Thoughts on Gov't
A few thoughts on government...and responsibility...
We, as citizens in the United States of America, are participating in one of the greatest political experiments in history. How so? Through our government.
Here, in the US...we have an experimental government...experimental in that throughout the whole course of human history there has never been another like it. 'But,' you say, 'The US has been around for over 225 years!' Why so it has, but it is still an experiment, and we are still trying to find that perfect balance between personal rights and responsibilities and governmental rights and responsibilities.
Lately, that balance seems to be swinging farther and farther in favor of the federal government.
The framers of our Constitution sought to limit the power of the federal government, not least through the seemingly forgotten 10th Amendment. Which states: "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."
Seems pretty clear to me...if it is not stated in the text of the Constitution, or added in an amendment, then the Federal Government has no business with it. There are many parts of the Federal Goverment, The Education Dept is an immediately obvious example, are, by the letter of this Ammendment blatantly unconstitutional.
We, as voter's and citizens, need to look closely at those who would presume to represent us at all governmental levels and ensure that they are going to truly fulfil their oaths of office to "Support the Constitution of the United States."
But we, as citizens, also have responsibilities. We are responsible for those that WE send to Washington and to our state and local governments. It is through our action, and all to often, our inaction, that they are allowed to do what they do. And when they are caught in wrong-doing, we often just shake our heads and grumble, but come next election...we send them right back to their offices...
I think that is all for tonight...but I will be adding in the future about the idividuals responsibilities...and possibly some outlines for a model government...
Take care and God Bless America!!!
We, as citizens in the United States of America, are participating in one of the greatest political experiments in history. How so? Through our government.
Here, in the US...we have an experimental government...experimental in that throughout the whole course of human history there has never been another like it. 'But,' you say, 'The US has been around for over 225 years!' Why so it has, but it is still an experiment, and we are still trying to find that perfect balance between personal rights and responsibilities and governmental rights and responsibilities.
Lately, that balance seems to be swinging farther and farther in favor of the federal government.
The framers of our Constitution sought to limit the power of the federal government, not least through the seemingly forgotten 10th Amendment. Which states: "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."
Seems pretty clear to me...if it is not stated in the text of the Constitution, or added in an amendment, then the Federal Government has no business with it. There are many parts of the Federal Goverment, The Education Dept is an immediately obvious example, are, by the letter of this Ammendment blatantly unconstitutional.
We, as voter's and citizens, need to look closely at those who would presume to represent us at all governmental levels and ensure that they are going to truly fulfil their oaths of office to "Support the Constitution of the United States."
But we, as citizens, also have responsibilities. We are responsible for those that WE send to Washington and to our state and local governments. It is through our action, and all to often, our inaction, that they are allowed to do what they do. And when they are caught in wrong-doing, we often just shake our heads and grumble, but come next election...we send them right back to their offices...
I think that is all for tonight...but I will be adding in the future about the idividuals responsibilities...and possibly some outlines for a model government...
Take care and God Bless America!!!
posted by Mik at 9:46 PM
1 Comments:
We seem to think a like, I'm sure we have differances what makes this country great, individualism.
It is time that we banded together, and as US National citizens remind the governments, both Federal, and State. That we the people are in charge. Just talking isn't good enough, we must become a band of brothers.
Thainks.
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