8000. I get no benefit from this home buying perk. My brother in law bought his first house, got $8000 cash, took a long vacation and remodeled the kitchen. You and I paid for that and for many, many others. It is time for the government to stop giving our money away. They buy votes; they supply their friends and could care less about you and me. The government does not exist to bail out sectors of society every time things get tough. The real estate market will come back on its own. The automotive market will come back on its own. Everything will work out if government will get out of the way and let the free market work. We need to take their credit cards away and send them away forever. I want a real conservative in office, not a conservative when it’s convenient.
My Senator, a Republican is no better. Senator Johnny Isakson penned a bill to extend the tax credit for homebuyers. This seems innocent on the surface but Mr. Isakson is a real estate person. His friends are real estate people. His bill is to stimulate the real estate business and thus his friend’s income. The cost of this bill is nearly 24 billion dollars and again we, you and I, are paying for these special privileges. I pay plenty of taxes but the value in my home dropped too low to sell. I can’t run out and get my $8000. I get no benefit from this home buying perk. My brother in law bought his first house, got $8000 cash, took a long vacation and remodeled the kitchen. You and I paid for that and for many, many others. It is time for the government to stop giving our money away. They buy votes; they supply their friends and could care less about you and me. The government does not exist to bail out sectors of society every time things get tough. The real estate market will come back on its own. The automotive market will come back on its own. Everything will work out if government will get out of the way and let the free market work. We need to take their credit cards away and send them away forever. I want a real conservative in office, not a conservative when it’s convenient.
Capitalism vs. Socialism in the USA
From the ground up America was built on the foundation of freedom, faith in God, family and capitalism. Because of that American has been envied and become the most desirable nation in the world for over two hundred years.
Socialism or Marxism has never built a great country. Socialism has always taken over a functioning country and imposed or forced itself on the existing system. Socialism can never build anything great because all the people who have the desire and abilities to create jobs are seen as evil and selfish. Socialism is a system for the working class but the working class doesn’t have the skills or motivation needed to run big businesses, or innovation to create large enterprises. If a person does venture out then they become the enemy of the working class. China has seen reality of "socialism only" and moved to a socialist-capitalist blend. This allows people to be motivated and innovated to create wealth and thus have it trickle down to the lower class.
Obama’s socialistic vision has never been successful in the real world, only in his imagination. He doesn’t know if it will work or not but he believes it will and is pushing us down that path. Historically everything he tried so far has been tried before and it ended in failure, taxing, spending, big government and bigger debt. If he is allowed to get his way America will eventually fail. What is good for American would be the failure of Obama to implement his fantasy upon us and let real Americans go back to doing the things that made America great.
I have a question. America was born out of a desire to be free of tyranny and taxes and to have a government that would have a minimal impact on people’s lives. They were to be free to have life, liberty and to be able to pursue personal happiness. My question is, if there are people who desire a socialistic system, a big government and high taxes with the intent of redistributing wealth, are they really Americans? A large number of natural born “Americans”, about 10%-20%, believe that a socialist type government is the way to go. They think it is the right thing to do, destroy the America that has stood for over two hundred years and replace it with a Marxist, European style government. They believe that they are just as American as I am but they want to destroy my America to have another version of America that includes less freedoms and bigger government.
Part of our American government experiment was to have sovereign states and a sovereign Federal government with limitations on the Federal side was so each state could equally and freely compete with other states as to how they accomplish business, education and community. If you didn’t like how they did things in one state you were free to move to another. A current example is Texas. Texas established medical tort reform a few years back and now doctors are flocking to the Lone Star state because they like what Texas did for their businesses and states that are favorable to medical lawsuits having doctors leaving in droves.
In the process of this state competition the Federal government could regulate interstate commerce to make sure there was open competition and no one state could pass laws giving it an unfair advantage over another.
The primary thing about the new America when it was created was an individual was totally free to make choices and do as he wished.
I believe if someone really doesn’t like our system of government then they should go somewhere, like Europe, and find a government they do like. It happens here all the time. People who don’t like the system in Europe, Africa and Asia come here by the thousands every year in order to have more freedom of choices and live a better life.
If you want to destroy this American system then you are not a real American, plain and simple. You are not patriotic. If you are actively doing something to bring about the destruction of the American system that has been good for so many people over the years, as many in congress are now doing with an open disregard for our Constitution, then you should be tried as a traitor. That again is plain and simple. The fact that you do not use a gun or a bomb to destroy us makes no difference because the results you desire are the same, the overthrow of the greatest government system on earth.
When you are faced with the truth that you are a traitor and you want to plead ignorance that is fine. Repent or just apologize and leave. If you are faced with the thruth and respond by saying “Are you serious?” then you should have some happy jail time, your citizenship removed and then be allowed to leave. Maybe they will have a place for you in France. They already have the system you so dearly like.
Socialism or Marxism has never built a great country. Socialism has always taken over a functioning country and imposed or forced itself on the existing system. Socialism can never build anything great because all the people who have the desire and abilities to create jobs are seen as evil and selfish. Socialism is a system for the working class but the working class doesn’t have the skills or motivation needed to run big businesses, or innovation to create large enterprises. If a person does venture out then they become the enemy of the working class. China has seen reality of "socialism only" and moved to a socialist-capitalist blend. This allows people to be motivated and innovated to create wealth and thus have it trickle down to the lower class.
Obama’s socialistic vision has never been successful in the real world, only in his imagination. He doesn’t know if it will work or not but he believes it will and is pushing us down that path. Historically everything he tried so far has been tried before and it ended in failure, taxing, spending, big government and bigger debt. If he is allowed to get his way America will eventually fail. What is good for American would be the failure of Obama to implement his fantasy upon us and let real Americans go back to doing the things that made America great.
I have a question. America was born out of a desire to be free of tyranny and taxes and to have a government that would have a minimal impact on people’s lives. They were to be free to have life, liberty and to be able to pursue personal happiness. My question is, if there are people who desire a socialistic system, a big government and high taxes with the intent of redistributing wealth, are they really Americans? A large number of natural born “Americans”, about 10%-20%, believe that a socialist type government is the way to go. They think it is the right thing to do, destroy the America that has stood for over two hundred years and replace it with a Marxist, European style government. They believe that they are just as American as I am but they want to destroy my America to have another version of America that includes less freedoms and bigger government.
Part of our American government experiment was to have sovereign states and a sovereign Federal government with limitations on the Federal side was so each state could equally and freely compete with other states as to how they accomplish business, education and community. If you didn’t like how they did things in one state you were free to move to another. A current example is Texas. Texas established medical tort reform a few years back and now doctors are flocking to the Lone Star state because they like what Texas did for their businesses and states that are favorable to medical lawsuits having doctors leaving in droves.
In the process of this state competition the Federal government could regulate interstate commerce to make sure there was open competition and no one state could pass laws giving it an unfair advantage over another.
The primary thing about the new America when it was created was an individual was totally free to make choices and do as he wished.
I believe if someone really doesn’t like our system of government then they should go somewhere, like Europe, and find a government they do like. It happens here all the time. People who don’t like the system in Europe, Africa and Asia come here by the thousands every year in order to have more freedom of choices and live a better life.
If you want to destroy this American system then you are not a real American, plain and simple. You are not patriotic. If you are actively doing something to bring about the destruction of the American system that has been good for so many people over the years, as many in congress are now doing with an open disregard for our Constitution, then you should be tried as a traitor. That again is plain and simple. The fact that you do not use a gun or a bomb to destroy us makes no difference because the results you desire are the same, the overthrow of the greatest government system on earth.
When you are faced with the truth that you are a traitor and you want to plead ignorance that is fine. Repent or just apologize and leave. If you are faced with the thruth and respond by saying “Are you serious?” then you should have some happy jail time, your citizenship removed and then be allowed to leave. Maybe they will have a place for you in France. They already have the system you so dearly like.
The reality of new taxes paying for the government healthcare
The democrats are depending on many new taxes to pay for their healthcare system. There is a problem with that approach. The old saying is whatever you tax you get less of. They raise taxes on cigarettes as a sin tax, so you will use less of it. They want to raise taxes on gasoline so you will use less of it. Inevitably they begin counting the income from those taxes as if you weren’t going to use less. Ultimately the revenues are much less because people will use less.
The democrats are counting the income from increased taxes towards their healthcare plan. This number is included in their final cost. The reality is people will quit buying or quit doing whatever it is that they are being taxed on and the end result is more borrowing and a greater national debt. They want to pass a bill and say it is deficit neutral because they are counting all these cuts and taxes in the cost. That false reality will never ever be there. The cuts will not happen and the tax revenue will never come in. It is all smoke and mirrors, mostly just a big lie and the national debt will keep getting larger and larger.
The democrats are counting the income from increased taxes towards their healthcare plan. This number is included in their final cost. The reality is people will quit buying or quit doing whatever it is that they are being taxed on and the end result is more borrowing and a greater national debt. They want to pass a bill and say it is deficit neutral because they are counting all these cuts and taxes in the cost. That false reality will never ever be there. The cuts will not happen and the tax revenue will never come in. It is all smoke and mirrors, mostly just a big lie and the national debt will keep getting larger and larger.
The reality of cutting Medicare
The Democrats say they will save 500 billion dollars by making cuts in Medicare. By putting this number in the bill they show lowering the cost by half a trillion and say they have a bill that doesn’t add to the deficit. The reality is when the time comes to makes those cuts they will pass a bill to exempt the cuts because of the outrage from senior citizens. Then the so called deficit neutral bill will really be a half trillion dollars over budget and we and our children will pay for their little slight of hand.
Why the “dither”?
Obama’s dithering about the decision to send the troops that General McChrystal requested is a way of voting “present”.
One way of approaching a big decision is to dither around until something else happens and makes the decision for you. Then you can say “I had to choose this because that happened”. Obama does not want to make the tough decisions. He wants circumstance or someone else to make them for him so he can continue to campaign. He hopes (that what the hope and change is about) that if he waits long enough the decision will be made for him.
One way of approaching a big decision is to dither around until something else happens and makes the decision for you. Then you can say “I had to choose this because that happened”. Obama does not want to make the tough decisions. He wants circumstance or someone else to make them for him so he can continue to campaign. He hopes (that what the hope and change is about) that if he waits long enough the decision will be made for him.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Real Americans And Those Who Are Not
I have a question. America was born out of a desire to be free of tyranny and taxes and to have a government that would have a minimal impact on people’s lives. People were to be free to have life, liberty and to be able to pursue personal happiness. My question is, if there are people who desire a socialistic system, a big government and high taxes with the intent of redistributing wealth, are they really Americans? A large number of natural born “Americans”, about 10%-20%, believe that a socialist type government is the way to go. They think it is the right thing to do, destroy the America that has stood for over two hundred years and replace it with a Marxist, European style government. They believe that they are just as American as I am but they want to destroy my America to have their version of America.
Part of our American government experiment was to have sovereign states and a sovereign Federal government, with limitations on the Federal side, so each state could equally and freely compete with other states as to how they accomplish business, education and community. If you didn’t like how they did things in one state you were free to move to another. A current example is Texas. Texas established medical tort reform a few years back and now doctors are flocking to the Lone Star state because they like what Texas did for their businesses and states that are favorable to medical lawsuits have doctors leaving in droves.
In the process of this state competition the Federal government could regulate interstate commerce to make sure there was open competition and no one state could pass laws giving it an unfair advantage over another.
The primary thing about the new America was an individual was totally free to make choices and do as he wished. People can make good choices or bad ones and reap the results of their choices. That is what freedon is all about.
My thinking is if someone really doesn’t like our system of government and freedom then they should go somewhere, like Europe, and find a government they do like. It happens here all the time. People who don’t like the system in Europe try to come here by the thousands every year in order to have more freedom of choice and live a better life.
If you don't like it here and you want to destroy this great American system then you are not a real American, plain and simple. If you are actively doing something to bring about the destruction of the American system as many in congress are doing with an open disregard for our Constitution then you should be recognized as a traitor, again plain and simple. The fact that you do not use a gun or a bomb to destroy us makes no difference because the results you desire are the same, the overthrow of the greatest government system on earth. You should face judgement for your actions.
When you are faced with the truth and you want to plead ignorance that is fine. You can repent or you could just apologize and leave, you are free to do so. If you are faced with the error and respond by saying “Are you serious?” then you should have some happy jail time, your citizenship removed and then be allowed with an escort to leave. Maybe they will have a place for you in France. They already have the system you so dearly like.
Part of our American government experiment was to have sovereign states and a sovereign Federal government, with limitations on the Federal side, so each state could equally and freely compete with other states as to how they accomplish business, education and community. If you didn’t like how they did things in one state you were free to move to another. A current example is Texas. Texas established medical tort reform a few years back and now doctors are flocking to the Lone Star state because they like what Texas did for their businesses and states that are favorable to medical lawsuits have doctors leaving in droves.
In the process of this state competition the Federal government could regulate interstate commerce to make sure there was open competition and no one state could pass laws giving it an unfair advantage over another.
The primary thing about the new America was an individual was totally free to make choices and do as he wished. People can make good choices or bad ones and reap the results of their choices. That is what freedon is all about.
My thinking is if someone really doesn’t like our system of government and freedom then they should go somewhere, like Europe, and find a government they do like. It happens here all the time. People who don’t like the system in Europe try to come here by the thousands every year in order to have more freedom of choice and live a better life.
If you don't like it here and you want to destroy this great American system then you are not a real American, plain and simple. If you are actively doing something to bring about the destruction of the American system as many in congress are doing with an open disregard for our Constitution then you should be recognized as a traitor, again plain and simple. The fact that you do not use a gun or a bomb to destroy us makes no difference because the results you desire are the same, the overthrow of the greatest government system on earth. You should face judgement for your actions.
When you are faced with the truth and you want to plead ignorance that is fine. You can repent or you could just apologize and leave, you are free to do so. If you are faced with the error and respond by saying “Are you serious?” then you should have some happy jail time, your citizenship removed and then be allowed with an escort to leave. Maybe they will have a place for you in France. They already have the system you so dearly like.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Republicans and Conservatives
Much is being said about the independent and moderates going to the conservative side of the issues today. Many of the same people who voted for Obama are now having regrets and are supporting "Republican" candidates. Many of the same people who voted for Obama were actually voting against Republicans, not necessarily against conservative values. Conservative values are not the problem with the Republican party. The problem is individuals Republicans saying they are conservative, i.e. supposedly standing for conservative values and then doing the same un-conservative things the Democrats do. The big three issues, small government, lower taxes and lower spending, do not go together with earmarks, big spending bills that favor special interest, creating more debt and supporting taxes.
A number of blue dog Democrats and one Republican supported the massive takeover of healthcare because they bought into the bribes being offered by Pelosi. Pelosi offered to exempt their states from some of the destruction of this bill if they would give her their vote. I think I saw that ploy used in a movie somewhere. In other words these people have no core values, no foundation to stand on, just go with the flow wherever it goes so long as they get to stay in office.
And therein lays the problem. Conservative will take a stand, Republicans will not. Conservatives says “this is what I believe” and vote that way, A Republican will be like a democrat, say one thing to get elected and then vote whatever way is politically or financially expedient. What the moderate or independent is looking for is a person who says what they believe, stands for what they believe and communicates it by doing what they say they will do. The conservatives, the moderates and independent voters are looking for people of character and fortitude. The Conservatives have a message and stand by it. If the Republicans find people like that and adopt the message then they will get all the voters they need.
BTW: This idea that you can exempt states from certain legislature in order to protect the representatives from those states seems to me to be in violation of the equal protection clause. Why should someone be exempt from a tax because of where they are from? I deserve the right to exempt if anyone else is. That makes this healthcare bill even more unconstitutional. To get Cao’s vote he was assured that Louisiana would be excluded from certain clauses in the bill. Senator Harry Reid got his state excluded for paying taxes for a certain number of years (so he could be re-elected). There were five other states that got exclusions in order to get their vote. Bills passed in Congress should apply to everyone; Senator, Representatives, States and businesses. This would eliminate a lot of the vote buying in Congress.
Nubby
A number of blue dog Democrats and one Republican supported the massive takeover of healthcare because they bought into the bribes being offered by Pelosi. Pelosi offered to exempt their states from some of the destruction of this bill if they would give her their vote. I think I saw that ploy used in a movie somewhere. In other words these people have no core values, no foundation to stand on, just go with the flow wherever it goes so long as they get to stay in office.
And therein lays the problem. Conservative will take a stand, Republicans will not. Conservatives says “this is what I believe” and vote that way, A Republican will be like a democrat, say one thing to get elected and then vote whatever way is politically or financially expedient. What the moderate or independent is looking for is a person who says what they believe, stands for what they believe and communicates it by doing what they say they will do. The conservatives, the moderates and independent voters are looking for people of character and fortitude. The Conservatives have a message and stand by it. If the Republicans find people like that and adopt the message then they will get all the voters they need.
BTW: This idea that you can exempt states from certain legislature in order to protect the representatives from those states seems to me to be in violation of the equal protection clause. Why should someone be exempt from a tax because of where they are from? I deserve the right to exempt if anyone else is. That makes this healthcare bill even more unconstitutional. To get Cao’s vote he was assured that Louisiana would be excluded from certain clauses in the bill. Senator Harry Reid got his state excluded for paying taxes for a certain number of years (so he could be re-elected). There were five other states that got exclusions in order to get their vote. Bills passed in Congress should apply to everyone; Senator, Representatives, States and businesses. This would eliminate a lot of the vote buying in Congress.
Nubby
Friday, November 6, 2009
The new face of Conservatism
Sara Palin and Michele Bachmann seem to have garnered the favor of the super conservatives and many others. Why? Because after experiencing so much time with Barbarba Boxer and Nancy Pelosi in congress, it is nice to see real, honest, sincere and especially intelligent women in the political scene.
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