On 06/30/2012 04:19 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:26:30 -0700, Doug Winterburn wrote:

It's very material unless you believe the Constitution is immaterial.
Again, read the 10th amendment.

I do believe the Civil War (among other things) more or less ignored the
10th amendment. The Constitution, or at least the literal interpretation
of it, was on life support even before that.

Do you really believe that health care even entered the founders minds,
considering its primitiveness at the time? See death of G. Washington.


I believe the founders were intent on limiting the power of the federal
government. That is exactly the reason for the 10th and the remainder
of the bill of rights. They were not about to have the same issues in
the new government that they fought to escape from.

Health care, retirement, sexual orientation and all the other things the
feds are now in the middle of are not in the purview of the Constitution
or the intended power of the federal government.

A refresher of "enumerated powers" may help to enlighten.

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