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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (97603)1/29/2005 10:29:40 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (2) of 793777
 
We lost it through political action based upon majority rule whereby a small minority of politicians accumulated power by pretending "to promote the general welfare" by offering the people en masse gratuities and doles. Most people (not understanding the laws of nature) fervently seek the utopian and unattainable goal of "something for nothing." So they favor those politicians who offer the most with the reward of being voted into the seats of state authority. Later, the politicians, in attempting to deliver on their promises, have to seize more and more of the property of the people thereby negating individual freedom. The people wishing something for nothing end up with nothing for something (something seized).

This really is the Achilles Heel of the Constitution - the Commerce and the Necessary and Proper Clause. The Supremes have held the view that the political system is a check on abuse by Congress, but this is a fallacy. The People, once they discovered the power of the taxing authority as the "Santa Clause" can not be trusted to check the Congress from going apeshit. It's why any future appointment to the SCOTUS is of the first order of importance. Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas, and to a lesser extent O'Connor, want to roll it back.

Derek
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