"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid
on this ground: That 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or
to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially
drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field
of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." Thomas Jefferson 1791
I agree with Jefferson's assessment that the 10th amendment,
as quoted above, is the bedrock of the Bill of Rights and the foundation of the
Constitution. The Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights were founded
on the basis that the federal government does certain specific things and the
rest belong to the states to run as they see fit.
Today, it is the reverse and our country is suffering
because the federal government has taken too much power that was meant for the
states. My proposal is for the federal government to eliminate certain cabinet
departments - education, energy, HHS, HUD, and Commerce - along with the EPA.
These departments and agencies are infringing on the rights of American
citizens and a federal intrusion into areas that the states should run.
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences
attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of
it." Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Archibald Stuart, Philadelphia (23
December 1791).
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